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Papers go to Senate; Parnas explosive
January 17, 2020 in past, war | Leave a comment
IMPEACHMENT
GAO – withholding funds = illegal
The GAO, a nonpartisan congressional watchdog, said in a decision issued Thursday that the White House budget office violated the Impoundment Control Act, a 1974 law that limits the White House from withholding funds that Congress has appropriated. https://t.co/yBq30qr92n
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 16, 2020
Signing of articles of impeachment
.@SpeakerPelosi signs the Articles of Impeachment — WATCH live: https://t.co/hWhqPYXFsU pic.twitter.com/WSNS7pg3hj
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 15, 2020
Forever
The President has been impeached, and that is forever.
He was frivolous with the Constitution, the Senate should not be. #DefendOurDemocracy pic.twitter.com/dzp1gJSND6
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 15, 2020
walk articles
The seven House impeachment managers walk the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate pic.twitter.com/0Bz2gwAUvk
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) January 15, 2020
delivered to Senate
The House managers are delivering the articles to the Senate, Cheryl Johnson handing them over… https://t.co/RCBhUOECzM
— Mary Jo (@kh4POTUS) January 15, 2020
Nadler
After handing the impeachment articles to the Senate today, newly appointed Manager Jerry Nadler says he will present the “overwhelming evidence” Trump committed a high crime — adding a typical jury would convict him… https://t.co/xbHVfKKW1x
— Ari Melber (@AriMelber) January 15, 2020
schedule
Speaker Pelosi has signed the articles of impeachment and they were delivered to the Senate. Here's what happens tomorrow:
• Noon ET: House managers present the articles to the Senate
• 2p ET: Chief Justice John Roberts sworn in
• After: Senators will be sworn in as jurors pic.twitter.com/JGWJCDGJ91
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 15, 2020
Giuliani letter (thread)
In his May 10, 2019, letter to President-elect Zelensky, @RudyGiuliani asked for a meeting as "personal counsel" representing Trump "as a private citizen." So his efforts to get dirt on Biden had NOTHING to do with US policy.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) January 16, 2020
More Parnas evidence
Democrats release more Parnas evidence, including damning voicemails with Trump associates https://t.co/IuZdgquu1F
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 16, 2020
Parnas interview
4 takeaways from the Lev Parnas interview and revelations https://t.co/iPPKtYejbS
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 16, 2020
and
Wow—Parnas says Giuliani instructed him to tell Zelensky’s top aide before Zelensky’s inauguration that the “relationships would be soured, that we would stop giving them any kind of aid” if they did not announce Biden probe. Next day Pence canceled his trip to the inauguration.
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) January 16, 2020
🍊 knew
MADDOW: What is the main inaccuracy that you can correct?
PARNAS: That the president didn't know what was going on. President Trump knew exactly what was going on. He was aware of all of my movements. I wouldn't do anything without the consent of Rudy Giuliani & the president. pic.twitter.com/8ZQJyC1BaJ
— Stand Up America (@StandUpAmerica) January 16, 2020
Manafort, Biden
PARNAS: "It was all about Joe Biden, Hunter Biden. Also, Rudy had a personal thing with the Manafort stuff, the black ledger. … It was never about corruption." pic.twitter.com/qc7xlwTevg
— Axios (@axios) January 16, 2020
demolish 3 defenses
Neal Katyal: “These new documents demolish at least three key defenses to which Trump and his allies have been clinging"https://t.co/TucPgD27EL
— Todd Kennedy (@pragpro) January 16, 2020
investigate
A top Democrat in Congress vowed to investigate 'profoundly alarming' messages suggesting that the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was subject to surveillance before President Donald Trump fired her in May https://t.co/4RhIBaZ5pH by @ReutersZengerle pic.twitter.com/RLuWYDcN6q
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 16, 2020
WORLD
RUSSIA fired
Breaking: Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev announced that he and the entire Russian government is to resign in a televised statement on the Russian state TV. President Vladimir Putin thanked members but added that "not everything worked out.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 15, 2020
Ukraine
investigation
JUST IN: Ukraine opens criminal investigation into possible surveillance of Marie Yovanovitch. https://t.co/waF7xPDbOM
— ABC News (@ABC) January 16, 2020
Yovanovich smearing
This appears to be Lev Parnas texting Yuriy Lutsenko a draft of John Solomon’s Hill op-ed four days before it ran.
