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Nope. Not letting this go. The FBI’s reputation is not in “tatters”. It’s composed of the same dedicated men and women who have always worked there and who do a great, apolitical job. You’ll find integrity and honesty at FBI headquarters and not at 1600 Penn Ave right now.
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To the career men and women at DOJ/FBI: you know what the job entails and how to do it. Be strong and unafraid. Duty. Honor. Country.
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To my fellow Democrats. Be wary of attacking the Obama record. Build on it. Expand it. But there is little to be gained - for you or the party - by attacking a very successful and still popular Democratic President.
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Taking a knee is not without precedent Mr. President. Those who dared to protest have helped bring positive change
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Stop the damn lying - you’re the President. I went to Dover AFB with 44 and saw him comfort the families of both the fallen military & DEA.
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Speaking on behalf of the vast majority of the American people, Republicans in Congress be forewarned:any attempt to remove Bob Mueller will not be tolerated.These are BS attacks on him/his staff that are blatantly political-designed to hide the real wrongdoing. Country not party.
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A sitting President can be indicted.
Constitution does not anticipate allowing a president who used fraud to obtain the office to remain in power. Executive branch paralysis during the criminal process is not a compelling argument- consider 25th Amendment. A sitting president can be indicted.
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It’s too late to use the mails. Given Supreme Court rulings I urge everyone to now vote in person; early vote or use drop boxes. Protect your health but don’t let the Court and the deliberately crippled Postal Service deprive you of your most precious civil right. Plan your vote.
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AG Barr has deliberately misrepresented the Mueller report. He has started examinations of the conduct of Intell/FBI personnel without a predicate-for political reasons. He is protecting the President. He does not stand up for the good people he leads. He is not fit to lead DOJ.
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Federal criminal law (18 USC 1701):. Whoever knowingly and willfully obstructs or retards the passage of the mail, or any carrier or conveyance carrying the mail, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
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To the men and women of DOJ/FBI: do NOT resign, stay strong, in all your actions be true to the oath you have sworn, report wrongdoing. The era of Trump and Barr will pass-their slander, insults and corrupt acts will end. We - the American people - respect & believe in you.
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Ok, stop the fake outrage. I’m obviously not advocating violence. (In fact, when I was AG violent crime in the US was historically low.) I’m saying Republicans are undermining our democracy and Democrats need to be tough, proud and stand up for the values we believe in - the end.
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Here’s another zero tolerance program for the Trump Administration: EVERY child, EVERY baby has to be reunited with his or her parents. No excuses. Make it happen.
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If ISIS rammed a car into a crowd this would be labeled quickly & logically. Charlottesville - call it what it is, domestic terrorism.
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Doug Jones wins!! In spite of suppression efforts. In spite of Trump. In spite of Bannon. In spite of fear mongering. Virginia, New Jersey, Alabama = trend. See you in 2018 —- in every race in every part of this great nation.
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To the men and women of DOJ/FBI: stay strong, keep the faith, be true to the oath you have sworn, be secure in the knowledge that you have the support of the American people. The era of Trump and Barr will pass-their slander, insults and lies will end. We respect & believe in you.
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To the career men & women at DOJ/FBI: your actions and integrity will be unfairly questioned. Be prepared, be strong. Duty. Honor. Country.
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Mark Meadows just doesn’t get it. To use a black woman essentially as an exhibit was, at best, insensitive. Jim Jordan’s focus on Rod Rosenstein is classic obfuscation. Yes, Cohen has lied. He’s a criminal. But he was a chief aide to your President. Awful day for Republicans.
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As you lament the Merrick Garland outrage never forget that McConnell and R’s did not fill lower court seats for YEARS. Those are the seats being filled now. Use the rage of today to get people out to vote and be rid of these people. Your voice matters. Your vote counts. VOTE!.
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Abolish the Electoral College. Have the direct vote of the people choose the President. To ensure national support - if one candidate doesn’t get 50% of the vote have a runoff 4 weeks after the election between the top two vote recipients. More fair. Better for true democracy.
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Anyone who attempts to interfere with or obstruct the Mueller inquiry must be held accountable. This is a red line. We are a nation of laws and norms not subject to the self interested actions of one man.
