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Found the footage from 1985 where Alexander Vindman and his brother are used as explicit examples of immigrant embodying the ideals of the Statue of Liberty. wapo.st/31RRp6B
Vindman is exactly the kind of immigrant Trump claims to want to see — up until he criticizes Trump. wapo.st/31RRp6B
The twins answer at the same time — they came from Russia, from Ukraine. Then "our mother died, so we went to Italy. And then we came here."
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After this story went up, a representative for Ken Burns reached out. His film company provided The Post with a clip of a 10-year-old Alexander Vindman talking about immigrating to the U.S.

It's now in the article. Check it out.
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Philip Bump
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The idea that Ukraine aid was halted in order to pressure the country to aid the Russia probe probe makes no sense in a truly remarkable number of ways. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
Remember when people said "Hey, Zelensky mentions aid and Trump replied, 'I need a favor though, look into this server thing'" and Trump allies were like "no no that's not quid pro quo, you're reaching"?

That trade-off is exactly what Mulvaney said today. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/…
(Now with the link to the correct story.)

(It’s late.)
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OK, so this whole Mulvaney assertion doesn't make any sense. wapo.st/2MpxQ0J
It doesn't make any sense because the White House denied the quid pro quo.

It doesn't make any sense because Trump's request about the server didn't make sense.

It doesn't make sense to claim they targeted corruption but not Biden.
It doesn't make sense because the alleged corruption involving the server is both ridiculous and has been debunked.

It doesn't make sense because the Justice Department says it didn't know about the deal in the first place.
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hmm hearing from a number of fervent trump supporters that the in the democratic debate there were NO winners and that trump would beat any of them?? must credit
i mean if brad parscale isn't going to offer you an objective look at the competition, i don't know who will
hmm i don't know; maga_deplorable_2020 says otherwise??
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#Vindman told House impeachment investigators on Tuesday that the White House transcript of a July call between Trump and Ukraine’s president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed
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I'm gonna have a hard time boycotting "Fungi-Nail", "Sheeks" and financeable teeth implants. but I will damn well try. Fox News should be turned off at all our military bases to stop this McCarthyist stunt. mediamatters.org/these-are-laur…
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