Marion McKeone
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@realDonaldTrump One would think the #US President would have better things to do at a summit on denuclearisation than mock a US Senator's 50 year old military record. Especially considering #Trump dodged the draft with 'bone spurs' claim. #HanoiSummit.
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Concern about #Trump turns to anger as it emerges he tested positive for #COVID19 on Wednesday, 36 hours earlier than announced, & failed to notify #Biden. Donors furious he held #Bedminster fundraiser knowing he was infected. #ChrisChristie 8th inner circle to tested positive
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A sad and messy end to a lengthy career. But it ensures #Biden’s legacy as a decent man, dedicated public servant and President (who achieved far more in his one term than he has yet been given credit for so far) remains intact. The race is now wide open. What a month!.
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So an obese 74-year-old male embarks on an unnecessary course of a dangerous drug, for a condition he doesn't have and for which the drug doesn't work, in an attempt to prove he knows more than medical & science experts. What could possibly go wrong?? #Hydroxychloroquine #Trump.
President Trump says he is taking hydroxychloroquine, even though several recent studies show the drug is ineffective against the coronavirus and may even be harmful
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Shortly after 4 am Washington DC time #JoeBiden was certified as 46th President of the US. #Republicans like #TedCruz whose attempted coup from within should be held as accountable as the mob that stormed the Capitol for the shocking violence that preceded his certification.
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how was security on #CapitolHill breached to this degree? I recall seeing peaceful protesters in wheelchairs being handcuffed outside #MitchMcConnell’s office during protest at #Trump attempts to end Obamacare. these thugs stormed and vandalized the Senate building. #DCProtests.
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For the record, this is the first time the deaths of 400,000+ Americans who died from #COVID19 in the past 10 months have been acknowledged by the nation's leaders, along with the extraordinary sacrifices of health care workers. #Inauguration2021
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#GloriaSteinem tells half a million #marchers in #DC . "This is the upside of the downside. An outpouring of democracy like I've never seen
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Seems #McConnell is calling for #Trump's criminal prosecution. 'President Trump is still liable for everything he did while in office as an ordinary citizen. He didn't get away with anything. Yet. We have a criminal justice system in this country. " Classic Pontus Pilate move.
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Armed #Trump supporters block traffic in #Michigan, preventing #coronavirus first responders from getting to work. Defying #GretchenWhitmer lockdown, they gather outside state capital building brandishing assault weapons with impunity. Not a word of criticism from #Trump or #GOP.
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7 million #Texans are told they must boil tap water before drinking. But due to #TexasPowerOutages, millions have no electricity or means of boiling water. Meanwhile, cost of electricity soars from $22 for a megawatt hour to $9,000. So much for #GregAbbot's deregulation spree.
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The hyprocisy and amorality of @PressSecSanders knows no bounds. To FALSELY accuse @Acosta of 'placing his hands on a young woman' while defending @POTUS who boasts about sexually assaulting women & is accused by 19 women of sexual assault & harassment beggars belief. #AuntLydia.
This is a lie.
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Biden’s granddaughter, daughter of his deceased son Beau, embraces him after a rousing, forward-looking speech. And some pretty impressive fireworks too! JoeBidenPresidentElect #Election2020
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#WHO must remain at the centre of the #covidpandemic response, #Taoiseach tells #UNGA. Urges UN security council to act in face of humanitarian catastrophe and human rights abuses in #Tigray region of Ethiopia.
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British medical magazine the #TheLancet eviscerates #Trump administration's response to #coronavirus and its disempowering of #CDC, urges America to replace Trump as President in 2020 election. Unprecedented.
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That’s it! The race has been called. It’s President-Elect #JoeBiden. We can all get some sleep now.
BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WILL BE PRESIDENT-ELECT, NBC NEWS PROJECTS.
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By any objective standard, this is exemplary oratory.
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#Trump cannot delay election. Date is set by law. This is a stunt to distract from catastrophic economic reports which show the #US economy has imploded. GDP has shrunk by a third in 2nd quarter. Another 1.4 million new jobless claims this week.
