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Sep 22, 2023 16 tweets 5 min read
Menendez had all charges in his previous indictment dismissed in January 2018.

New indictment says this "corrupt relationship" began around 2018. Image The Menendez indictment says he -- the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee -- "provided sensitive U.S. Government information" to Egypt. Image
Sep 8, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
The grand jury recommended an indictment of former senator David Perdue (R-Ga.). Image It also recommended charging Lindsey Graham Image
Sep 7, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
"Is [Biden] someone you are proud to have as president?"

37% of Dems say no.

As do 70% of independents. Image Also, 50% of Dems and 77% of indies say Biden does not have "the stamina and sharpness to serve effectively as president."

(CNN poll: ) documentcloud.org/documents/2394…
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Sep 5, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Rudy Giuliani's stunning fall from grace, in one chart

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Image After 9/11, Democrats viewed Giuliani favorably 74-10. They now view him unfavorably 77-3.

Even Republicans aren't particularly enamored, at 37% favorable, 24% unfavorable.

Overall: 16% fav, 51% unfav.

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Jul 15, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Former CIA director James Woolsey has said he was offered the CIA director job in the Trump administration back in 2016.

A new indictment says that a man who matches Woolsey’s description was the subject of a Chinese influence operation at this time. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/… Woolsey is not named in the Gal Luft indictment -- nor is the "former senior U.S. government official" accused of wrongdoing -- but several details directly match him, including direct quotes.

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