A powerful image. Thank you for continuing to fight to bring the hostages home, President Biden.

McConnell abdicates any responsibility for where the party he leads has brought the country. Truly no shame.

Blaming Carlson rather than Trump is an evasion. It’s an evasion most establishment Republicans will be happy to embrace as they (Oh so reluctantly!) climb back on the Trump train.

When Biden is up in the polls, I don’t trust it.

When Biden is down in the polls, I don’t trust it.

The only poll that matters is in November.

This kind of reporting is possible. Other media outlets should follow the Washington Monthly example. Read more about our Presidential Accomplishment Index here. washingtonmonthly.com/2024/04/07/int…

Not entirely. Washington Monthly has devoted an entire issue to a detailed comparison of the policy achievements of Joe Biden and Donald Trump and boiled down the findings to this one graph. washingtonmonthly.com/trump-vs-biden…

CNN And it would mean the political appointees would be operating blindly - stepping on land mines unnecessarily plus hurting their own policy goals.

So when you hear talk of firing dissenters, it’s not merely retaliatory behavior by Trump. It’s dangerous actions for all of us. END

CNN Appointees don’t ultimately heed the advice or expertise of the civil workforce, that advice and expertise importantly informs the decisions of the political decision makers. To eliminate those resources of knowledge would mean reinventing the wheel (which is inefficient) /7

CNN Actually succeed on their policy goals for the president.

Whether it’s diplomacy or deep expertise on any other topic, the civil service employees actually in real life teach and help the political appointees learn their jobs — and perform them better. Even if political /6

CNN That is dangerous. That person can be manipulated. By contrast, the yrs of expertise and relationships that the civil servants have built allow us to have nuance and trust with foreign counterparts. With that nuance and trust, civil servants then help US political appointees /5

CNN And then replaced by an unqualified lackey who has no contacts, no relationships, no cultural awareness, for that region. That replacement may serve the GOP interests but won’t be able to properly serve US interests without the trust, expertise, relationships of the region. /4

CNN Folks in the federal government serve the vital roles of
*continuity of service
*institutional knowledge, and
*deep expertise
on narrow issue after narrow issue after narrow issue.
For example, imagine an expert on the a certain region in the Middle East — who gets fired. /3

You should take a look at this latest CNN story to read more. The GOP notion of eliminating dissenters in the civil workforce would be disastrous for the functioning of the govt and for our national security. Disastrous - mainly because civil service /2 cnn.com/2024/04/27/pol…

🧵 Having served as an employment lawyer at DOJ & Treasury for 19 yrs, I can attest that there is plenty of room for the federal government to improve on regarding personnel. Both hiring and firing are WAY too hard. But Trump + GOP’s #Project2025 plan is extreme and dangerous./1

As the #WHCD starts, congratulations to Eugene Daniels who will be the next president of the White House Correspondents Association. This is thrilling news. Eugene is a spectacular journalist and will be the first out queer president of WHCA.

Joe Biden, in a fiery speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, toasts the free press & directly criticizes Trump.

A night out at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

📺 President Biden Joe Biden and Jill Biden arrive at the White House Correspondents' Dinner tonight, looking great!

Keep in mind, Donald Trump never attended the dinner because he didn't want to be made fun of by journalists. Such a small, weak man!

these two crazy kids in love

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris recorded a radio interview with Reverend Al Sharpton for Keepin’ it Real, and you can watch at this link: youtu.be/BoMwoTkItHs?si…