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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Vance defends using military to quell protests, refers to Sen. Alex Padilla as “José” Is there some kind of competition for Biggest Jerk Comment of the Year ? If so, the VP & his spokesperson are locked in a pitched battle. But, hey... it's only June. apple.news/AJ_mYSw3NQR-k_…
Sister Rosemary combined a loving heart, steely will & savvy of a Chicago tavernowner's daughter to forge a community for people w/disabilities that has enriched the lives of thousands of residents of Misericordia Home. We will be forever grateful! chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/202…
“There's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future.” Probably 100 PERCENT chance that negotiations "will or will not take place," isn't there? nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1… via @NYTimes
This is a brilliant piece by Roger Cohen of the @nytimes on what this freighted moment looks like through Iranian eyes--those who support the Ayatollah's repressive regime and those who oppose it. nytimes.com/2025/06/19/wor… via @NYTimes
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Iran Has Its Back Against the Wall
The Iranian regime finds itself in its most difficult position 46 years after the revolution that brought it to power. But does it mean the end?
Really unheard of that the director of National Intelligence would be excluded from deliberations on a national security decision of this magnutude. nbcnews.com/politics/trump…
“I may do it. I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.” I mean it's not like war and peace or anything!🙄 nytimes.com/live/2025/06/1… via @NYTimes
Does it make any sense that we had a pitched Senate debate in 2015 over a nuclear agreement with Iran but we would proceed to war now without the Senate weighing in?
Honestly, anyone who's waiting for the Democratic National Committee to lead the party to salvation is not much of a student of history. It's not going to come from there. It never does. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…
Pete Crow-Armstrong is a BEAST Makes an insane catch to end and inning and then starts the next one with a NUKE
Few journalists know @POTUS better than @maggieNYT, who just released a paperback of her bestselling book Confidence Man, with a new afterword updating Trump's norm-busting path from power to exile and back. She joins @murphymike & me on new @HacksOnTap! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hac…
Padilla: I was forced to the ground, first on my knees and then flat on my chest. And as I was handcuffed and marched down a hallway repeatedly asking, why am I being detained? Not once did they tell me why. I pray you never have a moment like this
I met with President @ZelenskyyUa at the G7 to share the next phase of Canada’s support for Ukraine: Canada will provide new military support — including drones, armoured vehicles, and equipment Ukraine needs to defend its sovereignty. We’re also disbursing a $2.3B loan…
Amazing that in a matter of days we've gone from "this is not our operation" to "we own the skies over Iran." With these proclamations, we also now "own" what WAS an Israeli assault. We're thoroughly in it now. What is the strategy here?
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
Where are we going, America? Pray for these legislators, their families and our country.
BREAKING: Multiple sources tell 5 Eyewitness News at least two MN state lawmakers were shot at their homes last night by a gunman impersonating a police officer. DFL Speaker Emerita Melissa Hoffman in Brooklyn Park and DFL Sen. John Hoffman in Champlin. Working on more details.
This is a genuine catastrophe in the making. Vaccines have eradicated diseases that ravaged mankind since the beginning of recorded history. Now one twisted ideologue in a position of power threatens to take us backward. God help us all! washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06…
Saying the quiet part out loud: Noem told the media that the Trump administration planned to "liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that the governor and the mayor have placed on this country." apple.news/AH7YvWel1TG2Wz…
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