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Mick Mulvaney's walkback doesn't pass the laugh test.

Here's my look at the timeline.

Trump and Giuliani demanded Ukraine investigate the 2016 conspiracy theory *for months.* It's impossible to believe military aid wasn't leveraged for that purpose:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Another key point.

Sondland *admitted* in testimony that WH meeting was used to pressure Ukraine to validate the 2016 conspiracy theory.

We're supposed to believe Trump suddenly stopped thinking about wanting that from Ukraine when he froze the aid?

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Mulvaney's walkback is itself incriminating. He admits that military aid was used as leverage.

When you look at the "corruption" Trump and Giuliani *actually cared about* -- the conspiracy theories and lies -- the conclusion is increasingly inescapable:

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Multiple reports say Taylor has testified to quid pro quo: Military aid for investigating Bidens.

But Sondland is insisting it may have just been "investigate corruption."

So again: Rudy has called for investigations of *Biden* since May.

New piece:

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Here's Taylor's testimony in which he says Sondland explicitly told him that the military aid was conditioned on an investigation into Burisma.

As the timeline shows, it had been widely public for months at that point that this meant "smear Biden."
Wow, look at this. Taylor testified that Morrison told him Sondland had confided that Trump wanted an explicit announcement of an investigation into *Biden.*

So that blows apart Sondland's claim he didn't know this was about Biden!
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I propose that we describe Trump, Putin, and Orban as a new "Axis of Autocracy."

New revelations show Trump is embracing illiberal autocrats abroad while corrupting our democracy at home.

Bill Taylor's testimony may shed more light on this.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
As Bill Taylor testifies today, let's remember:

Taylor *twice* objected in those texts to a quid pro quo which froze military aid to leverage Ukraine into helping Trump corrupt our democracy.

Taylor had a *reason* for thinking this quid pro quo existed:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The new reporting underscores just how easily manipulated Trump is by fellow autocrats Putin and Orban. They -- along with Giuliani and Mulvaney -- all share a common interest in corrupting democracy:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Stunning new numbers from PRRI illustrating the Fox effect:

98% of Fox-watching Republicans oppose removal

71% of them *strongly* approve of Trump. Only 39% of non-Fox Rs strongly approve

One of the biggest obstacles to removal? Fox News.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Here's another remarkable finding:

55% of Fox-watching Republicans say there's almost *nothing* Trump could do to lose their approval. Only 29% of non-Fox Rs say this.

"Fox is really impacting Republicans’ opinions," PRRI's @nataliemj10 tells me:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@nataliemj10 Some have argued Trump's removal won't be possible without a huge popular mobilization, because our institutions are weaker than in Nixon's day.

See @brianbeutler, @DLeonhardt, @mattyglesias, @lara_putnam

I argue here that Fox News is also a key factor:

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