Praise🍊, he’ll let you live; Jared killed Khashoggi

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

2 transcripts released

"The transcripts … demonstrate clearly how Pres. Trump approved the removal of a highly respected and effective diplomat based on public falsehoods and smears against Amb. Yovanovitch's character and her work in support of long-held U.S. foreign policy anticorruption goals." https://t.co/m2muJ1fcIs

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 4, 2019

Sondland/Yovanovich

Reminder: Sondland testified he didn’t see anything political in Trump’s Ukraine decisions. https://t.co/PV3Ayg9hhS

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) November 4, 2019

thread

This is scary.

From the transcript of Ambassador Yovanovitch's deposition:

Yovanovitch was told her "security" was in danger – because of the White House – and she needed to come home on the next plane. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/8r5gB3mybU

— Tami Burages (@tburages) November 4, 2019

tweet

!!! The State Dept pulled Yovanovitch from Ukraine in such a rush because they were trying to get ahead of a potential Trump tweet. pic.twitter.com/u9l2hnFJN0

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) November 4, 2019

Pelosi

Today, we see more of what witnesses have told the House inquiry. It was a months-long pressure campaign laying the groundwork for the President’s “do us a favor” call w/ Ukraine President Zelensky, contaminating our foreign policy for his political gain. https://t.co/mrUoSABbuV pic.twitter.com/N3en72nLZL

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) November 4, 2019

OBSTRUCTION

defied subpoenas

Here's an updated list of those who have defied congressional subpoenas:

Kline
Hicks
Donaldson
Conway
Mnuchin
Ross
Barr
White House lawyers
Pence
Pompeo
Esper
Giuliani
Vought
Sondland (docs)
Parnas
Fruman
Perry
Mulvaney
Kupperman
Eisenberg
Ellis
Blair
McCormack

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) November 4, 2019

no show

CNN: !!! All four White House officials scheduled to give depositions on Monday won’t show up.

— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) November 4, 2019

Nunes/Butina

The subtext:

House Intel knew Butina was involved in wrongdoing.

Devin Nunes obstructed justice to prevent her being questioned. https://t.co/piGjCrkeF1

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) July 16, 2018

WTF Mueller?

What happened to Mueller? New secret docs from the probe suggest strong evidence ("Get the emails") never made the final cut. How Trump, William Barr turned up the gaslight on Mueller, and why Congress has to fix this through impeachment is my new column https://t.co/mI4vNTX4ir

— Will Bunch 🆘 (@Will_Bunch) November 3, 2019

Jordan

Jordan: Show me proof of a quid pro quo!
Dems: Okay, here.
Jordan: Find someone who was on the call!
Dems: Okay, here.
Jordan: Open the hearings!
Dems: Okay, here.
Jordan: Vote on impeachment rules!
Dems: Okay, here.
Jordan: Release the transcripts!
Dems: Okay, here.
Jordan: https://t.co/NQCUMl0qAF

— Isaac Saul (@Ike_Saul) November 4, 2019

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

complain

President Donald Trump complained about the impeachment inquiry on the same day top Democrats vowed to release details from their closed-door proceedings https://t.co/PgsCuHMcZ6

— POLITICO (@politico) November 4, 2019

Kushner – Kashoggi

New whistleblowers in the intelligence community have reportedly told House Cmttees that Kushner greenlighted Khashoggi's arrest by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
(Via Turkish Intel Agency) https://t.co/h8Kiqyctfb

— Monty Boa (@MontyBoa99) November 4, 2019

and

https://t.co/AUpJaeb60R @maddow @MSNBC @ABCPolitics @ABC @CBSThisMorning @CBSNews @SpeakerPelosi @AdamSchiff @RepJerryNadler @RepMaxineWaters @WaysMeansCmte @HouseJudiciary @OversightDems

— Rosemarie always VOTES DEMOCRAT (@Rose52413) November 4, 2019

cheers at rallies

Trump draws cheers at his rallies because he has paid staff sprinkled throughout the crowd (some of whom are paid to attend). They stir it up and encourage others. I suspect little has changed since he came down the escalator at Trump Tower to a paid crowd. About 30% are fans. https://t.co/zlbc1B4xaL

— John Dean (@JohnWDean) November 3, 2019

Boo – Colbert style

#Potus booed at the ball game. Here's what you never saw on the news pic.twitter.com/4XRGgHcSfu

— Trojan (@moosaehs) November 3, 2019

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

jump ship

None of these men has been well remembered. All of their obituaries led with the fact that they defended Nixon. That decision became the headline of their entire lives. https://t.co/BEDYyJSJ7H

— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) November 3, 2019

NAZI

Spencer

CNN had Richard Spencer on the air less than 4 months ago.