Check the message. Check the date. Then compare both with @TheHill’s editorial. https://t.co/2RMqv7XAEB pic.twitter.com/2aKqHYYwep
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) January 16, 2020
🍊 KLAN
“I AM IMPEACHED!!!!” pic.twitter.com/d7qf4xwV2o
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) January 15, 2020
military
The Framers envisioned a powerful executive, held to account by the judgment of the people, not the military. https://t.co/QDNCSyYGb6
— War on the Rocks (@WarOnTheRocks) January 16, 2020
fillibustering himself
Here's a small sampling of the president of the United States filibustering his own press conference celebrating the end of a trade war with China that he started.
How anyone can watch this and say, "Yup, I'm voting for THAT guy," is beyond me. pic.twitter.com/1R0tdcSPmE
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 15, 2020
PENCE
REPUBLICANS
Rudy
Rudy Giuliani on May 3: “Boy I’m so powerful I can intimidate the entire Ukranian government. Please don’t tell anyone I can’t get the crooked Ambassador fired or I did three times and she’s still there.” pic.twitter.com/PKieXH8PVe
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) January 16, 2020
Barr
It appears that the AG has been anointed as one of the gods. Could he be Nemesis, the god of retribution and indignation? Who will rid us of this troublesome priest? https://t.co/HnxzUZSC46
— Stone (@stonecold2050) January 15, 2020
and also
The New York City Bar Association has asked Congress to investigate A.G. Barr, saying his actions and statements have positioned DOJ and its prosecutors as "political partisans willing to use the levers of government to empower certain groups over others." https://t.co/CGyyUniQMZ
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 9, 2020
Lindsay
bad mantra for a juror — but an excellent #scsen campaign slogan for @harrisonjaime https://t.co/DCYrSyw5mH
— Christine Pelosi (@sfpelosi) January 16, 2020
Stupid Collins
Trump is accused of murder. They find the gun with his finger prints after the grand jury indicts. Collins says it can’t be used in trial because it wasn’t offered in the grand jury.
Just to be clear, that’s not how the legal system works. https://t.co/im7XxeKqD7— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 15, 2020
hypocrite Collins
“I need witnesses and further evidence to guide me to the right destination, to get to the truth.” @SenatorCollins pic.twitter.com/VvRRL5OQea
— Windsor Mann (@WindsorMann) January 15, 2020
MEDIA
🦊 state TV
Honey, that’s some pretty impressive projection even for a Fox News opinion anchor. https://t.co/C603ZPt9Ts
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) January 16, 2020
ELECTIONS
Warren/Burnie audio
🚨 CNN RELEASED THE AUDIO FROM LAST NIGHT’S #DemDebate 🚨
Warren walked over to Bernie and said: “I think you called me a liar on national TV.” pic.twitter.com/8JLkKmFxvF
— Adam J. Smith (@AdamJSmithGA) January 16, 2020
Steyer
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) January 16, 2020
and
CNN getting the berns Warren audio is basically like sponsored content for joe Biden
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 16, 2020
Burnie 🆚 Dems
I’ve watched @BernieSanders since I was at @Middlebury and it sure seems to me that one of his most enduring passions is hatred of Democratic Party. He hates it. Has crippled Dem party in Vt & is doing everything possible to do same to national party. https://t.co/q5ZvbroQxt
— stuart stevens (@stuartpstevens) January 16, 2020
– guns
Rachel Maddow: A "newspaper recently released portions of an interview you gave … 'My own view on guns is, everything being equal, states should make those decisions"
Sanders: "That's a mischaracterization of my thinking"
Maddow: "It's a quote of you" pic.twitter.com/NzNxRzwBMj
— ☇RiotWomenn☇ (@riotwomennn) January 16, 2020
never vetted
"There has been far too little discussion of Sanders' 50-year record, nor have we seen a real view of how he would defend that record against a Republican onslaught," writes @joelockhart https://t.co/PDKtmpSAAx
— CNN Opinion (@CNNOpinion) January 15, 2020
LEFTOVERS
bros
Bernie has always supported his surrogates being in the gutter for him – look at his 1997 biography where he quotes a local VT journalist calling his female opponent “too loud, too b*tchy, too brassy” to win women’s votes (this was a rape victim and victim rights advocate) https://t.co/2JufQIKm4R
— M. Mendoza Ferrer (@m_mendozaferrer) January 16, 2020
US
Pelosi
— Audrey Fetterhoff (@AudreyGarden) January 15, 2020
and
‘It’s not personal. It’s not political. It’s not partisan. It’s patriotic.’ — Nancy Pelosi pulled no punches before delivering the articles of impeachment to the Senate pic.twitter.com/g3LVEszjMY
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) January 16, 2020
Kamala
Last night’s Lev Parnas interview couldn’t have made it more clear—the Senate must hear from first-hand witnesses and demand the White House turn over documents related to the withholding of military aid from Ukraine.
