BREAKING: EXCLUSIVE: THREAD: Pence, his aides, and staff were locked out of their offices in the capitol complex during the insurrection because their access badges had been DEACTIVATED the morning of the attack, according to sources familiar with the incident 1/
According to one source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity due to an ongoing investigation, Pence's team huddled in a loading dock, unable to access their offices, and started planning contingencies for a constitutional crisis and how to remove the president. 2/
The access badges worked that morning before the mob entered the capitol, but once Pence was removed from the chamber floor, their badges no longer worked. Access was restored later that night after the threat was over. 3/
Access had been shut off to the VP Office Complex and the White House as well during the same time frame. That is where the new information I have ends, however, I want to remind everyone of a few publicly available details 4/
In "I Alone Can Fix It" by Leonnig and Rucker, Pence refused to get into a car with secret service during the attack. He said "I trust you, Tim, but you're not driving the car. If I get in that vehicle, you guys are taking off. I'm not getting in the car." 5/
Additionally, in the book "Peril" we learned that Pence asked Dan Quayle multiple times if there was ANY way he could do donald's bidding. After 3 rebuffs, Pence finally said to him "You don't know the position I'm in."
I will add any new info to this thread if I get any. END
PS: don’t forget this information we learned last night. Jon Karl says there are photos of Pence’s team in the loading dock. huffpost.com/entry/mike-pen…
PPPS: My guess as to whom is responsible for the access badges is McEntee - who was subpoenaed today, or the USSS. I don't have any confirmation on that from any source. Just my guess.
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THREAD: Okay, so after my JAWS thread, I asked which movie I haven't seen to watch next - and the winner by a mile was Hunt for Red October - which happens to be on right now. So here we go 1/
THREAD: BREAKING: JD Vance says he would consider privatizing Veterans health care. This is something I know a little bit about. 1/
I worked for the Veterans Health Administration for over a decade, and that entire time, republicans have been trying to privatize our healthcare. Spurred by private health providers, big donors, and lobbyist's money - the want to move Veteran care to the private sector. 2/
There are several reasons that is a terrible idea, and why for so long Veterans and Veteran Service Organizations and Unions continually push back on the idea. First and foremost, it increases the wait time to get an appointment. 3/
Tim Pool is claiming that $100K per podcast episode is the normal market value of a show that gets 100K-200K views. I own a podcast network with shows that outperform his, and that’s absolutely not true. 1/
Market average is about $9 CPM (per thousand spins) per brand. Even with a 100% fill rate (unheard of) with 6 brands (also unheard of), that’s about $7,200 per episode for 100K views. $14,400 for 200K. Reality is closer to half. And that’s gross (before the network, ad agency, and talent agents take their cut). $100K per episode is market value for a show that gets MILLIONS of downloads. 2/
Also, Tim would be wise to stop talking publicly about this. Not just because I’m personally tired of his lies, but because he’s part of a criminal investigation now. Just my two cents. END/
THREAD: GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN: The republicans are threatening to shut down the government by attaching the SAVE Act to the government funding CR.
The SAVE Act penalizes CITIZENS by forcing them to prove their citizenship in order to vote - when it's already illegal for non-citizens to vote. 1/
This is a voter suppression tactic designed to stop CITIZENS from voting - particularly marginalized communities. The goal is to wear people down with paperwork to get them to give up on voting, because republicans never pass bills that make it EASIER for citizens to vote. 2/
The other equally insidious goal of the bill is to give them pretext to shut down the government so they can blame Biden when working Americans are furloughed and Military Members don't get their paychecks. In fact, no government employees do. 3/
THREAD: SPACE BEANS: This is what I bet happened with the trump sham ceremony at Arlington. This is speculation based on past behavior (with some actual events peppered in.)
1. Trump got some internal polling numbers (I still don't get why the public gets different polling than the candidates, but I digress) - so the Trump campaign got some unfavorable polling numbers that show Harris is the candidate of freedom and patriotism (speculation) 1/
2. So the Trump campaign decides they need to hurt Harris with Veterans and the Military. They cook up an idea to create a wreath-laying ceremony on the anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal. So they call up Arlington, who abruptly tells them they are forbidden by law to create campaign ads at Arlington. (It's been confirmed that Arlington told Trump ahead of time that he couldn't film there.) 2/
3. After whining and crying about that for a while, they call up Mike Johnson and tell him to force Arlington to let them in with their private photographers and videographers. Johnson calls up a friend and pulls some strings and tells Trump he can come in, but he still can't use his own photos and video. (It's been confirmed Johnson pulled strings, but we don't have any details on how.) 3/
Okay, I'm going to do my best to ignore the Superman shirt thing for a second and answer the @AlanDersh question about how DoJ is going to prove trump knew he lost the election. 2/
From pp 6 of the superseding indictment: "The Defendant was on notice that his claims were untrue. He was told so by those most invested in his re-election, including his own running mate and his campaign staff." So testimony from these folks will prove it. 3/