Ted Cruz with an excellent point. If election is litigated can't risk having just 8 justices and the possibility of a deadlocked court. Could cause a constitutional crisis.
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This is the Korean Peninsula at night. The bottom, awash in light, is the free and democratic South. The North is in complete darkness save for a pinprick of light in Pyongyang. Keep the darkness in mind while watching the North's Olympic charm offensive
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This is a lie, offensive, obscene and an absolute disgrace. This man and his boss have destroyed Americaโs reputation and made a shambles of Iran policy in part because of their pathetic obsession with Barack Obama who they will never, ever measure up to.
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We purchase 538,000 barrels of Russian oil a day. At $100/barrel thatโs $53,800,000 in hard currency a day-money that is directly subsidizing Putinโs war on Ukraine. Cut off Russia now.
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โฆ
@washingtonpost
โฉ reports that Taliban offered to stay out of Kabul and let US forces secure the city. We told them we only needed the airport. We could have controlled the airport and Kabul and evacuated everyone but chose not to. The incompetence is stunning.
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Chart of the Day: Last year the United States had the largest decline in CO2 emissions *in the entire world* for the 9th time this century.
@AEIdeas
@Mark_J_Perry
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No one is trying to "silence" you. You don't need access classified information to say what you want. But you abused your access to intelligence to convince Americans you had evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy when there was none. That is disgraceful.
I donโt have a security clearance. Iโm an elected Member of Congress from a SEPARATE BUT EQUAL branch of government. Sorry,
@marcthiessen
(&
@realDonaldTrump
), we donโt live in a kingdom. I wonโt be silenced.
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Congress passed $1.9 trillion for โCovidโ in January. How the hell do we not have enough monoclonal antibody treatments? What the hell did we spend the money on? (Hint: stuff other than Covid)
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As someone who helped write several SOTUs and who reveres this important presidential institution, Iโm stunned by this address. Itโs an utter disgrace.
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Ms. Kingsbury, new editor at NYTimes, told staff โAnyone who sees any piece of Opinion journalism, headlines,social posts,photosโyou name itโthat gives you the slightest pause, please call or text me immediately.โ Itโs all about staff sensitivities now.
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Your prayers worked! My 91-year-old mom has recovered from Covid and was transferred from the hospital to a rehabilitation center. Thank you for your prayers, and please continue to pray. She's out of immediate danger but has a long road to recovery.
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Marc Thiessen ๐บ๐ธโค๏ธ๐บ๐ฆ๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฑ
So just to be clear: Trump criticizes Dr. Fauci and it's an outrage and an attack in science, but Pelosi criticizes Dr. Birx and it's all good. Got it.
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Operation Warp Speed is quite literally the greatest public health achievement of modern times. The fastest development and distribution of a vaccine for a novel virus in history. Say what you will about Trumpโs handling of the pandemic, he deserves credit for this.
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Hey Joe, did you blame Democrats virulent rhertoric when a deranged Brenie Sanders volunteer tried to assassinate
@SteveScalise
and dozens of other GOP reps? Please show us the clip from Morning Joe where you laid his shooting at the feet of the "resistance."
Hey Hugh Hewitt, your whataboutism is shameful.
You are comparing people yelling in restaurants to someone sending bombs to presidents and secretary of states?
Everyone uses Trumpโs rhetoric? What is wrong with you?
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Why don't you tweet the video of what he actually said. It was incredibly moving., the story of how his mother survived a concentration camp during the Holocaust and came to America -- the true promised land.
Ukraine aid money is going to Alabamaย to produce the following systems: High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Javelins, M1A1 Abrams tanks, M2A4 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, Hydra-70 rockets, M777 howitzer parts (Paladin M109A7), M88A2 Heavy Equipment Recoveryโฆ
Last nightโs
@TuckerCarlson
's interview with Putin shows that Russia is open to a peace agreement, while it is DC warmongers who want to prolong the war.
That is why Iโm voting to stop 60 BILLION MORE of our tax dollars to this conflict.
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*MERS = "Middle East Respiratory Syndrome"
*Ebola virus -- named for Ebola river in Congo
*Zika Virus -- started in the Ziika Forest of Uganda.
This virus originated in China & became a pandemic because the Communist Party lied about it. Perfectly fine to call Chinese virus.
Mr. President: This is not acceptable. Calling it the "Chinese virus" only instigates blame, racism, and hatred against Asians - here and abroad. We need leadership that speaks clearly against racism; Leadership that brings the nation and world together. Not further divides.
