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riversedge's JournalThe Cone of Shame..........
https://twitter.com/JudgeYourself01/status/1207278598266216448?s=20
https://twitter.com/EveScottGarner/status/1207339355074789376?s=20
'It really hurt': Widowed lawmaker attacked by Trump chokes up having her husband's funeral weaponiz
god, trump is such a cruel petty creep!!
https://twitter.com/rpdandy/status/1207319749052583936?s=20
‘It really hurt’: Widowed lawmaker attacked by Trump chokes up talking about having her husband’s funeral weaponized
https://www.alternet.org/2019/12/it-really-hurt-widowed-lawmaker-attacked-by-trump-chokes-up-talking-about-having-her-husbands-funeral-weaponized/#.XfpDvZFbXoA.twitter
CNN Written by Cody Fenwick December 17, 2019
Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI) became choked up on CNN Monday afternoon while discussing President Donald Trump’s recent Twitter attacks on her, in which he used her late husband’s funeral as a bludgeon.
“It really felt awful,” Dingell said of the attack.
Dingell took the seat her husband, Rep. John Dingell, in Congress after he announced his retirement in 2014. He had been the longest-serving member of Congress.
After Dingell spoke on TV this weekend about Trump’s impeachment, the president lashed out Saturday on Twitter at the congresswoman and invoked her husband’s funeral:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1205992385215229953?s=20
Democrats have 220 votes for impeachment 2NO's 1undecided 11 no Response 2019, 8:25 AM ET
This site is updated as votes change. Yesterday when I posted it, Dems had 203 YES.
I just call my Rep Ron Kind of WI [he is listed as no response as of now]
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/12/us/politics/trump-impeachment-house-vote-whip-count.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage
Full List: Where Every House Member Stands on Impeachment Against Trump
By Sarah Almukhtar, Larry Buchanan, Jonathan Corum, Denise Lu, Alicia Parlapiano, Joe Ward and Karen YourishUpdated Dec. 18, 2019, 8:25 AM ET
Support articles of impeachment
No
Undecided or unclear
No response yet
Democrats 219 2 1 11
Independents 1 0 0 0
Republicans 0 170 1 26
Total 220 172 2 37
A majority of House members support the articles of impeachment against President Trump, ahead of a vote by the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Mr. Trump is charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress as Democrats accused him of violating the Constitution by pressuring Ukraine for help in the 2020 election.
Good luck [not really] Steve Bannon: Republicans are the 'working-class party;' needs to 'find our
Can you imagine a AOC type in the Repub Party?
Steve Bannon: Republicans are the 'working-class party;' needs to 'find our AOCs'
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/12/17/steve-bannon-republicans-working-class-party-find-our-aocs/2681381001/
Savannah Behrmann
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON -Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says the Republican Party is now more representative of "working-class" voters and urged party leaders to "find our AOCs" for upcoming elections.
Bannon was referring to freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., a former waitress and bartender who, at 29, became the youngest person ever elected to Congress, defeating a well-known and powerful incumbent in New York's 14th congressional district.
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During a sit-down interview with The Guardian, the former Breitbart News executive chairman claimed, “We’ve turned the Republican Party into a working-class party. Now, interestingly, we don’t have any elected representatives who believe that, but that’s a legacy issue. We’ll get over that.”
"We’ve got to find our AOCs,” Bannon continued, while admitting that Democrats had "better casting” in the 2018 midterm elections, which lead to Democrats regaining control of the House majority. Democrats led Republicans in House races by a whopping 8.6 million votes in last year's midterms.
Bannon said that while he doesn't agree with Ocasio-Cortez's political ideology, he still admired her.
Stephen Miller Helped Draft Trump's Unhinged Letter, Reports Say
Source: dailybeast-Reuters
Updated Dec. 18, 2019 6:33AM ET REUTERS
White House lawyers were largely cut out of the drafting of President Trump’s bonkers letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday, according to reports. The New York Times says Trump received help over the past few days from his top policy adviser Stephen Miller, and the process was led by the director of the Office of Legislative Affairs Eric Ueland. Michael Williams, an adviser to Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, is also reported to have been involved. However, according to the Times, Pat Cipollone, the White House counsel who will play a big role in the imminent Senate trial, was not involved in the drafting of the letter. Michael Waldman, a speechwriter to President Bill Clinton during his impeachment, said: “Typically a president’s words are weighed very carefully, especially at a moment of constitutional significance... This just seemed to be a chance to change the news stories for a few hours and get it off his chest.” Trump sent the letter a day before the House is scheduled to vote on whether to impeach him on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Read it at New York Times
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-miller-helped-draft-trumps-unhinged-letter-reports-say?via=twitter_page
As someone said on a msnbc panal last night--Can you imagine what the first draft was like.
I did read most of it---but got bored--lots of stuff he already ranted about.
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1207261992635043841?s=20
Trump suggests Adam Schiff should face severe punishment for paraphrasing his Zelensky call during a
What a cry baby Trump is!!
Trump suggests Adam Schiff should face severe punishment for paraphrasing his Zelensky call during a hearing: "In Guatemala they handle things much tougher than that."
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1207028418656768000?s=20
Trump says Armenia massacres were not genocide, directly contradicting Congress
Source: BBC
6 hours ago
The Trump administration has said it does not consider the mass killings of Armenians in 1915 to be a genocide, contradicting a unanimous vote by the US Senate.
The historic vote last week incensed Turkey, which has always denied that the killings amounted to a genocide.
Turkey's foreign ministry on Friday summoned the US ambassador to express its anger over the vote, accusing the US of "politicising history".
