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Brennan makes a point that too many in the media seem to miss. We know there was collusion - that's in the public record. We're waiting to hear from Mueller if there is sufficient evidence of conspiracy or other crimes for charges to be brought.
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The meeting with the Russians in Trump Tower was collusion. The emails setting it up were clear: the purpose was for the Kremlin to help the Trump campaign by giving them dirt on their opponent.
themoscowproject.org/explainers/a-c…
The meeting participants knew they were colluding. That's why they went to such extreme lengths to hide the meeting's existence from everyone. The press. The public. Law enforcement. Everyone.
themoscowproject.org/explainers/col…
We need to admit what is plain as day: the campaign of the President of the United States sought and received help from a foreign adversary in the election.
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I think this aspect of Trump's proposal to order DoD to illegally build a wall has not gotten enough attention: it would require the military to *seize a massive amount of property* from states, tribes, and private citizens.
Trump is proposing to use emergency authority to make DoD build a wall. This raises a whole host of legal issues b/c it's not, in fact, legal. One of them is that the military can only build things on property "under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of a military department."
So if the military is going to build over 1,000 miles of border wall, then it needs to have "jurisdiction" over that land. And that's where Trump's "military version of eminent domain" comes in. It's the sort of thing you expect to hear in a dictatorship, not America.
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Great scoop from @KFaulders, @Santucci, and @Elizabeth_McLau. As a lawyer at OMB, I worked on appropriations issues all the time. What the Trump administration is discussing here is illegal, plain and simple.
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Under the Anti-Deficiency Act, it's a crime for federal agencies to spend $ on something Congress hasn't authorized - it's the statutory means for enforcing Congress' constitutional power of the purse. The Trump team is trying to sidestep the law by using emergency powers. /2
How? 10 USC 2808 says that w/ "a declaration of war or...a natl emergency...that requires use of the armed forces, SecDef...may undertake military construction projects...not otherwise authorized by law that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces." /3
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I helped manage the 2013 shutdown at OMB, so believe me when I say that they get exponentially harder to manage as time goes on. Agencies run out of carryover $, grant recipients able to cover a short time w/o federal funds can't any more, and unexpected issues crop up.
This type of management challenge is hard enough when you have a competent, committed group of people doing their best. But when you're relying on the most incompetent administration in modern American history...that's a recipe for disaster.
Great ex. from @meghanncuniff, John Waters, and @JoelAchenbach: to limit political blowback, Trump is keeping parks open w/o enough personnel. It exposes parks to damage and visitors to danger. But WH put politics over safety and our national treasures.
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Trump and Mussolini: 11 Key Lessons from Historical Fascism

Italian fascism provides a better model for our moment than Nazi Germany—and the comparison is not encouraging.

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Fascism is a religion. The 20th century will be known in history as the century of fascism.
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#Collusion panel with @carolecadwalla @lukeharding1968 @BylineFest #BylineFest
Carole asks Luke: when did Trump cross your radar?

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Sarah's comment explains my rationale for two arguments:

1. #Mueller has taken too long. (Explained in the next tweet)

2. The Democratic Party (as an institution with substantial resources) and its leadership have not risen to the response required for encroaching fascism.
On #Mueller:

In any other circumstance, this investigation would (and should) take all the time necessary. In this unique case, Trump has now had enough time, through attrition, to show the world that the GOP will protect him from ANYTHING. That problem gets worse by the day.
There is already ample evidence of collusion, conspiracy, and obstruction of justice in the public record. I understand Mueller needs an airtight case, but every day that goes by strengthens Trump and weakens the rule of law. At this point, kidnapping children gets a GOP shrug.
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Hannigan’s U.S. counterpart was NSA Director Mike Rogers.
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When I say you can track #cryptocurrency - you can *literally* search your evidence for the number string of a #bitcoin wallet.

You can *Google* it.
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Even if you're more cautious now, it's easy to track past transactions.

But even local cops can search a computers files for numerical strings of interest.

Now ask yourself what the @FBI & @NSAGov can do.
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