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This by
@VivekGRamaswamy
is criminally stupid: โI will accept Russian control of the occupied territories and pledge to block Ukraineโs candidacy for NATO in exchange for Russia exiting its military alliance with China. I will end sanctions and bring Russia back into the worldโฆ
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The shocking events in Israel โ rocket attacks on civilians, women and children being massacred โ are happening *every single day* in Ukraine. So if youโre a Republican who voted against supporting Ukraine last week, spare me your heartfelt concern for Israel.
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The United Nations laughing at the president may be a horifying embarrassment for elites in Washington, but in the rest of America it is a badge of honor.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greeneโs (R-Ga.) amendment to strip $300 million in Ukraine aid from the bill failed in a huge fashion, 341-89.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) amendment to prohibit security assistance for Ukraine also failed spectacularly 358-70.
Rep. Andy Oglesโ (R-Tenn.)โฆ
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Former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain said at Texas A&M in 2019: โWe did every possible thing wrong. Sixty million Americans got H1N1 in that period of time, and it is just purely a fortuity that this isnโt one of the great mass-casualty events in American history."
Sullen impeachment managers sitting on their hands. Protesters shouting. Pelosi tears up the speech on national TV. Do Democrats have any idea how small and petty they look?
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This is a lie. Since Jan 2015, when Afghans took over combat operations, 53-57,000 Afghan soldiers have died in combat fighting the Taliban-including more than 2,600 this year. Afghans with US air support held off the Taliban for more than six years. You took away the air support
American troops cannot โ and should not โ be fighting and dying in a war that Afghan forces are by and large not willing to fight and die in themselves.
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Anyone who says the words โmy truthโ has no business leading a university. โTruthโ is not subjective. There is no โyour truthโ and โmy truthโ there is only โthe truth.โ There is โmy opinionโ and โmy lived experienceโ but โtruthโ is an objective reality.
The purpose of aโฆ
NEW:
@Harvard
President Claudine Gay apologizes for her remarks in Congress:
โI am sorryโฆwords matter.โ
โI got caught up in what had become at that point, an extended, combative exchange about policies and proceduresโฆI failed to convey what is my truth.โ
โIt makes me sad.โ
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Biden: โthe special counsel never said I shared classified information.โ
Special Counsel: Biden โwillfully retained and disclosed classified materials.โ
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You're apologizing for quoting Winston Churchill? The man who stood down the Nazis and helped saved Western Civilization from barbarism? What is this world coming to?
Did not mean to offend by quoting Churchill. My apologies. I will go and educate myself further on his atrocities, racist views which I do not support. My point was we need to come together as one nation. We are all Americans. That should transcend partisan politics.
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Absolute insanity. Biden is making responsible people who pay their bills on time and have high credit scores pay higher mortgage rates to subsidize loans for people with low credit ratings who donโt pay bills on time. The war on merit continues
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Reagan Conservatives: We need to arm Ukraine and help them defend their country against Russiaโs immoral, unlawful aggression. Itโs the right thing to do.
Anti-Ukraine right: Stop with this woolly headed idealism. Arming Ukraine is not our national interest!
Reaganโฆ
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I was in the White House during Hurricane Katrina when Bush was excoriated for flying over New Orleans, rather than landing, because he did not want to divert resources from rescue efforts.
Can you imagine if he spent that week on the beach, and when asked to discuss his plansโฆ
You do realize that France bans elective abortion at 12 weeks, three weeks earlier than the Mississippi law our Supreme Court upheld - and that Franceโs abortion restrictions would not be permitted under Roe.
Abortion is a fundamental right for all women. It must be protected. I wish to express my solidarity with the women whose liberties are being undermined by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Such a complete distortion. Right before that you said "Is it possible that your impulse to put a positive spin on things is giving Americans false hope?" Why did you leave that out?
I offered both Pres Trump and VP Pence an opportunity to reassure Americans.
Simple question: โWhat do you say to Americans who are scared?โ
Trump, to me: โI say, youโre a terrible reporter.โ
Pence, an hour later: โDonโt be afraid. Be vigilant.โ
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New poll: Joe Manchin has 60% approval compared to Bidenโs 32%.
78% support Manchin's efforts to pass the bipartisan infrastructure bill.
Nearly 74% said Manchin should oppose the presidentโs Build Back Better plan.
PRECEDENT:
*29 Presidents have had election year or lame duck vacancy - all nominated someone.
*8 x before election when other party controlled Senate - only 1 succeed
*10x before election when Pres and senate controlled by same party - 9 succeeded.
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There is simply no excuse for voting against Pompeo. There are no ethical questions hanging over Pompeoโs nomination. He has engaged in no disqualifying personal conduct. And no one questions that he is extraordinarily qualified for the job.
