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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior
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The NRA gave more money to Missouri Senator-elect Josh Hawley than to any other candidate. Hawley is already being investigated for dark money and illegal activity; the Butina case is an impetus to trace NRA money and expose the full extent of corruption
We discussed Missouri's role as the dark money capital of the US on the latest @gaslitnation:
Worth noting:
* Pence chose Hawley and got the GOP behind him
* Pence was tight with fellow NRA dirty money recipient Eric Greitens, who was indicted and resigned as MO gov
* Pence's chief of staff, Nick Ayers, is implicated in Greiten probe
* Pence was chosen for VP by Manafort
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People who say "Don't impeach because it won't work" blow my mind. The government is shut down by a nuke-bearing sociopath who serves hostile states with a cabal of criminals whose policies include locking up kids in Texas border camps where they die.

How's that working out?
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Is starting impeachment the right move? YES. It forces hearings, which in turn changes expectations of accountability. It helps gives the public the information they deserve.
Part of the reason some people are reluctant to accept the sheer horrific scope of what the Trump admin does is lack of consequences. They think "If it's that bad -- if he's an asset, they're criminals -- surely someone would have stopped them!"

They didn't. But they must.
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*U.S. JUDGE RULES CORE PROVISIONS OF OBAMACARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL

(via @TheTerminal)
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NRA is still at it.
FEC Complaint
SENATE 2018

Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign & NRA's PAC have engaged in an elaborate scheme to conceal illegal coordination against @McCaskill4MO,
in a race that could decide control of the Senate.

mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/ar…
Hawley’s campaign employs the same people to produce ads as the NRA Political Victory Fund.

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It has set records for spending by outside groups in MISSOURI. campaignlegal.org/document/clc-c…
The overlap in personnel is strong evidence of coordination between the PAC & Josh Hawley's campaign. - Brendan Fischer, dir of the fed reform program at the Nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.

Complaint filed by CLC, co-signed by Giffords, org lead by former Rep. Gabby Giffords
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Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley’s Senate campaign and the National Rifle Association’s PAC have engaged in an elaborate scheme to conceal illegal coordination, a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges.
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‘The dispute won’t be resolved before the Nov 6.
It often takes years before FEC rules on a complaint.
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🔥WHOA🔥

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