This audio leaked by Milo on his YT channel, includes Spencer saying "Little fucking k*kes, they get ruled by people like me. Little fucking octaroons… My ancestors enslaved those pieces of fucking shit." pic.twitter.com/KeBTrseXZA

— Avi Bueno (@Avi_Bueno) November 4, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala

#Kamala2020
My Presidential candidate was outstanding at Iowa's Liberty & Justice She hit it out of the park into the ozone #Justice is on the ballot!' was her mantra 'her rhetoric was soaring but focused Her demeanor was sober if not defiant' #KDH https://t.co/UBGuZaxCEX

— Kristen's Kulture (@paz4u) November 4, 2019

Iowa

This is the energy we’re taking with us as we knock on doors across the state today.

We believe that she will win. #IACaucus pic.twitter.com/Iq33akPxut

— Kamala for Iowa (@KamalaForIA) November 3, 2019

fielding

When you look at all of the other candidates, very few are fielding what she’s fielding in terms of bots & of ppl attacking her @MidwinCharles THANK YOU for highlighting the EXTRA hurdles that a WOC must face in every aspect of their lives!!🙌🏾#Kamala2020 @K_JeanPierre @CapehartJ pic.twitter.com/8Mgg23mXC3

— Janna Bastone (@janna_bastone) November 3, 2019

Buti

Buttigieg in Charles City says, "I definitely don’t believe who you voted for makes you a bad person or a good person."

This comment – which he has made multiple times in Iowa – fits with much of his messaging this weekend.

— Dan Merica (@merica) November 3, 2019

Burnie

Bernie Sanders is like if a regular old senator got bit by a radioactive hippie.

— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) November 3, 2019

US

Fonda

Jane Fonda moved to Washington in September to highlight the urgency of the climate crisis by staging protests at the Capitol. She has been arrested every Friday for the past 4 weeks and expects to turn 82 in jail, on Dec. 21. https://t.co/CRseH5cjo9

— The New York Times (@nytimes) November 4, 2019

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Attack the witness! Hill hit job

 

 

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Windman testimony

Vindman testified that the July call transcript omitted references to Burisma and additional mentions of Biden and he tried unsuccessfully to have them restored. https://t.co/3wFEF4bgYF pic.twitter.com/3vpYgsTeqB

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) October 30, 2019

statement

READ VINDMAN'S FULL STATEMENT:

“I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine.”
https://t.co/dPjEntEaoG

Story w/ @AndrewDesiderio coming.

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 29, 2019

Sondland changed tune

EU Amb. Gordon Sondland now tells Congress that there was a quid pro quo involved with Ukraine after previously denying it, Wall Street Journal reports. https://t.co/S8js2Zww25

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 29, 2019

format

JUST IN: House resolution empowers SCHIFF to call public hearings and add as many rounds of uninterrupted questioning as he wants — up 45 minutes per side — in which only SCHIFF/NUNES or a staffer can ask questions. https://t.co/A6EhTLapBO

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 29, 2019

2 thugs

"One of the two indicted associates of President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, on Wednesday tied the case to the president himself, saying that some of the evidence … could be subject to executive privilege."https://t.co/dXCUVutNMC

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 30, 2019

poll

New poll from Suffolk University & USA Today shows most Americans want Trump to stop stonewalling. Asked if the White House has an obligation to comply with the subpoenas from Congress, 66% say yes. Only 26% say no. Even 35% of R's say WH ought to comply. https://t.co/10V12G4xFC

— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) October 29, 2019

GOP frustrated

New: Republican aides couldn’t name a White House point person on impeachment. Their frustration with Trump’s handling of the situation is growing — as key allies on Capitol Hill are about to be sidelined thanks to Pelosi’s resolution. W/ @MichaelRWarren https://t.co/qFXIR1hg9R

— Sarah Westwood (@sarahcwestwood) October 30, 2019

WORLD

🍊 KLAN

transcript

Oh, I see. pic.twitter.com/1Bo0XiIbIW

— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 30, 2019

mashed speeches

We mashed up @BarackObama’s Bin Laden speech with @RealDonaldTrump’s al-Baghdadi speech, and the results are amazing pic.twitter.com/Z8yfxSYWLd

— Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) October 29, 2019

bar on head

Trump puts candy bar on head of White House trick-or-treater dressed as minion https://t.co/ja4NyQZpcq pic.twitter.com/Tru7B5FphM

— TIME (@TIME) October 29, 2019

dogs

Funny how the Republican version of this painting is just white men and no dogs. pic.twitter.com/GjgNocZJjU

— Santa Claus, CEO (@SantaInc) October 29, 2019

above the law

New from me this morning: President Trump’s lawyers have made arguments that when taken as a whole articulate a vision of the presidency where no other institution can hold him accountable — even if he were literally to commit murder.https://t.co/VxEjPBZqCh

— Byron Tau (@ByronTau) October 29, 2019

PENCE

tangled

Why won't Pence answer questions about Trump's impeachable offenses directly?