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You want to save lives and the economy? Wear a damn mask.
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Democracy did not win in Georgia.
1.5 million purged by Brian Kemp. 53k registrations on hold. 4.5 hour lines. 214 polling places closed. Dems falsely accused of cyber crimes. Candidate overseeing own election. As @staceyabrams said, GA race was tainted by voter suppression.
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Be wary. The blue wave is going to hit gerrymandered seawalls. It is not certain that the wave will reach the shores of justice. In Virginia 10% Democratic blue wave in 2017- did not take control. People must vote in huge numbers and fight for fair districts. VOTE!.
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There is no cavalry coming. No miracle solution. No saviors. In the end, we, the American people - not any of our institutions - have to save our democracy by voting in defense of that democracy this fall. We are the cavalry. The responsibility is ours.
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ABSOLUTE RED LINE: the firing of Bob Mueller or crippling the special counsel’s office. If removed or meaningfully tampered with, there must be mass, popular, peaceful support of both. The American people must be seen and heard - they will ultimately be determinative.
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“The truth is that we don’t have an actual presidency right now. We have a tiresome reality show whose ratings have begun to slide — and whose fading star sees cancellation on the way.”
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Adam Schiff is a patriot doing the job Nunes and the complicit/coverup Republicans would not.
Adam Schiff goes off, lists the Trump Tower meeting, sharing of polling data, call to hack Clinton, Kushner back channel, and more: "You might say that's all OK . I think it's unpatriotic. And yes, I think it's corrupt and evidence of collusion."
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This is rich. Mulvaney says that in negotiations Schumer didn’t offer enough to pay for The Wall. Huh? Did something change? We were told Mexico was paying for The Wall, NOT the American taxpayers. #TrumpShutDown.
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In spite of spurious, unjustified and unprecedented attacks, people in federal law enforcement did their jobs and, as usual, did them well. Guilty plea. Guilty verdict. Criminal acts. This is not a witch hunt.
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I said about 8 months ago that the actions and integrity of the men & women at DOJ/FBI would be unfairly questioned. It’s happening. And it will get worse. Be prepared, be strong. You have the support of millions committed to truth, justice and the defense of this nation.
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Wrong/dangerous. Trump doesn’t have absolute rights with DOJ. But women and men there have ABSOLUTE duty to follow Constitution and rule of law - not a man. Career DOJ people have ABSOLUTE right to defy illegal orders. And they will. I know them.
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FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe is, and has been, a dedicated public servant who has served this country well. Bogus attacks on the FBI and DOJ to distract attention from a legitimate criminal inquiry does long term, unnecessary damage to these foundations of our government.
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Trump cannot define or constrain Mueller investigation. If he tries to do so this creates issues of constitutional and criminal dimension.
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Nancy Pelosi has been an effective national leader, an architect of the recent midterm success and a great partner in the fight against gerrymandering. She’s been successful-that’s why she’s a target of the right wing. She should be the next Speaker of the House.
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Number of times over six years that President Obama called and asked me to think about dropping a case: ZERO
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The conduct of AG Barr over the last few weeks and in the hearing today has been shown to be unacceptable. I thought he was an institutionalist, committed to both the rule of law and his role as the lawyer for the American people. I was very wrong. He is protecting the President.
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The Trump Presidency will thankfully end, the damage repaired. The United States must then reassume its role as world leader. What we witnessed today was shameful-siding with Putin and not our Intell community/FBI. Then also blaming America. Unbelievable. Collusion in plain sight.
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Can I hear now from all those who opposed her becoming Speaker? Lesson learned: never buy into the conservative hype and baseless attacks. Be strong dammit.
Democrats don't usually remain this firm, but thanks to Pelosi, they did. And they won.
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Make no mistake, the decisions of the last two days - guns & abortion - are not a function of legal, constitutional interpretation. They are solely the result of a change in Court personnel. This makes the Court a more obvious political institution, not one removed from politics.
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Analyze McCabe firing on two levels: the substance and the timing. We don’t know enough about the substance yet. The timing appears cruel and a cave that compromised DOJ independence to please an increasingly erratic President who should’ve played no role here. This is dangerous.
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This is insane, irresponsible. Georgia, you could have had Stacey Abrams.