With Universal Mail-In Voting (not Absentee Voting, which is good), 2020 will be the most INACCURATE & FRAUDULENT Election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the Election until people can properly, securely and safely vote???.
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With the acquittal in the bag, McConnell brands #Trump's actions a 'disgraceful dereliction of duty.' "There's no question that #Trump is responsible for provoking the events. " Tries to retrieve some integrity by lambasting #Trump after voting to acquit. #ImpeachmentTrial
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This is an extraordinary and depressing day. A jury has unanimously found a former and possibly future President of the United States guilty on all 34 counts. #DonaldTrump is now a convicted felon.
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845 pages, a devastating indictment of an attempted coup, aided and abetted by House Republicans, senior White House advisers, a quack environmental lawyer & a clown car of legal malpractitioners. #January6thReport conclusion: #Trump must not be allowed to run in 2024.
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Quick fact check on my friend and colleague @CalThomas's claim on today's @lstwrd that 90% of women who have sonograms change their minds about having abortions. This was a claim made by the Catholic male group Knights of Columbus and has since been removed from their website.
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Someone is lying. No one has caught #BobWoodward in a deliberate lie in his 50 year career in journalism. We know for a fact that #JohnKelly has lied repeatedly and deliberately, and refused to apologize or admit it when it was irrefutably established that he was lying. #Fear
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Charlottesville August 2017 neo-Nazi rally: ‘very fine people on both sides’ Washington DC January 6 2021 insurrectionists storm #CapitolBuilding ‘We love you.’ #Trump’s America.
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These scenes are chilling. I was caught up in a ‘#Trump caravan’ like this in WV last week. I worked on the Syrian border - this is how the pro-Assad militias behaved to intimidate civilians. Trucks with flags flying, and guns on display. #Election2020.
Tell me again why we’re not supposed to say Trump is a fascist?.
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Trump praises new spirit of national pride that's sweeping across America. Otherwise known as white supremacy . #Trump #AddresstoCongress.
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Attack by #Hamas should be unequivocally condemned and Israel must defend itself. But there are more than 2 million #Palestinian civilians, more than half under 18 and most of them already living in miserable conditions in #Gaza. Retaliation should target #Hamas, not civilians.
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Curl up and dye. Most of us at #RudyGiuliani press conference today thought we were seeing (and hearing) things. @RollCall's Tom Williams captures the meltdown with his photo. Who said Rudy couldn't top #fourseasonstotallandscaping? Hilarious. Except for the coup attempt bit.
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#JoeBiden's @PressSec Jen Psaki holds first briefing. Stresses importance of truth; implicit rebuke of her predecessors in the #Trump administration. Confirms end to Muslim ban, ends diversion of funds for #BorderWall, rejoins #ParisAccord, and announces #Covid relief measures.
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Astonishing performance of #InaugurationDay poem by Poet Laureate #AmandaGorman. Preceded by courageous performance of #AmazingGrace by #GarthBrooks - symbolic gesture of unity in deeply divided country. #Inauguration2021
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🤣😊🤣😂.
I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!.
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Ok I'm not piling on but #unwantedinvanka has produced some photoshopping on Twitter like this one: Neither mean nor spiteful. Just clever and very funny.
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#Biden nominates #JanetYellen as US first female Treasury Secretary, #AvrilHaines as Director of National Intelligence & #LindaThomasGreenfield as #UNAmbassador. Each nominee brings impeccable credentials, integrity & decades of experience. Inspiring role models for young girls.
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#Biden has taken the lead in Pennsylvania with 95 per cent of the vote counted. If he maintains or increases his lead, he will be the next president of the United States. #Elections2020.
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Lights, camera, action. Crowd and media await #KamalaHarris2020 arrival onstage at #Oakland city hall to formally announce her 2020 presidential bid. This is one candidate that could go the distance.
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#FoxNews has cancelled #LouDobbs, one of #Trump's most trenchant acolytes and on-air parroter of baseless allegations of election fraud. His show was dropped hours after #Smartmatic, a voting software company filed a $2.7 bn defamation suit against Dobbs and two other Fox anchors
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History was made today. #KamalaHarris has become America has its first female Vice-President Elect. Finally, black American women, who form the backbone of the Democratic Party have had their tenacity and hard work rewarded. #PresidentBidenVPHarris2020.