Because he's tangled up in Trump's extortion of Ukraine. https://t.co/q4QJ5oFcGm

— CAP Action (@CAPAction) October 29, 2019

REPUBLICANS

fundraisers

Republican Party of Florida on Monday postponed its biggest annual fundraiser.
Planners couldn't land a keynote speaker or sell table sponsorships. https://t.co/bwd6KCklYH

— Gary Armstrong (@vanityman) October 29, 2019

base

Hardcore Trump base down to 26%. https://t.co/WpBEofl3Td

— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) October 29, 2019

Barr Mifsud conspiracy

Here’s How Dumb Bill Barr’s Great Mifsud Conspiracy Story Really Is https://t.co/3GBtbet7iF via @thedailybeast

— csdickey (@csdickey) October 30, 2019

hit job on Katie Hill

here — this is my story but backed up with multiple sources and audio (not at all attached to Playboy) about how a local radio host in California approached the National Republican Congressional Committee with the Katie Hill images before the first stories ran in RedState. pic.twitter.com/RJZg96fuS4

— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) October 30, 2019

 

and

https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1189372565606879233

and

George Papadopoulos tweeted that Katie Hill's seat is wide open for the taking

But he tweeted that BEFORE the RedState revenge photos hit

Now Papadopoulos has filed to run for her seat

Read the thread below https://t.co/ZwVxqc8lPK

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 30, 2019

MEDIA

FB

“This is all about money for Zuckerberg, but he disguises his motives in some half-baked theory about freedom of the press — so half-baked that he couldn’t explain it even when he knew he would be asked about it by a congressional committee.” https://t.co/epixXhs7ZP

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) October 30, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala on attacks

You are attacking a decorated Army colonel.

Alexander Vindman served in the Iraq War. You serve yourself.

He received a Purple Heart. You're receiving subpoenas.

Unlike you, he has a sense of duty to this country. He is a patriot. You are a disgrace. https://t.co/JnIwDAyh9o

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 29, 2019

On vote suppression

If it wasn’t for voter suppression tactics like this, we’d be calling @staceyabrams governor.

This is an attack on our democracy. https://t.co/Tj9mBjRANW

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 30, 2019

LEFTOVERS

2016 primary

Lawsuit sought damages, but a federal district judge said the plaintiffs did not have legal standing and dismissed the claims. The plaintiffs took the case to the Atlanta-based appeals court, but it rejected the claims based on standing and other factors.https://t.co/ujccr4J1dC

— Lisa Leikus 🥀 (@LLeikus) October 29, 2019

Tulsi 3rd party

Gabbard's op-ed today pretty much confirms what Hillary Clinton said about her https://t.co/HCPf64tsen

— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 30, 2019

Omar

People really shouldn’t be surprised about Ilhan Omar’s response to the Armenian Genocide vote, she showed you exactly who she was over Venezuela.

— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) October 30, 2019

and

All that time and energy you spent defending Ilhan Omar from the GOP without ever taking a look at how problematic some of her foreign policy views are.

— Ragnarok Lobster (@eclecticbrotha) October 30, 2019

US

Schiff

Armenian genocide

The House just voted to recognize the Armenian Genocide – a vote I fought for 19 years to make possible, that tens of thousands of my Armenian American constituents have waited decades to see.

We will not be party to genocide denial. We will not be silent. We will never forget. pic.twitter.com/R8Ex2lqYEb

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 29, 2019

Schumer, Ted

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1189286835480121345

Schumer – appropriations

https://twitter.com/SenSchumer/status/1189211712702025728

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Biden praises Tulsi who then turns Trumpie

 

 

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

😱

Rudy Giuliani butt-dialed an NBC News reporter — twice — leaving long voicemail messages in which he's heard discussing Joe Biden, business in Bahrain and his need for cash. By @richschapiro https://t.co/52GCnjhoJC

— NBC Investigations (@NBCInvestigates) October 25, 2019

Mueller Grand Jury

BREAKING: House Judiciary Committee wins access to Mueller’s grand jury files, per an order from U.S. District Court Chief Judge Beryl Howell.

Major victory for House Dems, even as the focus of the impeachment inquiry has shifted to Ukraine.

— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 25, 2019

Morrison testimony

Morrison is also the first official believed to have been on the July 25 call between Trump/Zelensky who will talk to impeachment investigators: https://t.co/nMWY6lgTWw

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 25, 2019

closed doors

Andrew Napolitano: "As frustrating as it may be to have these hearings going on behind closed doors … they are consistent with the rules. … When were the rules written last? In January of 2015. And who signed them? John Boehner. And who enacted them? A Republican majority." pic.twitter.com/Zl10ZNugf4

— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 24, 2019

also

And one more time, the formal impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon in the House Judiciary Committee in 1974 was also a "closed door impeachment process."https://t.co/ngo0grllGP

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 24, 2019

also

Lindsey Graham was a House manager in the Clinton impeachment and, as part of that, he and his colleagues carried out a "closed door impeachment process" https://t.co/R7W4WY1DBT pic.twitter.com/cLCvyG0wy2

— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 24, 2019

WORLD

to conspiracies

So far:
Australia said we stand by Downer
Italy: We weren't involved with Mifsud
UK: Steele is honest, tho has a habit of trusting people like GOP-backer Oleg Deripaska
Ukraine: Coerced into pretending its corrupt ex-prosecutors are honest

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 25, 2019

🍊 KLAN

briefing

Trump: Day 1,007
-Avoided Elijah Cummings Ceremony
-GOP Defenses Grow More Disjointed
-Barr Asked Italy 2 Disparage US Intel
-Ross Email Use Under Investigation
-Air Pollution Has Spiked Since 2016
-Suspended Ukraine Trade in August
-DOJ Criminal Inquiry into RU Probe pic.twitter.com/gHu2FLywBf

— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) October 25, 2019

Kurds

Shorter Trump: Hope you enjoyed the cleanse! We've got a position open as our oil protection force! https://t.co/RjgG4CjIfq

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 24, 2019

genocide

The President of the United States is now helping Turkey achieve ethnic cleansing by TELLING the Kurds to flee their homes. https://t.co/5uuPHa5lhl

— Samantha Power (@SamanthaJPower) October 24, 2019

7 students

Trump spoke at the historically black Benedict College in South Carolina: "Benedict College spokeswoman Kymm Hunter told the W.H. press pool nine students were confirmed to attend, although two had ROTC training, so seven attended the president's remarks." https://t.co/eLuRSgnfeC

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 25, 2019

American – Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen: Donald Trump "doesn't have a grasp" on what it means to be American in Gayle King interview – CBS News https://t.co/nrWDNoDhOP

— julie k. brown (@jkbjournalist) October 24, 2019

Colorado explanation

“If recent history is any guide, White House officials will quietly direct the Army Corps of Engineers to issue an unsigned statement today, explaining that Trump was right about wall construction in Colorado, reality be damned.” https://t.co/r6Uqjh2kk8

— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) October 24, 2019

will continue to ak Chin for dirt

The message the @realDonaldTrump Administration is sending is that @POTUS will continue to solicit foreign interference in American elections unless he is stopped.

That gives the House of Representatives very little choice doesn't it? https://t.co/nygNEnOTOJ

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 24, 2019

Incest Barbie

https://t.co/AR1JKp5VIz https://t.co/w4lObQQrBs

— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨‍🦳👨‍🦳👨‍🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) October 24, 2019

and

Actual quantum supremacy is a critical element of long-term US national security interests. That’s why it is so disturbing that the president’s know-nothing daughter is posing as the administration’s face on the issue and that she thinks this represents genuine “supremacy.” https://t.co/V8q3VA6IsR

— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) October 24, 2019

1 million in bills

Deadbeat Presidency. https://t.co/AEDI7eZ7Vq

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 25, 2019

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

R Senators

ruling out impeachment

These 7 senators have RULED OUT impeachment. That means they don't want to hear evidence. It means they don't care if DJT is a lying traitor. They simply don't care. How does this country recover from that level of depravity in government? pic.twitter.com/uxF5DdsWol

— Pauley AZ 🌵 🌅 ☮ 🇺🇸 🎃 (@PauleyGay) October 24, 2019

on condemning dems

so the 9 @GOP holdouts are…

UP FOR RE-ELECTION:
– Collins
– Gardner
– Sullivan

RETIRING:
– Alexander
– Isakson
– Enzi

OTHER:
– Murkowski
– Romney
– Portman https://t.co/kHlKbw1hnu

— Jesse Lehrich (@JesseLehrich) October 24, 2019

Barr – DOJ – criminal investigation

Special Counsel investigation resulted in:

-34 indictments
-8 convictions/guilty pleas
-A finding that Russia interfered in US elections in a sweeping & systematic manner

AG Barr of @TheJusticeDept is now essentially trying to say that none of that should have happened. Really? https://t.co/1yF3pMI24M

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 25, 2019

and

considering they can’t charge a single person without opening themselves to a disastrous discovery process it’s a sure bet this is just a perfunctory avenue to release what will amount to an even more incompetently nonsensical version of the nunes memo https://t.co/6nK49lOL1p

— kilgore trout captured isis (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 25, 2019

move outside executive

Barr proves to me that we may need to move DOJ outside of the Executive Branch and into a space that the Fed occupies. There's nothing in the Constitution that talks about a Department of Justice being required to be an executive agency if I'm right

