Michael Kruse
@michaelkruse
Senior staff writer, @POLITICO and @POLITICOMag. At work on a @twelvebooks book. @DavidsonCollege alum. St. Pete Times grad. Love Lauren and the girls.
“The independent press in the United States is facing what media outlets in too many other countries with aspiring autocrats have confronted,” @PostBaron tells @farhip. tinyurl.com/38myr57u
“Eisenhower did not blame Roosevelt or Truman, and in fact ended up accepting the New Deal. Neither Kennedy nor Johnson attacked Eisenhower. Nixon did not attack the Democrats, saying Vietnam was their war.” tinyurl.com/52ktduer
“… it looks like he’s just another elite, corrupt like all the rest, and that impression will remain, to some extent, regardless of whether this particular story is at the top of people’s attention.” tinyurl.com/mpfmc4jb
“Many people feared that once Trump started getting these unwarranted settlements — ABC, that kind of thing — these things build on each other. I think it has made him feel empowered.” tinyurl.com/4aevxa7s
“We’re there to help people. There are 10 public TV stations in Texas, and we’re thinking probably six of them will close down within a year.” tinyurl.com/msktft5e
"I hope it reflects that people really want to understand the story from the beginning," says @jkbjournalist. tinyurl.com/3u7ce5x4

Read @lionel_trolling for @POLITICOMag. tinyurl.com/3zrjdv5n
"I think what @joerogan is doing is maybe how we can fix this democracy," @jamestalarico tells @adamwren. "If we actually sat down and listened to each other and loved our enemies ..."
"I just got the overwhelming impression that Joe Rogan is not loyal to either political party, and is deeply skeptical of our political system as a whole. I think that skepticism also applies to Donald Trump, just like it did to Joe Biden last year." tinyurl.com/5n756pnw
"I just got the overwhelming impression that Joe Rogan is not loyal to either political party, and is deeply skeptical of our political system as a whole. I think that skepticism also applies to Donald Trump, just like it did to Joe Biden last year." tinyurl.com/5n756pnw
“The thing the people appreciate the most in this new era is a level of authenticity from the candidate,” @OsseChi also says. “And if that authenticity while they are campaigning is similar in tone to who that candidate has been in their digital lifespan, then I don’t think…
“Every candidate should scrub their social media,” says @OsseChi. “But I think that’s very difficult to do. Once something is on the internet, it kind of lasts forever.” tinyurl.com/hu5r3e73
“Every candidate should scrub their social media,” says @OsseChi. “But I think that’s very difficult to do. Once something is on the internet, it kind of lasts forever.” tinyurl.com/hu5r3e73

“The future of the state of the Democratic Party also runs right through North Carolina too,” @abreezeclayton tells @POLITICO. tinyurl.com/3633n83m
ICYMI.
Tried to answer some questions. tinyurl.com/2fcbnzeb
And this sentence: Over the past two decades, the decline of classified advertising, along with the rise of social media, has left America with far fewer Julie Browns and far more DC_Drainos.
These first two sentences from @helenlewis: Defending mainstream journalism these days is about as appealing as doing PR for syphilis. Nonetheless, here I am. tinyurl.com/4ztfcpde
These first two sentences from @helenlewis: Defending mainstream journalism these days is about as appealing as doing PR for syphilis. Nonetheless, here I am. tinyurl.com/4ztfcpde