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) January 16, 2020
Schumer – PR
While President Trump has heeded our calls to lift the blockade on some of the disaster-aid funding for our fellow Americans in Puerto Rico, it’s not nearly enough.
There is no excuse for not doing all we can to help our fellow Americans confront and recover from disasters. pic.twitter.com/FLezT0zBlS
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) January 15, 2020
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forecoming votes on impeachment
January 15, 2020 in elections, impeachment, LEFTOVERS, media, Russian asset, war | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Votes:
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WHEN: Plan is for Hosie to walk over articles *tomorrow*.
If Senate follows 1999 precedent, it could vote tomorrow, after that, on resolution laying out the rules for staring the trial.
—>And trial would officially open Thursday. (W oaths, etc.) https://t.co/NDBcNwGPU8
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 14, 2020
Witnesses vote
no cover-up!
This is why President Trump was impeached for obstruction of Congress, and why a Senate trial with no witnesses or documents is a cover-up. #EndTheCoverUp #DefendOurDemocracy pic.twitter.com/w9Gl5VmjBu
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 14, 2020
at leat 4 Rs
Confirmed: A source tells me White House officials increasingly believe that at least four Republicans, and likely more, will vote to call witnesses at the Senate impeachment trial including Senators Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Mitt Romney and possibly Cory Gardner.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 14, 2020
Paul
And, as first reported by CBS News, a source tells me the WH views Sen Rand Paul of Kentucky as a "wild card" and Sen Lamar Alexander of Tennessee as an "institutionalist" who might vote to call witnesses.
That shows Trump is increasingly aware that the trial could be damaging.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 14, 2020
work with Ds
Told you so.
She might bolt.https://t.co/5tjYp6dFRf— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) January 14, 2020
oath book in 1999
THE OATH: In 1999, senators didn’t swear to be impartial just once. After taking the oath collectively, they were called on to swear individually by the chief justice and then sign an “oath book.”
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 14, 2020
history
When it happens, it happens fast. https://t.co/Dhdd1A1zTm
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 13, 2020
Rudy/Parnas candlelight dnner
https://twitter.com/KFILE/status/1216927555137175553WAR
evacuate, Benghazi?
How does this make any sense? O’Brien says they won’t evacuate in order to avoid “another Benghazi.” But the GOP criticism of Benghazi was that the embassy was *not* evacuated, and people died. What happens when one party simply stops trying to make sense? https://t.co/LRQ1fxwQ07
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) January 12, 2020
hearings, House
America and the world cannot afford war. That’s why last week, the House approved the #WarPowersResolution.
Today, the Foreign Affairs Committee is holding a hearing on the Trump Administration’s actions regarding Iran.
Watch the hearing here⬇️https://t.co/2ewKDE7Iiw pic.twitter.com/js4TaLSkOQ
— House Foreign Affairs Committee (@HouseForeign) January 14, 2020
WORLD
RUSSIA, Syria
Putin and Assad mocking Trump's evangelical act is something to behold https://t.co/nBcnyT2UKo via @MailOnline
— Laura Walker ⚖🍸🇺🇸 🏴 (@LauraWalkerKC) January 13, 2020
video
https://twitter.com/KremlinTrolls/status/1217095413280518145
Burisma
https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1216988229800546304
UK
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1216882260873342976
🍊 KLAN
Healthcare
Mr. President, actions speak louder than words. And for the last three years, you have taken every opportunity to dismantle protections for the 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions. #ProtectOurCare https://t.co/7tRrXv8eAJ
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 14, 2020
$ from Pentagon to wall
Trump planning to divert additional $7.2 billion in Pentagon funds for border wall https://t.co/w6VRmacdJr
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 14, 2020
tweets
So far today, Trump has:
1) retweeted image of a mutilated corpse
2) retweeted Islamophobic image mocking how Muslims dress
3) misspelled Bernie Sanders's name and a slur he uses to demean Warren
4) confused "imminent" and "eminent"it's not 11 am yet.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 13, 2020
Space crusaders
Space Crusaders https://t.co/3rjtBoW9pS
— Ben Hargrove 🌺 (@CheekyAmriki) January 12, 2020
Incest Barbie, Jared and Parnas
New: We obtained a photo of Lev Parnas with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, indicating he met them at least once. https://t.co/gRtpZjJnRW pic.twitter.com/IEryg7Bzyv
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) January 14, 2020
PENCE
REPUBLICANS
voter suppression – Judicial watch
This article describes Judicial Watch’s latest voter suppression scheme—> https://t.co/i2Gv0SMHT3
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) January 14, 2020
ELECTIONS
Biden- Kamala
Nuclear Option loaded:
Joe Biden open to CA Sen. Kamala Harris as 2020 running mate ~ says he’d consider Kamala Harris for “ anything she wants, including VP”
| The Sacramento Bee https://t.co/RRbIBpYOGe— Mornin Glory⚖️ (@CDonatac) January 14, 2020
Warren
Wow. Elizabeth Warren stands by the account of her Dec. 2018 meeting with Bernie Sanders:
“Among the topics that came up was what would happen if Democrats nominated a female candidate. I thought a woman could win; he disagreed,” she says in a statement tonight. pic.twitter.com/zBbsRvHauu
— Ruby Cramer (@rubycramer) January 14, 2020
Burnie policies
What the huge Sanders numbers really say is that he isn't thinking seriously about the details of policy; he's issuing what look like policy proposals but are actually statements of values and priorities, not meant to add up. And there's a case for doing that! 4/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 14, 2020
anti-war
So I noticed something interesting in Bernie Sanders interview with the NYT editorial board. He was asked how he would end the war in Afghanistan. One might imagine that a guy running on a platform of ending endless war would have a good answer to the question.
