Eric Boehlert
@EricBoehlert
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Founder/editor https://t.co/OPiI3IjcMf, home of fearless media commentary. Author. Former staffer Media Matters, Salon, Rolling Stone, Billboard. Utica Club aficionado
Joined April 2009
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1. NEWS: We can't mend this American mess if we don't try to fix the press. So I'm launching a newsletter, Press Run. A proudly progressive dissection of the press in the age of Trump, Press Run promises fearless media commentary; https://t.co/yuoVEz3pSF
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so many bridges.... https://t.co/Cga374hjh4
President Biden needs to level with the American people about the fact that his “infrastructure” package is a $2.25 trillion liberal wish list with only about 25% being spent on traditional infrastructure like roads, bridges, tunnels and rails. Be honest with us Mr. President. https://t.co/du32oGCAsA
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in two yrs, Dems won House, Senate, WH
but ok https://t.co/dZai51l1gL
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he ran on the most progressive agenda in US history for WH candidate
but ok.... https://t.co/m7BD0WqCC3
Candidate Biden suggested he would be a moderate, transitional president. Nearly three months in, President Biden has blazed a different path, aiming to be a transformational president – using his narrow majority to ram through the biggest expansion of government since LBJ. https://t.co/XgkLse7IRu
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what to do with a problem like Joe Manchin.... https://t.co/vcejDmEsu1
His state: 5th in poverty, w/ opioid crisis, weak broadband, polluted H2O, a dire need for jobs
Joe Manchin should be an evangelist for the Biden agenda, not hung up on delusions about filibuster, bipartisanship
WV is starting to notice. My new column https://t.co/QCCEKazkxw
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fun fact: the GOP controls Fla. Gov., Fla House. Fla. Senate.
Fla is currently facing a $3B budget shortfall.
NYT couldn't find space for that in profile of DeSantis political "competence"
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both were written by the same NYT Fla reporter.
is that her job now, to promote the GOP gov?
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this loving DeSantis profile, stocked w/ GOP quotes, reads like it was written by this press office
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media still promoting this moronic GOP semantics debate re: "infrastructure" https://t.co/nMhlQA5cuU
Honestly what is the point of having @GovChristie on @ThisWeekABC to holler "liar" because he doesn't like the definition of infrastructure? Is this promoting intelligent discussion?
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fact: Fla. this week posted the most new daily Covid cases (8K) since early Feb.
fact: this is the second page-one piece the NYT has run in three weeks abt how Florida has defied the Covid odds and how GOP Gov. is benefiting.
behold your #LiberalMedia https://t.co/tn0t634YK3
Gov. Ron DeSantis' his brand of libertarianism — or “competent Trumpism,” as one ally called it — is on the ascent, and he has positioned himself as the head of “the free state of Florida” and as a political heir to former President Donald J. Trump. https://t.co/AAlkr0XBN5
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yknow what else ranked low in terms of voter ‘priorities’ in January poll? “dealing with immigration”
that’s hasn’t stopped CNN from running wall-to-wall immigration coverage for the last month
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bottom line: Biden’s infrastructure proposal **enjoys widespread public support**
CNN strains to find a negative angle
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good grief. citing Jan polls for April proposals is just the beginning of the problems here https://t.co/58bFjo9iA9
Unlike President Biden, Americans don't see new infrastructure as a priority | Analysis by CNN's Harry Enten https://t.co/NQvIyy2hpv
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Trump's rant to the RNC on Saturday underlines how dangerous he remains without a real reckoning. He's the leader of a domestic terrorism movement. And that's not my take—it's the consensus of a bipartisan group of national security experts https://t.co/9NZBV17G5J @juliettekayyem
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amidst the constant cultural tumult of 1972, America was in a mellow mood!
3. "First Time I Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
2. "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
1. "A Horse With No Name" - America
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hands down, my favorite music guilty pleasure is listening to old broadcasts of Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" on the weekends, via SiriusXM '70s channel.
currently airing, the countdown from the week April 8, 1972. (MJ's "Rockin' Robbin" coming in at No. 5!)
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Dems in Disarray.... https://t.co/wAjSP8j84b
New: Former President Trump attacked Mitch McConnell as a "dumb son of a bitch" in his speech at the RNC donor retreat tonight, per an attendee.
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