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"Must" is a pretty strong

moat — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 13:04:40 +0000

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"Must" is a pretty strong word.
That the matter came through Administration officials in the first place suggests the monolith has begun to fracture.

Trump's own kind of Kompromat

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 06:06:40 +0000

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Trump's own kind of Kompromat. For sure he does more than just dangle pardons to buy silence.

Doh. Turns out Ivanka is

artappraiser — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 02:24:16 +0000

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Doh. Turns out Ivanka is gonna play the Nancy Reagan role:

So cute! Her father is under siege, for no reason, since his first day in office! https://t.co/8wtB3H4fth
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 26, 2019

OLC: Because the intelligence

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:03:12 +0000

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OLC: Because the intelligence whistleblower reported wrongdoing by the president, the details should go not to the House but to federal prosecutors

Also OLC: Because the president is the president, "only the House [...] has the authority to bring charges of criminal misconduct" pic.twitter.com/CAlkAhSTYW
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) September 26, 2019

Rick Wilson retreated:

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 22:01:09 +0000

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Rick Wilson retweeted:

Lankford: "Didn't read it."
Hoeven: "Didn't read it."
Braun: "Didn't read it."
Alexander: "Didn't read it."
Portman: "Didn't read it."
Cotton: "No comment."
Blunt: "Ask me later."
Rubio: "(nonanswer)"
Risch: "Nothing there"
Rounds: "(nonanswer)"
Ernst: "Didn't read it." https://t.co/K1AA2LAVTf
— Charles Gaba (@charles_gaba) September 26, 2019

I should add that many on

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:55:31 +0000

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I should add that many on Twitter are not happy with what Dean Baquet decided to do above; both "Dean Baquet" and #CancelNYT are trending topics. Many are calling it a "doxing" and pointing out that Trump has already threatened to do a Putin on the doxxed.

Preet Bharara licking chops:

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:29:56 +0000

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Preet Bharara licking chops:

Hiring Corey Lewandowski, would show the exact level of wisdom that hiring Rudi Giuliani did
— Roland Mole (@RFK1966) September 26, 2019

Breaking! Deep State

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:20:43 +0000

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Breaking! Deep State confirmed! Time for Qanon to man up! To the barricades? On second thought, the NYTimes could be in on creating a false flag...gotta be careful...

Breaking News: The whistle-blower is said to be a CIA officer who was assigned to work at the White House. His complaint suggests he is a trained analyst. https://t.co/wA0GOwwiWX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 26, 2019

Dean Baquet, our executive editor, explains why we chose to publish the information about the whistle-blower https://t.co/5BtDXYpoiz pic.twitter.com/s0mZaivG3t
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 26, 2019

Still a Queens boy thru and

artappraiser — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:17:01 +0000

In reply to DT uses exactly the same

Still a Queens boy thru and thru.

DT uses exactly the same

moat — Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:10:11 +0000

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DT uses exactly the same language he did to threaten protesters during campaign. One trick pony wanders randomly onto the BQE.