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Sep 22, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read • Read on X
Joe Biden just refused to answer whether he will support packing the Court with new members once elected. That is an extraordinary position. Many of us would not vote for a candidate who supports a court packing plan. usatoday.com/story/opinion/…
...Presidential election are not supposed to be constitutional blind dates. His running mate, Kamala Harris, has already come out in support of a court-packing scheme as have some of his top political allies...
...Schumer also insisted "everything is on the table." It is akin to Speaker Pelosi refusing to rule out the clearly abusive use of impeachment as a method of opposing a lame duck nomination. If Biden considers this a viable option, he is not a viable candidate for many of us.
This is not the Biden that we knew in the Senate and the person who once ruled out this option. He said today it is a "legitimate question" but will not answer it. If the question is legitimate, the refusal is not.
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A new video on the cellphone camera of the shooting officer is now available. That is the video that some of us have said that we most wanted to see. It shows the car driving directly into the officer as the wife of Good taunts the officer...
...The speed of the encounter is captured in the new video and reinforces the argument of the officer under the prevailing legal standard. This does not appear to be something akin to being hit by a refrigerator door, according to Mayor Frey...
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Jacob Frey is calling for Minnesota to be part of the investigation. Given his infamous declaration of the officer as a murderer and profane attack on ICE, Frey may be the least compelling person to call for such cooperation...
...Frey is confirming that there are "lies, damn lies, and statistics". He is claiming that ICE is responsible for "fifty percent of the shootings" in the city. It is only January 9th. Two shootings have occurred in the first week...
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Mayor Jacob Frey just called the claim of self-defense "b*llsh*t" and said that he watched the video. He apologized to the family and said that ICE is in Minnesota to "literally kill people." This is the type of rhetoric that fuels the rage. Perhaps wait for the investigation?...
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If Maduro thought the seizure operation was scary, wait until he reads this superseding indictment. He is not just facing documented allegations of his facilitating drug transits, but also potential high-level cooperating witnesses...justice.gov/opa/media/1422…
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The Senate is moving forward with this resolution to block Trump's use of military force in Venezuela: kaine.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Sponsor Sen. Tim Kaine undermined his claims by showing a striking misunderstanding of inherent presidential powers this week. x.com/JonathanTurley…
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...The President's reluctance to call for the installation of the opposition leader María Corina Machado may reflect the distinction between an arrest and a regime change. It is important for President Trump to remain focused on the criminal justice element to the operation...
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