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7 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Merrick Garland, @JoeBiden's pick to be Attorney General: "the rule of law is not some lawyer's turn of phrase, it is the very foundation of our democracy..the essence is that there be not one rule for Republicans, one for Democrats; one for friends, one for foes..." 1/4
more Merrick Garland "...one for the powerful, one for the powerless...different rules depending on one's race or ethnicity..." 2/4
3/4 Merrick Garland: "ensuring civil rights and the rule of law are the great principles upon which the Department of Justice was founded and they echo today, in ensuring racial equity in the justice system and meeting violent extremism."
4/4 Garland: "as Pres Elect Biden said 'it's not my Department of Justice, it's the people's Department of Justice'...and the person he chooses will have independent ability to select who is prosecuted and who isn't....I would not have agreed to serve under any other conditions."

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Judge Amy Coney Barrett begins her opening statement repeating what she said when announced, that she's "used to being in a group of nine," w/several sentences on each of her 7 children, as well as mentions of her six sisters, and her parents, who she says are watching from home
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now @SenatorDurbin charges Republicans with a “shameless, self serving, venal reversal” in pushing Barrett nomination with only 22 days before 2020 election, after they denied Merrick Garland a hearing 269 days before 2016 election
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29 Mar 20
President Trump extends period of social distancing guidelines for another month, until April 30
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so striking that Joseph Maguire the acting head of U.S. National Intelligence says "the greatest challenge (U.S. faces) is not a kinetic strike from a foreign adversary...but to maintain the integrity of our election system. There are foreign powers now challenging this...."
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