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Judd Legum
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1. House Democrats do not have a strategy to meaningfully investigate Trump

They have a strategy to placate the Democratic base and avoid impeachment

This was made abundantly clear yesterday

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2. Nadler, chair of the Judiciary Committee, announced that after protracted negotiations, the DOJ would turn over *some* of the underlying evidence of the Mueller Report

But why exactly is this a major fight?

What does Nadler think he's going to find?

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3. Mueller laid out an overwhelming case for obstruction of justice in the report.

Is the theory that there is additional evidence of Trump's crimes buried in the evidence that Mueller, an experienced prosecutor, decided not to include?

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4. The Trump administration has blocked every effort by Congress to question witnesses or obtain documents. But they agreed to cooperate on this -- a clear sign that there is nothing meaningful there.

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5. More generally, the ongoing quest for "more evidence" implies that the existing evidence against Trump is insufficient.

This isn't true.

There are OVER 1000 FORMER PROSECUTORS who say what's in the Mueller report is criminal behavior by Trump

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6. It's been 7 weeks since the Mueller Report was released and the Judiciary Committee had their first hearing yesterday.

There were no new facts. Just some lawyers giving their opinions about Trump's conduct. It's nothing you couldn't see on cable news

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7. The House Democrats are trying to buy time until 2020 without doing anything meaningful about Trump's crimes.

But the strategy is trivializing Trump's conduct.

It only makes sense if you think 2020 is in the bag. It's a very dangerous game.

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1. It's the last day of Pride Month.

These 9 companies have spent June draped in rainbow flags, but have given $1 million or more to anti-gay politicians in the last two years

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Judd Legum
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Opposing federally mandated busing to integrate schools is a very strange policy position in 2019
This is a Democratic primary debate and the leading candidate is saying that we should have been more sensitive to states rights during the civil rights movement

Is this real life?
Most people don't watch these debates. They will see one or two clips. That exchange between Biden and Harris on race is the moment of this debate.
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Why do we have moderators if candidates can completely ignore the question and just say whatever they want?
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Assigning these panels randomly is dumb. Elizabeth Warren deserves a chance to be on the stage with Biden and Sanders
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