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@brianschatz It seems to me McConnell has overplayed his hand. The simple approach is to ignore McConnell and use your 51 votes to staff committees and to decide when and where the filibuster will apply on a case by case basis.
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@jk_rowling Free speech also means freedom to criticize said speech. You hold deeply ignorant views & insist on using your large platform to pummel a defenseless minority. It's hard enough to be a minority w/out folks creating more misconceptions that others have to fight just to exist.
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@HannahBuehler @EricBoehlert @WKBW Suspension? Just two? Saw a whole crowd of officers displaying callous indifference to human life. They should be charged with crimes and fired.
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@RashidaTlaib A completely unnecessary and provocative statement. There's no situation where Blinken would suppress your 1A rights. This is sloppy, hyperbolic, charged language and you should know better.
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@albamonica Frostbite, hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion and COVID. You can get it all at a Trump rally.
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@CNN It's a tremendous opportunity to add more housing without having to actually find new land to build on. The office space just needs to be converted.
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@ChrisJansing Looking forward to the leaks. But the only thing the national security advisors should be demanding is Trump's resignation.
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Good move. Santa Ana is a major population center. We need buy in from the coastal towns as well, like Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach.
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#BREAKING : Seemingly going against the recommendations of the Orange County Board of Education, the Santa Ana Unified School District has announced that it will be starting the new school year entirely online.
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@JasonSCampbell She's spreading Russian propaganda. This is straight from one of Putin's speeches and erases hundreds of years of Ukrainian history and culture.
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@josh_hammer This was a disingenuous response. The established law is birthright citizenship based on the plain meaning of the 14th amendment. It has been settled law since 1898. It is also the established practice of the US in which millions of American citizens derive their citizenship.
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@snowmanomics @FTI_US I just don’t get why misuse of 911 isn’t fined or punished like it should be. I think that needs to be paired with this decision by the company.
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@snowmanomics @AmyEGardner State. Shirkey + the leader of the MI House GOP. This is now an open conspiracy.
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@RexChapman This officer should be relieved from duty. She has no right to police New Yorkers when she wears the badge of Trump, who represents hostility to the very people she is sworn to 'protect and serve'.
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@atrupar @weijia He got caught making a racist comment. His reaction to a question he didn't like from an Asian American reporter was to make a biting reference to 'Chyna'.
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@GadiNBC @NBCNews Can we call a duck a duck folks? These are concentration camps.
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@therecount A very disrespectful and scared statement from DeSantis.
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@davidaxelrod Please stop. There is more than enough to warrant impeachment and removal from office + prosecution. The principle is to defend the Republic full stop. Trump is incapable of fulfilling his oath of office and has enabled others to break our laws for his personal benefit.
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@BlueNGoldJoe @Taniel To flip TX, Dems need 70% turnout in Harris Co or close to it. That's 1.74 million votes. We'll be over 500k by the end of today. We're 29% of the way to the target. Long way to go, but at 100k votes per day, we'll get to 1.5 mill before e-day.
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@nytopinion I wait with bated breath for your editorial that a man convicted on 34 felony counts and found liable for fraud and sexual assault should quit the race.
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@TCFKA_NCSteve @EWErickson Donald Trump anyone?
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@oliverdarcy @ReliableSources I hope @K_JeanPierre continues to frustrate WH reporters. They're just a bunch of gossip columnists who should not be taken seriously.
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@jonkarl Otherwise known as passing bills by majority vote and refusing to stand by while the GOP offers nothing.
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@kylegriffin1 You notice that Trump never says that murder is wrong? That murdering journalists is not only wrong but threatens our freedoms? He's just mad that the murder and cover-up were executed poorly. There are times when Trump gives us a clear window into his soul and it's scary.
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@mkraju This is wholly inappropriate. @SenateDems should raise an objection and demand that Cruz, Graham and the others be dismissed for the remainder of the trial and not be allowed to vote.
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@NickAtNews Judges are supposed to be measured and unemotional. This Judge has communicated in emotional tone, gesture and use of language that this is a trial about MAGA rather than about a guy who shot 3 people. He has been influencing the jury to stray from focusing on the facts.
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@jonostrower @AP Why is he not wearing a mask? He's extremely contagious. He could infect doctors, nurses and staff.
