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Oct 9, 2018 13 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 628: Hidden genius.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/10/09/day… 1/ Rick Gates requested proposals in 2016 from an Israeli company to create fake online identities and use social media manipulation to gather intelligence in order to defeat Republican primary race opponents, as well as Hillary Clinton

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Oct 8, 2018 11 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 627: "An insult to the American public."

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/10/08/day… 1/ The Senate confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court in a 50-48 vote

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Oct 4, 2018 10 tweets 3 min read
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⚡️ Day 623: Unfathomable.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/10/04/day… 1/ The White House received the FBI's report on Brett Kavanaugh and said it's "fully confident" he will be confirmed by the Senate.

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Oct 2, 2018 20 tweets 6 min read
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⚡️ Day 621: Tired of winning.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/10/02/day… 1/ Paul Manafort met with Robert Mueller's office as part of his cooperation agreement.

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Sep 27, 2018 14 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 616: "I am terrified."

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/27/day… 1/ Christine Blasey Ford testified that she is "100%" certain that Brett Kavanaugh was her attacker

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Sep 26, 2018 13 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 615: "A total low-life."

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/26/day… 1/ In a sworn declaration, a third accuser said she witnessed efforts by Brett Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge between 1981 and 1983 to get girls "inebriated and disorientated" so they could be "gang raped" in side rooms

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Sep 25, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡️ Day 614: But that's okay.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/25/day… 1/ Brett Kavanaugh's high school yearbook page lists him as the treasurer of the "100 Kegs or Bust' club" and a "Renate Alumnius"

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Sep 24, 2018 14 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 613: Lingering stench.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/24/day… 1/ Rod Rosenstein reportedly verbally resigned to John Kelly in anticipation of being fired by Trump. The two will meet on Thursday to discuss the deputy attorney general's future at the Justice Department.

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Sep 19, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡ Day 608: "What happens at Georgetown Prep, stays at Georgetown Prep."

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/19/day… 1/ The Trump administration is unable to account for nearly 1,500 additional migrant children who were placed with sponsors after leaving federal shelters.

nytimes.com/2018/09/18/us/…
Sep 18, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡ Day 607: A great gentleman.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/18/day… 1/ The Trump administration declassified and ordered the release of former FBI director James Comey's text messages and 20 pages of a surveillance application that targeted Carter Page.

politico.com/story/2018/09/…
Sep 17, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡ Day 606: Full steam ahead.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/17/day… 1/ The author of the confidential letter accusing Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when he was in high school has come forward to tell her story.

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Sep 14, 2018 9 tweets 3 min read
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⚡ Day 603: Full cooperation.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/14/day… 1/ Paul Manafort pleaded guilty to conspiracy and agreed to fully cooperate with Robert Mueller.

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Sep 13, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡ Day 602: 12,800 children.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/13/day… 1/ The DHS inspector general is investigating whether FEMA administrator Brock Long misused government vehicles during his commutes from Washington to North Carolina.

politico.com/story/2018/09/…
Sep 12, 2018 8 tweets 3 min read
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⚡️ Day 601: "Totally incompetent."

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/12/day… 1/ The Department of Homeland Security diverted nearly $10 million from FEMA to help ICE pay for detention and removal operations.

nytimes.com/2018/09/12/us/…
Sep 10, 2018 10 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️Day 599: Quite enthusiastic.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/10/day… 1/ The Trump campaign team was "fully aware" of George Papadopoulos' efforts to setup a Trump-Putin meeting. Jeff Sessions was "quite enthusiastic" about it.

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Sep 7, 2018 9 tweets 3 min read
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⚡️ Day 596: Your fault.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/07/day… 1/ Trump called on Jeff Sessions and the Justice Department to investigate and uncover the author of the anonymous op-ed

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Sep 6, 2018 6 tweets 2 min read
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⚡️ Day 595: Total meltdown.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/06/day… 1/ Brett Kavanaugh challenged whether Roe v. Wade was "settled law of the land" in a leaked 2003 email he wrote while serving in the George W. Bush White House.

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Sep 4, 2018 22 tweets 7 min read
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⚡️ Day 593: We're in Crazytown.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/09/04/day… 1/ Bob Woodward's book describes the Trump as an "emotionally overwrought, mercurial and unpredictable leader," his presidency as "an administrative coup d'etat," and the executive branch as having a "nervous breakdown"

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Sep 4, 2018 6 tweets 2 min read
2/ New documents show two of "dozens" of suspicious financial transactions by Russian diplomats made in 2016-2017.

buzzfeednews.com/article/jasonl… 3/ George Papadopoulos decided to stick to his plea deal with Mueller

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Aug 31, 2018 14 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 589: Over a barrel.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/08/31/day… 1/ Canada: "We're not there yet" on a NAFTA deal

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Aug 29, 2018 11 tweets 4 min read
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⚡️ Day 587: Don't let it happen.

whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2018/08/29/day… 1/ White House counsel Don McGahn will step down after the midterms or after Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court

axios.com/don-mcgahn-whi…