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Robᵉʳᵗ Graham @ErrataRob
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Question for you lawyer people: What powers does Trump have to do this? As far as I know, his only power is that he can pardon her. It's inconceivable that prosecutors/courts would allow prosecutions to be political like this.
2/ I mean, consider how prosecutors allow spy swaps, as in those 10 Russian spies a few years ago. As this story describes, the prosecutors where really concerned about serving justice and not politics.
nytimes.com/2010/07/17/nyr…
3/ As I understand it, not only can the president not direct the DoJ to drop the case, the DoJ really can't tell the individual prosecutor to drop the case. The department and individual prosecutors are independent precisely to avoid political meddling.
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1/ In regards to my tweets today about "institutions" that make us great, let's talk about journalism and "both-sides-ism". Nobody likes it, but those who disagree with us are still reasonable people, the are multiple sides to every debate. This is why a free press is valuable.
2/ Let's take "anti-vaxxers" for a moment, which I assume you'll agree are "batshit crazy" and not "reasonable" in any fashion. Yet, we still have a "both sides" issue. Even if "vaccines cause autism" argument is garbage, we still debate whether governments can force vaccines.
3/ It's the same argument whether governments can force you to donate a kidney. Or force you to donate bone marrow (which is relatively harmless to the donor). Or force a woman to cary a baby to term.
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1/ Also a good lesson for 2019, let's talk about General McChrystal's firing. What makes America great is that we have stable, independent institutions, rather than rule by a despot. That includes an independent press, courts, ... and a military.
2/ General McChrystal was critical of President Obama's policies in a piece in Rolling Stone. This was an attack on the institution of our military. Generals take their orders from the Commander In Chief, they don't publicly criticize their commanders. Therefore, he had to go.
3/ It's because we believe in "institutions" that McChrystal had to go. This is why Trump is uniquely bad among recent Presidents. It's not that he's left or right wing, it's that he's attacking all the institutions that make America great.
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To be fair, "Trump derangement syndrome" is a thing where people blame Trump for innocuous things, things he has no control over, or things that happened equally under Obama. On the other hand, this tweet is itself deranged.
The lesson you should learn for 2019 is how this tweet demonstrates lack of character and insecurity, they way Trump attacks childishly his critics: praising them when they agree with him, turning on them when they don't.
But that should equally apply to Trump. It's unlikely that even he is 100% bad. You should be able to point out things he does well. His recent prison reform was good. His judicial nominations have been all competent. While I don't agree with his tax law, it had needed reforms.
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Who funds the IEA, the TPA, the ASI &co?
You know, the RW 'free trade' thick tanks advocating tax havens, "freedom" (no regulations like workers' rights or environmental protection), no welfare (no tax & no free healthcare).
Basically, "Only the wealthier survive" philosophy?
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*Could it be* that it has something to do with defending their funders' interests?
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There's a medical side to this: ALL of the US-born adults whose citizenship is being questioned by #Trump admin were birthed by midwives. As far as I know, none had OB-GYN births. So this goes to the "legitimacy" of home-birthing, midwifery & birth certs.
washingtonpost.com/world/the_amer…
Going back to the mid-1800s and the rise of organized medicine the "legitimacy" of midwifery has been questioned, and legal certifications limited. Choosing home birthing is both an economic & political decision in most US states. One way MD authority reigns is [more]
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by limiting legal powers of midwives to prescribe, perform ER surgery, write birth certificates, etc. For poor moms in under-served areas w/few OB-GYNs the midwife is often the only option. Now the relative power of MD vs midwife = denying citizenship. Dreadful.
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I had to get a little space around the murder of five humans who happen to be in the news biz. Killed for doing a job that is vital to American values. A job that has been under constant assault by #Trump & his propaganda team masquerading as a news channel, #FoxNews /1
I normally tweet off the cuff, cynical, shots about #POTUS and his enablers. This time it’s different. This time it’s cold blooded killing in a field I know and studied. I have a feeling of cold dread existing side by side with red hot rage. We all know who encouraged this. /2
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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

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2)#Trump à #PuertoRico peut continuer de cibler et jeter en pâture la maire de San Juan, 1 femme hispanique...thehill.com/homenews/admin…
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