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Is Trump going to name every CEO and corporation in the US? This isn’t a #coronavirus briefing. It’s a filibuster / namecheck for his corporate / sports / billionaire buddies. It this was the Oscars he’d have been played off state an hour ago. #WhiteHouseBriefing.
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#SteveBannon was taken off a 150 foot yacht this morning, handcuffed and driven to New York to appear in court later this afternoon. #Bannon #Michael Cohen #PaulManafort #RogerStone #MichaelFlynn #RickGates; all of Trump’s former top tier except #Kushner have been arrested/jailed
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#Biden has just doubled his lead in #Nevada as latest count shows mail-in votes breaking 2-1 in his favour. #ElectionResults2020.
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With hours left in 2024 election it’s worth noting 81 million early voters’ breakdown; North Carolina, Georgia and Pennsylvania show the women v men turnout rate is 56 to 44%. Michigan is55-45%, Wisconsin . This election will be decided by women and Gen Z. #2024Elections
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#WhiteHouse confirms both #Trump and #MelaniaTrump tested positive for #COVID-19. Given his flouting of basic preventative measures,his scorning of masks within and outside the #WhiteHouse this has seemed inevitable for a long time. It throws the #2020election into more chaos.
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Is anyone in the #Trump administration capable of telling the truth?.1.#MayoClinic told #MikePence before his visit about #facemask rule. 2. Pence & his wife lied, claiming he wasn't aware of it. 3. When lie was exposed by @VOANews, reporter was banned from travel with Pence
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A volatile situation that #Trump has just made infinitely worse. Voting ends on Nov 3, not the counting of votes cast. The states certify who the winner is, not the #President. This is heading towards the worst-case scenario; a Supreme Court battle in a tinderbox. #Election2020
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Difficult to know which is more concerning. that #Trump felt the need to take a basic cognitive test. that he felt the need to boast about passing it. or that according to him, his doctors were amazed that he did! .#CognitiveTest
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#JohnLewis's final gift; his funeral serves as an uplifting, timely reminder of America's essential decency and optimism. Three former presidents and House Speaker #NancyPelosi, who served with him for more than 30 years in Congress, culminating with a powerful eulogy from #Obama
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When #Erdogan calls on you ‘maintain restraint and prudence’ you know you’ve got a problem. #Iran will be offering to deploy peacekeepers next! #CapitolBuilding #MAGARiots
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Americans who provide life-saving water and emergency assistance to women and children on migrant trails are prosecuted, while white supremacist vigilantes who terrorize them with guns and hunt them like animals are ignored. #ScottWarren #NoMoreDeaths.
“He gave them food, he gave them water, he gave them a place to stay. He did a bad thing.” -- Anna Wright, @USAO_AZ in her closing argument that #ScottWarren should be convicted.
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RIP #JohnMcCain. America has lost a moral compass that stayed true when his fellow #GOP members jettisoned courage and decency for political expediency. An example of all that is good in America; compassionate, fearless, principled, flawed. An American original and a hero.
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#SarahHuckabeeSanders, @PressSec to leave the #WhiteHouse at end of the month. Like so many other departed #Trump Cabinet members, she leaves with her credibility in shreds having spent the past 31/2 years peddling distortions, lies and misinformation on behalf of the #WhiteHouse
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Finally, a #Republican with functioning vertebrae and spinal cord. Oklahoma Senator #JamesLankford, tells local Tulsa radio he'll 'step in' if Biden doesn't receive Intel Briefings he's entitled to as #PresidentElect, by Friday, as #Trump still refuses to share them.
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It may be coincidental that #Trump's #hydroxychloriquine stunt came at same time NY federal judge #LauraSchoefield refused to delay a lawsuit accusing #DonaldTrump, #IvankaTrump, #DonaldTrumpJr of engaging in an illegal pyramid scam and using #TheApprentice show to promote it.
