There was a school shooting in Indiana this morning. At a middle school. They got the shooter, 2 are in critical condition. The national televised media in many cases still haven't reported this. What is happening to us? America is now a war zone, so we just don't bother? Wow.
Senators who voted against confirming Biden DNI Avril Haines:
Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Mike Lee (R-UT)
Roger Marshall (R-KS)
Rand Paul (R-KY)
James Risch (R-ID)
Bill Hagerty (R-TN)
Josh Hawley (R-MO)
Ted Cruz (R-TX)
Mike Braun (R-IN)
She is confirmed 84-10
MSNBC reporting that Nadler said that in light of Barr's further lack of cooperation in putting off the April 2 report deadline, Congress isn't going to wait for Barr's testimony. They're going to 'invite' Mueller to testify immediately & if Barr stops it, they'll subpoena RM.
We have discovered that Rudy Giuliani bought $2M in shares of Novartis (the primary supplier of hydroxychloroquine) in early February, about the same time that Intel told Trump that Covid was coming & Burr & others dumped related stocks.
The truth always outs!
#mondaythoughts
Well, whaddya know: Ohio lawmaker is seeking to compel GOP Rep. Jim Jordan to testify under oath about whether he was aware that the wrestlers he coached at Ohio State University were being sexually abused by the team doctor!
#TuesdayThoughts
Spoke to a colleague today who is familiar with the sources from the Mueller team who leaked their alarm @ Barr last wk, & he told me that he wouldn't be even a little bit surprised if the full report ends up being leaked to the press.
#WednesdayWisdom
What happened:
Matt Gaetz & Marjorie Taylor Greene's "America First" hate-rally was cancelled by 3 CA venues
So they held a 'protest' ON Huntington Beach last night
About 100 ppl showed up
They've been reduced to screaming in the streets
Keep up the pressure
Shut. Them. Down.
As Barr orders more fencing put up @ the WH today I'm reminded of the New Yorker cover from last year of Trump walling himself in
#BuildThatWall
#TrumpResignNow
FOR THE RECORD:
Susan Collins has gone on record voting against the admission of witnesses and documents in the Trump Impeachment Trial.
She has lied to us-again.
We now MUST do everything in our power to replace her in November.
She. Is. Done.
#ImpeachmentTrial
Per Arizona Central:
1479 new Covid cases
910 of them are hospitalized
7 new Covid deaths
Yet attendees in line for the
#TrumpRally
today screamed "no masks!" at the (masked) press
In 2 weeks the surge will be incredible
It's a super-spreader hate event
Trump. Doesn't. Care.
Tuesday:
Kyrsten Sinema issues a statement with Manchin "imploring" GOP Senators to vote yes on Jan 6 Commission
Friday:
Kyrsten Sinema is one of 11 Senators who doesn't show up to vote on it at all
She. Didn't. Even. Vote.
Kyrsten Sinema is the Susan Collins of the Dem party
Jackie Speier comparing Trump & Jim Jones is everything:
"I've never been able to say they committed suicide..they weren't in control of their faculties..the only diff between Jim Jones & Donald Trump is we now have social media.."
"I saw it in my own colleagues in Congress.."
So now Jeannine Pirro is making threats against Biden?
She said last night that 'somethings going to happen before the election & he's not even going to be on the ticket .."
She's terrified of Harris but
seriously-
@FoxNews
DO SOMETHING about her!
Joyce Vance is correct, the only conclusion that we can reach after Brett Kavanaugh's repeated refusals to ask for an FBI investigation is that he is fundamentally afraid of what that investigation will show. His creds are shot with all but the old white guys.
#ThursdayThoughts
It should not be lost on anyone that Trump's holding his Sarasota rally tonight not only despite being asked not to bc of the Surfside catastrophe
He's also doing it despite his anti-vax supporters Covid numbers starting to spike in Florida again
He. Doesn't. Care. About. You.
Hahahahahah!
Michael Cohen's book dropped today
Maddow is interviewing him tonight at 9 (et)
Every legit media org is running excerpts
And this morning Trump tweeted over 50 times
calling Cohen 'Fredo' & making many desperate threats
He's in complete
#TrumpMeltdown
mode
Fun day!
