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A few random responses to this week's news stories, in no particular order./1
Yes, Congress can legislate and investigate at the same time. See 1973-1974 and 1997-1998./2
With the current economic numbers, the advantages of incumbency, and the passion @realDonaldTrump draws from his base, Democrats are engaging in wishful thinking if they believe it will be easy to defeat Trump in 2020./3
Trump might be "goading Congress" to impeach him, but that doesn't mean he wants to be impeached nor is it a reason to avoid the impeachment process if Democrats agree it is warranted./4
The fact that @ewarren earned money practicing law is not a scandal, it’s not really even a story./5
Hard to believe that infrastructure legislation has ever been a serious possibility./6
Nobody in this administration should be criticizing others for not being “pro woman."/7
Before members of Congress take a stand about the findings of the Mueller report, they should sit down and read it./8
POTUS is clearly worried about Americans seeing what is in his financial records. That is very transparent./9
Women's reproductive rights are at greater risk than at any time since 1973./10
Media coverage about how "electable" Biden is has been drowning out the news coverage of other candidates, probably making them less electable./11 @ReliableSources
Many presidents have fought against certain kinds of oversight. That is true. The difference with President Trump is that he seems to be rejecting the concept of congressional oversight altogether./12
Historians would love to know more about the background of the notes that the president was seen carrying to the podium at yesterday's tantrum./13
Sounds like Rex Tillerson had a first hand look at the chaotic way our foreign policy is currently being made. But he was kind of complicit in legitimating the administration, wasn’t he?/14
On Memorial Day, make sure to make some time to put aside the vitriol and put down the Budweisers so that everyone can spend time remembering all the people who have died serving this democracy./end
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