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Republican incompetence on display: the federal government is about to be shut down for the third time during the two years of COMPLETE Republican control of that government. Congratulations.
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Conflicts??!! Why don’t YOU release your tax returns. How about that?
When is Bob Mueller going to list his Conflicts of Interest? Why has it taken so long? Will they be listed at the top of his $22,000,000 Report. And what about the 13 Angry Democrats, will they list their conflicts with Crooked H? How many people will be sent to jail and. .
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A person who is pardoned can be put in a grand jury and asked about everything, including the acts for which he was pardoned. Obliged to tell the truth-or perjury charges. A president - through use of the pardon power - cannot therefore insulate himself.
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We have our MOMENT. The entire nation has been galvanized. The patriotic protesters have done well and will continue to do so. This is not enough. We need to construct a MOVEMENT that puts in place the structural reforms necessary for the sweeping changes that are badly needed.
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Trump Administration is detaining babies and toddlers in “tender age shelters” who may never be reunited with their parents. Babies. Babies. You have brought shame to the nation. We are better than this.
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McConnell asks “how did we get here?” Here’s why Mitch- because you and your party don’t give a damn about DACA kids. And don’t forget your party has left CHIP kids without health coverage for months because YOU decided not to fund the program.Hypocrite.Trump shutdown is on you.
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Joy Ann Reid apology. Appropriate. Heartfelt. This unique and compelling voice for tolerance and equality should not be silenced. We learn - and change - from our mistakes. She has.
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Constitution does not anticipate allowing a president who used fraud to obtain the office to remain in power. Executive branch paralysis during the criminal process is not a compelling argument- consider 25th Amendment. A sitting president can be indicted.
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If the Mueller Report contains evidence about impeachable conduct/offenses that, at a minimum, must be shared with Congress. It would be irresponsible for DOJ to hold on to this kind of information - for any reason. No privilege claim would be valid.
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There is no cavalry coming. No miracle solution. No saviors. In the end, we, the American people-not any of our institutions-have to save our democracy by registering and voting in defense of our freedoms the next two months. We are the cavalry. The responsibility is ours.
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Support the Postal Service. It gets no money from taxpayers. It is as old as the nation and helps to bind us together as a country. Stand with the women and men who have been there for us through this pandemic and other crises. This is not a job for the private sector.
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Former United States Attorney Giuliani essentially called FBI agents “stormtroopers”. People he worked with and to whom he owes much of his success. The 82nd Attorney General of the United States - me - calls them what they actually are: patriots.
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The protests of spring must be converted into votes in November. It will be hard. It will be unfair. But if we are successful and elect good people it will be the last time. New legislators can change unfair procedures. No more Wisconsins. No more Georgias. Get ready. Vote.
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Constitution does not require citizenship question. This is purely political. Trump Administration is trying to rig the 2020 Census (to protect gerrymandering) by intimidating people. Don’t be fooled-some states will unfairly lose funds and representation. We will sue.
Following the Trump Administration’s decision to include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, @EricHolder announced "We will litigate to stop the Administration from moving forward with this irresponsible decision.”. Read his full statement -->.
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More DOJ norms being eroded. Trump-a SUBJECT of the investigation-wants access to material related to the inquiry. His Congressional supporters want evidence connected to an ongoing investigation. Time for DOJ/FBI to simply say no-protect the institutions and time tested norms.
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Republican House Intell Comm shut down Russia probe before doing a complete job This is a coverup and a lasting stain on the reputation of what used to be a bipartisan Committee when it was run by Republican Rogers and Democrat Ruppersberger. Politics beat a desire for the truth.
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With the confirmation of Kavanaugh and the process which led to it, (and the treatment of Merrick Garland), the legitimacy of the Supreme Court can justifiably be questioned. The Court must now prove - through its work - that it is worthy of the nation’s trust.
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Are you out of your mind? Instead of looking only at Fox during the Obama years you should have been paying a bit more attention to see how that now defeated Republican Congress treated Obama officials. Your people now simply can’t defend their record or actions.
The Democrats in Congress yesterday were vicious and totally showed their cards for everyone to see. When the Republicans had the Majority they never acted with such hatred and scorn! The Dems are trying to win an election in 2020 that they know they cannot legitimately win!.
