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GOOD COP/BAD COP

Several vaguely-sourced articles claim @RepJerryNadler privately disagrees with @SpeakerPelosi over #impeachment. If #Nadler's team thinks that makes him look principled, they're wrong. It just shows he knows what's right but won't do it. Deeply irresponsible.
#Nadler has represented me for years. I respect him. He's been good on most issues. But two serious breaches have alarmed me:

1. Going after Ilhan Omar.

2. Failing to wield his power to hold Trump accountable.

These reflect an inability to properly confront GOP extremism.
Two candidates are in the race for #NY10, @Lindsey_Boylan and @amandapfrankel. Similarly, @ShahidForChange is running against #Pelosi.

We need MORE people to run for office in a healthy democracy. No rep. should "own" a district. If they're popular, they'll win reelection.
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Peter Daou
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THREAD: DEBUNKING ANTI-IMPEACHMENT ARGUMENTS

I wrote a piece taking apart the specious arguments against #impeachment

You know, things like "the Senate won't convict..." "It's too divisive..." "Trump is goading Dems..." and so on.

peterdaou.com/no-good-argume…
SPIN: The Senate won’t convict so there’s no point impeaching in the House.

FACT: It doesn't matter what the Senate does. The Constitution demands impeachment.
SPIN: Democrats need to gather more evidence to make an airtight case for impeachment.

FACT: We don't need more evidence.
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Peter Daou
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WHY I'M MOVING LEFT

After 20 years in politics, both as an anti-Bush/Cheney activist and as a Dem strategist, I see that the centrist, bipartisan, incrementalist, GOP-lite approach is a disaster. We've tried it and lost ground, now it's time for unapologetic progressivism.
Don't be deceived by an occasional electoral victory.

Don't be lulled by the country's changing demographics.

Don't assume anyone has a Secret Plan™.

LOOK AT REALITY.

We're dealing with minority white nationalist rule. And they are entrenching their power in the courts.
STEALING SCOTUS SEATS

GERRYMANDERING

SUPPRESSING VOTES

DEFYING SUBPOENAS

DEHUMANIZING MIGRANTS

IMPOSING THEOCRACY ON WOMEN

EMPOWERING WHITE SUPREMACISTS

ENRICHING OLIGARCHS

PURSUING ENDLESS WARS

BUILDING A MASSIVE PROPAGANDA SYSTEM

The far right is taking over.
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Peter Daou
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So my wife @leeladaou, a Clinton defender who withstood death threats and harassment in 2016, a year where she lost a pregnancy and nearly her life, is being viciously swarmed by a small gang of Clinton voters/Bernie haters. It's vile and shameful.
@leeladaou Leela is a dignified, brilliant woman of integrity. The hideous hypocrisy of people she defended who are now verbally abusing her because she and I have mended fences with fellow progressives is really something. #Bernie hate is a thing.
@leeladaou For all of 2016, the mantra was that Bernie supporters were trolling and harassing everyone. So to see this small online Hillary cadre be so venomous tells you something about broken narratives. And it is entirely unprovoked. Shameful.
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1/8 #Nadler: "DOJ policy POTUS can't be indicted NOW is WRONG." Hamilton directly refutes in Federalist 69: Senate CONVICTION on impeachment and REMOVAL from Office PREREQUISITES to any other charges. see 2/8 #MAGA #KAG
#Hamilton on INDICTING @POTUS: "President would be liable to be impeached, tried, and, UPON CONVICTION of treason, bribery or other high crimes or misdemeanors, REMOVED from office; and would AFTERWARDS be liable to prosecution and punishment in the ordinary course of law." 2/8
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Why does @SpeakerPelosi rejects #impeachment? Read Harvard Law's @jacklgoldsmith two-part analysis of Part II of the Special Counsel's report. His conclusion: " I am more convinced than ever that the Mueller report misapplied the governing clear statement rule." 1
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Bansi Sharma
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“Assessing Russian Activities and Intentions in Recent US Elections”

Here's the Intelligence Community declassified report dated Jan 6, 2017.
-- 5 pages on 2016 election interference
-- 6 pages on 2012 election interference (Annex A starting on page 6).

dni.gov/files/document…
Have you ever heard a peep in the Media about Russian interference in our 2012 election? See the IC report linked in the previous tweet. It is the same report Hillary referenced to claim Russian interference in 2016. But the same report says Russia did the same in 2012 too.
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A) Ok I have some thoughts on @michelleisawolf's act and the reaction to it from members of the press and other DC insiders. For the record, I was in the room last night. @michelleisawolf's set was great. She was hilarious and confident.
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