2. The LEAST one can say of it is that it involved a malicious use of federal law-enforcement officers to conduct a contrived investigation utterly lacking any valid, factual foundation from the very beginning. That is itself incredibly troubling—and also unconstitutional.
3. But this was SO MUCH WORSE than that. It was an effort to use use a powerful, long-respected, federal law-enforcement agency to render a presidential candidate unelectable—entirely in the absence of any valid, good-faith basis for doing so.
4. So make no mistake—this can’t be dismissed as mere carelessness or even a severe example of garden-variety misconduct. No—this is as corrupt and as subversive of the Constitution as it gets.
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4. So make no mistake—this can’t be dismissed as mere carelessness or even a severe example of garden-variety misconduct. No—this is as corrupt and as subversive of the Constitution as it gets.
5. Regardless of your political leanings or your feelings about Donald Trump, you should find this terrifying.
6. When federal law-enforcement agencies can undertake such a brazen effort to frame someone they don’t like to throw the outcome of an election—and then remain largely protected for seven years thereafter—popular sovereignty in America is under serious attack.
🧵 1. Planned Parenthood now wants to pack not only the Supreme Court, but also the lower federal courts. foxnews.com/politics/plann…
2. Statement from Planned Parenthood: “It’s been more than 30 years since Congress last comprehensively expanded the number of lower court seats – the longest period of time between expansions in the history of district courts and courts of appeals.”
3. Planned Parenthood apparently views the federal courts as tools for achieving policy victories that can’t be realized through the electoral process.
🧵 1/4: Sen. Sanders & Majority Leader Schumer's tacit support for Rep. Tlaib's "Nakba Day" event is deeply troubling. Permitting an event on Senate grounds that paints the establishment of Israel as a "catastrophe" is unacceptable. jewishinsider.com/2023/05/pete-a…
2/4: Sen. Sanders, as chair of the HELP Committee, should've exercised more discernment in allowing an event that echoes views known for delegitimizing Israel & supporting antisemitic narratives.
3/4: Majority Leader Schumer's professed unawareness does not absolve him of responsibility. Leaders should be cognizant of the events happening in their jurisdiction, especially those of such a hateful nature.
🧵 1/ While this satirical piece from @TheBabylonBee is funny, it highlights a sad reality—that conditions along our already crisis-ridden, southern border are about to get worse. babylonbee.com/news/mayorkas-…
/2 The expiration of Title 42 doesn’t have to prove disastrous, but it will unless @AliMayorkas starts detaining asylum seekers crossing our southern border until their claims are adjudicated (as the law already requires), and immediately repatriating those who can’t be detained… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
/3 @DHSgov is carrying out “street releases” of undocumented migrants as we speak, due to a lack of capacity.
🧵 1/ Senator Joe Biden voted against multiple bills increasing the debt limit when Republicans held the White House.
2/ In 1984, then-Senator Joe Biden announced—before voting against an increase in the debt limit—“I cannot agree to vote for a full increase in the debt without any assurance that steps will be taken early next year to reduce the alarming increase in the deficits and the debt.”
3/ Senator Joe Biden never invoked his current absurd theory—that the Fourteenth Amendment somehow makes statutory limits on the debt ceiling unconstitutional or irrelevant.
“[I]n the battle for public opinion, the polls seem to favor congressional Republicans over the president.” thehill.com/opinion/399523…
“I had thought that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) would try to put pressure on the House by passing a clean debt ceiling, but he apparently doesn’t have the votes. Forty-three Senate Republicans, including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), signed a letter… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
“At first, House Republicans were hoping to get into a budget negotiation with the president without actually passing a budget. They were worried that a) they wouldn’t be able to pass one and b) such a vote could hurt them in the polls.”