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Trump: Day 737
-Posts Fake Immigration Statistics
-Prepared 4 Another Gov't Shutdown
-Hires 33 Border Agents in 14 Mos
-Thinks Nat'l Emergency Best Option
-Tries 2 Distance Himself From Stone
-Treasury Lifts Deripaska's Sanctions
-May Use Military Force in Venezuela
-Posts Fake Immigration Statistics
-Prepared 4 Another Gov't Shutdown
-Hires 33 Border Agents in 14 Mos
-Thinks Nat'l Emergency Best Option
-Tries 2 Distance Himself From Stone
-Treasury Lifts Deripaska's Sanctions
-May Use Military Force in Venezuela
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Day 842 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
Day 842 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 693 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Day 693 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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Day 481 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injuring 546.
Although a bump stock ban takes effect in 51 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
Day 481 since the deadliest mass shooting on U.S soil in Las Vegas that killed 58, injuring 546.
Although a bump stock ban takes effect in 51 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
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An anonymous donor gives $62,500 to ensure that the Las Vegas shooter's guns are destroyed cnn.it/2DEPPMn
An anonymous donor gives $62,500 to ensure that the Las Vegas shooter's guns are destroyed cnn.it/2DEPPMn
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A terrifying mass shooting occurred in an Indianapolis bar left 5 injured.
This marks the 25th mass shooting in the U.S. thru the first 27 days of the year. fox59.com/2019/01/26/pol…
A terrifying mass shooting occurred in an Indianapolis bar left 5 injured.
This marks the 25th mass shooting in the U.S. thru the first 27 days of the year. fox59.com/2019/01/26/pol…
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Real-time data: As of last night, there have now been 1,000+ American gun deaths in the new year.
gunviolencearchive.org/reports/number…
Real-time data: As of last night, there have now been 1,000+ American gun deaths in the new year.
gunviolencearchive.org/reports/number…
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The Oklahoma man denied pointing a gun at the woman, saying he actually pointed his cell phone at her. Police searched his car and retrieved a gun and five items of drug paraphernalia.
5newsonline.com/2019/01/22/pol…
The Oklahoma man denied pointing a gun at the woman, saying he actually pointed his cell phone at her. Police searched his car and retrieved a gun and five items of drug paraphernalia.
5newsonline.com/2019/01/22/pol…
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Background checks are the foundation of any effective effort to reduce gun violence.
Tell your member of Congress to help build a future free from gun violence by supporting legislation.
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Background checks are the foundation of any effective effort to reduce gun violence.
Tell your member of Congress to help build a future free from gun violence by supporting legislation.
every.tw/2RfXUL1
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Day 303 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?
Day 303 without Trump publicly offering his condolences for Master Sgt. Jonathan Dunbar, the fallen American service member who lost his life after an IED bombing in Syria. Why?
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Day 303 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.
With Bill Shine, Trump is directing all White House messaging and communication.
Day 303 Since Hope Hicks left as Trump’s 4th Communications Director after testifying to a Congressional committee that she had told "white lies" on Trump's behalf.
With Bill Shine, Trump is directing all White House messaging and communication.
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Day 282 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.
As of 12/21/2018 according to Trump admin:
➡️ 161 of 2,816 *separated kids* still in custody.
Day 282 since Trump began forcibly separating immigrant children from their families.
As of 12/21/2018 according to Trump admin:
➡️ 161 of 2,816 *separated kids* still in custody.
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FYI: The Trump admin has quietly resumed separating immigrant families at the border.
At one agency, the children were put into temporary foster care and shelters with little or no indication that they arrived at the border with their parents: propub.li/2QcsPvY
FYI: The Trump admin has quietly resumed separating immigrant families at the border.
At one agency, the children were put into temporary foster care and shelters with little or no indication that they arrived at the border with their parents: propub.li/2QcsPvY
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Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now almost 15,000 are in U.S. custody.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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Reminder: The Trump administration is systematically locking up thousands of children at unheard of rates - now almost 15,000 are in U.S. custody.
The government classifies these children as "unaccompanied"
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Thousands more kids may have been separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administration than was previously thought, according to an internal government report.