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#Trump uses cover of #Bannon controversy to quietly disband his 'voting commission' which he claimed would prove 3 million people voted illegally for #HillaryClinton. Unlikely he'll concede there was no evidence to support his claims of voting fraud. More switch & bait.
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After five years of obstruction by the #Trump administration, #HarrietTubman will replace Trump's hero, confederate #AndrewJackson on the $20 bill.
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Unclear whether, according to Saudis, #JamalKhashoggi got into a fistfight with 15 members of the Saudi security services before or after he was dismembered while alive.
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#JeffSessions' brief and less than illustrious career as AttorneyGeneral brilliantly depicted @washingtonpost cartoonist @AnnTelnaes
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The 6-3 #SupremeCourt ruling that any interactions between the President and the Department of Justice are immune from criminal prosecution, should chill everyone. It paves the way to a dictatorship, particularly given Trump’s repeated warnings he will prosecute his enemies.
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Worth mentioning that not a single member of four generations of the #Trump family has served in the US military in peace time, much less during war. A long and undistinguished record of draft-dodging going back to @EricTrump's great grandfather. .
It was truly a life changing experience to be at Omaha Beach in Normandy France on the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The bravery and sacrifice of these men is something America and the world will never forget. #DDay75 #WWII #OmahaBeach
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Overflow crowd outside #CesarChavezHighSchool as security says they’ve had to turn away more than 1000 people ahead of #Obama’s bid to give a boost to #KatieHobbs’ lackluster campaign to become #Arizona’s next governor.
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#DerekChauvin is found guilty of second degree murder, third degree murder and manslaughter.
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#Trump finally gets the memo in first #CoronaVirusUpdate in months. Endorses #masks after four months of ridiculing preventative measures, peddling quack 'cures', defying medical advice, & discrediting #DrFauci. Could it be his plummeting poll numbers? And #GhislianeMaxwell, WTF?
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#COVID19 infections and deaths have dropped dramatically in US over the past two months. 444 COVID deaths and 34,236 new infections today. Compared with 280,000+ new cases and 4400+ deaths on January 18th and vaccinations ahead of schedule, things are heading in right direction.
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If it looks like a President and talks like a President, is it a President? Not yet, apparently. #JoeBiden stops short of declaring victory in a calm, conciliatory address in which he appeals for reconciliation and sets out his stall as 46th President. #Election2020
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In #Pennsylvania, #Trump's lead has shrunk from more than 700,000 votes to just 78,000 votes in less than 24 hours. With at least 300,000 votes still to be counted, will Biden's momentum continue? #ElectionResults2020.
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Here it comes. Trump takes credit for Ford, Walmart, Lockheed Martin etc doing what they were doing anyway. #AddressToCongress.
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Biden now projected to win #WIsconsin bringing his projected electoral college tally to 237 vs 213 for #Trump. Looks like #Pennsylvania could be the #Florida of 2020. But if #Biden hits 270 without Pennsylvania, a #Trump attempt to have #SupremeCourt decide outcome is moot.
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#Michigan federal judge #LindaParker rules that the 9 #Trump lawyers who brought lawsuits claiming without evidence that the 2020 election was stolen from #Trump will face suspension or disbarment, pay all legal fees and attend election law classes. Well worth reading judgement.
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Another blow to #Trump's clown-car coup as #Michigan's canvassers certify the results, confirming its slate of 16 electors will vote for #JoeBiden. Meanwhile, #Giuliani's 'elite strike force' legal team is in complete disarray with QAnon champion #SidneyPowell's ouster.
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#Impeachment2 is not a criminal trial, but the fact that #GOP Senators #LindseyGraham, #TedCruz and #MIkeLee, who are all jurors, met with #Trump's team for several hours today to plot tomorrow's defense strategy doesn't exactly inspire confidence. On any level.
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A week ago, in a ruling that was celebrated on the #NRA's social media, a #Colorado judge struck down a #Boulder local law that banned AR 15 type assault weapons - the same one that was used by the killer today, according to local police.