Judge Bruce Schroeder just dismissed the underage weapons charge against Kyle Rittenhouse
Rittenhouse was NOT licensed to carry that gun
And he carried it over state lines
WTF is happening?
Agreed
If Lindsey Graham reveals a positive Covid test it means he will be quarantined for the Amy Coney Barrett hearings
As he's Chair of Senate Judiciary Comm which will hold the first round of her confirmation hearings this could screw things up royally
#LindseyIsPositive
Repeating myself and others here, but the reason Lindsey Graham won't get tested despite having been exposed to many COVID+ people is because if he reveals a positive test and has to quarantine the Amy Coney Barrett nomination could get scuttled. There is no other logical reason.
Trump advisers & WH aides are beginning to talk to the press about his state of mind. They're reportedly worried @ him but they should worry @ America. As Trump said,
#AmericaFirst
#DoSomething
#FridayFeeling
Chuck Todd is a National Embarrassment
He should not be the anchor of a formerly highly respected Sunday Show let alone the Political Director of NBC if he does stuff like this ⬇️
Tim Russert is spinning in his grave
Again
@MattNegrin
“It looks like Biden is going to be the apparent winner. There’s still more to go through,” are real words that came out of Chuck Todd’s mouth this morning.
Just saw
@RepAdamSchiff
statement after the 10 1/2* Vindman hearing. He said some good things @ LTC Vindman's heroic efforts on our behalf.
I want to also say that we owe the very exhausted Chairman Schiff such a great deal, he's fighting very hard for us.
Thank you, Sir.
Rep Al Green (D-TX) said today, "If we don’t do this rather quickly, the public is going to turn on us..we are going to find that those who went to the polls & gave us this great majority are going to be very disappointed." Well stated.
#MondayMotivation
If the FBI had been given the time to investigate Kavanaugh that the NY Times took, maybe he wouldn't be sitting on SCOTUS right now. Mitch McConnell held up a Dem SCOTUS nom for TWO yrs, but couldn't wait on this one...
#RampantCorruption
#SundayThoughts
House floor debate on the final passage of the relief bill began about a half hour ago
Marjorie Taylor Greene has already tried once to adjourn this session today
Took it to a voice vote
It failed
She doesn't care if you get Covid help, America!
#MarjorieTraitorGreene
Trump has no events on his schedule today & I'm hearing that he's behind closed doors w his lawyers. What Mulvaney did yesterday is said to have gutted what little (weak) defense he had. Also hearing he's more unhinged than ever today.
#FridayFeeling
BREAKING: NBC News has confirmed that Barr is taking control of 'legal matters of interest to Trump, including Roger Stone's sentencing' AND Barr has also intervened in the Flynn case. Welcome to post-Trump hell, America. Unprecedented doesn't touch this..
Breaking: Now that Epstein is dead, today in South Fla, Jeffrey Epstein's victims have asked the court to invalidate his 2008 non-prosecution agreement rendering his co-conspirators immune from prosecution. This will be BIG.
#MondayMotivation
Word is beginning to leak from Cap Hill, & certain Reps saying that House Judiciary may very well take testimony from Parnas, Bolton etc.. if the Senate won't do it. The House can & will cont to investigate if necessary.
#SundayThoughts
Wow
Amy Klobuchar is killing it right now
"I won't concede that this election is heading to the courts .. Why are you voting? You're voting to protect your healthcare.."
Man she is amazing!
GO Amy!
In Arkansas the Covid vax rate is at 30%
-in the bottom 4 states in America
Arkansas Covid cases are now up 74%
That hurts ALL of us
I can't imagine it getting any better with lying Sarah Huckabee Sanders as Gov
Let's help Chris Jones beat her
-and fix this:
BREAKING: Erdogan just announced that he will NOT meet with Pence to discuss a cease-fire in Turkey, bc there will be NO cease-fire and that he doesn't care about any sanctions. He said, "We will never declare a ceasefire"
#Impeach
#WednesdayWisdom
So Publix has joined the list of stores that won't require masks
-for fully vaccinated shoppers
Because the Trumpers who shop there are SO inclined to go along with vaxxing?