— Dan (@DannyBallgame9) October 25, 2019

lawless

Not only did Republicans violate House rules yesterday by bringing their phones into a secure area, but Matt Gaetz and his staff also handed out expired congressional passes to some uncredentialed reporters and the crew of HBO’s “The Swamp.” https://t.co/W2RQ1JZCAR

— Vicky Ward (@VickyPJWard) October 24, 2019

and

Hush. pic.twitter.com/nNP9HDbD0y

— Lucille (@Delilah399) October 24, 2019

Colbert

When your country club holds an emergency meeting after someone overhears one of the caddies singing a rap song. pic.twitter.com/GcRo5kzrBs

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) October 24, 2019

pics

More interpretative shots from yesterday's #SCIFstunt made by @alexwroblewski who was there for @gettyimages. There is the white male petri dish, then a two part Halloween edition. pic.twitter.com/QbebimIDbu

— Reading The Pictures (@ReadingThePix) October 24, 2019

movie

The Battle of SKIF HILL: a documentary remembrance @sovereignsyre @drryanbyrne #SCIF #MattGaetz #ArrestGaetz pic.twitter.com/0v20Me3Oem

— 🔥 UNHOLY BIBLE STUDY 🔥 (@unholybiblepod) October 24, 2019

history

I posted this enlightening pic this a.m. when I heard what was going on. pic.twitter.com/sOpND3PM9r

— Frunabulax (@glen_55) October 24, 2019

Rubio

I'm never surprised by any of this, but sometimes I do pause and sit w/ the fact that U.S. politicians feel free to say things like this & I am profoundly disturbed.

Rubio doesn't only represent Christians. https://t.co/t0tAg2gci3

— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) October 24, 2019

MEDIA

Facebook

Raise your hand if you’re sick and tired of CEOs telling the public one thing but arguing a different thing in federal court. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/wPvNTDAgDN

— Rep. Katie Porter (@RepKatiePorter) October 24, 2019

also, Joyce Beatty

I thought what @AOC did to Mark Zuckerberg was bad. But Congresswoman Joyce Beatty showed why black women are undefeated (h/t @JamilahLemieux)

pic.twitter.com/U1SeoZO3mq

— Jemele Hill (@jemelehill) October 24, 2019

Hill editor

Oh my. https://t.co/bLwvWfJoZH

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) October 24, 2019

🦊❤️👓

Lovely. https://t.co/hXmmdHJO10

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) October 25, 2019

Federalist

The federalist goes full fascist, and is now arguing that Trump losing an election would be a “coup,” because Trump is the only legitimate expression of popular will. pic.twitter.com/QV0WZlPozM

— *Palpatine voice* UNLIMITED DADPUNS🍝 (@AdamSerwer) October 25, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala

Representative Elijah Cummings fought for the soul of our nation. I join Americans across the country in mourning our collective loss as he lies in state today. pic.twitter.com/8ourDXraaM

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 24, 2019

Warren

Warren’s N.H. office was broken into. Campaign says “we have no reason to believe this was targeted to the campaign or is anything further than a regular break-in.” via @HunterMw: https://t.co/w4DIf5xdBw

— Alexandra Jaffe (@ajjaffe) October 24, 2019

Biden ❤️ Tulsi

WATCH: @JoeBiden defended @TulsiGabbard this evening when asked about @HillaryClinton's suggestion that she is a Russian asset. Biden says Clinton is "so frustrated" w/what the Russians did in 2016. Asked by @CHueyBurns @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/6UymVdEDUJ

— Bo Erickson (@BoKnowsNews) October 24, 2019

Burnie – medical bills

It has been two weeks.

If Bernie’s medical records would allay people’s concerns, he would have sent them out in a fundraising email within a day.
https://t.co/trAaZGmqmT

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) October 25, 2019

hates media

Fun! The potential of another President who hates the media! (And I’m a big ole critic of the media). But ugh—let’s end this ugly chapter of media hatred from elected officials who don’t like their BS challenged. https://t.co/UlkJOZOM33

— Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) October 23, 2019

candidates

Good morning to the Presidential candidates who didn’t defend Tulsi Gabbard.

She has announced she’s not seeking re-election and has been spotted with GOP donors allegedly prepping a 3rd party run. pic.twitter.com/sA5VL1Zp7j

— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) October 25, 2019

LEFTOVERS

3rd party

Wow, it's like Hillary knew exactly what she was talking about. Again. https://t.co/DIDnATGf46

— Kaili Joy Gray (@KailiJoy) October 24, 2019

Tulsi defenders

Everyone That Stood Up To Hillary For Tulsi Needs To Have About A Million Seats https://t.co/qnTgzDnlfe

— Why Won't Tulsi Go Away? (@JFakhredin) October 25, 2019

on 🦊

Tulsi Gabbard appears on Hannity and criticizes the impeachment inquiry process by saying she doesn’t know what’s going on behind closed doors and that she wants transparency pic.twitter.com/au4Zyyhv0B

— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 25, 2019

and soundalikes

How does she sound any different than Lindsay Graham?
I warned you all about her. A long time ago. https://t.co/gHhQeDWaMS

— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) October 25, 2019

Newsmax

Awful https://t.co/SX1PhosUfp

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) October 24, 2019

US

Schiff

Today, Laura Cooper did her lawful duty and answered questions from both parties.