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Police in Boulder, Colorado, reported an ‘active shooter’ at a King Soopers grocery store, and aerial footage broadcast live from the scene by local media showed one person being placed in an ambulance and a man in handcuffs
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The most dispiriting, mean-spirited spectacle I can recall. Credit to #Biden for mostly steady performance in the face of vindictive, false attacks by #Trump so beneath the dignity of the office. But it certainly showed American voters there is a very clear choice on #November3rd
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Thousands of miles and dozens of events, all on a trucker’s diet of Snickers, crisps, coffee - and country music! I’ll be reporting on the surreal final stretch of the #2020 election campaign.
Will #lockdown work and what happens when the 6 weeks are up? @marionmckeone on the ground in the US as #Election2020 grows even more tense. Don't miss our exclusive @REDCResearch poll on party support and #Covid19 restrictions. Pick up a copy or subscribe
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This is precisely what the country needs. #Election2020.
Congratulations to President-elect Biden. I have prayed for our President most of my adult life. I will be praying for you and your success. Now is the time to heal deep wounds. Many are counting on you to lead the way.
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The #Biden outdoor stage in Wilmington, Delaware, has started doing soundchecks. Further updates on #Pennsylvania's mail in votes are likely to be made public later this evening. #ElectionResults2020.
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Perhaps it's because she's not a politician, but #MichelleObama's speech has a power, authenticity and immediacy that few communicators - political or non-political - can match. Terrific asset for #JoeBiden campaign. And #EvaLongoria a late addition as MC is doing a great job.
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#Trump tells wife #MelaniaTrump to smile as they use #StJohnPaulIINationalShrine as backdrop to another photo op amid national turmoil and #GeorgeFloydProtests. This image says it all.
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These are photos show what 50,000 people looks like. They don't even show the whole crowd. This is the number of people that have died in America since March 1st from #coronavirus. Meanwhile, #Trump uses the daily briefings peddle lies, quack cures and dogwhistles to his base.
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Unprecedented outpouring of adulation for #Biden as he takes to the stage visibly overcome by the show of respect and affection that has eluded him until now.
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Too late for impeachment but this certainly seems to have elements necessary for a criminal indictment. #trumptapes.
@cooper_m @marionmckeone can he be impeached again?.
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New #Dominion documents reveal #RupertMurdoch and #FoxNews hosts made decision to lie consistently to viewers about 2020 election outcome. Lying was a business decision based on fear that telling viewers the truth would prompt exodus from Fox to other right wing broadcasters.
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#DrFauci’s best option is to resign. #Trump made his position untenable; simultaneously muzzling him while subjecting him to a #WhiteHouse smear campaign. His advisory role is thwarted by Trumps refusal to listen. If he quits he can advise public/state govs far more effectively.
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"This guy is mentally retarded. He's this dumb Southerner. He couldn't even be a one-person country lawyer down in Alabama." The President of the United States speaking about his Attorney General #JeffSessions according to #Fear, #BobWoodward's book on #Trump White House.
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Putting members of the Secret Service, and everyone else involved in facilitating this joyride, which served no purpose other than to gratify #Trumps ego, shows how little he has learnt.
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This is shameful. #JaredKushner and #KanyeWest are amongst those who obtained loans through the #PaycheckProtectionProgram, which was intended to help small local businesses keep their employees on their payroll while being forced to shut down because of #coronavirus .
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#GhislaineMaxwell facing life in prison as jury finds her guilty on five of six charges relating to conspiracy, grooming and sex trafficking of underage girls at the behest of #JeffreyEpstein. Acquitted on second count of enticement of a minor 'Jane' to travel between 1994-1997.
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Smart move by #MerrickGarland in filing motion to unseal documents in #FBI search of Mar-A-Lago. Release of warrant, affidavit and return would reveal the reason for search and what was found. Trump has until 3 pm tomorrow to respond. Calls his bluff. If he objects - game over.
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The #Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict #Trump on criminal charges that are believed to relate to 'hush money' payments related to the 2016 election, the New York Times has reported. It's the first time in US history that a US President has faced criminal charges.
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Thank goodness that’s over. By turn alarming and depressing. You can almost smell the panic in the #Democratic Party as a feeble, incoherent #Biden failed to deliver and a truculent angry #Trump lied his way through the entire debate. #Debates2024
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