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Oh my god. The White House is trying to hold a background briefing call on impeachment, and the conference call operator seems to have no idea where any of the speakers are.
This isn't the first time this White House has had trouble with conference calls. In May 2017, a call featuring @MickMulvaneyOMB turned into a complete shitshow.

salon.com/2017/05/03/wat…
And just over a year ago, another White House background call on Iran devolved into chaos when staffers couldn't figure out the mute function yet again.

cbsnews.com/news/white-hou…
UPDATE: The operator just thanked us for our patience as the call participants continue to prepare. The call was scheduled to begin at 1:00 pm.
MORE: The operator has just announced that the call has been rescheduled to 4:00 pm "due to inclement weather."
ROUND TWO: The operator has already come on and said the call will begin "shortly", followed by a long period of silence, then back to hold music. It was supposed to start at 4.
"Thank you for your patience in holding, your call will start in just a few minutes. Please stand by."
Wow. Michael Moates (known sexual harasser and fake congressional candidate) just popped up to ask a question.

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NEW: @realDonaldTrump send angry letter to @SpeakerPelosi protesting impeachment.
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BREAKING: Trump writes rambling letter to Nancy Pelosi on eve of impeachment, via @Independent / @IndyUSA

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Good morning! I'm back in 1100 Longworth, covering the final impeachment hearing this week for the @Independent / @IndyUSA, along with @chrisriotta in New York.

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@Independent @IndyUSA @chrisriotta Needless to say, very little in @DevinNunes opening statement is factual.
@Independent @IndyUSA @chrisriotta @DevinNunes The irony of @DevinNunes calling anyone a conspiracy theorist at this point is simply delicious.

He's now calling out Fiona Hill for debunking his conspiracy theories in her opening statement. Hill is not one to suffer fools, so it will be interesting to see if she responds.
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Tom von Alten
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Alrighty, then, my live #impeachment thread for you.

Let's start with the GOP's Rules guy.
"Hearsay"
Adam Schiff
Unfair
Don't actually rise to an impeachable offense
Shut down by the rules

Blah blah blah WE DO NOT HAVE, OR KNOW OF ANY EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE so
we're going to spend all day pettifogging.

NOT ENOUGH TIME!
If you can't stick around for the whole day, your shorter #impeachment:

1) The president abused his power for personal gain.
2) The president obstructed Congress' investigation of his abuse.
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If you are young, overworked, in student-debt, and have no time or energy to even remotely think about what is going on with this whole #impeachment thing… PLEASE READ THIS THREAD. We’ve been asleep and we have to wake up. Your parents are brainwashed. THIS IS UP TO US.
I’m gonna go ahead and jump back to 2014-2016 for the start of this thing. It’s a weird couple of years for me, because it is when my obsession with this timeline of events all started taking shape. Not from coincidence, either... But we will get to that in a bit.
So I am a member of the LGBTQIA community but I’ve only been open about it for the last couple of years, incidentally enough the start of this story being 2014 and around the same time where I first felt comfortable enough to publicly disclose my sexuality.
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💥First direct witness on Ukraine call >> Top WH Ukraine expert & decorated military officer will tell impeachment investigators he twice reported concerns about Trump’s pressure tactics on Ukraine nytimes.com/2019/10/28/us/… #UkraineGate #Impeachment
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IMPEACHMENT - A Brilliant and long article medium.com/@j363j/indictm…
1. Obstruction of Justice

Ordered McGahn to deny Trump’s attempt to fire Mueller
Asked Comey to “see your way to letting this go” for Flynn
Comey firing
Attempted Mueller firing
Attempted to influence Manafort jury

Thanks to @j363j for being awesome

#Impeachment
Trump lawyers' obstruction
Attempted to disable Special Counsel investigation
Tried to have investigation focus on future elections
Tried to have Sessions take over investigation
Failure to produce Russian sanctions report

#Impeachment
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Peter Daou
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DEM LEADERS

Here's how you do #impeachment:

Compile every statement by GOP lawmakers during Clinton's impeachment.

Call only Republicans to testify and confront them with their statements.

Make this a referendum on GOP values.

BE THE PARTY THAT DEFENDS THE RULE OF LAW
I'll start. This is @senatemajldr in 1999:

"Time after time, the President came to a fork in the road. Time after time, he had the opportunity to choose the noble and honorable path. Time after time, he chose the path of lies and lawlessness..."
Here's @LindseyGrahamSC:

“[Clinton] doesn’t have to say, ‘Go lie for me,’ to be a crime,” Graham said at the time. “You don’t have to say, ‘Let’s obstruct justice’ for it to be a crime. You judge people on their conduct, not magic phrases.”

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"The gov't continues to claim broad authority to deny reporters access to the WH for asking tough questions. And no Constitutional 1st Amend right to WH access.." THIS MATTERS, kids! #TuesdayThoughts #FreePress
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2-"...Once the White House has decided to hold a press briefing, it can’t constitutionally use formal levers of power, like the revocation of a hard pass, to retaliate against a reporter for asking questions the government doesn’t like or for coverage the administration resents.
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