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1. Cohen’s explaination for why he abruptly canceled his Congressional testimony makes little sense

He’s already accused the president of being a criminal in open court

What is he afraid of now?

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2. Cohen’s testimony could have (and perhaps still will) settle the controversy about the BuzzFeed story.

Did Trump tell Cohen to lie to Congress?

Cohen could answer that question.

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3. Cohen would have little ability to avoid answering questions. You can’t plead the 5th when you’ve already pleaded guilty

Perhaps he is genuinely concerned about the safety of his family

Or perhaps there are still questions he does not want to answer.

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1. The Trump administration has lost THOUSAND OF CHILDREN it separated from their parents and now it refuses TO EVEN TRY TO FIND THEM

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2. The Trump admin has conceded these separations were ILLEGAL. It made an effort to identify and reunite separated children who were in HHS custody as of June 26, 2018.

But there were thousands more who, before that date, were placed with "sponsors"

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3. The Trump admin now says that it hasn't been keeping track of the kids placed w/sponsors before last June and trying to find them would TAKE TOO MUCH TIME.

It makes that argument based on the premise it would prove NO NEW RESOURCES for the effort

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1. Reuters (goo.gl/D82U4k) confirms the exclusive popular.info January 17 report on Nigerian prez candidate @atiku

@atiku was banned from visiting the U.S. due to public corruption but was allowed to visit last month after hiring a Trump-connected lobbyist
@atiku 2. The Trump administration lifted @atiku's travel ban after his political party signed a $1.1 million contract with a lobbying firm run by Brian Ballard, who ran Trump's campaign in Florida and is one of his top fundraisers

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3. Atiku stayed at the Trump Hotel and even got a meeting with the State Department.

He was previously banned from the U.S. based on evidence he funneled $40 million in "suspect funds" from Nigeria to the U.S.

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1. Pace of news is fast but the details matter. Last week Foxconn announced it was canceling its plans to build an LCD factory is Wisconsin -- an embarrassing development for the Trump administration that touted the deal

So Trump got on the phone

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2. Trump talked with Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou. Soon after, Foxconn released a new statement saying the factory was back on!

That generated headlines like this.

But what REALLY happened

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3. The original announcement by Foxconn said that the new plan was to do a mix of manufacturing and R&D (mostly R&D) and it shouldn't be called a factory

The revised announcement also says the exact same thing! They just call it a factory again

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