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Thousands more kids may have been separated from their parents at the border under the Trump administration than was previously thought, according to an internal government report.
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Day 230 since Trump made specific commitments to end military exercises with South Korea & eventually withdraw US forces from the peninsula without NO specific commitments on timing or verification of denuclearization from Kim Jong-un.
Day 230 since Trump made specific commitments to end military exercises with South Korea & eventually withdraw US forces from the peninsula without NO specific commitments on timing or verification of denuclearization from Kim Jong-un.
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Day 160 since Trump was implicated as an unindicted co-conspirator in violating federal campaign finance laws to keep affairs quiet.
Day 160 since Trump was implicated as an unindicted co-conspirator in violating federal campaign finance laws to keep affairs quiet.
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Day 52 since US Justice Department prosecutors say Trump committed a felony.
Yet, no subpoena, no indictment, no impeachment.
Which begs the question: Is Trump above the law?
Day 52 since US Justice Department prosecutors say Trump committed a felony.
Yet, no subpoena, no indictment, no impeachment.
Which begs the question: Is Trump above the law?
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Day 117 since WaPo columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Saudi Arabia admits they were responsible for his death. Yet, the location of Khashoggi's body remains unknown.
Why does Trump defend Saudi Arabia?
Day 117 since WaPo columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
Saudi Arabia admits they were responsible for his death. Yet, the location of Khashoggi's body remains unknown.
Why does Trump defend Saudi Arabia?
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UN probe of the Khashoggi murder is requesting information from the US government. The CIA should share the intelligence (intercepts?) that led it to conclude the Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi's murder. trib.al/gTgmO1c
UN probe of the Khashoggi murder is requesting information from the US government. The CIA should share the intelligence (intercepts?) that led it to conclude the Saudi crown prince ordered Khashoggi's murder. trib.al/gTgmO1c
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20 Days remain until the temporary bill providing fiscal appropriations through February 15, 2019 expires.
If Congress & Trump do not agree on a fiscal year spending bill, government agencies will again be shut down.
#TrumpShutdown
20 Days remain until the temporary bill providing fiscal appropriations through February 15, 2019 expires.
If Congress & Trump do not agree on a fiscal year spending bill, government agencies will again be shut down.
#TrumpShutdown
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"He put a lot of American federal workers through hell for nothing," said ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele. "If this was a such a priority for them, why didn't they pass it over the last two years?" washingtonpost.com/politics/i-hop…
"He put a lot of American federal workers through hell for nothing," said ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele. "If this was a such a priority for them, why didn't they pass it over the last two years?" washingtonpost.com/politics/i-hop…
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Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won't work with him to secure the southern border, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said.
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Trump is prepared for another government shutdown if Congress won't work with him to secure the southern border, acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said.
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Mulvaney says Trump will get the border wall money "with or without Congress"
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Mulvaney says Trump will get the border wall money "with or without Congress"
trib.al/l4h0WHT
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Inside the West Wing over the weekend, Trump told advisers that declaring a national emergency may now be his best option...
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Inside the West Wing over the weekend, Trump told advisers that declaring a national emergency may now be his best option...
wapo.st/2FV7tOi
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*Trump came close to declaration late Thursday
*Pat Cipollone & team wrote up drafts
*Trump spoke Thursday with Lou Dobbs
*Trump then pulled back Friday
*But weekend only stoked talk...
*Short says many Rs, privately, okay with it wapo.st/2FV7tOi
*Trump came close to declaration late Thursday
*Pat Cipollone & team wrote up drafts
*Trump spoke Thursday with Lou Dobbs
*Trump then pulled back Friday
*But weekend only stoked talk...
*Short says many Rs, privately, okay with it wapo.st/2FV7tOi
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Pelosi embraces legislation that would effectively prevent future government shutdowns.
thedailybeast.com/pelosi-embrace…
Pelosi embraces legislation that would effectively prevent future government shutdowns.
thedailybeast.com/pelosi-embrace…
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These immigration statistics are not supported by DHS nor any other research agency
These immigration statistics are not supported by DHS nor any other research agency
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TWO DAYS AGO @TexasTribune tweeted a thread that began with: "You might be seeing tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true. That is not what the state has said."