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Enough-time for real action. Pass a domestic terrorism bill. Ban assault weapons, high capacity magazines, body armor, silencers. Pass universal background checks, end loopholes: gunshow and Charleston. Pass red flag laws. We can reduce the carnage if pols have the guts to act.
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Hey Mitch-those of us in DC who pay our taxes, send our children to the military to defend our nation, obey the law, want representation in Congress like all other American citizens.That’s not socialism.That’s called equal representation-America was born in fight for this concept.
McConnell calls granting statehood to D.C. and Puerto Rico, “full bore socialism.”
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For the record, many thanks to the people of the FBI for being in touch and for your help during this period. You had my back. Along with the American people, I’ll always have yours.
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You’re busted Newt. Making it easier for more people to vote in a pandemic (the usual fraud claims have been exposed as nonsense), resulting in more people voting “makes it harder for Republicans to win”. Guess you think you have to suppress the vote to win. What a disgrace.
Why is Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger working so hard to add drop boxes and take other steps to make it harder for Republicans to win. Is he really that intimidated by Stacey Abrams?.
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Withhold 90% of relevant documents. No FBI inquiry of sexual assault allegation. An unnecessarily rushed vote. The legitimacy of the Supreme Court is being/will be put into question. This is pernicious and way more important than a political “victory”.
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All lawyers involved in the plot to stop the transfer of power as part of the 1/6 conspiracy must be disbarred.
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McConnell is blocking legislation that would enable states to withstand attacks that are coming from the Russians and others. This is absurd, disgraceful and calls into question his true motives. Republicans, do your damn job-protect our electoral systems.
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After an election in which the fate of Obamacare protections were decisive, a single, hard right judge destroys the system and defeated Republicans support this. It is time to move to some version of Medicare for all and end this nonsense.
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We will sue to stop Wisconsin Republicans from undermining our democracy.
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ANY competent public corruption prosecutor would bring obstruction charges against Trump/and win. Only reason Mueller did not was because of the flawed DOJ restriction against indicting a sitting President. He said so (below). Congress now has a constitutional responsibility.
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Mueller indictment of Russians starts to fill out the other side. Next: who are the actors in this country. The contours of the conspiracy are starting to be detailed. This is hugely significant.
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This Republican tax cut bill is an abomination. Hold people who vote for it accountable in 2018, 2020. Simple: if you vote to blow up the debt, give money to the wealthy, turn your back on the middle class, take away health care for millions — get voted out of office.
@chrislhayes The United States Senate has gone completely off the rails. Lobbyists are writing the bill in secret and duly elected Democratic US Senators have no idea what's in it. The corruption of what used to be the worlds greatest deliberative body is a tragedy.
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Trump move against John Brennan is unjustified- won’t silence him. Nor will his threats silence the others on his enemies list. All of this is designed to obscure facts/sow confusion in anticipation of a damaging report from Special Counsel. Look at everything through that lense.
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This is laughable and you’re a hypocrite. Under the maps you and your colleagues put in place in Wisconsin Democrats won 54% of the Congessional vote and got only 38% of the seats in 2018. Scottie, you’re the father of Wisconsin gerrymandering. You fear a fair system - I don’t.
Former Obama AG @EricHolder has been raising millions of dollars to spend on local legislative and judicial races. They want to throw out old maps in many states and gerrymander Democrats into long-term control of the House. Republicans need to wake up before it’s too late.
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Separating children from parents- as a matter of new policy to discourage asylum seekers - is just the latest outrage from this Administration when it comes to immigrants. This is inconsistent with who we say we are as a nation. Remember Republican silence-one more reason to vote
I am reading these first-hand accounts of mothers who had their children taken from them, with no word of where they were going or how to contact them, and I'm thinking about someone doing that to me and my kids and I feel a rage so powerful I think I'm gonna pass out.
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Stop saying it’s “XX days until Election Day”. It’s actually “XX days until voting ends around the nation.”.
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FBI had time to do a good follow up inquiry. If logical investigation was curtailed by WH this new “report” is a sham. FBI should have/must insist that it be allowed to do a complete job on referred allegations. Reputation for independence of FBI will be otherwise harmed.
