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Here are the races I'm watching especially closely in November. Please share yours too. I may add them to my list! Thanks.

@TonyEvers v. Scott Walker (Koch-funded, anti-LGBTQ) for Wisconsin governor.

@IronStache v. Bryan Steill for #WI01 1/
@AndrewGillum v. Ron DeSantis ("Let's not monkey it up") for Florida governor

@SenBillNelson v. current governor Rick Scott (Koch-funded, notorious polluter) for U.S. senator from Florida 2/
@SenatorKelly (Laura Kelly) v. Kris Kobach (master vote suppressor, crosscheck mastermind, voter suppression commission) for Kansas governor.

@ShariceDavids v. Kevin Yoder (Yoder is the House member who approved Trump's diversion of FEMA $$$ 2 detention centers) for #KS03 3/
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As our legal team sends out notices of federal law violations, the vote snatchers are capitulating one by one — #Colorado gave up Friday! gregpalast.com/im-in-wichita-… #StopTheSteal
Here in Wichita, #Kobach is hiding. Should I check #Koch HQ? Bad news for you, Kris: Top #Kansas voting rights attorney Bob Eye will take you on for us—pro bono (my favorite two words from a lawyer). gregpalast.com/im-in-wichita-… #StopTheSteal
Your donations have allowed me to contract with a killah database expert to crosscheck the #Crosscheck lists. We’re going to make the hundreds of thousands of names of The Purged searchable — so you can save your vote! palastinvestigativefund.org/?StopTheStealA…
#StopTheSteal
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⚖️Sessions⚖️

Trump revived the idea of firing Sessions. Likely thinks Uncle Jr Rudy would be divine.🙄

David Pecker, Head Of National Enquirer, resigns from Postmedia Board

Michael Cohen, Lanny Davis & the Russian Mafia, oh my! Lanny Davis’ most notorious client is Firtash
⚖️Sessions2⚖️

Cohen atty Lanny Davis Is registered foreign agent for Dmitry Firtash a pro RU Oligarch wanted by US gov’t directly linked to Putin

19 mos into the Trump administration, we're starting to see what a real culture of corruption looks like.

None of it is normal
⚖️Sessions3⚖️

📌Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash, who has close ties to Manafort, has been wanted in Chicago since 2014 for his alleged role as the mastermind of an international titanium racket