You'd be wrong pic.twitter.com/Mv1UxzM5OU
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) January 14, 2020
🆚 Warren
Bernie called Warren staff liars. That's a terrible look. https://t.co/941YAu1OTq
— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) January 13, 2020
and
Remember, Sanders campaign manager @fshakir called this a lie — on camera — earlier today:https://t.co/pTPouK9HdC https://t.co/szK5gnMdpc
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) January 14, 2020
LEFTOVERS
Burnie sexist thread
Bernie Sanders is always saying he’s consistent. Well he is consistently sexist. Here he is using sexist terms to demean his woman opponent and trying to exploit sexism in order to beat her. #BelieveWomen https://t.co/buDKQTS8h6
— Trinity Auld Acquaintance 🎉 (@TrinityMustache) January 14, 2020
Taibbi
Hillary had emails stolen from her closest campaign advisor and the org tasked with helping her campaign by a foreign government but hey politics ain't beanbag amirite. https://t.co/GnbhK9z9uB
— eliot (@eliot_tweets) January 14, 2020
US
Kamala
.@SenKamalaHarris claps back —> https://t.co/YYgiNY3J38 pic.twitter.com/Unyfr1b5Y8
— Mariam Khan (@MKhan47) January 14, 2020
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Selling soldiers; NYT🆚Hillary
January 14, 2020 in alt-left, Berniebots, Democrats, 🍊, 👓=🍊, elections, Hillary, impeachment, LEFTOVERS, media, Ratfuck, Russia, war | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
Lev Parna phone
We brought the contents of Lev Parnas’ iPhone 11 to HPSCI today, despite every stumbling block placed in our path since @DOJ SDNY arrested him on 10/9/19. #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers pic.twitter.com/R9VK3dWWBo
— Joseph A. Bondy (@josephabondy) January 13, 2020
Nunes
Devin Nunes is so confident Trump is innocent he wants to bury all the evidence so no one can ever see it. That seems the exact wrong way to prove someone is innocent. Either Devin is as stupid as he seems or he’s guilty of something really bad, too. https://t.co/g3ggzkM49H
— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 13, 2020
WAR
imminent – last spring
Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani *last spring* if an American got killed, NBC reports. Pompeo and Bolton pushed Trump in this direction at the time: https://t.co/fOL3Non1Va
Yet Pompeo appears to be blowing off Congressional efforts to question him: https://t.co/1oT5eZJvwP
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 13, 2020
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TRUMPS VERHAFTUNG
Bitte lesen:https://t.co/ZeoINLxV5Jhttps://t.co/WPoBceleGchttps://t.co/rEw5Fu9bMQhttps://t.co/2ME3NnqN0p#Iran #Ukraine #Trump #Soleimani pic.twitter.com/e3yIeaA79e— Marian Kamensky (@MarianKamensky1) January 13, 2020
.
In the sane world we have left behind, a targeted assassination of a country's leading political figure based on a rank lie (as opposed to e.g the over-rosy talk-themselves-into-it assessment of WMD) would be, yes, an impeachable offense. https://t.co/RjMYZ66fJy
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) January 12, 2020
poll
New ABC/Ipsos poll:
56% of Americans *disapprove* of Trump's handling of the current situation in Iran, including 57% of independents. (!)
52% say killing of Soleimani has made us *less* safe.
Only 25% say it has made us safer (!!).https://t.co/Qo6xJyRL9Q
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 12, 2020
intelligence
Bernie is a notorious micromanager. Nothing happens without his knowledge or input. He thinks we’re all stupid.
