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The motivating principle of Trump’s GOP: “our kind of people” are above the law, because we are the law. That’s the message when they pardon war criminals, kidnap refugees, steal a SCOTUS seat, and nominate rapists. A lawless president is their avatar.
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When Trump’s base and his backers in Congress defend him, they’re defending their own right to rule the rest of us.
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When they defend Trump, they’re defending their own right to abuse power.
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Ed Overbeek
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The timeline really is amazing. Within 24 hours of Mueller testifying, Trump told another country to interfere *and* Senate Republicans blocked three anti-interference bills. They know they can't win a fair election.
Mueller: Russia and other countries are going to interfere in 2020

GOP: If it's what you say it is we love it
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Ed Overbeek
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"The Russians' interests are frankly to delegitimize our entire presidency."

It worked. We've got an illegitimate president. And Republicans are boosting Russian propaganda and blocking bill after bill to defend our elections. They share Russia's goal.
Mueller testified in July that Russia is interfering "as we sit here, and they expect to do it during the next campaign". Within 24 hours, Senate Rs blocked three bills aimed at election security and blocking foreign interference.
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On October 22, GOP Senators Thune and Kennedy blocked two election security bills. (On a completely unrelated note, Thune and Kennedy were two of the Republican politicians who spent their 2018 Fourth of July in Moscow.)
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Ed Overbeek
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This is the endpoint of leftism that cares more about owning the libs than anything else. You end up in bed with the far right.
“Donald Trump, Barbara Lee, they’re all criminals” hmm now who benefits from that...
Noam Chomsky: the Republican Party is the most dangerous organisation in human history

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Why aren't Americans taking about the foreign influence in the US government that continues to send our men and woman to fight immoral wars?

#Trump when he campaigned for president, before he decided to let Adelson fund his campain!

Adelson was one of the biggest donors to Trumps presidential campain. Adelsons company saved 670 million dollars from the massive republican tax break. Adelson did not support the Iran deal & wanted the US embassy moved to Jerusalem.

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📽🔴 #Honduras Coup ?
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#Trump admin, #GOP: Please stop lying. We have the receipts.

Trump cult: Please stop citing Christian values as you support this cruelty. You make a mockery of the religion you claim to fervently follow. You know dang well this isn't how Jesus wanted us to treat each other.
As one who attended Catholic grade school all 6 years, I had the Bible and Jesus' words drilled into my brain. What the zealot "Christians" are espousing as religious values on people who are "different" than you - immigrants, LGBTQ, etc. - is a far departure from The Word.
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#SCOTUS, Dec. 6, 2018, a rare Thursday argument day.
First take out of Gamble v. US: There’s only a very narrow (and unlikely) path for five votes to overturn the current and longstanding rule allowing for dual prosecutions from different sovereigns (as in this case, Alabama and the federal government).
Justices Ginsburg & Thomas had previously suggested the court should re-examine this issue, & they were joined today by Justice Gorsuch in skeptically questioning the federal gov’t (and Texas) defenses of the rule. The Chief Justice had some skeptical questions for both sides.
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Trump says he'll choose his next #SCOTUS nominee from his public shortlist of 25 names. A look at who is on that list, how the dynamics of the list have changed since it was first announced, and what to watch for as the confirmation fight heats up buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/tru…
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Trump Hotels' website still lists Trump SoHo New York among its properties in the Our Hotels menu. Select its name though to access its page and there's a message about it being renamed

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National politics correspondent for Newsweek, Nina Burleigh, with a fun find on a TV above the bar at the Trump Hotel DC bit.ly/2E37QRR
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