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February 13, 2021
Are the people complaining about the Trump trial armchair lawyers or armchair political strategists?
It's hard to tell where their expertise lays.
February 13, 2021
Claire McCaskill reporting current plan is that there will NOT be witnesses on the Senate floor.
Congresswoman Herrera Beutler would be deposed, and the transcript would be entered into the Court record.
February 13, 2021
BREAKING (CNN): Source close to Pence say Trump lawyer lied
https://twitter.com/AnaCabrera/status/1360393866663374849
February 13, 2021
Rand Paul was otherwise engaged.....
https://twitter.com/msbellaf/status/1360428823444078592
February 13, 2021
May we have a moment of remembrance for DIAMOND & SILK...
...who from now on will need to rely on their supposed ability to sing?
February 12, 2021
Read more: https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-co-founder-resigns-ad554687-f2d1-4b7c-ac0c-5aa555fb312f.html
Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns
Source: Axios
Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative, is the latest and most high-profile departure from the group, which is reeling from revelations that another co-founder, John Weaver, used offers of professional advancement in a series of attempts to solicit sex from young men.
Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative, is the latest and most high-profile departure from the group, which is reeling from revelations that another co-founder, John Weaver, used offers of professional advancement in a series of attempts to solicit sex from young men.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/lincoln-project-co-founder-resigns-ad554687-f2d1-4b7c-ac0c-5aa555fb312f.html
February 12, 2021
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/trump-mccarthy-shouting-match-details/index.html
New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters
Source: CNN
Washington (CNN)In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.
"Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are," Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward by McCarthy.
McCarthy insisted that the rioters were Trump's supporters and begged Trump to call them off.
Trump's comment set off what Republican lawmakers familiar with the call described as a shouting match between the two men. A furious McCarthy told the President the rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, and asked Trump, "Who the f--k do you think you are talking to?" according to a Republican lawmaker familiar with the call.
"Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are," Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward by McCarthy.
McCarthy insisted that the rioters were Trump's supporters and begged Trump to call them off.
Trump's comment set off what Republican lawmakers familiar with the call described as a shouting match between the two men. A furious McCarthy told the President the rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, and asked Trump, "Who the f--k do you think you are talking to?" according to a Republican lawmaker familiar with the call.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/12/politics/trump-mccarthy-shouting-match-details/index.html
February 12, 2021
The Trump defense video...
"Third time's the charm" or "three strikes and you're out"?
February 12, 2021
TurboVax finds the latest appointments from 43 city and state-run vaccine sites in the NYC area.
Follow our Twitter (@turbovax) to be instantly notified when appointments open up.
Refresh this page often. Appointments are published to this page in real-time.
https://twitter.com/turbovax/status/1360306825359486977
A COVID vax appointment aggregator for NYC
https://www.turbovax.infoTurboVax finds the latest appointments from 43 city and state-run vaccine sites in the NYC area.
Follow our Twitter (@turbovax) to be instantly notified when appointments open up.
Refresh this page often. Appointments are published to this page in real-time.
https://twitter.com/turbovax/status/1360306825359486977
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Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
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