She did so notwithstanding efforts by the President to stop her, and when those failed, efforts by his GOP allies in Congress to do the same.

We will not be deterred from revealing the truth. https://t.co/8BMiFZa0gf

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 23, 2019

Cummings

https://twitter.com/sarahnferris/status/1187400640571543558

Andres

https://twitter.com/chelsea_janes/status/1187691898401689600

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Quid pro quo as you wanted

 

IMPEACHMENT

Taylor deposition

This will take you 20 min, but it's really important. Read in its entirety, Bill Taylor's testimony is just bone chilling.

Two things stand out: 1) the quid pro quo was made clear to Ukraine, over and over and over; 2) Trump was at the center of it.https://t.co/uCO93dOtqa

— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) October 23, 2019

and

"He said that President Trump wanted President Zelenskyy 'in a public box' by making a public statement about ordering such investigations." pic.twitter.com/ecuH7KlwSW

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 23, 2019

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The more I review the Taylor statement, the more punched in the gut I feel.

This is the biggest scandal in US history. The president undermined an ally's very survival so he could blackmail that foreign nation into interfering with our election.

No scandal comes close to this.

— Kurt Eichenwald (@kurteichenwald) October 22, 2019

revelations

This is the bombshell dropped by #williamtaylor in today’s #impeachment hearinghttps://t.co/AKf8QbeXP8

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) October 23, 2019

and

Bill Taylor says the secretary of Ukraine's National Security & Defense Council told him on July 20—five days before the Trump-Zelensky call—that Zelensky "did not want to be used as a pawn in a U.S. re-election campaign.” https://t.co/VgJKIESQt7

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) October 23, 2019

Nadler ?

.@RepJerryNadler just asked each witness in the @HouseJudiciary hearing on Election Security whether it was appropriate for a president to ask a foreign country to investigate a political opponent.

3/4 witnesses said no.

The witness who refused to answer was from DOJ.

— Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (@RepMGS) October 22, 2019

Taylor

Dear @PressSec , Ambassador Taylor is not a "Radical unelected bureaucrat." He is a West Point graduate, who served 6 years in in Vietnam, before serving 4 more decades in the USG in some of the most challenging assignments we have. Shame on you for attacking his character. https://t.co/ooCdrZUhtm

— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) October 23, 2019

and

Ambassador Taylor went to West Point, served in Vietnam, and left retirement to take this assignment at Secretary Pompeo’s request.

Far from being a “radical unelected bureaucrat waging war on the Constitution,” he proved today to be among its most staunch defenders. https://t.co/vB6csEs40Z

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 23, 2019

Abuse of power

Dear @MattWhitaker46: Article II of the Articles of Impeachment against Nixon was Abuse of Power.

Also, the Framers intended Impeachment to be a remedy for Abuse of Power.

Also, soliciting a foreign nation to get dirt on your American political opponent is illegal.#Facts https://t.co/Xdb4pUAjsW

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) October 23, 2019

🐢 breaks off!

“I don't recall any conversations with the President about that phone call."
https://t.co/oJ3j7XbDqT

— Katie Phang (@KatiePhang) October 23, 2019

Barr in deeper

Taylor’s statement pulls BARR deeper into the mess that DOJ has been trying to extricate him from: pic.twitter.com/vdBC6QOJPh

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 22, 2019

and

UPDATE: DOJ official says the department was unaware ambassadors were discussing linking the Ukraine investigation to Barr’s probe of the 2016 election >> https://t.co/W96IcmAd4E

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) October 22, 2019

Quid pro quo

I cannot overstate how damaging this Amb Taylor testimony is to Trump. pic.twitter.com/ARLewa1DCV

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 22, 2019

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Quid, Pro and Quo walk into a Barr.https://t.co/EZwZjGYWhA

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 23, 2019

thugs

SCOOP: A grand jury has demanded legal documents that include bank records on Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman, two key operatives who worked on the Ukrainian backchannel campaign with Rudy Giuliani. By @MikeSallah7, @JasonLeopold, and me: https://t.co/mDiOAAKIdv

— Emma Loop (@LoopEmma) October 22, 2019

WORLD

RUSSIA

A Russian Flag flies over an abandoned US military base in Syria NEVER FORGET THE SHAME DONALD BROUGHT TO THE USA! pic.twitter.com/dzFF1jb5SR

— Sveta For Democracy 🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@SlavicLady88) October 22, 2019

🍊 KLAN

WH response

This is the break-glass-in-case-of-emergency boilerplate response when you have no refutation on the substance of the claims. https://t.co/IzDvSEbki6

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 23, 2019

appeal

Donald Trump's legal team appeals a ruling calling Trump's claims of executive immunity "repugnant to the nation's governmental structure."

