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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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We need to build a stronger culture of democracy in this country. Caucuses and counting votes with smartphone apps are lesser symptoms of the same disease that gives us voter suppression, foreign interference and racist demagogues on the right.
I hesitated to send this because I didn’t want to reinforce all the false equivalence and conspiracy mongering. Trump and his lackeys will use anything to back up the lie that everyone cheats as much as he does. And the Democratic Party isn’t authoritarian like the GOP. But…
The problems with our electoral system aren’t strictly partisan. They run deeper than party. It’s a systemic problem that’s gone hand in hand with rich white male supremacy since before this country was founded. For all our talk, we don’t really have a culture of democracy.
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Ed Overbeek
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Sharing an anecdote of a time I made an ass of myself because it’s a decent metaphor for a press committed to bothsides coverage of a GOP going off the rails.
A long time ago, I was getting out of a peddleboat, and I had one foot on the dock and one foot in the boat. I can’t remember why, but I hadn’t tied it to the dock.

The boat – of course – started drifting away.
I quickly found myself doing the splits, too stretched out and off balance to jump onto the dock or back onto the peddleboat.

I stood there, feet drifting further and further apart, with a helpless smile on my face. And jumped in the lake.
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Key early figures: Manafort, Deripaska and Ken Vogel
The Times article repeats the ridiculous claim that the "Ukraine did it" line slowly worked its way through the far right before making its way to Trump. His own ex-campaign manager was pushing this in 2016. Manafort had to pass the baton to Rudy because he was in prison.
This distinction matters. The reality is that Trump's inner circle was involved from the start. He wasn't misled - he's been a willing participant.
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Today's hearing, featuring testimony from Fiona Hill and David Holmes, is beginning. Watch it live here, and follow along for our live analysis:
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@RepAdamSchiff Both Hill and Holmes had front-row seats to Trump's decision to sideline official U.S. policy and instead install a team loyal only to him that would more actively pursue the investigations he wanted:
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1/4.@SenatorCollins over 200 pieces of legislation including protecting for DREAMers, gun control and health care legislation is sitting on @senatemajldr's desk awaiting a vote. He is interfering w/Senate business & you are silent.

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2/4An impeachment inquiry was begun because Trump asked another country to interfere in our election and because he is under investigation for a dozen other impeachable offenses. You refuse to comment on the scope of the investigation and his behavior. This is intolerable.
3/4 Now you are 'concerned' that impeachment will interfere with Senate business. If you were truly concerned about the disruption of business you would have called on @senatemajldr to hold a vote on legislation passed by the House.
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Julie Laumann🆘
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As @RitaKonaev notes, "Mattis had no problem disagreeing w/Obama about transgender people in the military or women in combat but won’t criticize Trump for asking foreign powers for dirt about political opponents.

This isn’t about him being above politics. This is his politics."
Excellent point here, and makes you wonder why Mattis' deference to the commander-in-chief is selectively applied in this manner 🤔
7 freshman House Ds, all with natsec experience: "If true, we believe these actions represent an impeachable offense ...

We call on our colleagues in Congress to consider the use of all congressional authorities available, including inherent contempt."
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Senate Republicans blocked two election security bills and a cybersecurity measure on Wednesday in the wake of Mueller's warning that Russia's interference in our elections is ongoing.

Because Republicans can't win 2020 without help from Russia.
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"Deripaska's RUSAL to invest $200M in an aluminum plant in KY," home state of @senatemajldr, whose Senate Leadership Fund received a $3.5M from Deripaska business partner, Len Blavatnik, during the 2015-2016 election cycle.
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"He's aiding and abetting Putin’s ongoing effort to subvert US democracy, according to FBI, CIA, DNI...All Republicans are saying Russia is trying to subvert US democracy and #MoscowMitch won’t even let the Senate take a vote on it. That is un-American."
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#Mueller's already dealt fatal blows to Trump & GOP propagandists. He said 1) he didn’t indict b/c of OLC memo, 2) "no collusion no obstruction, total exoneration" is false, & 3) he won't address "origins" of the probe or Steele dossier b/c they’re under review. #MuellerHearing
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Le #breaking GOAT😉 de la nuit US. Le procureur spécial #Mueller a ÉCRIT au ministre de la Justice #Barr pour lui dire que son relevé de conclusions sur son enquête ne correspondait pas à son rapport sur #Trump. Retournement massif. washingtonpost.com/world/national…
2) Dans cette lettre, #Mueller accuse nommément #Barr d'avoir semé la confusion dans le public avec ses conclusions sur #Trump qui "ne capturent pas pleinement le contexte, la nature et la substance du rapport et de ses conclusions" (#verbatim)
3) D'après le @washingtonpost, dans 1 entretien téléphonique postérieur- mais attention, là, sources indirectes- à la lettre, #Mueller ne reproche pas à #Barr de mentir mais d'avoir présenté des conclusions égarant le public et les médias quant à l'obstruction de #Trump.
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