Oh & telling the truth?
If you shop at Publix
-especially in Florida
wear a mask no matter what!
Today, Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) became the highest ranking member of Dem leadership to back
#ImpeachmentInquiryNow
. Clark is the Dem Caucus Vice-Chair & this is a significant change. It's a big crack in Pelosi's guard.
#ThursdayThoughts
Ohio GOP State Sen Mike Dolan
-who lost a contentious primary to JD Vance & Josh Mandel last year
Just announced he'll run against Dem Senator Sherrod Brown
Dolan has expressed support for Trump's policies
Get moving Ohio
Brown is a great Senator!
UPDATE:
@JetBlue
ends suspension of PAC donations, donates to Republican Congresswoman that objected to the certification of the Electoral College on January 6.
The company provided no explanation.
So Joe Manchin's spox said this afternoon that he's 'undecided' about Deb Haaland's confirmation
and he's a definite no on Neera Tanden
Yet, he felt good enough about William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Brett Kavanaugh to vote yes on them
We have a problem, kids
Manchin's got to go!
There was some reporting on CBS this evening that GOP Sens were threatened that their heads would be on spikes if they don't let Trump off.
I just don't understand why they don't all take this chance, link arms, convict him & get out from under his bully thumb.
#RightMatters
So Sunday show schedules are out
Turns out Chuck Todd will be giving Ron Johnson a platform to help Trump incite his 'wild' DC riots as GOP attempt a coup in Congress on Wed
At this point MSNBC is just doing this for clicks
It's the only way they can drum up an audience for him
Ukraine President Zelenskyy on Meet The Press today:
Welker: "Do you ever feel defeated?"
Zelenskyy: "I have a lot of power .. We are not ready to give our freedom to this fucking terrorist Putin"
The more I hear about Rudy Giuliani
And the louder Giuliani screams
The more I think that Rudy's got a Trump pocket pardon
I agree with
@glennkirschner2
Trump & Giuliani are too transactional to have NOT done it
And Merrick Garland will take it to court
-challenge it
And win
"Ossoff added: 'Senator Perdue needs to come out in public and explain whether he asked Senator Graham to take that action, which may be a federal crime.'"
#LindseyGrahamIsADisgrace
Jon Ossoff says he's "deeply concerned" about Lindsey Graham pressuring Secretary Raffensperger.
Ossoff added: "Senator Perdue needs to come out in public and explain whether he asked Senator Graham to take that action, which may be a federal crime."
Newsom pushes back as Welker tries to grill him about if he'll hop in the race this year: "It's not even an interesting conversation. By the way, I think it's a damning conversation frankly the other side wants us to have."
Six Senators are still absent from the Senate Chamber
Schumer had to file a motion to 'request' their attendance
We pay these Senators close to $200k/year to do their jobs
Why aren't they?
There is NO excuse for this
Before we get all excited about DOJ announcing they're declining to charge Andrew McCabe, let's remember that they couldn't get the Grand Jury to indict him in the first place. This is timed to make Barr look good. It doesn't.
#ResignBarr
#FridayFeeling
So last night Don Jr decided to post a video rant attacking Teacher's Union with weapons in the background while high as a kite
Great idea..
-the next time a school gets shot up I guess we'll know who incited it..
Hours after releasing Parnas' tape of Trump saying 'Take her out' @ Yovanovich, his lawyer, Joe Bondy told CNN that there are more tapes, and that the Parnas camp may release them. I hope they do.
#SundayMotivation
Watch Rep. Paul Gosar (R), AZ-04, continue to spread insane conspiracies about the 2020 election.
“I’ve had people come to me from the…CIA fraud department.”
Several protesters ousted from Lafayette Sq to make way for Trump's photo-op @ St John's along with the DC Chapter of BLM filed suit against Trump & Barr yesterday...