— RazingArizona 🏜 (@razingarizona) January 12, 2020
WORLD
Iraq
The United States will “leave [Iraq] on our terms.”
U.S. National Security Adviser teeters on edge of Crime of Aggression, as a matter of international law.
I leave it to policy experts how badly this plays in Middle East.
Good for Chris Wallace on thispic.twitter.com/xOiaZ0dp8q
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) January 12, 2020
and
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1216034593796739078
Vatican
https://twitter.com/DanaHoule/status/1216642433217454080
UK
https://twitter.com/brianklaas/status/1216705113689030656
Iraq
https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1216034593796739078
🍊 KLAN
mercenary
When you don’t value human life, when you only see the world through the prism of $$$, even the flesh and blood of American soldiers who dedicated their lives to the service of America & freedom, is for sale. Let this sink in. https://t.co/jnU4twONPs
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) January 11, 2020
and
Dear @realDonaldTrump: I served on active duty in the United States military. We are not mercenaries. We are not bargaining chips. We don’t deploy for money.
Our troops exist to protect the Constitution and the national security of the United States. Get it?#SaturdayThoughts https://t.co/yGCimg10cy
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 11, 2020
NATOME
This is quite…yea ok this is enough Twitter for today. pic.twitter.com/xEYkbpSn1m
— Kabir Taneja (@KabirTaneja) January 12, 2020
Argentina
1. Trump applied for trademarks in Argentina
2. The Trump administration rescinded tariffs on Argentina
3. Trump got the trademarks
4. The Trump administration replaced the tariffs https://t.co/Xd6wBD714Q
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 12, 2020
Incest Barbie
“[Ivanka] Trump's big idea for the American worker is some kind of standardized LinkedIn.” https://t.co/5sYkvNjwAh
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) January 12, 2020
and also her
This is not an actual foreign policy accomplishment. Also, Twitter is banned in Iran. https://t.co/kdBwyXXLkL
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 13, 2020
lying about…weather?
Today in DC…melted rink! pic.twitter.com/oQ9sIjdNUz
— Melissa Jo Peltier (@MelissaJPeltier) January 13, 2020
not disclosing expenses
Trump is trying to run out the clock on disclosing the massive cost of his trips.
We can't let him get away with it.https://t.co/AQ1IMQIrEI
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) January 12, 2020
PENCE
REPUBLICANS
Rudy
“Dementia Rudy: Sharp as a Bowling Ball” https://t.co/NUWeQg3TqS
— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) January 12, 2020
MEDIA
NYT🆚 Hillary
Nice piece. The NYTimes is especially remiss in refusing to acknowledge Hillary's exoneration.
Hillary Clinton: The most exonerated politician ever https://t.co/A0cYs6UJht— Craig Unger (@craigunger) January 12, 2020
Silence from the Times?
That's unusual…. pic.twitter.com/rnEePbotjk
— Siddharta (@PsidBuddha) January 13, 2020
Maddow on it
WATCH: @Maddow dives into reporting from the Washington Post and CNN that a federal investigation into Hillary Clinton, the Clinton Foundation, Uranium One, and other right-wing narratives has found nothing worthy of criminal investigation. https://t.co/3Cne7XFMhr
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 12, 2020
ELECTIONS
Iowa cacas goers
Interesting bit from the @DMRegister poll on how Democratic caucus-goers describe themselves.
Most popular: “Optimist,” “fired up,” “feminist,” “exhausted by politics.”https://t.co/aG1Z11YIY1 pic.twitter.com/SJcHd3witD
— Kevin Robillard (@Robillard) January 13, 2020
dems who flipped
Freshman who flipped red seats blue. They’re right to worry. “a surge of support triggered by fears that Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren at the top of the ticket would cost them their seats.” https://t.co/pr1d8KvPuz
— D’Ag due (@ag_due) January 11, 2020
Biden, Buti – blacks
Joe Biden leads Trump 82 percent to 4 percent with black voters Buttigieg leads 57-4. Nearly 4 in 10 black voters say they would either not vote or vote for someone else if Buttigieg were the nominee.https://t.co/oZ5bPNwONB
— TEXAN IN EXILE#BERNIE OWES HIS CAREER TO THE NRA (@dk_stephan) January 11, 2020
Warren
https://twitter.com/joshjame/status/1216542526762471426Burnie🆚 Warren
https://twitter.com/razingarizona/status/1216503873906475008
Burnie immigration
here's one from April last year:https://t.co/Qch2Wwz3JD
— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨🦳👨🦳👨🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 13, 2020
LEFTOVERS
Cacasio
Ocasio-Cortez creates PAC to push back on the Democratic Party’s "blacklisting" rule https://t.co/IBocmIjaH7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 13, 2020
US
HILLARY
This week, the Justice Department determined that the lies that were peddled about me, my family, & @ClintonFdn are without merit.