Trump today:
TWO DAYS AGO @TexasTribune tweeted a thread that began with: "You might be seeing tweets tonight that claim Texas says 58,000 non-citizens have voted in Texas. That is not true. That is not what the state has said."
Trump today:
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Uhhh... the Trump administration, which is trying to hire 15,000 new border officers, has given $60.7 million to to a consulting firm in exchange for only 33 agents since November 2017.
That’s almost $2 million per officer.
Uhhh... the Trump administration, which is trying to hire 15,000 new border officers, has given $60.7 million to to a consulting firm in exchange for only 33 agents since November 2017.
That’s almost $2 million per officer.
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Trump turning on @FoxNews feels like a pretty good read on his frustration level about how the end of the shutdown is being portrayed across the media landscape
Trump turning on @FoxNews feels like a pretty good read on his frustration level about how the end of the shutdown is being portrayed across the media landscape
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Kamala Harris at her presidential campaign launch: "Folks, on the subject of transnational gangs, let's be perfectly clear: [Trump’s] medieval vanity project is not going to stop them." Via CBS #KamalaHarris2020
#ForThePeople #YesWeKAM
Kamala Harris at her presidential campaign launch: "Folks, on the subject of transnational gangs, let's be perfectly clear: [Trump’s] medieval vanity project is not going to stop them." Via CBS #KamalaHarris2020
#ForThePeople #YesWeKAM
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Kamala Harris at her campaign launch: "When we have leaders who bully and attack a free press and undermine our democratic institutions, that's not our America.
"When white supremacists march and murder in Charlottesville...that’s not our America."
Kamala Harris at her campaign launch: "When we have leaders who bully and attack a free press and undermine our democratic institutions, that's not our America.
"When white supremacists march and murder in Charlottesville...that’s not our America."
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New NBC/WSJ poll on how Americans rate Trump on “having high personal and ethical standards”:
Good 24%
Bad 58%
cnbc.com/id/105701935
New NBC/WSJ poll on how Americans rate Trump on “having high personal and ethical standards”:
Good 24%
Bad 58%
cnbc.com/id/105701935
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Trump posts recycled #HolocaustRemembranceDay picture.
Neither he nor Melania attended any #HolocaustMemorialDay events today.
Reminder: Last year he cut $3M from the Holocaust Museum.
Trump posts recycled #HolocaustRemembranceDay picture.
Neither he nor Melania attended any #HolocaustMemorialDay events today.
Reminder: Last year he cut $3M from the Holocaust Museum.
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Flashback: Last week Trump spent an hour meeting with Ginni Thomas who shared anti-Semitic memes about the Parkland students and blamed the Holocaust on gun control.
timesofisrael.com/clarence-thoma…
Flashback: Last week Trump spent an hour meeting with Ginni Thomas who shared anti-Semitic memes about the Parkland students and blamed the Holocaust on gun control.
timesofisrael.com/clarence-thoma…
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"Prosecutors never put all of their evidence into an indictment," said Joyce Vance, a former U.S. Attorney in Alabama. "Just because this indictment doesn't slap you in the face with a conspiracy doesn't mean Mueller doesn't have that evidence." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"Prosecutors never put all of their evidence into an indictment," said Joyce Vance, a former U.S. Attorney in Alabama. "Just because this indictment doesn't slap you in the face with a conspiracy doesn't mean Mueller doesn't have that evidence." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
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Trump: ‘Roger Stone Didn’t Even Work for Me Anywhere Near the Election!’
He was just a coffee boy, amiright? 🙄
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Trump: ‘Roger Stone Didn’t Even Work for Me Anywhere Near the Election!’
