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I seem to recall Merrick Garland getting the same treatment as every prior Supreme Court nominee for 225+ years

Oh, wait
McConnell broke the Senate, and now he's shocked—shocked, I say!—everyone's not playing by Marquess of Queensberry rules.

Sorry for the language, but screw this guy. When he blocked Garland—making history—everyone said, "Don't do this—there'll be repercussions!" He just laughed.
There's no reason now for any Democrat to trust Mitch McConnell—ever.

So any situation requiring blind trust of McConnell—such as McConnell saying Democrats should trust that the Senate will take up the question of impeachment witnesses without a prior agreement—is a nonstarter.
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Seth Abramson
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Changed my Twitter bio. Can't take another comment mystified by why I'm writing here on Trump's Iran policy, after researching it for over a year and publishing a 970-page book on it—with 4,330 citations to the best investigative journalism by media outlets from around the world.
PS/ Totally OK not to read my book. Not OK to pretend I didn't write it.
SOURCES/ Here, below, are pages 583 to 960 of my book PROOF OF CONSPIRACY, which contain all the endnotes for this late 2019 book on President Trump's Iran policy (including an exhaustive discussion of how, why, when, where, and for whom it was developed). read.macmillan.com/proofofconspir…
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Seth Abramson
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BREAKING:
1/ So many lines you find yourself wanting to quote: "The last time the United States killed a major military leader in a foreign country was during World War II, when the American military shot down the plane carrying the Japanese admiral Isoroku Yamamoto."
2/ "Officials put the option of killing Soleimani—which they viewed as the most extreme response to recent Iranian-led violence in Iraq—on the menu they presented to Trump. They didn’t think he'd take it. By late Thursday he'd gone for the extreme option. Officials were stunned."
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Seth Abramson
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OMG WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING YOU INSANE PERSON

—America
1/ Who threatens to obliterate a country's "cultural sites" in response to "threats" from the country's officials following the assassination of its number-two leader?
2/ Hitting "cultural sites" would be a deliberate war crime! Who even *thinks* this, let alone *announces* it?

Soleimani was a monster—but *Jesus*, do *we* have to be, too?
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Depends on how magnanimous the Defendants are and how much $$$$$ R.Broly is willing to pay them.

Ty Beard did so bad at the TCPA hearing that I'd be begging for a settlement if I were in his shoes

I removed him from the @fsckemall blocklist after his hysterical whining, so instead he blocked me

Dude's definitely a b*tch

Cry about it

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T. Greg Doucette
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It was a typo, but either way it's never defamatory

A competent lawyer would have *started* with the hotel room tweet

Ty Beard doesn't 👏 know 👏 what 👏 he's 👏 doing 👏

This is so amazing

No matter how dumb I've thought Ty Beard (@TyBeard10) was at any point before today – he's proven to me that I *vastly* overestimated him

"Call me and I'll explain it to you" headass

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HOLY SHIT DID TY BEARD BLAME THE DISCOVERY STAY FOR NOT HAVING MORE AFFIDAVITS???

The stay only applies to getting discovery from *the other side*! 🤣🤣🤣

Ty Beard doesn't 👏 know 👏 what 👏 he's 👏 doing 👏
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T. Greg Doucette
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no u

Really too bad yesterday's ANN article totally debunked the "casting couch" rumors

Poor conVics are gonna take across-the-board Ls on everything 🙃

First loss was yesterday (denying one of their Motions to Strike), main hearing is tomorrow, ruling is on or before October 7

ConVics know the loss is coming so they're more mad than usual

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1/ #CNP Members and Organizations
"The Council for National Policy (CNP) is a body that mixes large numbers of ostensibly mainstream conservatives with far-right and extremist ideologues, mostly from the far fringes of the religious right...
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016…
2/ "What follows is a list of 18 of the hardest-line #CNP members and links to information about them and their groups, when available, published in the past by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Groups designated by the SPLC as hate groups are marked with an asterisk (*).."
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Tony Perkins
*Family Research Council
Washington, D.C.
CNP Vice President

* Designated as hate group
#CNP
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Mona
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Mitch McConnell wrote an op-ed calling for bipartisanship, and people are not having it
#WednesdayWisdom #McConnell
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2/"The date was Oct. 23, 2010 — nearly two years into President Barack Obama’s first term and two weeks before the first midterm elections of his presidency. Speaking to the National Journal, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made a now-infamous statement:
3/“The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.” As The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler has pointed out, reading the quote in its full context makes it clear that McConnell was saying that it would be impossible for
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Jennifer Jacobs
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Trump and 1st lady arrive at US Supreme Court for investiture ceremony for 102nd associate justice, Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh won’t do iconic walk down the courthouse steps that usually follows ceremony — “out of an abundance of caution” due to security concern, per court.
Inside Supreme Court chamber, acting AG Matt Whitaker moved that Brett Kavanaugh’s commission be read.

Trump sat nearby, hands clasped, leaning slightly forward, watching.

Sen. Lindsey Graham accompanied Trump in the motorcade and entered Oval with president after the ceremony.
DETAILS from investiture ceremony: Brett Kavanaugh sat in same chair used by each member of court since 1972 -- the chair of Chief Justice John Marshall from 1819 to 1835.
After Kavanaugh entered at 10:01a, there was a short pause, then audience asked to stand as Trump entered.
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