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Richard Blumenthal @SenBlumenthal
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First Singapore, now Helsinki? Yet again, President Trump is courting adversaries&alienating friends. He will only further disrupt&derail our global leadership if he continues to take notes from Putin.
It bears repeating: Russia is not our friend. Support for war crimes&chemical weapons in Syria, occupation of Crimea, 2016 election meddling, nerve agents, cyberattacks…the list goes on.
President Trump abruptly canceled US-South Korea military exercises after his first meeting with Kim Jong-un – what he will promise Putin, four months before another American election? Will he be holding the KGB thug accountable for his meddling in our democracy? Doubtful.
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Another indictment from SDNY implicating Trump & his closest aides. The President’s son, son-in-law, & campaign manager tried to get “dirt” on Hillary Clinton from a confirmed agent of the Russian government who has now been indicted for obstruction of justice.
Trump allies & sycophants will try to say these charges have nothing to do with collusion, but don’t be fooled: Veselnitskaya is a key player in connecting Trump to Russia, & her indictment spells bad news for him. The next step is cooperation with SDNY & Mueller prosecutors.
Walls closing in for Trump family. NY prosecutors, not just Mueller, on their case.
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Because of the #TrumpShutdown, 800,000 workers are not getting paid, but senior officials are receiving a raise? Utterly unfair & another insult to the hardworking men & women currently working w/out pay & forced to make substantial sacrifices while the gov't is closed.
Accepting these raises makes clear these “leaders” fail a basic tenet of leadership—putting what’s best for the group above one’s own self interests.
I will be donating my pay to Homes For The Brave until the shutdown is done. What will top Trump officials do with theirs?
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Unacceptably missed deadlines! Lifesaving railroad technology—Positive Train Control—still lacking on almost all rail lines, despite Dec 31 deadline. FRA must hold them accountable with $27,904 per day fines if necessary.
Metro North's failure to meet the deadline for Positive Train Control is absolutely unacceptable. Requested delay to next year seems to put safety at risk, after repeated extensions.
Congress must be clear to rail companies: No more statutory extensions for Positive Train Control deadlines. Stiff fines & other penalties should be imposed for future failures. Rail safety is at stake.
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What happens when all 'insiders' know the news is FAKE?
What happens when all 'insiders' know [AS] is the leak of false data? #QAnon @realDonaldTrump
2. What happens when a member of the House Intel Comm purposely leaks FAKE & FALSE data to 'friendly' news sources in order to maintain & portray a FALSE NARRATIVE to the public? #QAnon @realDonaldTrump
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Now, I'm not saying Trump is currently heading to the Middle East to visit troops. BUT...

There's been some interesting aircraft movements the last couple of days. Some I've already tweeted... And a VC-25A has been reported over the UK earlier today.

Watch this space! 😌
Reported over the UK earlier today. Callsign & unknown hex confirmed on my own receiver logs. 👇

'RCH358' VC-25 USAF - over Yorkshire - taken from Chapeltown South Yorks Boxing Day 2018

flickr.com/photos/7973412… @ETEJSpotter 👍
RCH358 left Joint Base Andrews around 0500 UTC & pinged up on my own receiver here in the UK around 1100 UTC. 🤔
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1/ On my feed I try to stay in my lane...focusing on

1st.) #volatility specific issues

2nd.) Economic and stock market observation

But this chart, which someone posted yesterday (forgive me I can't remember who posted it) is worth a deeper dive
#TrumpEnterprises
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 First some qualifications. I am first and foremost a financial economist, and by nature and study, fiscally conservative. Most finance academics are.

I care deeply about fiscal and monetary policy, but not obtuse enough to believe my opinion is always right
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What makes the country great is our ability to disagree passionately about a wide array of subjects but find a working common ground.

I try to refrain from many political topics, especially on this platform, because, what can be accomplished debating on @Twitter
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#Trump's last campaign rally of the 2018 mid-term election season is scheduled to start in about ten minutes. It's his THIRD rally of the day. Dude is likely exhausted and I doubt this rally will be less "speech" and more "incoherent tirade".
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Current Pre-show music is the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the Devil." I couldn't make this up if I tried.

#Trump #Truprally
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

bit.ly/2EPCSy1
National politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, with a fun find on a TV above the bar at the Trump Hotel DC bit.ly/2E37QRR
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