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Sarah Kendzior: The coup was Trump, Russia, & others rigging the election for their own gain. I think people have been reluctant to identify it as a coup, but I've been calling it a coup since 2016. I think I was right.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I think we lack a political vocabulary to describe what happened, so I'm using the word "coup," which doesn't quite completely describe what happened. It was a coup, it was a hostile takeover.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I'm glad to see we still have people who will stand up, like Fiona Hill & Alexander Vindman.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: That Trump obstructed justice is not difficult to understand--Trump admitted it publicly. If they'd cracked down on illegal activity in Russia, we wouldn't be where we are now with Ukraine.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: In March, the House Dems put out a list of 81 people they were going to call as witnesses...and then they just stopped. That was not good at all.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah: Why isn't everyone writing their statements like Alexander Vindman? It's easy to understand--you know what happened, why it was a crime. I hate seeing the smears against him for his ethnicity, for his speaking the language. That's who we need in govt.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: John Bolton wanted to blow up the world, and it looks like Trump is going to get to do it first, and that made Bolton angry.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I think Bolton was humiliated; he was pissed he lost control of the situation, and testifying against Trump is a way to get some control back. He might be useful for info, but he won't be a friend to the Dems.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Rick:World Series: Pro-booing?
Sarah:So pro-booing. I thought that was great, important. I've studied dictatorship & public spectacle.Trump can't handle unscripted,& to be publicly humiliated at a high-rated TV event--he can't deny it happened, the crowd size, etc
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I approved of the "Lock him up!" chants--Trump's a criminal. He admits in public to crimes. He loves to get caught committing crimes as long as there are no consequences.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: I can't picture Trump stepping down. That's not his style. It's humiliating.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: Trump will have to be physically dragged out. I've been dreading this, thinking about this moment since his election. The statue of limitations runs out on some of his crimes during a second term, so of course he wants to stay.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Rick: Tell me about Randall Williams & Planned Parenthood in Missouri
Sarah Kendzior: I don't think the state gov't in Missouri needs to know when I have my period. The gov't is tracking menstrual cycles for immigrants on the border--why? This is creepy.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: Other platforms that we've thought were secure--Yahoo, Facebook--were hacked; I'm sure our medical records platforms have been hacked--that's a wealth of info for a bad actor.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: People need to be asking why women's menstrual cycles need to be tracked--for what purpose? What will they do with the information? Why is it anyone's business?
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