He was just a coffee boy, amiright? 🙄
a.msn.com/01/en-us/BBSMj…
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From Stone's indictment and other Mueller docs, we now see that, from at least November 2015 through October 2016, key figures in the Trump campaign and on the Trump Organization were in regular contact with a variety of actors close to Putin.
newyorker.com/news/swamp-chr…
From Stone's indictment and other Mueller docs, we now see that, from at least November 2015 through October 2016, key figures in the Trump campaign and on the Trump Organization were in regular contact with a variety of actors close to Putin.
newyorker.com/news/swamp-chr…
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Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi, who identified himself as 'Person 1' in the Stone indictment: "What is in the indictment about me is accurate and I will affirm that if asked to in court." Via CNN
Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi, who identified himself as 'Person 1' in the Stone indictment: "What is in the indictment about me is accurate and I will affirm that if asked to in court." Via CNN
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Adam Schiff responds to Roger Stone's denial of charges in Mueller's indictment: "These are not ambiguous statements ... I think he's going to need a much better defense than the one you just heard." Via ABC
Adam Schiff responds to Roger Stone's denial of charges in Mueller's indictment: "These are not ambiguous statements ... I think he's going to need a much better defense than the one you just heard." Via ABC
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Trump’s advisers lied again and again, according to Mueller, a clear pattern in Trump World that includes Trump, who’s told many whoppers of his own wapo.st/2SdhR9O
Trump’s advisers lied again and again, according to Mueller, a clear pattern in Trump World that includes Trump, who’s told many whoppers of his own wapo.st/2SdhR9O
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On Roger Stone calling Mueller's indictment "thin," Chris Christie says "it's not."
"The fact is that he's got a problem, because they've got all these e-mails and text messages that he created, that tell a pretty clear story." Via ABC
On Roger Stone calling Mueller's indictment "thin," Chris Christie says "it's not."
"The fact is that he's got a problem, because they've got all these e-mails and text messages that he created, that tell a pretty clear story." Via ABC
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Trump and Kushner thought that Flynn being dismissed would end the "Russia thing," @GovChristie writes in new memoir nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/…
Trump and Kushner thought that Flynn being dismissed would end the "Russia thing," @GovChristie writes in new memoir nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/…
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“'This Russia thing is all over now, because I fired Flynn.' Mr. Christie said that he started laughing, and [Trump] asked why. ‘Sir,’ I said, ‘this Russia thing is far from over,’ Mr. Christie wrote."
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“'This Russia thing is all over now, because I fired Flynn.' Mr. Christie said that he started laughing, and [Trump] asked why. ‘Sir,’ I said, ‘this Russia thing is far from over,’ Mr. Christie wrote."
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OLEG DERIPASKA's companies celebrated @USTreasury's official removal of sanctions against them on Sunday, with the main holding company calling it "a turning point in this great company’s fortunes." nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/…
OLEG DERIPASKA's companies celebrated @USTreasury's official removal of sanctions against them on Sunday, with the main holding company calling it "a turning point in this great company’s fortunes." nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/…
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Russian intel created a false trail linking murdered double agent Sergei Skripal to Christopher Steele before the Salisbury attack, the Telegraph reports. The plot to kill Skripal may have included an attempt to sow doubt on the dossier's veracity. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/2…
Russian intel created a false trail linking murdered double agent Sergei Skripal to Christopher Steele before the Salisbury attack, the Telegraph reports. The plot to kill Skripal may have included an attempt to sow doubt on the dossier's veracity. telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/2…
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Venezuela opposition leader says he's in talks with military officials to force out Maduro
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Venezuela opposition leader says he's in talks with military officials to force out Maduro
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Graham says Trump asked him about using "military force" in Venezuela hill.cm/DlzqQpq
Graham says Trump asked him about using "military force" in Venezuela hill.cm/DlzqQpq
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Hewitt: Trump will unite America by overthrowing Maduro in Venezuela.
What happened to #AmericaFirst and not meddling in foreign politics?
Hewitt: Trump will unite America by overthrowing Maduro in Venezuela.
What happened to #AmericaFirst and not meddling in foreign politics?
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Trump’s Monday: Lunch with Pence
That’s it for now, per WH schedule
Trump’s Monday: Lunch with Pence
That’s it for now, per WH schedule
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Daily reminder...
Daily reminder...
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In case you missed yesterday's thread:
In case you missed yesterday's thread:
