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#CountryOverParty moment, again, by Senator @MittRomney.

A critical vote on Committee, Romney opposes #RonJohnson's attempt to subpoena on Burisma probe.

Romney:

“had the earmarks of a political exercise"

“not the legitimate role of government for Congress or for taxpayer”
2. @AndrewDesiderio has more details on the votes.

Romney voted in favor of 3 other motions for depositions and subpoenas on separate Johnson investigation.

3. New twist here.

@AndrewDesiderio reporting: In Johnson's Biden-Burisma investigation, "Bridget Brink agreed to testify voluntarily, so a subpoena was no longer necessary."

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More from @rgoodlaw

Sep 14
Trump and Vance's racist smears of Haitians - who are legally present in Springfield, Ohio - has led to bomb threats closing City Hall, schools and a motor vehicles office.

Now two hospitals closed due to bomb threats.

fox8.com/news/springfie…
2/ The Trump effect in Springfield:

"Wittenberg University announced the cancelation of all events and activities Sunday ... after an email 'threatened a potential shooting,' campus police said in a statement. The threats reportedly targeted Haitians."
fox8.com/news/universit…
3/ Trump-Vance racists smears of Haitians continue to have reverberating effect on Springfield:

"Clark State College, based in Springfield, will close all of its campuses and move to remote classes Monday through Friday as a result of two email threats."
springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfie…
Read 8 tweets
Sep 13
The racist smears of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows how easily these influencers' position against "illegal immigrants" slides into being against legal immigrants (of color)

"The city also says that the Haitian immigrants are in the country legally under a federal program" Image
2/ JD Vance expands racist smear to "communicable diseases like HIV and TB have skyrocketed in this small Ohio town."

Of a piece with Trump as President saying of Haitians "they all have AIDS" and didn't want to accept “people from shithole countries.”
3/
Here's report on "they all have AIDS" (by @shearm @juliehdavis)


Here's report on "shithole countries" (by Davis, @SherylNYT @thomaskaplan)


Here's broader context on JD Vance's smear: (by @CWNewser)
nytimes.com/2017/12/23/us/…
nytimes.com/2018/01/11/us/…
advocate.com/election/jd-va…
Read 6 tweets
Sep 2
State of play in United States v. Trump:

1/ On Friday night, Jack Smith offered to file a new brief that could provide the public "the first glimpse of the government’s evidence beyond the four corners of the indictment—an explosive prospect.”

justsecurity.org/99693/immunity…
2/ “It is conspicuous that the special counsel does not appear to be opposing such a mini-trial, which may be important to Judge Chutkan as prosecutors would likely see tradeoffs with such public hearings.”

analysis by @NormEisen @Matt_Seligman @Edanyaperry @JoshuaGKolb
@NormEisen @Matt_Seligman @Edanyaperry @JoshuaGKolb 3/ A mini, mini trial?

“A reasonably prompt evidentiary hearing — or 'mini trial' — on immunity… may focus on the specific allegations that most deserve such an inquiry (e.g., the allegations involving former Vice President Mike Pence).”

Upshot: Prospect of Pence as a witness
Read 6 tweets
Sep 1
Media needs to stop downplaying the threat

On left:

NYT: "Moms For Liberty can get a bit carried away —one of their local chapters once accidentally quoted Adolf Hitler."

On right:

No accident. The Moms for Liberty group attributed the statement to Hitler.

h/t @jamisonfoserImage
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2/ Also, "once accidentally quoted Hitler"?

Nope.

"After initially defending the quote, the chapter was forced to apologize."

The New York Times know that. The latter quote is from the NYT's own reporting at the time ().nytimes.com/2023/06/29/us/…
3/ The Southern Poverty Law Center classifies Moms for Liberty as an extremist group⤵️

Plus "the national organization and individual chapters have ties with groups that SPLC has designated as hate or extremist" including Proud Boys, others.

@splcenter
splcenter.org/fighting-hate/…
Read 4 tweets
Aug 10
Many nuggets in these #Project2025 Secret Training Videos

One is the nexus to Trump world.

Karoline Leavitt - Trump Campaign's 2024 National Press Secretary - features in video training those who would occupy positions in a new Trump administration.

propublica.org/article/inside…
2/ Another is this remarkable statistic:

"A review of the training videos shows that 29 of the 36 speakers have worked for Trump in some capacity —on his 2016-17 transition team, in the administration or on his 2024 reelection campaign."

That's 81%.
3/ In #Project2025 secret video titled, "Hidden Meanings," former Trump administration official Bethany Kozma scorns U.S. intelligence agencies' warnings of #ClimateChange.

Says climate change is a conspiracy to limit population growth. 🤯

[Scoop by @AndyKroll @NickSurgey] Image
Read 6 tweets
Aug 8
What's in this image?⤵️

Color-coded indictment of former president Trump for trying to overturn 2020 election.

The vast majority - green, yellow, orange - is Trump’s conduct for which he is likely not immune, and district court will likely find he can be prosecuted for it.

1/Image
Image
2/ The color-coded January 6th indictment and accompanying analysis is in this @just_security article:

After Immunity: The Path Forward for the January 6th Case
By @NormEisen @Matt_Seligman @JoshuaGKolb

justsecurity.org/98457/immunity…
3/ New York Times' Jesse Wegman features the @just_security analysis in this essay:

The Trial Judge Who Has to Clean Up the Supreme Court’s Mess
nytimes.com/live/2024/08/0…
Read 5 tweets

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