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Big #Republican influencers were there at the beginning, the funders behind the organization called the @FedSoc that selected #Kavanaugh.
(Per White House itself, #FederalistSociety was “insourced” to White House for this.)
(Per White House itself, #FederalistSociety was “insourced” to White House for this.)
Big #Republican influencers were there after selection, behind the multi-million #darkmoney campaign to pressure Senators on #Kavanaugh.
Big #Republican influencers loomed over the Senate during hearings and votes, and are ecstatic today claiming their prize.
I wrote a long scholarly bio of Sandra Day O'Connor and RBG, Sisters in Law. Although most of the attention has been focused on Ginsburg, actually SOC tells the more relevant story in today's #Kavanaugh times. 1/
2/ SOC was always an odd fit; a symbolic powerhouse first woman on the Supreme Court, or the FWOTSC, as she called herself. She was technically supportive of abortion rights and voting w/ RBG on most women's cases at #SCOTUS, including in 1986 a vote for harassment victim Vinson
3/ but SOC was also a lifelong #Republican and an operative at that -- committeewoman, nominated to her first office by the #GOP committee, mentored by Barry Goldwater, William Rehnquist and Warren Burger were her sponsors on the #SCOTUS.
Me: "looking at the timing of the late reveal of this sexual assault by the #Democrats
How #Democrats Voters feel.
This morning, the President said it is up to Dr. Blasey Ford to convince him she is telling the truth. That is preposterous. Her story is credible: it is rich in remembered detail, corresponds to facts that are known, and was told to others years before. 
.@realDonaldTrump and @SenateGOP should follow protocol and order the @FBI to complete its background investigation as to this claim. This process has been off the rails for a long time now, but the last 24 hours signal a new low. medium.com/senator-sheldo…
Dr. Ford is incredibly brave & very credible. Her story is rich in remembered detail, corresponds to facts that are known, and was told to others years before.
Constitutional Decay: The fundamental challenge to American democracy.
Want to protect and defend the #Constitution? Then stop hoping to paper over its rot with amendments: the framework of our nation requires a rebuild. Thread:
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Want to protect and defend the #Constitution? Then stop hoping to paper over its rot with amendments: the framework of our nation requires a rebuild. Thread:
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In sum: While its values still hold, much of the detail in the world’s oldest living constitution is increasingly incompatible with reality. This harms America by subjecting modern solutions to 18th century thinking. The #Constitution needs major revisions within a decade. 2/
America faces multiple domestic political problems. Underlying many, if not all of them, is a structural problem that will only become more severe with time, and may ultimately threaten our very nationhood. 3/
The #SupremeCourt gives too many indications of having been captured by the far right. In case after case, the five #Republican-appointed justices band together with no Democratic appointee, and over 90 percent of the time deliver huge wins for Republican and corporate interests
That pattern leaves Americans to wonder which of their rights, freedoms, and protections the Roberts Court may sign away next.
During his hearings, #Kavanaugh could have pledged to help buck that trend, and reassured those with pre-existing conditions, women, consumers, workers, vulnerable communities, or victims of pollution.
So Mr. Trump is visiting the beautiful Dakotas and the ego fluffing rallying continues without pause. Just like yesterday, Trump will continue his rants and attacks on the media and spread lies about Democrats./1 #TrumpEgoRallies #CultureOfCorruption #Cult45
But here's what know he won't do or say: address the real issues facing hard-working North and South Dakota families. He will also fail to talk about the continued #Republican war on health care coverage for 130 million Americans with pre-existing conditions./2 #GOPCorruption
30,100: North Dakotans that would have lost health coverage by 2026 under the #GOP House-passed #Trumpcare bill./3 #ProtectOurCare #CultureOfCorruption #GOPGreed
The American people are confronted with a #GOP Congress and Administration that are relentlessly ransacking the futures of American families and seniors, all to further enrich their lobbyist and special interest friends, big corporations and the wealthiest one percent. /1
From health care, to taxes, to good-paying jobs, to critical consumer protections, President Trump and the #Republican Congress are selling out the American people at every turn: /2 #ARawDeal #CultureOfCorruption #RepublicanGreed
#Democrats must be ready to drive home our case to the American people about how a Democratic majority will fight For The People:/3 #ForAll #ForThePeople #ABetterDeal #PrincipledDemocraticLeadership
Why is @DonnaShalala running for Congress in #Miami as a Democrat after she supported a generation of Republican lawmakers to turn Florida's public education system into a charter school paradise while hurting unions? #FL27
I call it: Donna Does Republican Donations
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I call it: Donna Does Republican Donations
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Shalala donated to some of #Florida's WORST #Republican state lawmakers including bigots, tax cheats, adulterers an to employees of the state's largest charter school who voted to expand that school's reach!