Trump “is rage-googling himself, and he doesn’t like what he’s found
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@emptywheel @maggieNYT “They do so even while describing a lawyer who represents three high-placed witnesses in the case (along w/#McGahn, #WilliamBurck represents #ReincePriebus and #SteveBannon) opining that the President’s legal exposure makes cooperation “insane.” emptywheel.net/2018/08/18/the…
@emptywheel @maggieNYT “Along the way, the story engages in other kinds of spin, all of which happens to make #DonMcGahn look far better than he should...” 👀See #Koch #FollowTheMoney #JonesDay 👉
@emptywheel @maggieNYT 🔥“#StephenBrogan, Managing Partner, #JonesDay
W/at least 13 of its lawyers positioned strategically throughout Trump administration, including #DonMcGahn, the firm has not been coy about its ties to Trump & exercises immense, unprecedented power in” D.C. washingtonlife.com/2018/05/09/leg…
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1/ #SociopathsInDC
There is an ominous feeling pulling at my back-brain, the primal fear center - like encroaching darkness in a realm where artificial light doesn't exist and reliance on tactile senses are my only defense against things that live in the dark and eat fingers.
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2016, December - the Washington Post reports that the CIA reports that Russia tried to help Trump win the Presidential election.
wapo.st/2gl1tC9?tid=ss…
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And they're pretty specific about it. Which kills me because we went through how many months of listening to that traitor go on and on about "no collusion" as we watched the WH fill in a notably disgusting nepotic fashion. (thread keeps breaking - apologies for reposts)
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Plague that is #Koch has sprd beynd realm of #GOPTaxScams, crushing unions, poisoning envirnmt & educ'n sys
Their ult goal is 2 Rewrite USConstitution at #ConventionOfStates & they're close 2 obtaining state votes req'd 2 do so
Thread 🔽outlines strategy 2 Stop them
#NoConCon
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As seen in meme above, there R presently 10 states w active Article V #ConventionOfStates legsln in their legislatures
In this thread I'll B including info-filled posts created by my team that ID Res'n #s, pretext given 4 calling #ConCon & contact info needed 2 block
#NoConCon
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💥A special note 2 keep in mind 💥
Pls let go of any preconception that a state is "safe" because state legslr is primarily Democrat
Likewise pls do NOT fall into trap of believing resln's cannot B blocked if legislature is primarily Republican
Let's Begin...
#NoConCon
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Nativist Karen Handel—who “won” Tom Price’s vacant #GA06 seat last year after a major breach of Georgia’s Election Center—is already a top ten recipient of #Koch money for 2018! Pls support Democrat Bobby Kaple to defeat her and the Kochs in the midterms! #UnKochOurCountry 1/
2/ Karen Handel of #GA06 opposes birthright citizenship and amnesty (link to video below)!! This type of mentality is what has empowered the neo-Nazis in Georgia & elsewhere! Support Democrat Bobby Kaple to defeat her!
3/ Karen Handel of #GA06 is a top 10 recipient of #Koch money. They want to undo most federal agencies & oversight bc they, the NRA & GOP shld be able to sell assault rifles to everyone, trample on civil rights, & destroy the environment w/o interference. opensecrets.org/orgs/toprecips…
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Iowa & South Carolina voters! If u care about public education, u must call ur state legislators NOW to oppose pending legislation to join the so-called "Convention of States" to amend the U.S. Constitution! This effort is backed by the #Kochs & #ALEC! Sourced info. below. 1/
2/ The #Kochs--who support and fund the pending legislation in states like Iowa and SC to call a Convention of States to amend the U.S. Constitution (see posts below)--are determined to undermine public education. commondreams.org/views/2018/02/…
3/ Here is a handout w/ links to model legislation from #ALEC--a #Koch funded organization --that would undermine public education. #ALEC is also pushing for a Convention of States to amend the US Constitution via pending bills in states like IA and SC!
alecexposed.org/w/images/7/7b/…
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BREAKING NEWS! Courtesy of state lawmakers elected via unverifiable electronic voting machines, there’s a 50% chance the Koch-funded #COSProject & Balanced Budget Task Force will have enough states by 2020 to call an Article V Convention of States 2 amend the US Constitution! 1/
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3/ Here is a CTA re the 5 states that exclusively use paperless voting machines—tho many more states use paperless machines in at least counties & should be called as well, as should those states that use “paper trails” rather than #paperballots. (
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Right on cue #MarkMeckler reads line from script all #Koch bought actors & #GOP R work'g from
Summary:
GOP:
1 xplds deficit
2 proposes #BalancedBudgetAmendment as solutn
Meckler:
3 claims only #BBA chance of Bcoming law ➡️#CoS ➡️#RewriteConstitution
conventionofstates.com/news/house-to-…
One "small" problem...The reading of the script neglects to mention a couple of things.
Firstly, #BBA - #BalancedBudgetAmendment actually means gutting SS, Medicare, public education as a start.
#NoConCon #ProtectSocialSecurity #ProtectMedicare
2ndly,#ConventionOfStates or #ConstitutionalConvention wld allow Constitution 2B #Rewritten. There R NO safeguards in place 2 lmt #CoS 2 single topic or 2 determ what delegates R sent
A #Koch written constitution would end democracy in America
#NoConCon
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Iowa voters! The Iowa House has passed Joint Resolution 8 calling for an Article V Convention of States to amend the US Constitution-as desired by #ALEC & #Kochs! The senate will vote ANY DAY! Tell ur state senators 2 vote NO! Contact info & more below #NoConCon #KochBrothers 1/
Find ur Iowa state senators here & tell them 2 vote NO on Joint Resolution 8 calling for an Article V “Convention of State” 2 amend the US Constitution! This is a #KochBrothers resolution meant 2 decimate the federal govt & to eliminate SS & Medicare! 2/ openstates.org/find_your_legi…
Here is a link to Joint Resolution 8. 3/ legis.iowa.gov/legislation/Bi…
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THREAD on #ConstitutionalConvention
The Actors.

One of the key promulgators of the #CNP radical beliefs is Scott Walker the governor of Wisconsin, Paul Ryan territory

An article proving that Scott Walker & #CNP want to call #ConstitutionalConvention

psmag.com/social-justice…
Although Walker is not in the 2014 #CNP directory, he is the recipient of the "Paul Weyrich award" in 2012 just before his recall election.

Paul Weyrich is a #Koch network shill who founded the #CNP
prwatch.org/news/2012/10/1
What did Weyrich believe in ...?
Here’s a video of Paul Weyrich, the founder of #CNP , where he says "I don't want everybody to vote”

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🔥“The #Koch Government: These 44 Trump Officials Have Close Ties to Right-Wing Billionaire Brothers” by ALAN ZIBEL corporatepresidency.org/koch/
🔥🔥🔥Nov. 30, 2017👉”The #Koch Government: HOW THE KOCH BROTHERS’ AGENDA HAS INFILTRATED THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION” citizen.org/sites/default/…
“After the inauguration, Lisa Nelson, chief executive of the American Legislative Exchange Council (#ALEC), a #Koch-tied group of state lawmakers funded by corporate foundations, big companies & trade associations, wrote to her members...”
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