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Sahil Kapur
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Senior National Political Reporter for NBC News covering Capitol Hill and elections
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I’ve seen many people of various political persuasions say that they’ve seen very little or no coverage of the devastation in Asheville. That may be so, but it’s not really an indictment of the media as much as it’s an indication that your media diet in particular is fucked.

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• Went to trial and convicted the since-resigned Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez • Secured felony convictions against Joe Biden’s son • Indicted Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar • Indicted Democratic NYC Mayor Eric Adams 👆 This Justice Department is accused of “targeting” the president’s enemies

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Via @sahilkapur.bsky.social: Sharyl Attkisson asked Trump what he would specifically do to bring down prices. Here is his full "answer."

Attkisson: Do prices come down magically because it’s not them. 

Trump: They come down with energy and they come down with interest rates. We’re gonna get, as I told you, we’re gonna get energy down by 50% in 12 months. We’re gonna have it. It’s gonna be a major smash on energy. If you look at the energy for, and I’m not just talking about cars, I’m talking about air conditioning, heating your basic energy, operating a bakery, operating any kind of a business, it’s all having to do with energy. That was where they started wrong. When they cut way back on what I did, and again, just so you understand, they then let it go back to where it was, which was very smart thing. Otherwise you would’ve had, I think you would’ve had a depression if you want to know the truth. But energy was rising at a level that nobody had ever seen. And then they said: “Go back, go back”.
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NEW: Donald Trump misrepresents his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act Trump & Vance say he could’ve destroyed ACA but chose to save it. That’s not how it happened. Trump fought to undo ACA by executive action, legislation & lawsuits. It survived b/c he failed. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Donald Trump misrepresents his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act
Donald Trump misrepresents his push to repeal the Affordable Care Act

Trump and JD Vance are revising history by saying he chose to save Obamacare. In fact, Trump fought to undo it through executive action, legislation and lawsuits — but it survived.

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Donald Trump was asked today what he’d do about child care if elected president. This is what he said, in its entirety:

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Mitch McConnell says he worries that Democrats, if they win this election, will nuke the filibuster and make DC and Puerto Rico states, then set their sights on the Supreme Court. www.owensborotimes.com/news/2024/08...

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Looking back at Georgia on Election Night 2020, it's wild how David Perdue came 0.3 pts from giving Mitch McConnell control of Joe Biden's agenda. Had he won there'd be no American Rescue Plan, no Inflation Reduction Act and the GOP would've had a pocket veto over Biden's judges.

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Jennifer Aniston weighs in on JD Vance’s comments about “childless cat ladies”

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TRUMP, 2020: I hereby sign an executive order banning TikTok in 45 days if it isn't sold, given threat posed by China. (The order gets blocked in court.) TRUMP, 2024: "Just so everyone knows, especially the young people, Crooked Joe Biden is responsible for banning TikTok."

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HOW IT HAPPENED 1. Republicans say no foreign aid without border security 2. Democrats say nope 3. Rs say then no aid 4. Ds cave, cut a deal for tougher border laws with Lankford and McConnell 5. Trump tells them to kill it 6. Rs kill it 7. Rs pass foreign aid without the border security

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Sahil Kapur
@sahilkapur.bsky.social
Senior National Political Reporter for NBC News covering Capitol Hill and elections
16.5k followers41 following205 posts