Live, 10/23, 10amET https://t.co/tFvJzLQcfh pic.twitter.com/IpKh6ZOovi

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 23, 2019

pissed at senate

NEW – Trumpworld is growing pissed at Senate Republicans for not doing more to counter program House Democrats on impeachment. And much of their ire is being directed at Lindsey Graham. https://t.co/0MTTad0xLp

— Sam Stein (@samstein) October 23, 2019

creepy

'Dancers, models and actresses staying at Mar-A-Lago for an event or performance described waking up in the wee hours to find him standing at their bedsides."

— @DanelleElaine of @DCReportMedia on new book about Trump's creepy moves on 200+women.https://t.co/Wp02QOqqC6

— David Cay Johnston (@DavidCayJ) October 22, 2019

Colorado

pic.twitter.com/Ht2bnt12dF

— darth™ (@darth) October 23, 2019

Poll

Donald Trump is losing Republican support for handling of foreign policy, ISIS: Poll https://t.co/4f3S75Qe4v

— Newsweek (@Newsweek) October 23, 2019

chess

trump is playing chess in the sense he believes he's a white king that's trying to destroy all the black people

— Megan Amram (@meganamram) October 22, 2019

PENCE

in like Flynn

I’d line up a good attorney if I were you https://t.co/3bkHfsgowr

— Barbie Williams (@Barbie892) October 23, 2019

REPUBLICANS

Graham – show Me! OK!

Lindsey Graham: "If you could show me that Trump actually was engaging in a quid pro quo, outside the phone call, that would be very disturbing."

cc Ambassador Bill Taylor pic.twitter.com/DpZhohheFO

— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) October 22, 2019

men!

In @tnyshouts, @meganamram suggests some brands men can use to feel strong, healthy, and masculine! https://t.co/NfGVIMbiID

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 18, 2019

MEDIA

NYT

There is absolutely no redeeming the @nytimes any more. They are the scum of journalism – in fact calling what they do "journalism" is an insult to journalism & they honestly need to change their name to The #MoscowTimes https://t.co/j2aJ5Saqpn

— Feral (@shuboogie) October 23, 2019

and

New York Times changes story admitting they misquoted Clinton saying ‘Russians’ were ‘grooming’ Tulsi Gabbard https://t.co/mxlDXhJmKs

— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) October 23, 2019

and

Hallo you can read it here: Thread by @NickMerrill: "On Friday, the NYT did a piece about a podcast Secretary Clinton did with David Plouffe. They incorrectly quoted her say […]" https://t.co/3gcLcJzCFz
Enjoy 🙂 🤖

— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) October 22, 2019

and

We’ve corrected this article and deleted an earlier tweet that incorrectly described Hillary Clinton’s recent comments from a podcast interview. https://t.co/DKKr3JzcKH

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) October 23, 2019

🦊

I’m old enough to remember when it was revealed that sean Hannity was Micheal Cohen’s third client. https://t.co/mQc12NsVZv

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) October 23, 2019

ELECTIONS

Kamala – issues

The two biggest issues Californians called my office about last week: supporting the impeachment of Trump and condemning the administration’s irrational pullout of American troops from Syria. I hear them and I agree.

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) October 22, 2019

AG

Victim Compensation Board,chaired by Gov't Operations Agency (GOA) Secretary w/2 other voting members (CA Controller & Mayor of Stockton), is housed under GOA, which "answers to" the Governor. The CA AG isn't in charge of GOA/VCB & has no control over their policies or protocols. pic.twitter.com/6RfTYVPMvj

— (((antiantisemite))) (@Tristanshouts) October 22, 2019

LEFTOVERS

Tulsi

I wrote about @TulsiGabbard ‘s faux boycott of the Democratic debate. Her rhetoric was worse than anything @HillaryClinton suggested about her. https://t.co/wyNCwdkyXe

— Stephen Robinson (@SER1897) October 22, 2019

Burnie&co

Bernie Sanders and other candidates actually defended this. https://t.co/1tiCV69OID

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) October 23, 2019

US

PP endorsements

Big News: @PPact is endorsing its first wave of reproductive health champions! Check them out here: https://t.co/mt4I6j3eAf @TeamEngel is in one of the first selected for endorsement for 2020.

— Engel for Congress (@TeamEngel) October 21, 2019

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Some Rs wake up; Tulsi not an asset – send more bots!

 

IMPEACHMENT

status

How's Trump's Impeachment doing?