She said it was a quid pro quo to get benefits for UM.
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She said it was a quid pro quo to get benefits for UM.
Part 2/2
Full video here.
Democrats Fight #GOP Culture of Corruption to Make Washington Work for the People/1 #VoteBlue2018 #Midterms #Democrats #DemsWork4USA #WhyIVoteDemocrat
This week’s indictment of #GOP Congressman Chris Collins shines a stark light on the rampant culture of corruption and self-enrichment among #Republicans in Washington today/2 #Collins #CorruptGOP #SwampThings
..and the story continues to widen as reporters unearth at least six other #GOP current and former Members of Congress who have recently owned or sold stock in Innate Immunotherapeutics, the Australian company at the center of the arrest of Rep. Collins./3 #GOPCORRUPT #Collins
Georgia was #Democratic until 2002 when #Diebold touchscreen voting machines were installed. Did everyone miraculously turn #Republican? Or did Democracy boldly die in #gapol with #DieBold #NoAccountability? medium.com/@jennycohn1/ge…
#ConnectingTheDots Facts of Georgia's voting since 2002 and #Diebold are mindblowing to me. Now the person running for #GaGovernor is overseeing the election. We need #PaperBallotsInGa @karenhunter @MadisonSiriusXM @amjoyshow @EricHolder @TomPerez @GAWINList
I am the #Democratic nominee for GA State Senate District 9 Gwinnett Co., the most diverse county in SE USA. I am proud that #diversity and #inclusion is now on the ballot for the district! Donate to my campaign and help me #FlipGaBlue cherylemoses.com #gapol
🛑BREAKING🛑
#FISA warrant application from Oct'16 for Carter Page released.
👉🏼calls Page a #Russian🇷🇺agent
👉🏼discloses Simpson/Steele ties w/"Candidate #2" (HRC)
👉🏼says #Russia coordinated w/Page & "perhaps others" to influence the election
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#FISA warrant application from Oct'16 for Carter Page released.
👉🏼calls Page a #Russian🇷🇺agent
👉🏼discloses Simpson/Steele ties w/"Candidate #2" (HRC)
👉🏼says #Russia coordinated w/Page & "perhaps others" to influence the election
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int.nyt.com/data/documenth…
🔥This is the *first* time that a #FISA application has EVER been released.🧐
The #FBI didn't mince words, initially identifying the target of the FISA application as, "Carter W. Page, a US person, and an agent of a foreign power, described in detail below." 2/
#TrumpRussia
The #FBI didn't mince words, initially identifying the target of the FISA application as, "Carter W. Page, a US person, and an agent of a foreign power, described in detail below." 2/
#TrumpRussia
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@GOP Congressman/fmr CIA Will @HurdOnTheHill: “Over the course of my career as an undercover officer in the CIA, I saw Russian intelligence manipulate many people. I never thought I would see the day when an American @POTUS would be one of them.”
nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opi…
@GOP Congressman/fmr CIA Will @HurdOnTheHill: “Over the course of my career as an undercover officer in the CIA, I saw Russian intelligence manipulate many people. I never thought I would see the day when an American @POTUS would be one of them.”
nytimes.com/2018/07/19/opi…
🔥Trump’s “failure to defend the USIC’s unanimous conclusions of #Russian meddling... & condemn #Russian covert counterinfluence campaigns and his standing idle on the world stage while a Russian dictator spouted lies confused many but should **concern all Americans**.”🇺🇸
👇🏼EXACTLY👇🏼
“As a member of Congress, a coequal branch of government designed by our founders to provide checks & balances on the executive branch, I believe that lawmakers must *fulfill our oversight duty* (and) keep the American people informed of the current DANGER.”🔥
“As a member of Congress, a coequal branch of government designed by our founders to provide checks & balances on the executive branch, I believe that lawmakers must *fulfill our oversight duty* (and) keep the American people informed of the current DANGER.”🔥
From the great @JamesFallows re #HelsinkiSummit
"Those who could do something are the 51 #Republican senators and 236 Republican representatives who have the power to hold hearings, issue subpoenas, pass resolutions of censure, guarantee the integrity..."
