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when democrats start entertaining the notion senate republicans are going to help them out in any way during the impeachment trial
i still can't believe so many keep falling for this
republican makes reasonable-sounding statement

democrats say "maybe things are changing"

republican sides with trump like they always planned to

democrats: didn't see that coming
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Oliver Willis
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god im not a bernie fan, at all, but this attempt to make the 1998 legislation into the iraq war legislation is extremely deceptive and dishonest
no a vote for the iraqi liberation act was not a vote to invade iraq based on wmd and lies about an imminent threat. it was not a vote to invade iraq and torture people and occupy a country and lose thousands of us and iraqi lives. nope. nope. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_Libe…
back in 03-05 ish, fox news also used to try and push this nonsense that "really the 98 vote was a vote to invade iraq" too. so ive heard it before. ive heard it all before.
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Oliver Willis
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im going to be pissed (and it will happen) when a democrat doesnt bother to declare x, y, z to be a "national security" issue so we can ACTUALLY GET SOMETHING FIXED.
democrats hoard their power like theyre going to use it some far off day when republicans are like...
republicans say "we're going to fund x," then work backwards to come up with some cockamamie justification. democrats say "well the regulations say we can't do x with the money, so sorry." and im tired of it.
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Oliver Willis
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"the british royal family were a bunch of alpha male he-men until one of them married a black" is quite a take
"able to drain inbred british royalty of their super-male powers" is just black girl magic, i suppose
some things white people apparently think blacks can do:
- take multiple gunshots and still walk
- drain royals of their male virility
- destroy iconic movie franchises
- always committing crimes, like 24/7
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Mormon Women
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As voters, we must demand the highest standards from the leaders who we ourselves helped elect. We must take back the power of our individual voices.

bit.ly/39ZCts8

#impeachment #impeachmenttrial #MWEG #fullandfair #fullandfairtrial #beawitness #countryoverparty
We are Republicans. We are Democrats. We are Independents and the unaffiliated. Our combined voices represent the majority of American voters, and we are frustrated by politicians who weaponize our two-party system as a means to consolidate and maintain political power.
Hyperpartisanship makes enemies of fellow citizens and insulates leaders from the natural and legal consequences of their actions. When this happens, we all lose. bit.ly/2s9n1Zo
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Ben Riley-Smith
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Clear blue sky in Washington today for the impeachment vote. Moon still just about visible.
Shots from inside Congress. House begins to debate the two articles of impeachment in 30 mins. Vote expected at 3pm at the earliest (8pm UK)
It’s one day short of exactly 21 years since this happened - Bill Clinton’s impeachment. A strange echo with the man whose wife Trump beat to win power in the first place.

(That too occurred when the president’s political opponents held the House)

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Mieke Eoyang
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So the Republicans are hanging their #impeachment case on four points, circulated to their members today. If this is the best they've got, they're in trouble. I will explain.
Point 1: the call summary.

Trump's aides know a) he's not the most coherent speaker and b) the kingpin never actually says the incriminating thing.

So they have to set the context for the call.

They communicate the actual ask on *three* occasions before the 25th call.
Trump's aides tell Ukrainians a WH visit is conditioned on investigations into Hunter Biden & 2016 on:

July 2, in Toronto when Volker talks to Zelenskyy.
July 10, at the WH when Sondland meets a Ukrainian delegation.
July 19, on a phone call between Sondland & Zelenskyy.
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Peter Daou
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#IMPEACHMENT MADE SIMPLE:

1. House Dems can #ImpeachTrumpNow with their majority. No more evidence is required.

2. Senate Republicans will almost certainly vote to acquit.

3. Trump will be impeached for history but not removed.

4. Dems can then focus on sweeping in 2020.
#IMPEACHMENT MADE SIMPLE (2)

The only remote possibility of Trump leaving office early is if #McConnell and other GOP leaders think he's too much of a liability to their rightwing power grab and push him to resign.

But like I said, "remote."
#IMPEACHMENT MADE SIMPLE (3)

Arguments for waiting to schedule a vote are:

1. Gather more facts.
2. Exert more pressure.
3. Get more evidence against his accomplices.

None of those outweigh the fact that he harms people every day and #impeachment is an urgent moral imperative.
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BarrDeceivesForTrump
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(THREAD) I think Nancy Pelosi's views on impeachment make a lot of sense, but are not well understood. I see people claiming she is a coward, while I see no such thing. She contributed to sound bites and headlines that don't really match with what I saw from her on Kimmel.
1/ Kimmell and Pelosi talk about impeachment from 1:30 to 8:25 here.
2/ I'll put my highlights here and in the next tweet.
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Elisa For Trump
@ElisaMichaels
Impeachment is only to create the illusion Trump is unstable, & show this Administration as being in “chaos,” & thereby create doubt in the minds of voters
2/ that Trump is an “incapable” as a President. It steers everyone from his accomplishments and the history-making events, and creates indecision in voters who might be inclined to vote Trump. The Democrats are desperate. If Trump succeeds in getting his Wall, there
3/ will be NO WAY #Democrats can ever win in 2020 without continued massive voter fraud. This means another long, dry spell away from the piggy bank (our government’s currency printing presses) & the money & power it represents. There is only one person in their way: Donald Trump
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