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The AP asked people to provide one word to describe the 2020 candidates. The responses were often not complimentary (and not one word). wapo.st/3ac66pt
I made a chart showing how people described the candidates (naturally) but I also made a little quiz to see if you can guess. wapo.st/3ac66pt
How poll respondents described 2020 candidates in one (or a few more) words. wapo.st/3ac66pt
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It's really, really worth understanding how remarkable it was that Trump reiterated his Ukraine-DNC server conspiracy theory on Fox News this morning. wapo.st/37y83fE
Republicans have spent two months trying to wave this away. Nunes has spent two solid weeks anxiously reframing this, even in the face of Fiona Hill pointing out that its ridiculous.

But here comes Trump, Kool-Aid-Man-ing the idea back onto TV. wapo.st/37y83fE
And it's just the most nonsensical, desperate theory, which is almost a tertiary point here.
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Where's the quid pro quo?

Well, on July 10, EU Amb. Sondland told Ukrainians that there had to be investigations before a meeting, repeating that in another meeting right afterward. That's been confirmed by Lt. Col. Vindman and Fiona Hill. washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/… 1/7
On July 25, right before the Trump-Zelensky call, special envoy Kurt Volker texted Zelensky aide Andrey Yermak to say that a meeting would happen "assuming" there were investigations. 2/7
On Aug. 10, Yermak texted Volker to clarify that he wanted a meeting set *before* Ukraine announced new investigations. 3/7
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Found the footage from 1985 where Alexander Vindman and his brother are used as explicit examples of immigrant embodying the ideals of the Statue of Liberty. wapo.st/31RRp6B
Vindman is exactly the kind of immigrant Trump claims to want to see — up until he criticizes Trump. wapo.st/31RRp6B
The twins answer at the same time — they came from Russia, from Ukraine. Then "our mother died, so we went to Italy. And then we came here."
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