#Senate

Well looks like we have our list of people who had access to Flynn's unmasked identity! Quite a long list...#ButNothingsHappening https://twitter.com/MuseScry/status/1260636723773612032 So 16 different unmasking requests were made for @GenFlynn&#
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The solution to Joe Manchin being terrible is not primarying Joe Manchin. It's electing more Democratic senators from other states. We don't have a ton of battleground to work with,
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A quick word on this: Bork was voted down in bipartisan fashion b/c his opponents believed, correctly, that he was an ideologue whose ideology was not congenial to theirs. If
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Why Kamala Harris is not a good VP pick, a thread:As District Attorney of San Francisco, Kamala Harris did not cooperate with victims fo clergy secual abuse.https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2019/06/26/kamala-harris-clergy-abuse/amp/
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BREAKING (CNN): Mike Flynn Lawyer Sidney Powell—Who Accused Trump Ally Brian Kemp of Conspiring with the CIA and Venezuelan Communists—Was Indeed "Fired" From Trump's Legal Team (Note: Trump Lawyer Giuliani
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BREAKING: President Trump is firing the US intelligence community inspector general who flagged the Ukraine whistleblower complaint that led to the president being impeached.https://on.msnbc.com/39Hwhno  Senate Minority Leader Schumer: "Mic
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Hey there. I hear you and obviously understand the importance of the seat. Here's my perspective. With 21 candidates in the race, no one is going to get 50% in
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Emo Trash on Connecticut Politics (A thread)Settle in, there's some stuff really worth knowing about what's going on in Connecticut right now Firstly, this is Jeff Desmarais. He is running
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This op-ed is a good roadmap laying out the relatively limited arguments that remain for defenders of the filibuster. It's worth taking a minute to break them down.https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/512512-unintended-consequences-o
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Fuck it, here's the thread of all the worst copy I've ever seen. Many have gone mad trying to decipher this slogan Similarly maddening although one person suggested they're using
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THREAD: So let's consider how laughable the idea of Chad Wolf, aka @DHS_Wolf, as a Senate-confirmed DHS secretary should be—compared to the resumes and experience of his predecessors:https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/12982965
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Going to vent here.The Texas Legislature not sharing bills they've passed with the public irritates me to no end.Seriously, back on Thurs, a Texas House committee passed major election bills
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Thread: "What I always find puzzling when we talk about this is, why, given that history, people now believe that the payments system is a government service.” Badly-needed perspective on
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Inbox: @MaketheRoadNY condemns Gov. Cuomo's "disastrous" budget. Worth reading these in detail: On rollbacks to bail reform and failure to help renters: And what the budget does to immigrants--many of
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RBG was confirmed 96-3 in the Senate 963Clock activated.RED_CASTLE.GREEN_CASTLE.Stage_5:5[y] Stage_5:5[y] https://twitter.com/danscavino/status/1306767853308313601?s=21
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BREAKING: President Biden is making a historic pick for Census Bureau director with Latinx statistician Robert Santos, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would be the bureau’s first permanent director
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