Elizabeth de la Vega 🇺🇸🦅
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21yr Fed Pros (Org Crime, Chief SJ Branch), Past Stanford Law Pro Bono Dir/Lecturer & US Dist Ct. Clerk. Pub. Famous quote: "Keep talking, moron."
Joined June 2017
This is not hard to understand. We -- women over 65 -- have fought for our rights for our ENTIRE lives and WE ARE NOT GOING BACK.
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In all seriousness, as a former federal prosecutor, I can tell you that a statement like Elon Musk's below DOES require an immediate visit by the U.S. Secret Service. That is the protocol in every similar situation.
Ok this requires an IMMEDIATE visit by the secret service and federal charges. Lock this guy up. This is so dangerous.
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If you are a republican congressperson who is afraid you will be assassinated if you vote to impeach Trump, that is EXACTLY why you should vote to impeach Trump.
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A bank employee who was discovered to have given a tour of the bank to the criminals who robbed the bank the next day would not be allowed to remain a bank employee for one second after that discovery.
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President Trump.in the dining room.with a burner phone.
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Hearing rallygoers saying, "How is this happening in this country?" makes me want to punch out a wall.
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What nationality are Baptists?.What nationality are Muslims?.What nationality are Atheists?.What nationality are Catholics?.What nationality are Baha'is?.What nationality are Unitarians?.What nationality are Hindus?.What nationality are Buddhists? .What nationality are Trumpists?.
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DOJ can file charges against Trump in the DC Circuit right now. That, to me, is a better alternative than filing an appeal.
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Remember people: The judge specifically said that Stone lied to cover up for the president. If Trump pardons Stone or commutes his sentence, he will be aiding Stone in that cover-up.
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Portland protesters could really mess with Trump, his plans -- and his mind -- by staging massive peaceful protests against Trump, away from federal property, outside of federal jurisdiction.
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This is going to be my mantra for the near future.
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The entire Department of Homeland Security should be abolished. Sound radical? It's not. It is only 18 years old. We need to go back to the drawing board.
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Thread: . I don't know if anyone has explained this to the president, but he is now facing the possibility of charges that could realistically result in life imprisonment. If you follow me on Twitter, you know that I am not prone to exaggeration. I'm not exaggerating now. 1/.
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I will be amazed if Trump does not steal actual physical objects from the White House on his way out.
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How has Trump survived all these years with almost no basic knowledge and zero common sense? It's an amazing thing to consider.
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Trump is not being "booted off" the Maine ballot or "deprived of access" to it. He has, rather, been found unqualified to appear on the ballot because he orchestrated an attack on the U.S. Constitution. He is, simply, ineligible to run for POTUS because of his own misconduct.
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The Blackwater pardons are, by far, the worst.
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The president sends toddlers -- whose little legs barely reach the seat's edge, who've been ripped from their parents' arms, who don't know where they are or what people are saying -- into court to "represent themselves." We don't want to hear from the GOP about "due process.".
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Every editorial board in the country should be calling upon every senator to voted to convict Donald Trump.
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My quarantine activity? .Building a rock wall. By myself. Finished one 12 foot section today! .And, yeah, I'm pretty proud of myself. 🦚
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How does the media play clips of Trump's breathless, bizarre speeches and not say a damn word about his obvious impairment?.
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Pence's refusal to leave the Capitol on January 6 is an extremely important evidentiary fact.
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The reason so many people have spent the last four years investigating Trump is that he is a serial criminal. That is, quite obviously, on him. If more time had been spent investigating and prosecuting Trump decades ago, as it should have, he'd never have set foot in the WH.
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The shame of Katie Britt is not just that she lied. It's far, far worse. She stole the truth of the brave young woman who testified yrs ago to the horrific ordeal she suffered in Mexico & used it, shamelessly, to argue that we shouldn't allow people from Mexico into this country.
This this this!!! ⤵️⤵️⤵️⤵️🔥🔥🔥.
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Trump's aides are "defending" him by claiming "he doesn't understand" his conduct was corrupt. But, he totally understands that. That's why he lies about it.
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There is something very childish about Amy Coney Barrett.
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Are Republicans going to insist on eating the uninspected pork anyway until the anonymous tipster is identified???.
Half a million pounds of pork products recalled after anonymous tip
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For years, from when I was 8 and she was 16, my sister took me into Boston to buy me a back-to-school dress. One year, I lost the bag with the dress in it. I was distraught, but Tricia just smiled at me and bought me another, with her part-time job money. She passed away today.💔.
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At the end of the day, Trump is really a shitty president. He is also a shitty president at the beginning of the day. Not to mention throughout the damn day.
