Thread by @TimInHonolulu

1. Here is @SenSchumer on the floor today addressing the GQP blocking of @JoeBiden's nominees that he says will require he keeps the Senate working. Not clear if he's saying he won't move to recess for Christmas.
Watching Senate Session @CSPAN c-span.org/video/?516796-…

2. Also says he believes we will pass voting rights before 2022 midterms.

3. I think @marcorubio just withdrew his block on three Ambassadors who will be voted on later today. Includes China nominee Nicholas Burns.

4. Rubio is in the Gang of Eight. I believe that this group may have been advised by IC about Congressional members who have been caught by intelligence services related to Kremlin involvement in January 6. NB Nunes is Gang of Eight and just resigned. If there is evidence of

5. sharing of information with Russians you can forget just charging them with the insurrection. They could be looking at espionage and that would clearly explain why so many MSM folks haven't any clue about the existence of this investigation and also why even McConnell isn't

6. getting involved in the text messages or any of the other @January6thCmte revelations. Remember what the maximum penalty for espionage is?
Here's a hint: 💉.

7. Unlikely the DOJ will seek it but, because the alternative of life without parole is on the table in an espionage prosecution, IMO these members won't qualify for pre-trial release. I will watch the GQP Senators and House members who were involved in the attempted coup.

8. By now they likely have been tipped by people like Nunes that the jig is up and will begin to seek criminal defense attorneys who, if they are even marginally competent, will advise them to STFU. And Chuck Schumer thinks he can get by the filibuster even

9. though both Manchin and Sinema say they will vote no. Remember, Schumer is also on the Gang of Eight. He may know that a chunk of the GQP Senate caucus won't be able to make to the floor to vote to stop it because they will be otherwise engaged at the DC lockup.