I couldn’t be more grateful to everyone that stuck with us while we continued to focus on the work. Let’s keep going.
https://t.co/PfhqybPaWy— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) January 12, 2020
and
https://twitter.com/Selena_Adera/status/1216431127054950400
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Take their oil! Saudis pay me for our soldiers!
January 12, 2020 in 🍊, 👓=🍊, elections, impeachment, LEFTOVERS, media, Russia, Russian asset, war | Comments closed
IMPEACHMENT
block testimony
Trump says he’ll move to block testimony from John Bolton in impeachment casehttps://t.co/TvePxPugPZ
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) January 10, 2020
and
When Nixon tried to claim executive privilege over the recordings that would eventually show the smoking gun that he coordinated the cover-up of Watergate, the Supreme Court not only ruled against Nixon’s executive privilege claim, they ruled against it UNANIMOUSLY. 1/ https://t.co/5aptSTlgQQ
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) January 11, 2020
WAR
On the same night the US killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, the US unsuccessfully targeted another senior Iranian military official in Yemen, according to a US official with knowledge of the events and another source familiar. https://t.co/achlE3zQ5v
— CNN (@CNN) January 10, 2020
danger?
NBC's Peter Alexander asked Pompeo at today WH briefing: If you killed Soleimani to avert an imminent danger- now that Soleimani is dead, is that imminent danger gone?
— David Frum (@davidfrum) January 10, 2020
WORLD
🇮🇷
Iran apologizes for shooting down Ukraine International Airlines plane, killing 176 people https://t.co/oNSdbKwsOp
— Kyiv Post (@KyivPost) January 11, 2020
🇷🇺
talking points
https://twitter.com/MollyMcKew/status/1215792935716950016
this election
https://twitter.com/davidgura/status/1215712937727401984
blackmailing Iraq
https://twitter.com/attackerman/status/1216044874144927746
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war crimes
Here’s a preposterously spray-tanned President of the United States bragging about war crimes on TV tonight. This is normal now. pic.twitter.com/jDYeNzYLeW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 11, 2020
lies
We know by now that we can't trust the Trump admin to tell the truth about the reasons behind last week's actions in the Middle East. This is the latest proof that Congress must be brought into the fold so we can do our Constitutional duty of debating & deciding matters of war. https://t.co/3bR0GZFWV7
— Tammy Duckworth (@SenDuckworth) January 11, 2020
more lies
Pres. Trump says that Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani was targeting four U.S. embassies in a planned attack – but members of briefed on the attack say this is the first they've heard of it. @paulareidcbs reports pic.twitter.com/Q4zbPI5ZMs
— Norah O'Donnell🇺🇸 (@NorahODonnell) January 10, 2020
and more
The White House press secretary has invented that President Obama killed Gaddafi. https://t.co/r4h2oG2v3g
— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) January 10, 2020
not acceptable
The reason Trump will never be an acceptable not to mention a tolerable President is that he only cares about himself, plus a few cronies he wants to impress. He has no true friends. He only loves his country for what it can do for him not what he can do for it. Sad!
— John Dean (@JohnWDean) January 11, 2020
briefing
Trump: Day 1,084
-Claims Threat of Embassy Bombing
-Says Didn't Need Congress Approval
-House Limits War Powers on Iran
-Plans 2 Use "Presidential Privilege"
-Wants "Replacement Barrier" Erased
-DOJ Winds Down its Clinton Inquiry
-75th Campaign Rally Since Election pic.twitter.com/EHYXKNhDUL— Alamo_on_the_rise 🆘🍑 (@AlamoOnTheRise) January 10, 2020
right to know?
INGRAHAM: Don't the American people have a right to know what specifically was targeted by Soleimani?
