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David Axelrod

@davidaxelrod

Founder, @UChiPolitics; Chief Political Analyst for @CNN. Author, Believer: My Forty Years in Politics. Host of The Axe Files & Hacks on Tap podcasts.

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A third of the season in, PCA of the Chicago Cubs is putting up MVP numbers. He also is a magician in centerfield and wreaks havoc on the base paths. Just 23, this kid is a special player...an absolute joy to watch!!

A third of the season in, PCA of the <a href="/Cubs/">Chicago Cubs</a> is putting up MVP numbers.  He also is a magician in centerfield and wreaks havoc on the base paths.
Just 23, this kid is a special player...an absolute joy to watch!!
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This President Donald J. Trump has to be the only leader in the Free World who believed Putin to be honest & trustworthy. Even now, he says he's unhappy w/Putin but does zilch, nada, nothing about it. Maybe his SecState, who once callled Putin a war criminal, can move him? washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

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I was at the gate at Midway this morning, when a woman cried out desperately for help. Her husband apparently had had a heart attack. As airport personnel and EMTs worked on him, the woman wailed and prayed to Jesus to save him. I had to board my flight but suddenly the trip

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When Trump is "unhappy" with a university or a law firm or an ally, he uses every tool against them. When he's unhappy with Putin? He says he's "not happy." And given that Trump does nothing about it, Putin doesn't seem terribly concerned. nytimes.com/live/2025/05/2… via @NYTimes

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Trump keeps taking executive actions that blatantly, flagrantly exceed his authorities under the law and the Constitution. And he keeps losing in court, regardless of WHO appointed the judges. ( Some of them were HIS.) Yet he and his apparatchiks call it a "judicial coup."

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory was co-founded by Qian Xuesen, a Chinese immigrant later deported during the Red Scare. He went on to lead China’s space program instead. America draws the world’s brightest—and history tells us we’re pushing them away to our own detriment.

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"Mr. Trump in recent days told associates he intended to yank Mr. Isaacman’s nomination after being told that he had donated to prominent Democrats." This is how he decides who runs our space program?!? Checks his campaign donations?? nytimes.com/2025/05/31/us/… via @NYTimes

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One of the great ledes I've seen in awhile, this from@WashingtonPost columnist ⁦Matt Bai⁩: "As Elon Musk departs Washington, his mood resembles his Cybertruck: ugly and adolescent. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

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My father fled Ukraine with his family during the programs, when their home was destroyed. These latest attacks & the wave of anti-Semitic violence in the U.S.--that has been growing for years, predating 10/7--are chilling echoes of the past. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/06…

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Opinion | We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower - The Washington Post This is really sobering and important piece. apple.news/A119edOPdRyKh0…

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Elongate; Cuomo Redux; the trouble with being Enrst and tons more. Hacks on Tap is back! With Mike Murphy, me and special guest Lis Smith, Dem strategist extraordinaire!hacksontap.com/episodes/musk-…

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Trump couldn't kill the Affordable Care Act outright because it's too popular. So instead, his tax bill would strangle it in the dark. kffhealthnews.org/news/article/t…

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For generations, through Republican and Democratic administrations, Americans could rely on accurate economic data, whether it favored presidents or not. One more norm Trump is shattering. And you can bet we'll see more of it. nytimes.com/2025/06/04/bus… via @NYTimes

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BS, Scott. The BLS monthly numbers are preliminary and ALWAYS revised later when full data is available. For example, For 2019, the BLS revised its estimate of job creation, finding that it was WEAKER than originally reported. Specifically, the revisions indicated 501,000 fewer

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Prediction: As his tax deal becomes more freighted and tariffs roil the economy and send costs up, Trump will ignite more and more sideshows to distract his critics and thrill his base Yesterday it was Biden and Harvard and travel bans. Today? Stay tuned!

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Man, this went from Bromance to tiff to all-out war in what feels like a millisecond! Last week, Trump gave Elon a gold key. This week, they're exchanging forearm shivers. Elon playing the Epstein card. Trump menacing Elon's government contracts; tanking his stock. Wow!