GOP Sen Lisa Murkowski AK comes out against Ukraine quid pro quo

Mitch McTurtle writes – WRITES – op ed against Trump Syria strategy ie Kurds

Kasich comes out in favor of Impeachment (already)

Giuliani caught seeking visa for corrupt Ukrainian

— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) October 19, 2019

Kiev Post

pic.twitter.com/Vv2gLQWBXm

— Rhonda Harbison (@rhonda_harbison) October 18, 2019

Di Genova/Toensing selling influence

“Joe D and Victoria T” (as Trump recently called them) have billed a million in just a few short months, making Hunter Biden look like an amateur.

(Though they do have to share some with their associate who was just indicted for campaign finance crimes.)https://t.co/Hbe71cgE53 pic.twitter.com/DpYZHt4Ng2

— Andrew Prokop (@awprokop) October 18, 2019

Steele on Russians in Dem party

Yup, now with all of that let’s look at this again and god dammit STEELE WAS ON THIS SHIT FROM THE JUMP🔥👇3rd Line down… pic.twitter.com/JA0jQubAte

— ♠️⚜️Miss Führerious⚜️♥️ (@MissFuhrerious) October 19, 2019

WORLD

RUSSIA

Tulsi

Tulsi: “I Am not a Russian asset!”
Russia: “They’re attacking the asset!”
Five seconds later on twitter:#IamTulsi pic.twitter.com/4BVRgQifjM

— Steve Marmel (@Marmel) October 19, 2019

🍊 KLAN

PENCE

REPUBLICANS

US payroll or not

GOP Rep. Mike Conaway, who sits on Intel, told me he’s not concerned with Rudy Giuliani’s role driving US policy toward Ukraine. “The president gets to run his White House the way he wants to, he’s got trusted advisers – some are on the US payroll, some are not.”

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 18, 2019

😱 brought thugs at funeral

When Rudy Giuliani went to the funeral of George H.W. Bush, he brought with him a date. A most unusual date. pic.twitter.com/3mCdNXKygR

— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) October 19, 2019

AGAINST

fractures

Keep denying what’s happening right before your eyes, @hughhewitt https://t.co/MO0D4lD1Vt https://t.co/L8R53jWWOS pic.twitter.com/kX30RmIUbR

— Bad Fox Graphics (@BadFoxGraphics) October 19, 2019

🐢?

"A Strategic nightmare."

Mitch McConnell says:
"The combination of a U.S. pullback and the escalating Turkish-Kurdish hostilities is creating a strategic nightmare for our country. "https://t.co/AV04vjUwUT

— Carol Leonnig (@CarolLeonnig) October 19, 2019

MEDIA

NYT emails

There is no defensible journalistic rationale for how differently these stories were played. pic.twitter.com/hodQ0H4AwU

— Dan Lavoie (@djlavoie) October 19, 2019

also

Nothing new: @nytimes buried and distorted the RTC report that cleared the Clintons in Whitewater. (@WSJ was far more fair and accurate!)https://t.co/FMXQuVeYGx https://t.co/tRFj7VnwtV

— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) October 19, 2019

Twitter

My friend @Sker4Lyfe went Strolling through Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (aka 'Low budget Tyrion Lannister's' ) likes today

Interesting pic.twitter.com/yx6DoYbFuL

— T. Fisher King (@T_FisherKing) October 19, 2019

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ELECTIONS

Cory Booker

https://t.co/wS8OHq1au0 pic.twitter.com/3l6GEm3Wa2

— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) October 18, 2019

Yang

this car twice as dumb as Derek Zoolander https://t.co/pnJcyYUUKC

— Miles Klee (@MilesKlee) October 19, 2019

and also

What did I tell you, folks. This chaos agent is as dangerous as Gabbard. https://t.co/ovjcLhd3Ch

— D’Ag due (@ag_due) October 19, 2019

Tulsi defenders

List of people who have defended Tulssad:

– Yang
– Marianne Williamson
– Jill Stein
– Glenn Greenwald
– Michael Moore
– Van Jones
– David Duke#TulsiIsARussianAsset

— Powerful Mel Ankoly 🦈 #ForThePeople (@Mel_Ankoly) October 19, 2019

cultist

What do David Duke, Bernie Sanders, Ann Coulter, Nina Turner, Richard Spencer, Steve Bannon, Andrew Yang, Miriam Adelson, Pat Buchanan, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bill O'Reilly, the Koch Brothers, Sean Hannity & Assad all have in common? Cultist, Tulsi Gabbard pic.twitter.com/4QV2fRKZoc

— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) October 19, 2019

US

emailz

For the umpteenth time the email story is put to bed w/ a clear recognition it was a pointless crusade that took away from so many other issues we should have been discussing in ‘16. Let’s not make this mistake again w/ whatever baseless crap is manufactured for our 2020 nominee. pic.twitter.com/y5Px7LeH87

— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) October 19, 2019

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