Andrew Bates
Former Biden White House Senior Deputy Press Secretary and founder of Wolfpack Strategies. Winston-Salem native. @NCState alum.
- Reposted by Andrew BatesIf the Epstein files feel incomplete, it’s because they are. We still don’t have full transparency ... and absolutely no one deserves protection but the victims.
- Reposted by Andrew BatesWho does DOJ think they're fooling? The 3 MILLION Epstein files they're holding back r obviously full of stuff that should be turned over eg internal comms among Trump cronies We have the receipts & lay them out in our complaint to OIG. @axios.com has the exclusive www.axios.com/2026/02/06/e...
- Trump broke his promise to focus on deporting violent criminals. ICE is harassing innocent people instead. ICE's billions in new funding came at the expense of health care, like Democrats from @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social to @aoc.bsky.social are pointing out
- Reposted by Andrew BatesBREAKING: huge, gigantic, enormous win SCOTUS allows our big victory at trial upholding the Prop 50 redistricting to remain in place Kudos to my @democracydefendersaction.org, @lulacorg.bsky.social, Arnold & Porter & rest of the coalition that countered Trump's attempt to steal Congressional seats
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesA video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
- Talked with BBC about how it's good that Trump pulled back from what would be the worst real estate deal in U.S. history But that it's a huge giveaway to our competitors when we tell allies we don't care if you've lost soldiers defending America
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- Wrote for @zeteo.com about how the legacy of 4-term NC Governor Jim Hunt, who passed away last month, has new relevance for Democrats in 2026 and 2028. -Framing investments in working people - especially education - as a measure of community pride
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- More corrupt knee-bending. Instacart illegally fired an employee for exercising her right to run for Congress as a Democrat, saying they were worried about how the Trump Administration would respond to her support for reproductive rights and gun reform. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesBREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
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- Wrote for @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy about how 2/3 of Trump voters agree w/ Democrats that he should not take health care from millions. As polls get even worse for him, Trump should "admit he got this wrong, reach back out to Democrats and his own voters, and end his health care shutdown."
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- Trump in 2011: A shutdown is "a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together."
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesOregon AG Rayfield: I know for a fact, from talking to cities across Oregon, that if you pick up the phone and ask, “What could be helpful?” the answer would not be the United States military.
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- .@mediaite.com: "Ex-Biden Adviser Says Trump Crackdown ‘Disrespectful To Charlie Kirk’s Memory’" www.mediaite.com/online/ex-bi...
- Reposted by Andrew BatesAfter years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
- Reposted by Andrew BatesThe last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.
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- .@juddlegum.bsky.social shows Whatley's "smears" about the tragic murder of Iryna Zarutska are "objectively false." The killer was released because of a law passed by "the Republican-dominated North Carolina legislature and signed...by Governor Pat McCrory in July 2013."
- Days ago Trump falsely said, "We have no inflation. Prices are down on just about everything." New numbers from his own administration prove he's wrong. @wsj.com: "Inflation Rose to 2.9% in August" "Americans paid more for essentials like food and housing." www.wsj.com/economy/cpi-...
- "'If Republicans thought they could win on their record, they wouldn’t have opened the redistricting conversation in the first place,' Andrew Bates, a former senior staffer to President Joe Biden, told me."
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- Good talk
- The White House believes creating chaos will make voters forget his tariffs and tax cuts for the rich. They're wrong. @axios: "Republicans fret about inflation's impact on 2026 midterms" Polling shows "costs as the single most important issue to voters" www.axios.com/2025/09/02/r...
- Spoke with @garretthaake.bsky.social on @msnbc.com about how anti-vaccine scaremongering is ending research into cures for terminal diseases, like childhood cancers. The White House is speaking out of both sides of its mouth on this any many other issues - including Epstein and tariffs.
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesTrump admin planning to change student visas from lasting for duration of academic program to fixed 4-yr term, and then much harder to renew Could destroy US ability to attract global talent, particularly those seeking advanced degrees in STEM. The median time to complete a PhD is 5.7 yrs per NSF.
- Trumpflation @wsj.com: "Higher Prices Are Coming for Household Staples" "Companies from Hormel to Ace Hardware forecast prices rising as the costs of Trump’s tariffs are passed on to consumers" www.wsj.com/business/ret...
- .@normeisen.bsky.social to @weeknightmsnbc.bsky.social on Trump's attempt to fire Cook: "Another red line that has been breached...But it's one that hits Americans in the pocketbook." It "makes everything more expensive, more uncertain for Americans." "It weakens the dollar and it harms us all."
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesUPDATE: Lisa Cook says she's not going anywhere and Trump's bid to fire her is baseless. www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
- New Public Policy Polls data show @zachwahls.bsky.social has the best chance of beating Joni Ernst. Key to his crossover appeal: a populist campaign attacking Ernst's vote for the "Big, Beautiful Bill" and it's health care cuts, which are about to close Ernst's hometown hospital.
- The most corrupt president in history is making federal agents harass people for smoking marijuana While transferring Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security prison that former wardens call a "country club"
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- Full Rep. Nicole Collier interview with @jackschlossberg.bsky.social about her courageous stand in the Texas Capitol after Republicans tried to force her to accept a 24/7 law enforcement escort: youtu.be/m-Fj-SrLzWE?feature=shared
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- Reposted by Andrew BatesCollier: I refused to sign and so I was told that I was gonna have to stay here on the floor. They have locked the doors. The sergeants have been instructed not to allow me to leave until I have a permission slip.
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- Wrote in @meidastouch.com about the White House claiming tariffs have had no "material" impact on prices. Trump is redistributing working peoples' $ to billionaires. Corruption & prices are going in the same direction: 📈 "Trump is not a populist at all. He’s just an asshole."
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- .@mediaite: "hammered Trump on @msnbc, bringing up the so-called Epstein Files repeatedly" "'He thinks it’s not evident to everybody that he’s terrified there’s something in there about him'"
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- Do Trump's tariffs raise the costs he promised to lower? Yes. But at least they're hurting job growth, economic growth, American manufacturing, consumer confidence, and funding inflationary tax cuts for the rich
- With @terrydholt.bsky.social in @foxnews.com.web.brid.gy, a warning for the GOP about Trumpflation: "Whatever the billionaire in the White House may think, the American people are not stupid. They know they are paying more and getting less. They are saying it today and they will say it" in 2026.
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