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I'd like for Dem voters to see the big picture. Biden ended the pandemic phase, got all schools open, increased economic growth, lowered HC premiums, created millions of jobs, lowered unemployment, and has impacted the judiciary among EOs on many matters.
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@neal_katyal Yes. It seems that by trying to engineer a case to go to SCOTUS, the GOP may have given the Courts the option to take a whack at POTUS' interference in the investigation.
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@RyanLizza Over the same time period, Trump was involved in a rape trial, unprecedented conflicts of interest w/Russia, and financial secrecy.
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@ddale8 Nonsense. He knew. He got a call from the Kremlin. That's what ended this.
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@snowmanomics @brahmresnik It's barely audible, but it's a thing of beauty. Like the ending of a Veep episode.
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@ibrahimpols I don't know who is going to win the IA caucuses, but if it's not Bernie, I will remind @RashidaTlaib of her utter lack of class. On this day (of all days) or any day, disrespecting @hillaryclinton is a non-starter for Democrats.
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@JakeSherman @JohnCornyn @neeratanden @seungminkim The notion of a GOPer complaining about 'insulting comments' while they were so permissive with Trump attacking his opponents in the crudest terms on a daily basis is laughable. The hypocrisy and double standards won't fly.
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@maxasteele @realDonaldTrump Did Trump forget where he is? Isn't this the common accusation he makes of Biden?
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@EdWhelanEPPC You need to come clean as to whom you spoke and coordinated with regarding this elaborate and fanciful theory. Did you coordinate or inform McGahn's or others on his team, Kavanaugh or others on his team, or staff members/attorneys among the Republicans on the SJC.
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@DavidBegnaud I will never understand why so many grown men who are reasonably well off have such a zero sum view of the world and so much anger.
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@RyanLizza Hence why Trump lost all 3 debates per post-debate polling and polled his worst in the cycle after the debates, particularly the 1st and 3rd. He's an over-exposed blowhard.
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@seungminkim Double entendres aside, Collins made it pretty easy for Biden to move forward with reconciliation. What she brought to the table wasn't serious.
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@burgessev @daveweigel Collins is not bipartisan. Chuck is calling her out.
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@PreetBharara Spirited debate, but Beto is selling himself as having the gravitas and a fearlessness to talk about things that people don't say in TX because they think it's more conservative than it actually is. He's also pretty good at dismissing Cruz as a clown.
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@EdWhelanEPPC An apology is not enough. This was a smear campaign that was concocted and intentionally inserted into this debate to distract from an examination of Kavanaugh's potential guilt. Are you aware or do you know someone who is aware of incriminating evidence against Kavanaugh?
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@NatashaBertrand That's nonsense. Impeachment is what the House does. Remove is what the Senate does. Trump is, in effect, indicted and awaiting trial.
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@briebriejoy You absolutely do have to vote for Joe Biden if you care about freedom, individual rights and sane government.
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Warnock up to 49.6% with votes still left to count in Metro ATL. DeKalb is only at 91% reporting, for example. Are we really sure Warnock isn't going to hit 50%+1?
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@dawn_macc @tomwatson Romney cost Gardner, Collins, Tillis and McSally their seats.
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@JuliaDavisNews There seems to be a consistent theme in recent Russian tv broadcasts of preparing the Russian population to normalize human rights violations and the use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons.
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This is the textbook definition of 'obstruction of justice'. 'I fired Comey to stop an investigation that would've taken me down b/c I was guilty AF.'
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Trump: If I didn’t fire Comey, they were looking to take down the President of the United States… I don’t think could’ve survived if I didn’t fire him
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@mikel7294 @Acosta No family separation law exists. This is a choice by Jeff Sessions. They're lying about family separation to blackmail Dems in to giving them what they want on immigration. It's not going to work. Dem voters don't believe Trump.
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@FoxNews Did @foxnews utter a peep when Trump did a 3 month super spreader tour that spurred, in part, the dark winter of COVID we've experienced? Trump's rallies caused a lot of people to die. Cut the nonsense, Fox. We're done with it.
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@ABCPolitics This was about the most disrespectfully racist thing he could’ve said at such an event.
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@mitchellreports @MSNBC This is so infuriating. A once in a century pandemic and the federal gov't provides no leadership and kicks the states in the groin. That's all Trump has done for 9 months.
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Biden has literally been one of the most effective Presidents over a single presidential term.
