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Here's the White House counsel's letter to House Democrats saying the White House won't cooperate at all with the impeachment inquiry. whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
And here's the accompanying statement from the White House press secretary. Nearly every sentence in this is false, except for the one saying they sent a letter.

They did send a letter.
The first sentence alone is just silly. "The President has done nothing wrong, and the Democrats know it."

Trump repeatedly pressured a foreign leader to meddle in the 2020 US election to help him win. The proof is sitting in plain sight. It's simple. huffpost.com/entry/trump-uk…
And then, of course, Trump admitted on live TV that he did this.

So... yeah, there's that. huffpost.com/entry/donald-t…
The thing he admitted to is illegal.

FEC chair: "Let me make something 100% clear to the American public and anyone running for public office. It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a US election."
They really should have issued that statement in Comic Sans.
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Remember Steven Menashi? Trump's controversial judicial nominee who progressives are strongly opposing + Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is "doubtful" of supporting?

Now he's tied up in Trump's Ukraine scandal. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
All 10 Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee just sent Menashi a letter with detailed ?s about what he knew about Trump's Ukraine call + the whistleblower complaint.

Menashi has been a White House legal advisor for a year. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
In case you don't know of Menashi, he's Trump's pick for a lifetime seat on a US circuit court who worked w/ Stephen Miller on Trump's immigration policy + helped Betsy Devos roll back Title IX protections for survivors of sexual assault on campuses.

He also said all this stuff.
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NEWS: Republican Sen. John Kennedy, a member of the Judiciary Committee, say he's "real doubtful" he'll support Steven Menashi's confirmation, a major blow for one of Trump's already controversial judicial nominees. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
In case Steven Menashi's name rings a bell, he's the White House legal aide that Trump nominated to a lifetime seat on a US circuit court. He said all this stuff. Also he's only 40. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
Progressives have been on Capitol Hill for the past week protesting Menashi and getting arrested. Not something you see very often over a judicial nominee.

Meanwhile, the WH and Senate Republicans quietly tried to expedite Menashi's hearing last week. huffpost.com/entry/steven-m…
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Dozens of protesters gathering in Senate building before heading to senators' offices to confront them on their support for Trump's "narrow-minded judges" -- and to urge them to vote no on Steven Menashi.

Arrests expected.
Capitol police are ready for this.
First stop is Sen. Coons office. This staffer is like, ahhhh man, what.
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Here's the transcript

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Well the Dems screwed the pooch again. This is the full extent of the mention of Biden. Nothing there period.

The highlight in green is referring to Marie L. Yovanovitch who along with Geoffrey R. Pyatt was involved in trying to get dirt on Trump in 2016.
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This is really an amazingly dishonest document from the Council of Economic Advisers -- basically saying that if you favor Medicare for All, you're Mao Zedong 1/ whitehouse.gov/wp-content/upl…
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