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"Those who could do something are the 51 #Republican senators and 236 Republican representatives who have the power to hold hearings, issue subpoenas, pass resolutions of censure, guarantee the integrity..."
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"...of Robert #MuellerInvestigation , condemn the past #Russian election interference, shore up protections against the next assault, & in general defend their country rather than the damaged & defective man who is now its president.
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"...of Robert #MuellerInvestigation , condemn the past #Russian election interference, shore up protections against the next assault, & in general defend their country rather than the damaged & defective man who is now its president.
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🔥In the charging documents for accused #Russian🇷🇺agent Maria Butina, the unnamed “US Person 1” — who established a “VERY private line of communication btwn the Kremlin & key [@GOP] leaders through, of all conduits, the #NRA” — appears to be #GOP consultant Paul Erickson. 1/
💣BOOM💣
Note that #DOJ says that “US Person 1” arranged the secret backchannel btwn the Kremlin and **key @GOP leaders** (not just Team Trump).🔥
How many people in the #GOP freaked out when they read that Butina got busted⁉️ 2/
#RICO
#ComplicitGOP
Note that #DOJ says that “US Person 1” arranged the secret backchannel btwn the Kremlin and **key @GOP leaders** (not just Team Trump).🔥
How many people in the #GOP freaked out when they read that Butina got busted⁉️ 2/
#RICO
#ComplicitGOP
Mueller is investigating the alleged flow of ILLEGAL foreign (#Russian🇷🇺) money for @GOP campaigns via the #NRA.
Don’t think for a moment that at least some #Republicans didn’t know where the #NRA’s sudden influx of cash came from.🙄 3/
Don’t think for a moment that at least some #Republicans didn’t know where the #NRA’s sudden influx of cash came from.🙄 3/
Dear #Miami Democrats
The movement to #AbolishICE - which #FL27 candidate @matthaggman supports - isn't just a symbolic maneuver and @Ocasio2018's victory on that platform isn't just a "mood."
ICE's most important agents agree.
#TheResistance
washingtonpress.com/2018/06/29/19-…
The movement to #AbolishICE - which #FL27 candidate @matthaggman supports - isn't just a symbolic maneuver and @Ocasio2018's victory on that platform isn't just a "mood."
ICE's most important agents agree.
#TheResistance
washingtonpress.com/2018/06/29/19-…
"It says a lot about the mood in that district," former Health and Human Services secretary @DonnaShalala, a Clintonite
This is exactly what #Republican-lite looks like in #FL27
Thoughtless
Mindless
Clueless
Slavish
Obedience to the status quo
miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
This is exactly what #Republican-lite looks like in #FL27
Thoughtless
Mindless
Clueless
Slavish
Obedience to the status quo
miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
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This is the #GrandOldPutinParty
How did Putin subordinate the Republican party after helping Donald Trump get elected?
This series helps explain why the GOP went along with the #TrumpRussia plot.
#Republicans helped plan the whole thing.
#TheResistance
This is the #GrandOldPutinParty
How did Putin subordinate the Republican party after helping Donald Trump get elected?
This series helps explain why the GOP went along with the #TrumpRussia plot.
#Republicans helped plan the whole thing.
#TheResistance
Putin's American lobbying efforts have had lots of help from Republicans, including one Soviet-emigre professor who wrote a book on behalf of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a former Pennsylvania GOP Representative.
#TheResistance
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#TheResistance
thesternfacts.com/republicans-he…
Donald Trump's connections to people in the #TrumpRussia affair include a pair of Russian oligarchs who funneled him cash and a Ukrainian politician who pushed a back-channel "peace plan" written by a corrupt former Republican congressman.