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Prediction: Trump is going to say he really wants the warrant and property receipt to be unsealed, but his lawyers are telling him it's not legally advisable. So he is reluctantly going to follow their advice. 😉.
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Am I the only one who finds this parade of CEOs absolutely DISGUSTING????.
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@EdwardNorton Absolutely right @EdwardNorton. This is such a smart thread, I just read it three times. Trump is desperate, trying to buy time, and making it up as he goes along. He's a criminal on the run.
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Just a few days after the WH received Bolton's book, on 1/3/20, Trump ordered an attack on Iran and the killing of Soleimeini, a dream come true for Bolton. Is it a stretch to think Trump may have been partly motivated by a hope this move would appease Bolton & keep him quiet?🤔.
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Okay! .LA Times Editorial Board: Trump should be impeached. Boston Globe Editorial Board: Trump must be impeached. Chicago Sun-Times Edit Board: Trump must be impeached.
LA Times Editorial: President Trump should be impeached
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I am a boomer and, prior to my attending law school, I remember being told by a potential employer that he couldn't possibly consider me because I'd probably just get pregnant so training me in the position would be a waste of time. We are not going back. #HarrisForPotus2024.
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Anyone trying to undermine Bob Mueller based on his personal conduct is taking on an impossible task. In over three years of working with him, the wildest thing I ever saw him do was eat two red Twizzlers one day after lunch.
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Why do they take pictures of themselves all the damn time? I need to understand this.
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My late brother had a lifelong stutter. His speech was halted because he had to rework comments in his head to find words he could say without a stutter, even as he was speaking about complex subjects. That is what Biden is often doing. Do you know how hard it is to do that???.
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If Barr's a no-show, put his name plate on the table in front of a chair. Vote to issue a subpoena. Then Dems use their time to read: (1) each misleading statement from Barr letter v. actual report; and (2) facts (not analysis) from Vol. II. Don't waste time responding to GOP.
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I hate to say it, and I'm sure many will disagree (especially men), but what is happening in Georgia with Fani Willis would not be happening if she were a man, particularly a white man.
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Media: Tomorrow, please describe to Trump the hell Covid-19 victims endure in their final hours. Do it in the form of a question that begins: "Are you aware that. ?" Please do that for the people who have died, those who are going to die, all of their loved ones. For all of us.
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When you're told your docs must be archived because you're the POTUS, but you nevertheless eat them, shred them into bits, have boxes of them brought to your house, cause them to be burned & flush them down the toilet, it's hard to successfully claim it was all a big mistake.
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The USPS delivers nearly 182M pieces of first class mail every single day. That's just a part of what they do. Some of Trump's wealthy donor friends should explain to him that letting the USPS die would be disastrous for commerce of all kinds.
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Katy Tur is only 40, but she just introduced Jon Meacham as Michael Beschloss and then corrected herself by calling Jon Meacham "Jon Mitchum." . She really should step aside.
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Media shouldn't assume most people in the U.S. know that a president is not authorized to use the military to overthrow an election. Media shouldn't assume most people know what "sedition" means. Fewer than half the people in the U.S. can name all three branches of government.
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But you didn't. You didn't sign the Whistleblower Protection Act. The law in its present form was signed by President Clinton in 1998. You are a liar and an idiot @realDonaldTrump, which is why you are going to be impeached.
To think I signed the Whistleblower Protection Act!.
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She is not even remotely mean. She is passionate and righteously angry. It's a fantastic look.
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Calling the President's conduct childish is accurate, but it gravely minimizes its seriousness. The simple truth is that, today, the President of the United States publicly announced that would no longer do his job. He should, therefore, either resign or be impeached.
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Here is a point I never thought I would have to make: A man who is under active FBI investigation for participation in a $26 million dollar fraud scheme should not be the Attorney General of the United States.
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He doesn't deserve to finish the first term.
New polling: 6 in 10 say Trump does not deserve a second term.
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During Watergate, nine lawyers associated with Nixon were convicted of federal crimes.
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👀.Those who want Trump to get a pass for organizing and inciting a mob attack on the Capitol because his "attempted coup failed" are ignoring three facts: ONE: Organizing & inciting a mob attack on Congress would be impeachable even if the goal were not to carry out a coup. 1/.
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Trump, from the WH, has committed among the most egregious crimes ever committed in this country. As much as we need him out of office, a resignation and pardon is no solution. If he resigns, he will continue to foment violence, not missing a beat. He must be prosecuted. /End.
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Democratic leaders need to explicitly state, publicly, that Trump is unstable and dangerous. They need to stop making snide/ indirect comments about it. They must stop joking about it. They need to say it soberly and seriously. Ads making this point are good, but not sufficient.
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A debate without fact-checking is just a free-for-all.
