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Jan 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’m here in Texas where I am assured that everything is bigger.

Exhibit #1: A Texas-sized donut pictured next to normal donuts for scale. Image
It definitely wouldn't pass for California cuisine.

And we have bigger hills on the California coast, so take that, Texas.

😂😂

They also act like Texas is it's own country.

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Jan 25
In John Eastman's application for TRO fighting the Jan6 committee's subpoena, he argued that (1) the committee lacked authority to issue the subpoena, and that the subpoena violated his 1st and 4th Amendment rights.

As expected, he lost.

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 politico.com/f/?id=0000017e…
Now Eastman is supposed to work on a privilege log, presumably because he's claiming attorney-client privilege over some of the documents.

He also raised a 5th Amendment argument, but claiming the 5th wouldn't prevent him from working with the committee.

2/
Temporary restraining order.

(I typed it out, but Twitter told me I had too many characters!)

This ruling matters because courts are rejecting the claim that this committee is illegitimate. . .


3/
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Jan 24
I saw Hunter trending, and I came to see if Hunter Biden is trying to start a war with Russia.

There is nothing he won't do🤷‍♀️

(sarcasm)
Ha! And he is!

Can you believe it?
I tried to invent the most preposterous thing I could think of . . . but Jr. thought of it first.

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Jan 23
For this week's blog post, I pulled together a few of the threads I wrote this week.

I suggest that the fact that Trump lies and cheats is actually part of his appeal with a significant portion of the population.

If the goal is to dismantle. . .

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. . . the federal government (or administrative state, or "deep state") put in place since the New Deal and Civil Rights movement, this can be done slowly and methodically, as the GOP did before Trump, or they can bring in a wrecking ball and do it faster.

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Trump is the wrecking ball. One way to destroy is to send an armed militia against Congress.

Another way is to spread destructive lies.

Another way is to unleash a propaganda machine.

We have both a law enforcement problem and a political problem.

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Jan 20
It's just easier to destroy rule of law than to preserve it.

It's easier to dismantle a government than to use government to improve the lives of the people, particularly when another party is trying to dismantle the government.

That's why Republicans have the easier task.
Huge advantage: Right-wing authoritarians fall in line. They prefer to move in lockstep.

On the other hand, if you want to move forward and improve people's lives, there are lots of different paths and people disagree on how to best move forward.
A lot of Americans don't think the purpose of government is to help people.

When I was a public appellate defender, someone told me, "My tax dollars shouldn't pay for a poor person's defense."

(I was horrified by the kind of world he wanted to live in)
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Jan 19
Here we have the Supreme Court's response to Trump's executive privilege appeal.

This is not a good day for Donald Trump.

Look's like the Trump White House docs are going to the Jan. 6th select committee.

documentcloud.org/documents/2118…

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I would have been shocked if they took it. This is a blow to all the Trump allies saying they don't have to comply with the select committee because of executive privilege.

Trump can try again with future tranches of docs -- if he enjoys losing 🤣.

2/
Trump tried to argue that his appeal raised serious constitutional issues.

SCOTUS wasn't buying it.

Remember, this was an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction.

In fact, Trump failed to show why he should get a preliminary injunction.

3/
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Jan 19
Well.

Letitia James filed a motion to compel Trump, Jr., and Ivanka to comply with her earlier subpoenas.

She wants a court order forcing them to comply and to turn over documents.

The Trumps have legal troubles left and right.

The motion is here: ag.ny.gov/sites/default/…
Short version: The Trumps are liars and cheaters.

This should matter. Trump came to power on two lies
🔹"I'm a successful businessman" positioning him as a strongman and winner, and
🔹Birtherism, signaling that he was a white supremacist tapping into white grievance.

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Back when I was naive (2015) I thought it would matter if his base had to grapple with the fact that he wasn't successful: He inherited wealth and then cheated and swindled.

Now I'm afraid lie #2 Birtherism matters more and brazen lying and cheating is part of his appeal.

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