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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:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
@nataliemj10 @brianbeutler @DLeonhardt @mattyglesias @lara_putnam One more point:

We need to be clearer that some GOP lawmakers are fully behind Trump because they *affirmatively support* his act of corruptly pressuring Ukraine to investigate (i.e., smear) Biden.

Fox may be playing a key role in this:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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I'm going to suggest that William Barr's criminal review is actually a telling sign of Trump's mounting rage and panic over the impeachment inquiry.

It's easy to see Trump raging at Barr and demanding more protection. Presto: Criminal review!

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
It's not a coincidence that we magically learn that Barr's review is criminal at precisely the moment that Trump is in a particularly torqued up rage and panic over the fusillade of devastating revelations coming out of the impeachment inquiry every day:

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Barr is at nexus of Trump's corruption:

* Trump told Zelensky to coordinate w/Barr on corrupt Biden scheme

* Mulvaney used Barr's review to lend legitimacy to that scheme

* Barr's DOJ helped cover up whistleblower complaint and didn't investigate it

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Here's another layer to the House GOP strategy:

It's supposed to send the message that Rs are being super effective in debunking witness testimony in private, and Ds are concealing that.

This is meant to sate the rage of the Audience of One.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
The game:

1) Released testimony is devastating

2) Rs say they demolished that testimony in private hearing

3) Rs scream Ds are hiding this

4) When transcripts are released and don't exonerate Trump, they'll claim opposite and Fox will amplify that lie

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Rs can call for transcripts' release, knowing that when they *don't* exonerate Trump, they can just lie about it, and use the release as the hook to argue that the Dem coverup has been exposed.

They can count on the Fox/propaganda network to play along:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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We need more discussion of the fact that Sondland discussed the possibility of William Barr coordinating a statement with the Ukrainians that would legitimize an effort to absolve Russia of its role in attacking our political system in 2016.

New piece:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
Bill Barr keeps magically popping up in the middle of this corrupt scheme.

Trump, Mulvaney, and now allegedly Sondland have all tied Barr to it. This is compromising the legitimacy of his "review" into 2016, which is already suspect.

Here's the pattern:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
I think it's plausible that William Barr might release his "review" of the origins of the Russia investigation as impeachment hits its climax, for maximum confusion/fog machine effect:

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