TRUMP: "I don't think so." pic.twitter.com/Dsi3Ow8Nhs
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 11, 2020
back story
The Real Backstory of Why Trump Ordered the Killing of Suleimani Is Becoming More Clear | The New Yorker https://t.co/TzuPEkkKAj
— Alex 🇺🇸 (@linksteroh) January 11, 2020
healthcare
Let me translate this for everyone: The Trump Administration would like to take away millions of people’s health care but only after he’s re-elected. https://t.co/hXUVR7xXl2
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) January 10, 2020
locked
Trump Requires a Lock on his White House Bedroom Door Despite Secret Service Objections https://t.co/f20g1NwaR7
— The Resistance 🇺🇸 (@NightlyPolitics) January 9, 2020
2016 payoff
New details of Trump’s involvement in the 2016 payoff scheme: On June 27, 2016, after Trump learned that Karen McDougal was shopping around her story of an alleged affair with him, he called David Pecker and asked: Can you make this go away? https://t.co/nbPlBSDwpg
— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 10, 2020
cancer
https://twitter.com/KailiJoy/status/1216052980111286272′
stock market/jobs
The DOW:
2017 – 19819.78
2018 – 23,062.40
2019 – 28,583.44– Gain of 44.2%
Median Household Income:
2017 – $62,626
2018 – $63,179
2019 – $63,688– Gain of 1.6%
Mininum Wage:
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25– Gain of 0.0%
— Nick Jack Pappas (@Pappiness) January 10, 2020
PENCE
REPUBLICANS
Conway
This is so much more interesting when you consider that Conway was involved in the Bill Clinton takedown. https://t.co/IqXRT78Hz3
— Victoria Brownworth #NoWarWithIran (@VABVOX) January 11, 2020
MEDIA
NYT🆚 Hillary
nope, not yet, and previous exonerations (from all the OTHER bullshit investigations) have been largely buried — hence Maddow’s ire https://t.co/mabgjLcAHG
— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 11, 2020
after all the smearing
Yes, Jim — that one, plus other gratuitous promotion of Clinton Cash. If they had been consciously following Bannon's smear strategy, they couldn't have helped Trump more. https://t.co/NEQHpHZ7jc
— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) January 11, 2020
euphemisms
Euphemism watch. A story yesterday in the New York Times referred to his "laissez-faire approach to facts." https://t.co/80GBzuhPqw
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) January 11, 2020
ELECTIONS
Biden AA
.@JoeBiden with a wide lead among African American voters, per a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll. It shows that 48% of registered black Democratic voters nationwide support Biden for the nomination https://t.co/J9l7WjGLtQ
— Arlette Saenz (@ArletteSaenz) January 11, 2020
LEFTOVERS
Burnie dark $
“Unlike a super PAC, however, the group doesn’t have to disclose its donors — a stream of revenue commonly referred to as “dark money.””https://t.co/vOvAGAHhdt
— Regina ☃️🌨 (@regwag2003) January 10, 2020
AOC
AOC should leave the Democratic Party. My take on CNN Opinion. https://t.co/GY0BWPH63J
— Froma Harrop (@FromaHarrop) January 9, 2020
and also
SCOOP: @AOC withholding $250,000 in "dues" from the Democratic party in protest and building her own grassroots fundraising for progressives instead
AOC riles Dems by refusing to pay party dues, bankrolling colleagues' opponents https://t.co/OMkJxaCLOA #FoxNews
— Marisa Schultz (@marisa_schultz) January 10, 2020
and then doubles down
Garbage Ocasio-Cortez defends decision not to pay dues to House Democratic campaign arm https://t.co/TCkgcDW3uz
— ⚖️Bernie Says He Won't Be Niggardly⚖️ (@KHiveQueenB) January 10, 2020
Cenk, Wolfpac
beware the LaRouchies running with the Wolfpac https://t.co/79X4mdGXjG
— Alexander Reid Ross (@areidross) January 11, 2020
propaganda
Four hours after this tweet was sent, Iran admitted shooting down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752, making Pilger look even dumber than usual https://t.co/i80sHwbv72
— Jimmy (@JimmySecUK) January 11, 2020
US
Hillary
https://twitter.com/ChelseaClinton/status/1215753494029836289
Pelosi
https://twitter.com/soledadobrien/status/1215449287812878337
Kamala
https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1215815601538637824
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IMPEACHMENT
connection to airstrike
.@MaddowBlog: Pres. Trump reportedly connected impeachment trial, Soleimani airstrike.https://t.co/Rshy4wAIec
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) January 10, 2020
I’m ready. https://t.co/qnKaC6jt2r
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 10, 2020
articles
.@SpeakerPelosi is right. This isn’t 1999. During Clinton's impeachment:
-that President fully cooperated with Congress
-first-hand witnesses from the administration gave sworn testimonyTrump is blocking witnesses and documents—and McConnell vows to be in 'total coordination.' https://t.co/uorTJOhQ36
— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) January 9, 2020
WAR
airplane
BREAKING: Justin Trudeau: "We have intelligence from multiple sources, including our allies and our own intelligence. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile."
"This may well have been unintentional." https://t.co/0lUcvfqWfZ pic.twitter.com/3et3sP9MtK
— ABC News (@ABC) January 9, 2020
blow up
Laura: The President says Soleimani wanted to blow up the embassy. Is that accurate?