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In claiming "no experimental procedures," ICE is raising a red herring. Performing medically unnecessary hysterectomies is not the same as an experiment; it is, rather, an intentional act of eugenics.
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THREE: A failed coup attempt is the ONLY type of coup for which an official cd be held accountable, at least in the near term. If trump had succeeded, we'd be unable to hold him accountable. Obviously, we don't have to wait for a coup to succeed before doing something about it!.
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This is not a particularly lawyerly thing to say -- or even minimally lawyerly -- but I am so utterly, thoroughly, colossally sick of this criminal fool who has held this country hostage for so long.
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Mourning in America, the ad, is banned on Facebook. Mourning in America, indeed.
Mourning In America—the ad that so enraged @realDonaldTrump—is now running on TV and digital media in the critical swing states of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Iowa.
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I would like to make a motion to table Mitch McConnell.
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Manhattan DA's office is subpoenaing Bannon records. Why, that just warms my heart.
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I don't think Barr will resign, but the call -- from all of us -- should be that he resign or he gets impeached by the House. House impeachment hearings against Barr would reveal a raft of additional behind-the-scenes machinations.
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Standard sentencing factors heavily favor a likelihood that Judge Merchan will sentence Trump to a prison term. Why is that? . He was convicted on 34 counts; .He enlisted others to join in the crimes; .He was the leader of the conspiracy; .His crimes involved complex plans; 1/.
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Why is Alan Dershowitz on @CNN? Why is his presence countenanced anywhere in civil society?.
“I had sexual intercourse with [Alan] Dershowitz at least six times,’’ Roberts wrote in the 2015 court affidavit. “The first time was when I was about 16, early on in my servitude to [Jeffrey] Epstein.’’ .
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Everybody warning about the Colorado and Maine decisions being "terrible precedent" needs to get real. It is remarkably easy not to orchestrate or engage in an insurrection. I think future candidates will be able to jump this hurdle.
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If any NY prosecutor already has a significant case ready to charge against Trump, they should bring it now. The public deserves to see the charges before the election and Trump is dangerous.
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As I walked by a very elderly woman in a wheelchair at the hospital today, I heard her ask:"What day is it?" "Friday," was the reply. Then she said: "Well, if it's Friday, I'm going to be on alert for any sign they're going to impeach that idiot in the WH." 🎆 True Story.
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Why, yes. Yes, that is exactly what DA Fani Willis is saying.
Bobb: Fani Willis is essentially is saying the Republican Party of Georgia is a criminal organization.
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FORMAT FOR MUELLER APPEARANCE: I can't stress this enough. When Special Counsel Mueller appears before @HouseJudiciary, the format can't be the 5 min segments; it can't even be 1/2 hour for Dems & GOP staff counsel. It's imperative he be given ALL the time he needs to present 1/.
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Trump's own signature on Trump org checks used to pay personal expenses of Weisselberg & his family makes it VERY hard for him to successfuly claim he knew nothing of the tax fraud. But what other Trump Org checks did he sign for personal expenses, for his family and for himself?.
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I can not fucking believe we're debating whether to impeach a potus who, for his own ends, spearheaded a mob attack on Congress that shut it down, terrorized 2000 people, injured 100's and led to 5 deaths, including that of an officer beaten to death with a fire extinguisher.
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Correct, @AndrewFeinberg. The judge has ordered cancellation of all [NYS] business certs of "any entity controlled or beneficially owned by Donald J. Trump, Donald Trump, Jr, Eric Trump, Alan Weisselberg, & Jeffrey McConney. An independent receiver will manage the dissolutions.
NEW: If I am reading this right, Judge Engoron has found that Donald Trump committed fraud and has ordered the cancellation of all of his New York business certificates and the dissolution of the Trump Organization.
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This is precisely what I would like to know.
@MuellerSheWrote Can anyone explain what the legitimate uses of morphine and fentanyl would be in the White House pharmacy considering they don’t do surgery that requires sedation?.
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We should make clear, at every turn, the extent to which Trump's alignment with Putin & Russia -- before, during & after his presidency -- has contributed to Putin's massive vicious attack on Ukrainians. Making this connection explicit isn't partisan; it is telling the truth.
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Trump. Made. It. All. Up.
@laraseligman @SpeakerPelosi @JuliaDavisNews @helenecooper @julianbarnes @Tmgneff The drone feed Trump watched couldn't show what was happening in an underground tunnel, much less if Baghdadi was whimpering or crying––and at the time of his remarks, the body cam footage hadn't been given to the White House. Trump just made all this up.
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Which is stupider: Wishing people a happy Good Friday in all caps or announcing that a virus is a genius because it's "smarter" than antibiotics?.
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I entirely agree. The Secret Service (not Trump's protection detail but criminal investigative agents) should be knocking on Trump's door with a complaint and arrest warrant.