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Biden cracked down on the border and no one noticed
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The wheels are turning in DC. Murkowski is basically telling McConnell that she could flip to the Dem caucus (as an Indie) if McConnell doesn't go to the WH and tell Trump to resign or face removal from office.
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Alaska Sen. @lisamurkowski wants @realDonaldTrump to resign now, and if the Republican Party is really the party of Trump, she isn't sure that it's the party for her: #akleg #akgov
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@christinawilkie Mike Espy is one of the best known politicians in MS. Clearly, Trump is making a reference to Espy's race.
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@tylerpager @maggieNYT She didn't promote a particular candidate. She was asked a question as to whether she supported a particular candidate and did not comment except to say she was optimistic that Dems would field a strong candidate. That's hardly a Hatch Act violation.
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Glad to see several posts and reports on this. This needs to blow up into a major scandal. This is like an actual 'Benghazi', not that bs the GOP made up about Hillary.
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So if this NYTimes report is correct, U.S. intelligence has concluded that Russia offered bounties for dead U.S. troops in Afghanistan, AND has paid out on some of those bounties. And Donald Trump was told in March and so far has opted to have no response.
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@NordicSunGod @dsamuelsohn @politico 1. Case has something to do w/a grand jury subpoena, 2. Someone filed suit in a lower court to limit or prevent its enforcement, 3. That plaintiff lost in the district court. 4. Plaintiff filed an appeal. 4. Mueller is apparently the 'appellee' which means he won at the lower ct.
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@joshtpm I've been to weddings with more attendees.
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@mschlapp The hysterical ignorance of Trumpers has doomed the country.
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@EricLevitz 81M people voted for him. For many of us he's been the most effective President over a single 4 year term in our lifetimes. He freed us from the pandemic and gave us our lives back. He brought back functional gov't. Of course there is loyalty to him.
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@JacobHeilbrunn @realDonaldTrump No. Election date is set by law. We're not changing it. Nobody asked him to do super spreader rallies and increase his risk of getting infected. That's on him.
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@Acosta Paul Ryan got behind the idea too when he falsely said that the law needs to be changed to stop family separation. There is no law. This is an attempt by Trump to take actual hostages and blackmail liberals into giving him what he wants. Not going to work.
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@TrueFactsStated @docrocktex26 @bjimd @DMRDynamics I think this is the first week where DT's mental impairment has become part of the MSM conversation.
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@jimsciutto @NatashaBertrand @Arianedevogue Just stunning that Gorsuch voted with the Dems.
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@DaytimeDan @deepa_shivaram Why do local tv and radio interviews not count for the national media folks? Why the hate?
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@andishehnouraee He's lying. He knew. He just didn't care until he had to.
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@umichvoter If only young voters used a realistic baseline to judge Joe Biden. On the day that they all voted for him in '20 the chances of getting a Dem Senate were less than 50-50. For him to have accomplished this much w/a 50-50 Senate is frankly miraculous.
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@HotlineJosh Don't know why Garland would be under consideration. Biden has to try to add liberal judges to the bench, not remove them.
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@kaitlancollins He hid in a bunker & had to gas folks to take a stroll to a church he never attends. He struggled to hold steady (psst, he has an involuntary movement disorder) a Bible he doesn't own & never reads for a photo op. Next he had a fence built & troops added to keep himself locked in
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@jaketapper Biden ended US involvement in MBS' war in Yemen. He has cut him out of the political communications between the US and Saudi gov'ts. He is being isolated and weakened. Look for MBS' rivals to make a move against him over the next few months.
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@KatyTurNBC @atrupar Drive that personal, anecdotal experience into how you cover this WH. Demand the same from your colleagues.
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@Evan_McMullin @realDonaldTrump He's guilty AF. She wasn't. Big difference.
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@TrueFactsStated 1. Steele Dossier has proven out & as @selectedwisdom said, the number of dead RUs tied to it was a big clue that it wasn't far off the mark
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@SCOTUSblog The @SCOTUS has created the functional equivalent of sharia law for evangelical Christians. I'm waiting for the Islamic religious organization to demand the same benefits just to troll the Court.
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@RVAwonk @3L3V3NTH In a normal time, something like this would force Bolton's resignation in a day. It will take longer, but I think it will happen here too.
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@ThePlumLineGS For years, Bush/Cheney and the conservative news pipe sold the lie that Saddam Hussein was involved in 9/11. That kept the GOP coalition together behind Bush even as the war became a failure. GOP is no stranger to the big lie.