Pompeo: uhhh pic.twitter.com/BvHBtnEKi7
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) January 10, 2020
poll
FUN FACT: 55% of Americans believe the killing of Iranian general Soleimani made the United States LESS safe, compared to only 24% who feel we’re more safe. pic.twitter.com/3B6ssK5ue0
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 9, 2020
WORLD
🍊 KLAN
projecting
TIME asked Nancy Pelosi if Trump's nickname for her, Nervous Nancy, is accurate:
"Pfft," she says, waving a hand. "He's nervous. Everything he says, he's always projecting. He knows the case that can be made against him. That's why he's falling apart." https://t.co/K41dqu3QvK
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 9, 2020
hate
Tell your friends, family and neighbors. Then ask them to tell everyone they know. Make sure everyone knows just how much he hates them. https://t.co/fVXdHxdLQy
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 10, 2020
and
“As he was talking, a man in the crowd yelled, ‘Kill them all!’” https://t.co/Q9I7aUuVS5
— Michael Crowley (@michaelcrowley) January 10, 2020
and
worst Village People tribute band of all time pic.twitter.com/9aMU2WtQbb
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 9, 2020
done well
Trump supporter was asked a question by reporter in Toledo, Ohio: “What is something that you believe the president has done well?” Response? Wait for it… pic.twitter.com/2ktNSbUi5S
— Max Howroute▫️ (@howroute) January 10, 2020
economy
On Dec jobs report:
Economy added fewer jobs than expected, finishing out the slowest year of job creation since 2011
Wages barely budged and wage growth slowed significantly over the past year
Manufacturing lost thousands of jobs, capping a year of slowing factory job growth
— Daniel Wessel (@da_wessel) January 10, 2020
and
Job Creation Update: Slowdown under Trump continues, with 1.8 million fewer jobs created in his first 35 months as compared to the last 35 months under Obama. pic.twitter.com/G3LEPVDXO0
— Obama Economic Legacy (@DemDifference) January 10, 2020
and
Finally, a broader measure of middle-class progress:
Real median income growth, as collected by the Census Bureau, which is available through 2018: https://t.co/YwVVLPHJcy (Table A-2)
Here's what that data shows for the last two Obama years versus the first two Trump years: pic.twitter.com/ABLNm4O9AB
— Obama Economic Legacy (@DemDifference) January 10, 2020
“spiritual advisor”
If you are still having trouble translating "Christian" Donald Trump's "spiritual advisor" Paula White's "tongues" sideshow, here is a Duolingo refresher course: pic.twitter.com/0PnQ1F1DuJ
— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) January 10, 2020
PENCE
REPUBLICANS
🐢
I imagine Mitch McConnell does not want us to retweet this pic.twitter.com/0juNmvDrfJ
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) January 10, 2020
NAZI
Steve King is on the floor of the House talking about how white nationalism isn’t real and the Democrats are funded by George Soros pic.twitter.com/b7P3zGCHUD
— Alex Thomas (@AlexThomasDC) January 10, 2020
MEDIA
cover hate
Every pundit and journalist who pretended for weeks that “deplorable” was an historically over-the-line slur against noble Americans is going to denounce this, right? https://t.co/qBPsfuhYZd
— Jamison Foser (@jamisonfoser) January 10, 2020
🦊
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— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) January 10, 2020
ELECTIONS
Bloomberg
Huge credit to @MikeBloomberg for this. https://t.co/stRwApZsfR
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) January 10, 2020
Burnie
https://t.co/FsAYb6yveQ https://t.co/ASAWAK00WV
— Edgeoforever 🖖 🚫👨🦳👨🦳👨🦳2020 (@edgeoforever) January 10, 2020
bye, Narianne
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) January 10, 2020
GE polls
If Trump is really not getting above 42% in Wisconsin, that seems notable. https://t.co/EZfWXGCwHy
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) January 10, 2020
LEFTOVERS
OR
“Unlike a super PAC, however, the group doesn’t have to disclose its donors — a stream of revenue commonly referred to as “dark money.””https://t.co/vOvAGAHhdt
— Regina ☃️🌨 (@regwag2003) January 10, 2020
US
Hillary investigation – nothing, again
“Huber examined documents and conferred with federal law enforcement officials in Little Rock who were handling a meandering probe into the Clinton Foundation…Current and former officials said that Huber has largely finished and found nothing.” https://t.co/ofbz5iBXSY
— Craig Minassian (@MinassianMedia) January 10, 2020
and
https://twitter.com/PaulBegala/status/1215711563434418177
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