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Senator Rand Paul @RandPaul
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I just finished speaking to @realDonaldTrump, after speaking to him several times today. I also met with and spoke to Director Pompeo.
After calling continuously for weeks for Director Pompeo to support President Trump’s belief that the Iraq war was a mistake, and that it is time to leave Afghanistan, today I received confirmation the Director Pompeo agrees with @realDonaldTrump
President Trump believes that Iraq was a mistake, that regime change has destabilized the region, and that we must end our involvement with Afghanistan.
Having received assurances from President Trump and Director Pompeo that he agrees with the President on these important issues, I have decided to support his nomination to be our next Secretary of State.
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I came to say Happy #Festivus to my friend Elizabeth Warren. Cant find her.
You’ll be surprised to learn I have some grievances with people in Washington, fellow members and others. It’s time to talk about them now, because it’s the holiday season.
Let’s start with POTUS I like the President, I honestly do. I know people don’t believe me. But the man seems to have a problem keeping staff around him. But they solved the problem. I went to the White House the other day and there were at least 14 ppl in Mick Mulvaney masks.
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GOOD MORNING! Welcome to everyone’s favorite holiday, #Festivus!
I’ve got a lot of problems with you people, and now you’re gonna hear about them!
I’m going to start out with a grievance against the entire foreign policy establishment of Washington DC, who 2 years ago were swearing that Donald Trump was going to start multiple nuclear wars or something.
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The President indicates that Saudi Arabia is the lesser two evils compared to Iran and so the US won’t punish Saudi Arabia for the brutal killing and dismemberment of a dissident journalist in their consulate. I disagree.
We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians.
I’m pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First. I’m also pretty sure John Bolton wrote it.
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while “retreat” is often used to mean an all day work session on something like the budget, it appears this time “city council retreat” means the worst, silliest kind of waste of time — ice breakers and trust building exercises
i’m about to bring you blow by blow coverage of an agonizing eight hour meeting. hold onto your hats, friends
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it’s gonna be a long day - from here to the planning commission work session, then the civilian review board meeting. but this should be the last meeting marathon of 2018.
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A reminder, Virtually EVERY terrible law that created Mass Incarceration (including the 1994 Crime Bill) was preceded by a period of massive public outrage....often around horrific crimes.

A reminder, SINGLE CASE LAW almost always ends up being AWFUL and haunts us for DECADES
Yesterday POTUS asked for a "tougher" Death Penalty...don't be fooled, what he was asking for was two-fold

1) More use of the DP (it is dying quickly in the status quo)
2) More BRUTAL public use of the DP (he believes in public hangings etc. which he thinks will deter)
But Mass Incarceration was built on public outrage used to generate a patchwork of TERRIBLE laws

We are reversing mass incarceration, public anger can EASILY re-create it, remember crime rate & violent crime rate are as LOW as they have been since 1967 (see Uniform Crime Report)
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👀 See the guy sitting next to Maria Butina⁉️It’s 2013 and Jon Bolton prepared a video for Butina...
🤔 Here’s a pic of the man next to Maria Butina and four confirmed pics - per @bellingcat - of Anatoliy Vladimirovich Chepiga. He’s one of the two men that are suspects in Skripal poisoning. He’s a GRU agent and I assume he disguises himself...
💥Then there’s this other guy who is at the table w Butina ...
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richard preston was sentenced to eight years, with half suspended. he’ll serve four years for discharging a firearm within 1000 feet of a school (more specifically, at corey long) on august 12, 2017.
charlottesville commonwealth’s attorney joe platania says preston was remanded to custody after the hearing and will be headed to albemarle charlottesville regional jail now.
alright folks, preston’s sentencing hearing was finally completed today, after a failed first attempt back in may. notes on that hearing are here:

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It's been 20 days since Q last spoke to us & there's been a lot of speculation as to whether or not we were being left to stand on our own. Last night, Q showed in full form & on fire. Settle, there's a story to be told.

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From Sea to Shining Sea, Q is letting us know we're about to learn what Sessions has been doing quietly behind the scenes from the beginning. Something BIG is about to happen and as Q often says, #TrustSessions

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In order to understand the story, first we need to understand 38 US Code Section 519 - Supervision of Litigation. Here, we find Sessions, and ONLY Sessions shall supervise ALL litigation unless otherwise authorized by law.
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#Today's story to #EndFamilySeparation Four months ago, Dad and 4-month-old entered at the Texas/Mexico border and requested #asylum. Dad and child were immediately separated and the baby put in ORR custody. #FamiliesBelongTogether
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The Mom and Dad now have once weekly Skype calls with their 8-month-old baby. That's right, folks. They Skype with an infant. #EndFamilySeparation #FamiliesBelongTogether
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