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Raise your hand if you support Lt. Col. Vindman and find Trump’s retaliation against him repugnant ✋
Make sure you, your family and your friends are registered to vote!

Please also support:

@AmyMcGrathKY v. McConnell

@harrisonjaime v. Graham

@SaraGideon v. Collins

@Hickenlooper v. Gardner

@PhilEhr v. Gaetz

@ShannonFreshour v. Jordan

@PhilArballo2020 v. Nunes
@AmyMcGrathKY @harrisonjaime @SaraGideon @Hickenlooper @PhilEhr @ShannonFreshour @PhilArballo2020 Fascism is here. Trump has waged a war on the truth. He ignores the constitution and our laws. He has cast the press as fake, peddled propaganda, and retaliated against truth-tellers as well as justice-seekers. America - once a bright beacon for democracy - is at grave risk.
@AmyMcGrathKY @harrisonjaime @SaraGideon @Hickenlooper @PhilEhr @ShannonFreshour @PhilArballo2020 Our republic is on the ballot in Nov. 2020. Please do everything in your power to fight this evil. As Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist No. 66, when a corrupt Senate acquits a tyrant, the remedy of last resort is the voice of the people. We have one shot left.
@AmyMcGrathKY @harrisonjaime @SaraGideon @Hickenlooper @PhilEhr @ShannonFreshour @PhilArballo2020 And if our country supports Trump - a draft dodger and habitual liar, grifter, and megalomanic - over a Purple Heart veteran for speaking the truth, then we are irreparably broken.
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The last words JFK wrote for an undelivered speech: “Our duty is not the preservation of political power but the preservation of peace and freedom. So let us not be petty when our cause is so great. Let us not quarrel amongst ourselves when our nation’s future is at stake.”
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Our founders were students of history. The separation of powers is intended to prevent despots from rising to power. Madison wrote, “Ambition must be made to counteract ambition.” The GOP’s cowardice is striking because Congress’ power is neutralized, making Trump an autocrat.
“The interest of humans, must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human nature, that such devices should be necessary to control the abuses of government.”
“If humans were angels, no government would be necessary.”
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I beg everyone to read the House managers’ brief submitted in connection with the Senate trial concerning Trump’s impeachment. It clearly lays out both the law and the facts. The takeaway is inescapable: Trump must be removed to preserve our republic.

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Here's the initial comment from CNN's Sean Duffy about Lt. Col. Vindman: "He is a former Ukrainian, he wants to make sure that taxpayer money goes in military aid to the Ukraine. " Then Berman asks him to explain, and things get gross quick.
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