Armenia says 1.5 million were killed in an effort to wipe out the ethnic group.
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"The position of the administration has not changed," said State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus in a statement on Tuesday. "Our views are reflected in the president's definitive statement on this issue from last April," she said.
In a statement last April on the anniversary of the killings, Mr Trump said the US paid tribute to the victims of "one of the worst mass atrocities of the 20th century", but he did not use the word genocide. Instead he encouraged Armenians and Turks to "acknowledge and reckon with their painful history".
In the wake of two votes last week in the US House and Senate to recognise the massacres as genocide - a long-awaited symbolic victory for Armenians - Turkey's authoritarian president Recip Tayyip Erdogan threatened to shut down Incirlik air base, which is based in Turkey and hosts US nuclear warheads.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-50828179#
Image copyright Getty Images
Image caption Armenian refugees at a camp in 1915
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1206987031257210880?s=20
Full List: Where Every House Member Stands on Impeachment Dec. 17, 2019, 1:40 PM ET ...........
Full List: Where Every House Member Stands on Impeachment
By Sarah Almukhtar, Larry Buchanan, Jonathan Corum, Denise Lu, Alicia Parlapiano, Joe Ward and Karen Yourish
Updated Dec. 17, 2019, 1:40 PM ET
Support articles of impeachment
No
Undecided or unclear
No response yet
Democrats 204 2 8 19
Independents 1 0 0 0
Republicans 0 166 1 30
Total 205 168 9 49
The House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against President Trump along party lines on Friday, ahead of a vote by the full House of Representatives this week. Democrats charged Mr. Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress as they accused him of violating the Constitution by pressuring Ukraine for help in the 2020 election.
The full House vote is also expected to fall mostly along party lines, with no Republicans in support of impeachment (here’s a guide to the impeachment process). The New York Times began surveying members and collecting public statements on the articles on Wednesday.
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Some Democrats have said they are still evaluating the articles of impeachment. .......................
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Judiciary
Member of House Judiciary Committee
Red districts were won by President Trump in 2016
19 No response yet
Sanford D. Bishop Jr. Ga. 2
Jim Costa Calif. 16
Charlie Crist Fla. 13
Henry Cuellar Tex. 28
Anna G. Eshoo Calif. 18
Marcy Kaptur Ohio 9
Ron Kind Wis. 3 **trump won in 2016
John Lewis Ga. 5
Dave Loebsack Iowa 2 **trump won in 2016
Mike Quigley Ill. 5
David Scott Ga. 13
Robert C. Scott Va. 3
José E. Serrano N.Y. 15
Adam Smith Wash. 9
Tom Suozzi N.Y. 3
Linda T. Sánchez Calif. 38
Juan C. Vargas Calif. 51
Peter J. Visclosky Ind. 1
'History Is Watching Us': 600+ Rallies Planned Nationwide on Trump Impeachment Eve
Source: common dreams
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
"Those marching in the streets will send a clear message to Congress: Voters are watching, and we will remember who shows more loyalty to Donald Trump and the Republican Party than to the Constitution and their oath of office."
"These nationwide 'Nobody Is Above the Law' rallies will put a face to the majority of Americans that support impeachment and removal," said Sean Eldridge, founder of advocacy group Stand Up America. (Photo: MoveOn)
Hundreds of thousands of people across the country are expected to participate Tuesday night in more than 600 rallies across the country in support of impeaching President Donald Trump on the eve of the House of Representatives' expected vote.
"These nationwide 'Nobody Is Above the Law' rallies will put a face to the majority of Americans that support impeachment and removal," Sean Eldridge, founder of advocacy group Stand Up America, said in a statement.
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"We have all of the evidence we need to prove that Trump is unfit for the presidency, and must be removed from office," MoveOn tweeted Monday. "Join an event near you tonight to call for Trump's immediate impeachment and removal."................................
Read more: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/12/17/history-watching-us-600-rallies-planned-nationwide-trump-impeachment-eve
I will be going to one near me.
Stay warm [living in the Midwest]
TONIGHT: Nationwide rallies demanding the impeachment & removal of the most corrupt president in American history.
200,000+ people have pledged to mobilize in 600,000+ locations across all 50 states.
History is watching us.
Find an action near you: https://t.co/BdAd64gWha pic.twitter.com/TrvmVz6x2U
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) December 17, 2019
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Pic of Jill Wine-banks kangaroo pin. She will be speaking at #ImpeachmentEve rally in Chicago
tomorrow. She invited all to come.
Also see below--BobReiner was on Ali show also.
spooky3 
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212788606
Dems must stop the kangaroo court McConnell is planning. National exposure of evidence and calling witnesses Trump withheld is only way articles of impeachment should go to Senate. Today's #JillsPin on @TheBeatWithAri
at 5 30 CT/6:30 ET. Join us please.
https://twitter.com/JillWineBanks/status/1206688723615780864?s=20
Raising our hands
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to show up, Scott! We signed up at http://impeach.org! We must protest to remove the criminal and his mob in the Oval Office. #CA45 @DemsofIrvine
Alton/Culver!
#ImpeachmentTaskForce
#ImpeachmentEve
#DefendOurDemocracy
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Scott Dworkin
@funder
· Dec 14
BOOM: Here is a video we made featuring @RobReiner where he invites everyone to come to the protests the night before the impeachment vote. Raise your hand if you’re joining us. Let’s make this viral. http://impeach.org #ImpeachmentEve
https://twitter.com/laureldavilacpa/status/1206612604447100928?s=20
https://twitter.com/funder/status/1206594089526923264?s=20
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