#WeveSeenEnough
Steve Doocy is still calling out Trump for the anti-FBI "harmful rhetoric"
And Brian Kilmeade still looks like he's about to throw up every time Doocy does this:
This morning Fox's Steve Doocy repeatedly criticized the right's "harmful rhetoric" against the FBI (rhetoric that's been frequent on Fox). He seemed to be speaking to Trump here: "It would be great if he called for an end to the violent rhetoric against federal law enforcement."
House Maj Ldr Steny Hoyer said today that Dems must discuss delaying sending the Articles to the Senate to prevent them from 'summarily discarding' the case against Trump.
This means Pelosi is thinking @ it, those 2 are thick as thieves.
#TrumpImpeachment
Breaking: The Judge in the Epstein case has stated this morning that he will be delaying the Epstein bail decision until later this week--turns out that a # of Epstein's victims showed up in ct this am to speak out. It appears that Judge may be paying attn to this.
#MondayMorning
BREAKING: DOJ just sent Nadler a letter 'requesting' a delay in tomorrow's CoC vote re Barr and threatening that if they don't delay the vote Trump will assert EP 'on everything'. That's IT.
@RepJerryNadler
DO SOMETHING! NO MORE games. THIS is contemptible on Barr's part. Enough!
Did you guys see the video footage of bars in Wisconsin last night?
After Wisconsin Supreme Court overturned Gov Evers' stay home order bar owners immediately opened up
And they were PACKED
Can't wait to see Wis Covid
#s
in 2 weeks...
#ThursdayThoughts
So, Newt Gingrich is calling for Pelosi to be censured for ripping up Trump's speech last night.
Let us not forget that (among many other moral violations) Gingrich was disciplined for Ethics Violations when he was Speaker in 1997.
First in History.
@JRubinBlogger
@GavinNewsom
Gavin Newsom is the real deal
He's by far one of the most articulate & loyal surrogates Biden has
And when the time comes, IF we're lucky enough to get there, Newsom will be a great president
MSNBC reporting that the GOP Senate are feeling the heat from us calling them & telling them to support calling witnesses/docs.
@clairecmc
is supporting what Chris Murphy told me, that calling them WORKS. Please keep it up.
#ThursdayThoughts
202-224-3121.
There is reporting that many requesting mail-in ballots in Georgia never got them
Now they have to vote in person & machines are down
Seems this will be the NEW way for Trump/GOP to create
#VoterSuppression
If you're requesting a ballot in your State PLEASE be vigilant
2- The conversation was directly in relation to Barr's testimony of the past two days. We're hearing that these folks, former prosecutors with OSC, are, as we would imagine, now much more upset.
Who is on
@TribelSocial
?
I'm hearing that a lot of people have jumped to that site in the past few days
I am in the process of getting set up over there
If you are among my following here and you are adding an account on Tribel
Please let me know
Important to find each other!
Today is June 1, it's been 80 days since Friday, March 13 when schools started closing down & shutdown orders started in many States
So much has happened since that day..
As of today we have 106,000 recorded Covid deaths in America
And Trump is hiding in the WH
#BUNKERPRESIDENT
Breaking this hour: Chairman Adam Schiff is drafting plans for a "9/11 style" Covid Response Commission to investigate the Federal response to coronavirus outbreak. Developing story
I expect Trump to attack Schiff shortly..he's not gonna like THIS!
#WednesdayMotivation
Both Michael Flynn and Louie Gohmert have put out statements this morning denying that they ever called for, or in any way support a Myanmar style violent coup in this Country
Seems like they might be worried...
Lindsey Graham's making all kinds of noise today
-blocking Durbin's Sen Judiciary hearing of Garland next wk
-which the GOP insisted upon
& FREAKING OUT about trial witnesses
Why?
It appears he knows that Trump knew/planned 1/6
Schumer needs to take control of committees NOW
BREAKING: MSNBC reporting that former Sr Aide to Pompeo, Michael McKinley, who suddenly resigned his position with DoS when the Ukraine scandal broke, will be testifying before Congress in the Impeachment probe.
Developing.. more as I get it.
