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Extortions ‘R Us –
How is Trump like Putin? Let me count the ways:

“Rather than having the boring system we take for granted, where you have laws based on facts, instead you have a personality who makes up his own reality”- Timothy Snyder, WaPo 10/3/19
washingtonpost.com/politics/a-pre…
...At first, that reality is just confusing and seems to gum up the works, but after a while, the leader starts to draw people into that reality by making them defend it or making them prove it. This is what’s happening here.”
washingtonpost.com/politics/a-pre…
“Trump is declaring for himself the power to engage in bottomless corruption to prevent a legitimate election from removing him, while also declaring that any effort to impeach him for those corrupt acts is inherently illegitimate”- Greg Sargent, 10/2/19
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
"The framers gave the power of impeachment to the House because (and this was even truer at the time) its members, who are voted on every two years, are the people’s most direct representatives."- Greg Sargent, WaPo 10/2/19
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…
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Impeachment– Slow down. Senate trial should be mid/late March:
• Jan gives GOP senators more time to rebuild for 2020 elections
• Feb takes Dem POTUS candidates off the hustings
• The real show is drafting & debating articles
• Court decisions pending
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44% say impeach; 30% say no; BUT 26% say not sure or too soon.

This means by the time the "big show" – Compiling & debating Articles in @HouseJudiciary – is over, we could have 65-70% on board before the Senate removal trial. #ToxicTrump = GOP's 2020 nightmare.
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45% say impeach; 28% say no; BUT 28% say not sure or too soon - LA Times poll, 11/7/19
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WTF? @NYTimes does a hit piece on Biden & leaves out the most important part: Biden is too old & it shows. His mind is going. Dems need a sharp, effective campaigner more than ever. Don’t kid yourself. Age matters to voters. It always has; Always will.
nytimes.com/2019/10/30/us/…
@nytimes Okay. I guess they did touch on it softly:
"In Iowa and nationally, worries about Mr. Biden’s speaking style are often intertwined with concerns about his age — though his allies and former staffers say he has long been prone to misspeaking."
BUT his campaign is trying to deflect & make excuses:
"He has long been prone to misspeaking" give me ZERO confidence.
And, "his doctor said that he was in 'excellent physical condition.'” Umm... how about mental??
Oldest POTUS ever by 8 years. 8 years is a lot.
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