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The thing about the @DevinNunes tape is that it’s... not actually surprising.

After all, this has been the only explanation—for quite some time—for his ridiculous behavior on everything from the unmasking scandal to the Page #FISA application to the Rosenstein impeachment...
All he did at this fundraiser was say the quiet part out loud—and get recorded doing so. Anyone who thinks the substance is surprising just hasn’t been paying attention.
Just to be clear, I’m not trying to downplay or minimize the _significance_ of the recording; no doubt, it’s a big deal. I just think that its content is wholly unsurprising given everything Nunes has been doing for the past 18 months.
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With no noted dissents, #SCOTUS summarily denies stay sought by the unnamed, foreign government-owned corporation arising from a contempt citation for defying a grand-jury subpoena related to the Mueller investigation:

supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…

This is not a surprising result.
As a result, the accumulation of the contempt fine will resume—which should presumably put (increasing) pressure on the mystery foreign government-owned corporation to either comply with the subpoena or to otherwise cooperate with the Soecial Counsel in exchange for dropping it.
This doesn’t end the appeal; the mystery corporation can still ask #SCOTUS to take the case on the merits. But the denial of the stay (and the absence of any noted dissents) is a pretty strong signal that the Justices are inclined to sit this one out.
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A reminder that we could hear from #SCOTUS as early as today with respect to whether it will continue or vacate Chief Justice Roberts’s administrative stay of the contempt citation against the unnamed foreign company that apparently defying a Mueller-related grand jury subpoena.
For a thorough explainer on how we got here and what the issues (probably) are, see this @just_security post by @KeitnerLaw:

justsecurity.org/62068/decipher…
(And if you weren’t already following her, you should follow @KeitnerLaw.)
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There must just not have been room in the headline for “and repeatedly stalking and harassing her after she said no.”

Come on, @NRO—do better.
For the numerous ways @nro has quietly backpedaled from this preposterous headline, see @MaxKennerly’s thread:

@NRO has now deleted the tweet with the preposterous headline, but here’s a screenshot:
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Time to start Chapter 5 of Seth Abramson's pretty thorough new chronicle of how Trump, the Republican Party, and the Russians (and some other countries) worked together to steal the election; Proof of Collusion.
You can buy a copy of the book here: simonandschuster.com/books/Proof-of…
An archive of my readthrough of the first few chapters starts here.
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Actually consider what Donald Trump is telling the press: Give me unwavering loyalty or you and the American people could be murdered at literally any time. It's sadistic extortion. 1/
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In the 70's "Woodstein" went after the Nixon admin with unshakeable perseverance, using all the tools of investigative journalism available. Today, they rail against Trump, pushing narratives that are so shoddy that they've become caricatures of the journalists they once were....
And as if that weren't bad enough, they consciously ignore huge developing stories on the scale of Watergate, or worse, and aggressively attempt to discredit those who are desperately trying to get at the truth...i.e.#DevinNunes
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Are you one of those people who's looked back on 2017 and convinced yourself that you haven't achieved anything? Worried about catching up with your mates who seem to have done much better?

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*photo credit: waiter foodies.
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