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House Committees are formed and getting down to the business of restoring balance of power to our government. Key themes will be transparency and accountability.

5 Committees to watch (Recommend bookmarking their pages & following here on Twitter):

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reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Oversight ➡️@OversightDems
oversight.house.gov

House Intelligence ➡️@HouseIntel
intelligence.house.gov

Financial Services ➡️@FSCDems
financialservices.house.gov

Ways & Means ➡️@WaysMeansCmte
waysandmeans.house.gov

Judiciary ➡️@HouseJudiciary
Judiciary.house.gov

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Trump’s declaration of a national emergency is contrived & without factual basis. He even admitted he "didn't need to do it." It's an autocratic move--unconstitutional. Trump cannot make appropriation decisions; that's Congress' constitutional power. 1/3

#FakeNationalEmergency
There's already strong bipartisan pushback against Trump. Congress will use the statutory process to terminate the declaration. Lawsuits have been or are about to be filed--@Public_Citizen, @CREWcrew, @AGBecerra, @protctdemocracy, @ACLU. 2/3

#RuleOfLaw

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This wall will never happen. 3/3

#ChecksAndBalances

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@TheLoyalO
1/ The Loyal Opposition has revised its Mission Statement in light of the new Democratic House.

The Mission Statement now focuses on the key challenges we need to meet in order to defend our democracy & build on our gains. [THREAD]

#DefendersofDemocracy
theloyalopposition.net/mission/
2/ The Loyal Opposition will strive to prevent a slide into autocracy under the Trump administration, a clear and present danger to worldwide security.

We believe that the ingredients that foster autocracy are present in American politics now.

These are:
3/ In 2018, we revised LO's Mission to support election of Democrats at every level.

We concluded that elected R's were never going to hold Trump accountable & put country over party.

We had a major victory in resoundingly taking the House & gaining true institutional power.
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@TheLoyalO
1/ "While...Americans are concerned that the Trump campaign may have colluded w/Russia to influence the 2016 election, Trump’s outright convergence of interests w/Putin...may well prove far more damaging for U.S. interests in the long run." - @john_sipher theatlantic.com/amp/article/56…
2/ How do Trump & Putin's actions converge in an effort to "inject chaos into the U.S. political system?"

🔹️Assaults on foreign policy elites

🔹️Encouragement of fringe & radical groups

🔹️U.S. realignment on the global stage

🔹️Willingness to skirt the law
3/ Trump & Putin share a similar world view & traits.

They:

🔹️Feel disrespected & looked down upon

🔹️Favor bribable cronies over legitimate experts

🔹️Create scapegoats to distract supporters

🔹️Peddle conspiracy & outright lie

"They are bullies."
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Let us begin with why the referendum should not be treated as advisory: the leaflet that Cameron sent to everybody.
Think about that a moment...
If we accept that, then that means that the PM can overrule Parliament through printing a simple pamphlet.
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"But the pamphlet made it absolutely clear", I hear you say, "and that was the basis upon which everybody voted."
That is true only for the people who do not understand the fundamental principles of representative democracy. Everyone who does knew it could only be advisory.
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It is not the electorate that got it wrong: parliament messed up & messed up badly. They took all the lessons from the Scottish Referendum & cast them out.
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