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1. Since Trump ordered the drone attack that killed Soleimani, television news has been filled with commentary on the strike.

Many of TV pundits who weighed in have undisclosed ties to the defense industry.

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2. Joe Lieberman appeared on Fox News on January 6 praising Trump for ordering the strike.

He was introduced as the former Democratic VP nominee.

NOT DISCLOSED: Lieberman works for an Israeli weapons manufacturer looking to expand sales to the DoD

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3. William Cohen appeared on CNN on January 5. He was identified as the “former secretary of defense.”

NOT DISCLOSED: Cohen runs a consulting firm which “has assisted [defense] clients to compete for and win tens of billions of dollars in contracts.”

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4. Michael Chertoff appeared on CNN on January 7, identified as the “former Homeland Security Secretary"

Chertoff defended Trump’s legal authority to conduct the strike

NOT DISCLOSED: Chertoff is the chairman of BAE Systems, a major weapons manufacturer

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5. Defense contractors profit from war. They sell the products that make war possible. If there is more fighting, they will sell more weapons

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6. Dave Deptula appeared on CNN on Jan 4. He was identified as a former “Air Force Lieutenant.”

He said Trump acted with "incredible restraint."

Deptula is the Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, which is funded by defense contractors

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7. John Negroponte appeared on Fox on Jan 3. He was identified as “the former US ambassador to Iraq"

He praised Trump for killing Soleimani

NOT DISCLOSED: Negroponte is Vice-Chair of McLarty Associates, a lobbying firm representing the defense industry

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1. This will be a thread of Republican members of Congress who defended Trump by saying there was not a quid pro quo but now say Bolton's claim that Trump told him there was a quid pro quo is irrelevant
2. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX):

12/23: "No quid pro quo... The Democratic grounds for ousting President Trump are weak"

1/27: Bolton's claim is "nothing different than what we’ve already heard"
3. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX):

1/15: Quid pro quo allegations were "hearsay... people who had no direct evidence, witnesses who'd never even met President Trump"

1/27: On Bolton: "It doesn’t change the underlying facts"
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1. Trump's former NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER, John Bolton, says there was a QUID PRO QUO.

No military aid until Ukraine announced an investigation of the Bidens

Can't overstate the importance of this.

It undercuts Trump's entire defense.

nytimes.com/2020/01/26/us/…
2. Let's review some of the REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS who said this would be a big deal if there was any evidence of a quid pro quo
3. GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy: "Listen to the diplomats: no quid pro quo."

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Now that the Trump campaign has the green light to lie in Facebook ads, here is what is happening.

Just a string of unhinged falsehoods.

In exchange for cash, Facebook is infecting its users with misinformation.
Here is another Facebook ad that Trump is running today that falsely claims there is some sort of effort to prevent him from running an ad during the Super Bowl. (There isn't and the campaign has already bought the time.)
This is not trivial. Trump is currently paying Facebook nearly $700,000 PER WEEK to spread these kind of lies. And that number will only increase as the election draws nearer.

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