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Prove it. Not with alternative facts or ideological BS. With valid statistics. You can't do it.
AG Sessions, speaking in Portland, says "lawless policies" make sanctuary cities " a trafficker, smuggler, or gang member’s best friend.".
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I said this summer the blue wave would run headlong into a gerrymandered system. It did. The blue wave washed over the nation, and would have been much bigger without gerrymandered districts. The system is rigged in too many places against the people.
Democrats flipped 39 U.S. House seats with 8,805,130 MORE VOTES than Republicans nationwide! Now imagine how many more seats Democrats could have flipped without gerrymandered districts!
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Really? Two questions. What is he hiding? And on exactly what basis is the Trump Administration going to LAWFULLY not disclose the tax returns in response to a legitimate Congressional request? This is a direct affront to the rule of law. Serious.
Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on Fox News that Democrats will "never" get Trump's tax returns.
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This is so dangerous and stupid it’s mind boggling. This is a fundamental threat to the rule of law.
Two long running, Obama era, investigations of two very popular Republican Congressmen were brought to a well publicized charge, just ahead of the Mid-Terms, by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because there is not enough time. Good job Jeff. .
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Jordan feels he has to attack the FBI and federal law enforcement to defend Trump. When it comes to credibility the men and women at the FBI/DOJ are far more believable than Trump, Meadows, Gosar or Jordan. They did NOTHING for two years. They can’t handle the truth now.
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Wrong. HR1 fights corruption, restores voting rights, and takes on gerrymandering. This tells you all you need to know about the two parties: Democrats want THE PEOPLE to decide who serves in government. Republicans favor special interests & want to make it harder for you to vote.
H.R. 1 is the far left’s sprawling effort to seize more control of the political process. It’s an attempt to rewrite the rules of American politics to benefit the Democrats and their friends.
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People waiting to vote in Milwaukee - in the middle of a pandemic. This is what Vos, Fitzgerald, the Supreme Courts have done. They have endangered the lives of people who simply want to vote. This is irresponsible. It is shameful. We have to do better for November election.
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Given Supreme Court rulings on mail ballots and Trump's effort to undermine the Postal Service, I strongly suggest that you now vote in person - try early voting or find a drop box. Protect your health but don’t let anyone deprive you of your most precious right. Have a plan.
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Democracy is diminished, put at risk, when those who lose elections do not voluntarily relinquish power.
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Adherence to the rule of law and accepted norms are principal reasons why this nation is exceptional. Trump telling Sessions to end an inquiry where he is, at least, a “subject” challenges all of that. Be warned: We cannot assume that, without defense, our system will endure.
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The next time Trump or the complicit Republicans say they are “pro law enforcement” remember their treatment of the FBI, the DOJ, the career men and women who work there and the ways in which they have flouted the rule of law.
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House Republicans are irresponsibly more concerned with Strzok, Rosenstein and Clinton than they are with Putin/Russian actions. Smoke screen. Trying to delegitimize expected results of Mueller inquiry and protect people in Trump campaign and a very likely complicit President.
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Russian threat to our upcoming elections: do something! Do anything. Impose sanctions overwhelmingly approved by even this dysfunctional congress. Are you simply unfit, without the necessary nerve or do they have something on you? We were attacked!.
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This Administration has been in power for over a year now. They have done nothing to protect our electoral systems from further attacks or to deal meaningfully with the opioid crisis. Inexcusable.
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Unbelievably the Bible is now being cited to justify this policy of separating kids from parents. This is a policy change this Administration put in place that is cruel and inhumane. Where are Republican voices in opposition? You own this.
This is the message you’re getting out: your Administration is cruel, inhumane and acting in a manner inconsistent with American values. You can have secure borders without tearing kids away from their parents.
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Elijah Cummings was the rarest of politicians- he was a man of substance and of grace; fierce in his determination to protect those without a voice and implacable in his search for the truth. Our nation has lost a truly great public servant.
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There is a debt that is owed to those who gave so much so that all Americans would have the right to vote. Honor their sacrifice. No excuses: register and then vote in November.
53 years ago today, the Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Johnson. I shed a little blood on that bridge in Selma and friends of mine gave their lives so that no person would be denied their right to vote. Now do your part—get registered, and vote. #goodtrouble
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