Senior Fellow at Center for American Progress @amprog. Democracy crusader. Former Senate chief of staff, DOJ. Opinions my own, retweets aren’t endorsements.

Washington, DC
Joined December 2009
This is hugely important and cannot get lost. As Liz Cheney said, Jim Jordan was the congressman most involved with Trump’s plans to steal the election. Not only is he unfit to be Speaker, he should be expelled from the House, as I wrote in an @amprog report last April.
It appears there's some confusion on here about Jim Jordan's role in Trump's insurrection plot. So let me leave these here for you:
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Michael Sozan retweeted
Every Texas bar has that one guy. He’s loud. He’s obnoxious. He makes all the women feel uncomfortable. He adds his drink to your tab when you’re not looking. That’s Ken Paxton — and I don’t know about y’all, but I’m done picking up his tab.
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Thank you to the Pretti family for their courage. Minnesotans have not forgotten.
Michael Pretti, father of Alex Pretti, tells Attorney General Todd Blanche & U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Daniel Rosen "do your jobs, and stop shielding Alex's killers"
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Michael Sozan retweeted
If exit polls hold, the Israeli public rendered a clear verdict on Netanyahu’s coalition, dropping them from 64 to about 50 seats. He has no path to a government. Eizenkot’s bloc does, working with the Arab parties who appear likely to receive a record 17-18 seats. Israeli democracy has created this important opportunity for change.
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Michael Sozan retweeted
It was actually our 250th anniversary. Not that you would know — you spent it with the British.
Paxton: On July 4th, we celebrated the 200th anniversary of our country.
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We must hold ICE accountable.
BREAKING: Another immigrant has died in ICE custody, the 28th death in ICE detention in 2026.
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Michael Sozan retweeted
This is a vote for Trump. As someone who opposed Fetterman in the primary, Turek is absolutely no Fetterman
Leaning toward leaving Senate blank. Not gonna vote for Hinson, obviously, but I'm also not terribly interested in doing my part to add the next Fetterman to the Senate. Best of luck to Josh in finding his mythical moderate republicans.
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John Legend: "When Vivek Ramaswamy hears of an indicted child abuser who fled the state rather than face charges, instead of siding with the victim, he takes the side of the abuser…Do we want a man with this sort of depraved moral compass to lead our state?"
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Michael Sozan retweeted
BREAKING: Preliminary injunction granted in the golf course case! The threat to close & destroy this historic property is the latest act of Trump corruption that the courts have responded to Kudos to our wonderful clients & cocounsel @DemocracyFwd & Lowell & Associates
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New polling shows that government corruption is the top issue amongst voters.
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Michael Sozan retweeted
I agree with Neera! Vote for El Sayed!
My friends in Michigan: the best way to hold Trump accountable is a Dem House and Senate. That Dem senate could come down to Michigan. Please vote for Abdul El-Sayed. A big tent is important, maybe more important than ever, right now.
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Michael Sozan retweeted
Congratulations to Michele Tafoya on earning Donald Trump’s “Complete and Total Endorsement.” I’m sure you’re very proud.
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The biggest threat to U.S. democracy right now is NOT widespread fraud, but rather the Trump administration's outright disregard for the truth—all to undermine Americans' trust in their elections.
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Michael Sozan retweeted
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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My friends in Michigan: the best way to hold Trump accountable is a Dem House and Senate. That Dem senate could come down to Michigan. Please vote for Abdul El-Sayed. A big tent is important, maybe more important than ever, right now.
MSU/YouGov poll | 10/2-10/19 LV Michigan statewide races 2026 US Senate 🟦Abdul El-Sayed 48.0% (+2.5) 🟥Mike Rogers 45.5% —— Michigan Governor 🟦Jocelyn Benson 53.3% (+12.4) 🟥John James 40.9% —— 2024 recalled vote: Trump +1.8
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And yet these A.I. companies continue to rush ahead...
Anthropic says that even the entire insurance industry in the aggregate will not have the capacity to insure the catastrophic risk that ANTHROPIC ITSELF poses to the world lol
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I think the fact that Marissa Mayer would voluntarily disclose this to a reporter is a pretty good demonstration of how deeply the culture of Silicon Valley has diverged from the rest of humanity
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Norway is one of the most democratic and prosperous countries on Earth. Free health care Free college Strong democracy Free press Trump says “Norway sucks” and is a “shithouse country” because it won’t give him the Nobel Prize. Insane. We have a mentally unbalanced president.
Trump says he doesn’t want immigrants from Norway because he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize. “Norway sucks. Norway has become a shithouse country.”
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Michael Sozan retweeted
🚨 🚨 Nikki Haley and Mark Sanford to endorse Annie Andrews 🚨 🚨
Siren emoji: I hear two former S Carolina govs w a history have cut a closing spot for @AnnieAndrewsMD Senate bid
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Michael Sozan retweeted
David Jolly: "The problem in this environment is not that I used to be a Republican. It's that Byron Donalds still is one."
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