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Sam Berger
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Let me take a crack at Mulvaney's question about what programs are hurt if the shutdown lasts until March: all of them. Because they're being staffed by workers you haven't paid in more than 2 months.
washingtonpost.com/business/econo…
Remember that FAA personnel aren't the only ones missing out on pay. FBI, food safety inspectors, and more are all feeling the strain of this shutdown.
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Why do extremist conservative voices oppose pro-democracy reforms? And does a little-noticed memo attacking Democrat's pro-democracy bill, HR 1, rip off the mask of the modern conservative movement's mixture of plutocracy and divisive rhetoric? THREAD 👇
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The bill has met opposition from exactly the types of groups you might expect: corporate interests, DC lobbyists, and wealthy donors. /3
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Sam Berger
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The Democratic primary will be focused on cleaning up corruption in our politics and our economy. Candidates will be competing to show they: (a) have truly bold solutions; (b) independence from big $; and (c) are willing to fight to see their vision enacted into law.
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Sam Berger
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With the news that the House is moving to block Trump's faux emergency declaration, a short thread on the National Emergencies Act (NEA) and how to fix some its problems. /1
nytimes.com/2019/02/22/us/…
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Alamo_on_the_rise
@AlamoOnTheRise
Trump: Day 733
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Liz Borkowski
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So much great reporting and commentary about how the #shutdown is affecting science within and well beyond federal agencies! A thread (1/many):
EPA has furloughed inspectors who detect illegal levels of contaminants in air and water, @CoralMDavenport reports. Eric Schaeffer of @EnviroInegrity recalls damaging impact of 1995-6 shutdown on inspections & enforcement. nytimes.com/2019/01/09/cli… #ScienceNotShutdown 2/
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Loren DeJonge Schulman
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Quick reminder that with the government shutdown, 800,000 federal workers and thousands of contractors across the country are not being paid. Half of the federal workers are required to work with no pay.
Traveling this week? Federal TSA workers are there doing their shifts without pay and no promise of pay.
Notice any foreign policy challenges in the last week, like, oh, pulling out of Syria with no notice and some stuff going on with North Korea? American citizen arrested in Russia? All those diplomats: unpaid.
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Tom G Stark ⭐⭐⭐
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I think the #shutdown lasts until mid to late January.
@senatemajldr should take advantage of the 2 speech rule and force the democrats to ACTUALLY hold the floor with a physical filibuster... Make them work for it.

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Explained in detail here 👇
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It's 10 am, and I'll be here all day, live-tweeting Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony then Brett's lies and every misogynistic moment in between.

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