Day 717 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
Day 505 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 27 days, Congress must take action to prevent future mass shootings. #NeverForget #NeverAgain #EnoughIsEnough
Real-time U.S. gun violence numbers for 2019:
•1,913 gun deaths
•3,300 gun injuries
•73 children shot
•305 teenagers shot
•270 armed home invasions
•171 incidents of defensive gun use
•207 unintentional shootings
•43 mass shootings
The authorities knew for more than 4 years that Gary Martin was a violent felon, but apparently did nothing to ensure that he surrendered the laser-sighted Smith & Wesson handgun that he used to kill 5 co-workers in Aurora, Ill. nyti.ms/2E0uifX
No parent should have to think about buying their child a bulletproof backpack to keep them safe at school. Let’s be the generation that finally addresses gun violence epidemic.
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
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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These reps were devastated after seeing the conditions children live in at the country's largest detention facility for migrant kids
Michael Cohen's public hearing with the Committee on Oversight and Reform has been rescheduled for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.
The next day, on February 28, Cohen will appear in closed session before the Intelligence Committee.
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Presenting the crown prince with a weapon will likely raise eyebrows at a time when he has been embroiled in controversy over the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. cnn.it/2SMcvUj
Day 6 since Trump declared a national emergency in response to a manufactured crisis to seize power and subvert the Constitution.
"I didn't need to do this"
@SpeakerPelosi says the House will move “swiftly” to pass the resolution from @JoaquinCastrotx to terminate the national emergency - Dems will formally introduce on Friday:
White evangelical Christians appear to see Trump's wall as a defense against a kind of rolling cultural and demographic extinction event.
They believe there's an emergency at the border and support the authoritarian exercise of power to combat it.
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Fewer than 4 in 10 voters, 39%, support Trump's emergency declaration.
That's less than the 41% who strongly oppose the declaration and the 51% overall who oppose it.
— POLITICO/Morning Consult
Caught at an existing port of entry
Southwest Airlines says it lost $60,000,000 in revenue due to the #TrumpShutdown, quadruple the company's initial estimate.
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Trump is campaigning on calling Democrats socialist. He's lying. nymag.com/intelligencer/…
So it's all true, every word.
It's becoming so normal for Trump to say this that it's obscuring how completely abnormal and dangerous this is.
The mail-bomb scare targeting CNN and Trump critics was just four months ago. The Capital Gazette newsroom shooting was last summer.
Federal prosecutors in Maryland allege lieutenant at US Coast Guard headquarters in DC is a self-proclaimed white extremist, planning the murder of "innocent civilians on a scale rarely seen in this country"
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This detention memo @SeamusHughes uncovered is unsettling.
The prosecutors call the defendant a domestic terrorist. They lay out his nazi writings, his accumulation of weapons, and his excel target list full of cable news figures and politicians.
Over 1,000 Hate Groups Are Now Active in United States, Civil Rights Group Says
This is a #NationalEmergency
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Trump is apparently poised to fire the head of US intelligence for speaking truthfully about Russia, Iran, and North Korea motherjones.com/politics/2019/…
Microsoft says it believes the Fancy Bear espionage group — best known for hacking the DNC in 2016 — tried to breach accounts belonging to democratic institutions in Europe and European think tanks late last year. axios.com/fancy-bear-rus…
A wide-ranging disinformation campaign aimed at Democratic 2020 candidates is already under way on social media, with signs foreign state actors are driving some of the activity.
The main targets appear to be Harris, Warren, O'Rourke and Sanders. politico.com/story/2019/02/…
Trump Has Publicly Attacked the Russia Investigation More Than 1,100 Times via @NYTimes
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Putin suggests "deep state" inside US government is working against Trump
Of course, he does.
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Attorney General William Barr is preparing to announce as early as next week the completion of Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, with plans for Barr to submit to Congress soon after a summary of Mueller's confidential report.
cnn.it/2V3Fqzy
Hannity: If AG Bill Barr doesn't investigate Hillary Clinton, "it will be a shredding of the Constitution and the end of the rule of law as we know it"
He's projecting Trump’s guilt. mm4a.org/4h6
Every single energy industry visit to Trump’s D.C. hotel that could be found, with a little help from #FOIA and @1100Penn
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One of Trump's picks for a planned panel to examine climate change's impact on national security: A White House adviser who argues that carbon dioxide is beneficial to humanity nyti.ms/2E1pK9r
Deutsche Bank execs were so concerned after 2016 that the Trump Org might default on $340 mil of loans while Trump was in office that they discussed extending repayment dates until after the end of a potential second term in 2025, Bloomberg reports. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"We’re trying to make a deal." Trump says auto tariffs on the European Union remain an option if a trade deal can’t be reached. on.wsj.com/2E4coJg
Six senior Interior Department officials violated Trump’s ethics pledge by dealing with former employers and clients while in office, complaint says
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A former Trump campaign staffer has filed a class action seeking to invalidate *all of the nondisclosure and non-disparagement agreements* that the Trump campaign required staffers to sign, BuzzFeed News reports. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Ambassador Ric Grenell tells @nbcnews he is “wildly supported” by both parties in US in global push to decriminalize homosexuality.
nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
Trump has no idea about his administration’s push to decriminalize homosexuality around the world
Last June, HUD Secretary Ben Carson unveiled his "signature" initiative: one-stop shops for social services.
8 months later, not one has opened and the program remains mired in confusion.
"No one actually knows what they are supposed to do."
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Every president since Nixon has voluntarily given their tax returns. Trump hasn’t.
There’s a reason for that, he has a lot to hide.
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