I know from experience how the Secret Service interacts with people who make threats against POTUS, even ones they can't carry out. This, from a former President, is totally out of bounds. It's time to stop letting Trump break the rules. Long past time.
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Okay, gonna be gone for a while. We're headed down to the Town Clerk's Office to see what they think my husband should take for acid reflux.
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Maybe this is an indication that Trump should be impeached.
“Pentagon and intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction — and the.
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We are in the fight of our lives. It's cool, apparently, to say GOP won't impeach or convict Trump. But, while we're in the damn fight, let's keep the pressure on the GOP. Why let them off the hook with low expectations? Forget about predictions. Argue for what they SHOULD do.
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Bill Barr is still saying he would vote for Trump over Biden. So, let's not pretend he is some kind of good guy.
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Does anyone want to tell Eric Trump that defendants don't "take discovery" on witnesses in criminal cases or should we just let him continue to make a fool of himself?.
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THEORY -- In the end, the Trump/Flynn/Pence facts will be these: Trump asked Flynn to do the calls. Pence knew about them and that sanctions were discussed. Flynn didn't lie to Pence. 1/.
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Every media reference to Bannon's smear campaign against Biden should include this fact: . Bannon is out on bond pending trial on fraud charges. Fraud=lying, deceit, false info and fictitious promises.
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Breaking News:. I have "agreed" that my husband should clean the garage today. I am going to tell him about the agreement when he wakes up.
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I am totally sick of Kornacki's Biden bashing too. It's gratuitous and unfounded.
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The way for Biden to handle issues of whether to investigate Trump and Trump administration officials is simple: Appoint an Attorney General who is a smart, fair and experienced federal prosecutor. Then stay out of it. That's it.
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On top of all the many reasons why Trump must be impeached, one we rarely mention is this: Trump has abused his power so egregiously, arbitrarily and recklessly that he has debased the office of the presidency and brought shame and worldwide opprobrium upon the United States.
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Guess who each gave $250,000 to Trump's inauguration? CoreCivic & GEO Corp. Both huge beneficiaries of Trump's cruel detentions.
Huge corporations should not be profiting from the detention of human beings. Period.
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So, @brithume, I notice you've never been a prosecutor or a lawyer. But, having been a prosecutor for over 2 decades, I assure you that impeachment is not the "ultimate" or any penalty at all. It's a constitutional mechanism to remove a president who has egregiously abused power.
@Mimirocah1 Dumb answer. Failed crimes don’t get the ultimate penalties. Impeachment is the ultimate penalty.
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If I could stand and clap while typing I would be doing just that @JoyceWhiteVance. Fabulous job!👏👏👏👏👏Yes, people, tell everyone you know: If anyone other than the president had committed this conducted, he/she would have been indicted by now. It's not even a close call.
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Why Must Trump Be Impeached? .It's as simple as A, B, C, D & E:.A = Abuse of Power.B = Bribery .C = Corruption.D = Deceit & Dirty Self-Dealing.E = Extortion.
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Don't retweet Nick Fuentes clips. This is not hard, people. When you disseminate vile hatred on a social media website, even if you are doing it to call out the vile hatred, you are disseminating vile hatred.
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I also think the Democrats are way underestimating the rage of the American people against Trump.
@howroute I honestly think Republicans are way underestimating the rage of the American people against Trump. If they don’t pay attention they’re going to be destroyed in the 2020 Elections up and down the ballot. I’m hearing it from people who normally don’t even TALK about politics!.
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I was hired by a Reagan-appointed US Atty. No one in the office talked politics. The only time I even heard Reagan mentioned was when his personal aide phoned the office w/a call from POTUS to tell the US Atty he'd named him to a judgeship and our receptionist put him on hold.😂.
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I do not believe Barr watched 8 hours of security footage. I don't believe anything he says.
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I'm apoplectic already about this interview. Biden goes over all the incredible stuff he's done and GS's response is to say, "But all that takes a toll. " How about granting that what Biden has done is extremely impressive?.
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You reap what you sow. Among decent people, he is a pariah. He's brought it on himself thru his conduct -- not just a single mistake, not mistakes at all, a lifetime of deceit, corruption, indifference to others and love of hatred. He should be a pariah for the rest of his life.
“Trump did not sit with the Lerner family, the principal owners of the Nationals. A representative for the Lerner family put in a request to MLB to not be put in position to turn down a request from the White House to sit with Trump, according to WUSA.” .
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I can't think of a single person in Trump's orbit who's even tolerable, much less likeable. Not one. He is a vile man living a vile life surrounded by vile people. Except for announcements of charges against him, I don't want to see his name or hear anything about him ever again.
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