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3 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
AOC appears not to vote for Pelosi, but does not vote present either. Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Presley vote for Pelosi.
Well, it's an improvement, we'll start there.

We've heard the whole time that the strategy is: get more progressives in office so they have more leverage in Congress. Okay. Shouldn't they have demanded something from Pelosi then and voted as one cohesive bloc? I'm not seeing it.
Also Rashida just voted for Pelosi. Eww.

Ya e5tee shoo 3mtsawee...
Notice why I used the word “appears” cus my gut told me they were going to pull some BS before the show was over.

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LIVE: UK judge Vanessa Baraitser set to rule on Julian Assange's extradition shortly. Live updates to follow below:

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Connected to video platform with other journos, just getting things setup. Keep your fingers crossed for Julian.
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Ahead of tomorrow's verdict, I invite you to read my interview with Gary McKinnon @DoubleOhNever. The US govt tried for ten years to extradite him for hacking into the Pentagon, NASA and other sites – before a UK-US extradition treaty was even ratified.

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"No-one has revealed more about the Iraq War’s deadly impact than Julian Assange, and no-one is paying a higher price for doing so." by Josh Dougherty @joshdibc of Iraq Body Count @iraqbodycount

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Just spent hours sifting through this 5000 page bill. The Squad voted against some provisions in the senate amendment (Roll 250), but voted yes on the final bill (Roll 251) and okayed the $600 check. Only Tulsi @TulsiGabbard and Rashida @RashidaTlaib didn't.
There were several roll calls. People are getting confused because of the name of the legislation.

The H.R 133 Bill is the United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act - This was a shell bill initially passed by the Senate on Jan 15, 2020
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The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 is a senate amendment to the original H.R 133, containing upwards of 5000+ pages which includes the Covid Relief funds just voted on (Full PDF of the amendment: rules.house.gov/sites/democrat…)
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Absolutely sickening. Western evil knows no limits. Australian and UK special forces (SAS) have been committing war crimes for decades in Afghanistan and no one is ever prosecuted. These murderous thugs have no business being there.
The poor man they killed in the video is named Dad Mohammad. He was around 25/26 years old. The war criminals in this video need to be named, shamed and tried for war crimes.
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I don't think that's a fair assessment. I don't just criticize Trump, I criticize him and his entire administration, as opposed to grifters who only know how to say "Orange cheetoh man bad"
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