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kpete's JournalYes they can. Yes they are. Yes we will
I dont know who needs to hear this, besides everyone in America. We have Nancy Pelosi over in the house busting the Presidents brand and meanwhile folks are questioning whether a woman can lead, whether a woman can take on this president. Yes they can. Yes they are. Yes we will
https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1217102176771813376
Wow! So proof of Trump's guilt doesn't matter because the Republicans already know he's guilty!
Brit Hume says that even if John Bolton testifies that Trump withheld military aid to Ukraine to pressure them into investigating Biden, it doesnt add anything because most Republicans already believe thats what happened even though they wont say that
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1217242001071992832
Putin and Assad caught on video laughing as they mock Trump during Damascus meeting
If Trump arrives along this road [to Damascus], everything will become normal with him too, Assad said, according to a translation of the conversation. Putin then quipped that Trump would jump at the offer and if not, hell convince him to visit the countrys capital. It will be repaired invite him. He will come. Assad replied that hes ready to invite Trump. Putin then smiles and says, I will tell him.The inspiration for the joke was the biblical story of the Apostle Paul, who was struck blind by God while on a road to Damascus, only later to be transformed into a follower of Christ.
https://twitter.com/dimsmirnov175/status/1216357048062967808
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/01/watch-putin-and-assad-caught-on-video-laughing-as-they-mock-trump-during-damascus-meeting/
Unbelievable that this even has to be said.
Trump-Republicans RAN ON repealing Obamacare, whose foundation is barring insurers from rejecting people with pre-existing conditions.
Trump-Republicans are in court RIGHT NOW trying to end ACA pre-existing conditions coverage.
Nancy Pelosi
No, Trump didnt save preexisting conditions 👇👇"People with preexisting medical problems have health insurance protections because of President Barack Obamas health care law, which Trump is trying to dismantle."
https://apnews.com/ce8b02c23096381739418e48fee5c6e1
https://twitter.com/JoyAnnReid/status/1217131186033713152
Lev Parnas Shown in Photo With Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner
Lev Parnas met Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, according to a previously unreleased photo shared with The Daily Beast by Parnas attorney Joseph Bondy. The picture, published here for the first time, indicates that Parnasa Ukraine-born ex-associate of Rudy Giulianis who has been charged with a series of Federal Election Campaign Act violations in the Southern District of New Yorkhad at least one encounter with the presidents daughter and her husband, who double as White House advisers. The photos release comes as Parnas is seeking to testify to Congress about his involvement in Giulianis efforts to secure political favors from the government of Ukraine in exchange for White House access. The House Intelligence Committee, which has handled the lower chambers impeachment probe, has yet to call in Parnas for testimony. His lawyer has pushed for him to appear, frequently tweeting the hashtag #LetLevSpeak and releasing a video of Parnas with Trump World denizens with the background music U Cant Touch This by MC Hammer. A White House official told The Daily Beast the photo is not evidence of a relationship between them: Jared and Ivanka dont know Mr. Parnas. This was taken at an event in a photo line and is one of tens of thousands of pictures they take every year.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/lev-parnas-indicted-giuliani-associate-shown-in-photo-with-ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner
Here's a good witness list for the impeachment trial of Donald Trump
https://twitter.com/DavidCornDC/status/1217068256500109314
Bloomberg Responds to Trump Criticism
Michael Bloomberg hit back at President Trumps earlier criticism on Twitter while once again attacking the president on health care.
Said Bloomberg: Glad to see youre watching our ads, Donald Trump. I know management isnt your strong suit, so perhaps you dont know your Justice Department supports a suit that would undermine protections for pre-existing conditions. Now that you know, why not ask them to drop the suit?
https://twitter.com/MikeBloomberg/status/1216733637326012417
Schumer calls Collins' bluff, will force Senate votes on impeachment witnesses
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has locked down every Republican senator in his plan to hold a sham impeachment trial for Donald Trump, even though he is allowing Sen. Susan Collins to pretend that she's working on a plan to secure witness testimony. What Collins did in that stunt, though, was show weakness. She, along with every other vulnerable Republican, knows that the public wants a fair hearing. So Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is going to press that, the one advantage he has. He will force a series of procedural votes to hear from witnesses and obtain new documents.
He's using Collins to justify it, telling Politico that support for hearing witnesses and bolstering the documentation in the case is "even stronger than we thought, with large numbers of Republicans supporting it. [
] And when you go against what the American people feel strongly about, on an issue they're paying attention to, it's not a good idea." That's not particularly subtle, but it's true. Politico cites polling by Hart Research in four 2020 Senate battleground statesArizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolinathat finds 63% of voters would "react unfavorably" if their senator voted against calling more witnesses or subpoeaning documents. They cite another poll from Morning Consult showing that 57% of voters nationally believe the Senate should hear from witnesses.
In response, Collins is maintaining the fiction that she's trying really, really hard to get witnesses and throws in a gratuitous attack on Schumer, who she's peeved at for having the temerity to work to get a Democrat elected to her seat. In a completely meaningless statement to Politico, she said "I am hopeful that we can reach an agreement on how to proceed with the trial that will allow the opportunity for witnesses for both the House managers and the president's counsel if they choose." Because she has such a great history of hoping McConnell will do the right thing. "It is unfortunate that Chuck Schumerwho voted against witnesses in the Clinton trial and prejudged its outcomeand his allies are seeking to politicize this process," she sniffed, in a completely non-politicized way, of course.
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Anyway, Schumer is going to give Collins and her colleagues a chance to put their votes where their mouths are. They want witnesses? They can prove it. Democrat Brian Schatz, junior senator from Hawaii, put it bluntly. "This is a true binary test: Of whether or not you are all in for Trump, or whether you will occasionally demonstrate that you're going to use your own mind and your own spine."
MORE:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/1/13/1911202/-Schumer-calls-Collins-bluff-will-force-Senate-votes-on-impeachment-witnesses?utm_campaign=trending
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/13/chuck-schumer-trump-impeachment-trial-097296
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