#MondayMotivation
1-"Festivus is a secular holiday celebrated on December 23 as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season The non-commercial holiday's celebration occurs on December 23 and includes a Festivus dinner, an unadorned aluminum Festivus pole,
Angus King just said that 95% of the calls his office got today were asking for witnesses and docs, and that he 'rarely' gets that kind of balanced requests.
KEEP CALLING!
#RightMatters
#ImpeachmentTrials
#CallTheSenate
I love seeing the Jim Jordan OSU wrestling testimony getting National print & cable media attention.
Adam DiSabato in his witness testimony said, "He's not a leader, he's a coward"
This cannot be shared enough. Everyone must know this story.
Elise Stefanik released a statement yesterday
She omits one very important point
TRUMP was the person responsible for the leak
This highlights House GOP leadership are themselves weaponizing the gov't
Abusing power to help that criminal
& rewriting facts for their marks (voters)
Per this piece:
SEVENTY percent of American adults are Amazon Prime members
That's about 231M people
$12.99 per membership equals about 3 BILLION a year
Time for Bezos to start paying taxes!
.
@PressSec
said that
@POTUS
is traveling to Delaware this weekend for a memorial service for a family member. She confirmed he can make a secure call from there/any location.
BREAKING: SDNY has filed a 6 count indictment against a Turkish bank with ties to Giulaini for moving billions of $ of Iranian oil revenue & millions of $ in bribes to high ranking Turkish Gov't officials. And he fired his lawyer today..
#TuesdayMotivation
NO Lindsey
The same Americans who funded Jaime's campaign are aware that this debate was cancelled because YOU refused to take a pre-debate Covid test
That's what? 100 million of us?
Why won't you take the test, Senator?
#LindseyIsPositive
#LindseyMustGo
Appears
@harrisonjaime
is skipping tonights debate.
Mr. Harrision is ducking the debate because the more we know about his radical policies, the less likely he is to win. It's not about medicine, its politics.
His liberal views are a loser in South Carolina - and he knows it!
As Mike Pence slithers out to start testing the waters for a 2024 Presidential run
Remember:
Pence was suggested as Trump's VP by Paul Manafort
Why?
There is so much we still don't know...
I think Joe Manchin's up to his hairline with dark money deals & WV GOP
I think Mitch McConnell has threatened to out him
-which is why Mitch so confidently says Manchin won't nuke the filibuster
Manchin thinks Schumer is too nice to bust him
Let's see what Chuck does now..
Turns out that while NJ officials are trying to find the 206 guests who were exposed to Covid by Trump at his Thursday fundraiser, the RNC are refusing to reveal their full contact info:
Breaking: Wisconsin Circuit Judge Jill Karofsky has defeated the Conservative incumbent Dan Kelly for a 10 yr seat on the Wis Supreme Court.
This is the reason the Wis GOP forced in person primary voting on 4/7~ & they LOST.
Go Wis voters!!
Nicely done
Breaking: The Special Master appointed in the Cohen case has today notified the court that she has finished going through the 1st batch of documents & the lawyers for Cohen & Trump have until Monday to raise specific objections before those documents are released to Mueller.
BREAKING:
Just as Trump announces that he's NOT considering a Nationwide quarantine, San Francisco has ordered all bay area residents to shelter in place until April 7.
The leaders are emerging and none of them work in the WH.
#QuarantineLife
⤵️
CALL THEM. Leave vms, doesn't matter if you live in their States.
It seems best to call after hours (so their aides won't hang up on you) & leave vm. Be polite, but call them. Schumer said the calls aren't yet 'overwhelming'.
It's time to overwhelm. PLEASE.
#RightMatters
@Prysmith
The feeling is that Mueller might obey Barr telling him not to appear voluntarily but that he won't disobey a subpoena, and that bc he has a vested interest in the truth being told if (since) Barr is covering it up, Mueller will want to land on the side of the truth..
I got some reporting today that Obama was, or has been working with Speaker Pelosi behind the scenes on this impeachment question. I'm told that Pelosi "enlisted his help". I have no substantiation-but thought I'd pass this on. Continuing to work on this. More as I get it...