1. I remember when you angry #Trumpkins stormed into #Republican Party; called #Conservatives “cucks”, “leftists”, “Killary voters”, “libtards”. You idolized #Trump in a cultic way. You fraternized with alt right #racists. You winked at #sexism. ->
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
2. You said #Conservative principles didn’t really matter, though you really couldn’t tell us what #Conservatism means. Of course, your leader didn’t know either; his attempts to articulate it were painful. You mocked our efforts to explain. ->
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
3. #Trump wild swings of rhetoric, positions, moods didn’t bother any of you. Whatever Trump said last was best & most true, no matter the word salad in which it was presented. His blatant self-contradictions were obvious to all but to you. ->
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
#ConservativeWithoutAParty
From first-time hopefuls to seasoned veterans, African American women are lining up to disrupt the mostly white, mostly #Republican old boys’ club in #Alabama's political offices. ✊🏾✊🏿 We spoke to 18 candidates that are leading the charge: glmr.co/Mvi0IOy
“After decades of activism and advocacy, black women are finally getting the recognition they deserve.” @RepTerriSewell, running for re-election to the U.S. House District 7
“My hope for women in 2018 is that we will realize our political power. I hope women will run without fear, run zealously, and advocate for our constituents.” Ashley Smith, running for District Judge in Lowndes County #Alabama
If the Scartozzi's intended to abandon their legally desribed easement in order to ingress and egress their seasonal property, via Gerald Clark's "Private Driveway" they needed to do so in a cpurt of law with all effected parties participation. Including me whose property
serves their easement. Especially since the Clark's tried to steal, via legal abuse via their crooked atty Richard Sellman, myndads portion of the easement in 2010 and lost. If a private driveway is more appealing to the Scartozzi's I recommend they put in their own as the
increased wear and tear on my property is quite noticeable and the Clarks comining in on it is considered criminal trespass. ...again one of those things that really serves no legitamate purpose. The bottom line is they've used Clark's private driveway since it was created 2007.
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The Prince, The President, The General, and a Fixer.
My reporting uncovered a key #TrumpRussia dossier meeting between Qatar's Foreign Minister, a top asset manager and the Trump presidential transition, including fixer/bagman Michael Cohen.
The Prince, The President, The General, and a Fixer.
My reporting uncovered a key #TrumpRussia dossier meeting between Qatar's Foreign Minister, a top asset manager and the Trump presidential transition, including fixer/bagman Michael Cohen.
Five days ago, I tweeted this link to go into my first #TrumpRussia story about claims that a wealthy Qatari businessman claimed he paid off General Flynn.
The sworn claim itself, by a former Steve Bannon business partner, was incendiary.
That General Flynn had taken a payoff from a Qatari.
Also, his goal of bankrolling a white national political polemicist is an eye-catching headline, but not the story...
washingtonpress.com/2018/05/11/a-q…
That General Flynn had taken a payoff from a Qatari.
Also, his goal of bankrolling a white national political polemicist is an eye-catching headline, but not the story...
washingtonpress.com/2018/05/11/a-q…
💣BOOM💣
THREAD: Mueller has evidence that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to #Prague during the 2016 campaign👉🏼confirms the #SteeleDossier‼️1/
#TrumpRussia
#MuellerIsComing
mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
THREAD: Mueller has evidence that Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, secretly made a late-summer trip to #Prague during the 2016 campaign👉🏼confirms the #SteeleDossier‼️1/
#TrumpRussia
#MuellerIsComing
mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-…
Cohen has vehemently denied for months that he ever has been in Prague or “colluded w/#Russia🇷🇺” during the campaign.🙄
Neither he nor his lawyer would comment for this story.😎 2/
Neither he nor his lawyer would comment for this story.😎 2/
It’s “unclear” if Mueller also has evidence that Cohen met w/the #Russian🇷🇺—purportedly Putin pal Konstantin Kosachev—in Prague.😎
Kosachev, who denied visiting Prague in 2016, was hit w/#sanctions in retaliation for #Russia’s election interference.🤔 3/
Kosachev, who denied visiting Prague in 2016, was hit w/#sanctions in retaliation for #Russia’s election interference.🤔 3/
🛑BREAKING🛑
THREAD: Mueller is investigating a Ukrainian’s $150,000 payment to Trump Org *during the campaign* for a Trump appearance, as part of a BROADER probe of streams of foreign money to Trump & associates in the years before the election‼️ 1/
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THREAD: Mueller is investigating a Ukrainian’s $150,000 payment to Trump Org *during the campaign* for a Trump appearance, as part of a BROADER probe of streams of foreign money to Trump & associates in the years before the election‼️ 1/
nyti.ms/2HmF0ic
In response to a #subpoena *this year* for an array of records of business w/FOREIGN nationals, Trump Org handed over documents about the donation, SOLICITED BY MICHAEL COHEN.🤨 2/
The $150k donation from Ukrainian billionaire, Victor Pinchuk, who has sought closer ties for Ukraine to the West, was the LARGEST Trump's foundation received in 2015 from anyone, besides Trump himself.🙄 3/
#Corruption
#Corruption