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@BuzzFeedNews Trump's lack of leadership has caused an unacceptable situation in PR. We haven't even scratched the surface of what is needed to help.
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@maggieNYT .....and the @nytimes keeps missing the obvious: Gates & Manafort weren't working for Ukraine....they were working for Putin to support his captive puppet in Ukraine. Explore who funded the $75 million that passed through Manafort's accounts. Hint: It wasn't the Ukrainian gov't.
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@Flash43191300 They can unconditionally leave Kherson, Crimea, Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk first.
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Looks like Ducey will certify. Think Kemp will too. GOP out of bullets in PA. Desperation suit in NV won't go anywhere.
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Update from Arizona Gov. @dougducey ’s office: For the first time since Election Day, Ducey will hold a press briefing on Wednesday at 4pmET / 2pmAZ.
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@KenDilanianNBC @LaguardiaCG The WH has to be conflicted out of controlling this investigation. It's obstruction of justice. This is a sham and tainted investigation, and it will not resolve matters, only further an ongoing GOP led cover-up.
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@sahilkapur The longest filibuster in Senate history was over the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
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@NikkiMcR This is false information. Fox should be sued out of existence.
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@kylegriffin1 After forcing these clerks to spend the day and evening reading this bill, can you blame people?
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@maggieNYT @KannoYoungs Now would be a good time for someone from the @joeBiden camp to state that attempts to violate election laws, campaign finance laws, undermine Democracy through propaganda will be investigated by the DOJ, and they will go where the evidence leads.
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@ZekeJMiller Attempting a coup to overturn election results is unacceptable. This is just a schedule change. Misplaced hyperbole like this is why folks don't trust the media.
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@Scaramucci This is how he is when things don't work out for him. He gets angry and bitter. He lashes out. He punches down, and the GOP gives him a free outlet to hit at women and minorities b/c it's an engine for how they connect with their base.
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@Redistrict Big win. The tax bill killed the GOP in NJ and CA.
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@Stowydad Courts are not the elected officials in charge of public safety and providing or offering public services in a safe manner. This really isn't a place for courts to step in. We've had a lot of ignorant and hypocritical conservative judges making bad decisions.
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@AmbJohnBolton Testify to Congress under oath. That’s really the only thing we want to hear from you.
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@maggieNYT That's a myth. What he does when he is cornered is commit more crimes or induce others to do so. You just didn't find out about it until later. Btwn the Wikileaks releases, the Cohen payments & the actions of the FBI NY office following Access Hollywood, we know what Trump does.
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@notcapnamerica That's actually low. 70% voted for him in the Nov '22 election. If Walker is at 63% white support, Warnock is going to win by close to 10 pts.
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Perhaps @POTUS is pretty good at this and the 81 million folks who voted for him should show up for the party in the midterms to help him continue to deliver for the country. You don't need a poll if those folks show up.
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@Messina2012 @SenWarren Dems are focused. They're ignoring the noise and are voting. Warren did what was good for her and it might provide a shot in the arm to college educated white women who are angry about how Trump treated Dr. Ford and see this as an example of how women can fight back.
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@AllMattNYT No reason why Flynn shouldn't be investigated for sedition.
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@RickPetree @RepAdamSchiff July 17. This is the result of the public pushing this issue and 77 MoCs bending to popular will and the rule of law. Give @RepJerryNadler credit. Now, it's time for Mueller to step up & speak in plain English about his impeachment recommendation. No more LSAT logic game answers.
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@benwikler @MoveOn @USProgressives @TeamPelosi @RepJayapal @PramilaJayapal @MarkPocan @repmarkpocan Labor and other interest groups are lining up behind Pelosi. The left is lining up behind Pelosi. Doubtful that Moulton can do much but guarantee that he receives a primary opponent in the next election.
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@rebeccaballhaus @aviswanatha @sgurman Kind of shocked by this. I thought SDNY had completely succumbed to Barr. The cynic in me thinks that these two are being nabbed now so that Barr can kick them out to Ukraine and keep them away from Congress.
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@JoeBiden Please get tested and report back the results. Hope you and the family are ok.
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@Acyn So he was being sarcastic but then repeats exactly what he said: get bleach inside the body to kill the virus. He's completely nuts and irresponsible.
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