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Obama: โWhat Hamas did was horrific, and there is no justification for it. And what is also true is that the occupation, and whatโs happening to Palestinians, is unbearableโฆ
โYou have to admit that all of us are complicit to some degree.โ
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Hillary compared Trump to Nazis, called Republicans the "enemy" and compared them to Iranian regime. The Democrats are no longer opposition but the "resistance" which implies violence. If you think Trump is only one using hateful rhetoric you're delusional.
Hey,
@marcthiessen
, did you see Bernie Sanders or Nancy Pelosi or even, say, Michael Moore saying Steve Scalise was an โenemy of the peopleโ who should be body slammed and if you attack Scalise, someone will pay your legal bills? (See Trump comments). I didnโt think so.
@JoeNBC
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If Biden nominates
@andrewcuomo
as AG and Republicans hold the senate, I canโt wait for his confirmation hearings and
@JaniceDean
โs testimony. He will finally have to answer for his performance.
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MUNICH โ Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), acknowledging his perspective is โunderrepresentedโ here, says the U.S. should be pushing for a negotiated settlement to the Ukraine war
Vance also tells me he didnโt join the Zelensky meeting bc he didnโt think he would learn anything new
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Imagine if it emerged that the Republican chairman of the House or Senate intelligence committee had a Russian spy working on their staff. Think it would cause a political firestorm? Explain your Chinese spy, Sen. Feinstein
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Remember the outrage over the antisemitic rally in Charlottesville?
Well there are dozens of Charlottesvilles taking place right now, including on some of our most elite colleges campuses. Itโs sickening.
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8 Republicans joined with Democrats to oust the Republican speaker. There were so few of them they ran out of speakers on their side of the debate (which they conducted from the Democratic side of the House).
This never happened when Nancy Pelosi had a 5 vote majority becauseโฆ
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So dishonest. This is an official DOJ investigation led by a career prosecutor, John Durham. There is nothing wrong with the president asking world leaders to cooperate with an official Justice Dept inquiry.
Like the call with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, the discussion with Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia shows President Trump using high-level diplomacy to advance his personal political interests
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Youโre speaking from a pinnacle of near perfect ignorance. Israel didnโt bomb an โIranian consulate.โ They bombed the headquarters of the IGRC, a U.S. designated terrorist organization, in Damascus and took out the Quds Force commander directly involved in the planning of theโฆ
April 1: Israel bombed the Iranian consulate, an act of war.
April 13: Iran attacked Israel, an act of war.
Biden says: you're even-steven -- and he's right.
Israel says: no way.
This is going to escalate. Of course it will.
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You launched a drone strike in Afghanistan that killed 10 innocent civilians. Tragic mistakes happen in war. Stop throwing Israel under the bus to appease your radical antisemitic pro-Hamas base.
I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday.
Incidents like yesterdayโs simply should not happen.
Here is my full statement.
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Only about 36% of Americans get a college degree. So why should 64% of Americans who don't go to college pay for the student loan debt of the elite minority who do?
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Anyone who criticized Obama's irresponsible withdrawal from Iraq but defends Trump's irresponsible withdrawals from Syria and Afghanistan needs to check their hypocrisy.
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Why are you defending House Democrats? Is that your job as an "objective" journalist? Trump is factually correct, they never subpoenaed Bolton. If they (Art 1) had, he (Art 2) would have the Constitutional to appeal to the courts (Art 3). That is not obstruction.
House Dems did ask Bolton to testify. But his attorney said he would take any subpoena to court to see whether he should be forced to comply with it. So Dems opted not to issue a subpoena, arguing it would get tied up for a long time in court
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My mother Janina Januszowska Thiessen passed away last night. Fought in the
@1944pl
Warsaw Uprising, liberated from POW camp by
@USArmy
, went to medical school at
@NUIGMedicine
and came to America as a stateless refugee. She was a freedom fighter who lived the American dream. RIP
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Going after DeSantis is a big mistake. This is not like going after Liz Cheney who MAGA voters hate. They love Trump but also love DeSantis. This will backfire. And it makes him look weak. And comes after a night in which DeSantis gave Rs one of their only bright spots.
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You had the nerve to call
@EdWGillespie
a racist when you wore a KKK hood in a picture in your yearbook?? (Or were you the one in blackface? You forgot to say).
#ResignRalph
Five minutes ago GA Republicans like Brian Kemp were heroes of democracy who stood up to Trump. Now they are Jim Crow segregationists who deserve to be boycotted.
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Philly mayor Jim Kenney just said at press conference in vote count that the President needs to "put his big boy pants on" and admit he lost. This is supposed to give us confidence in Philadelphia's impartiality?
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1. Great news that we killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahri in Kabul.
2. What the hell was Zawahri doing in Kabul? Biden assured us al Qaeda was โgoneโ from Afghanistan. Now Bin Ladenโs right hand man and successor shows up not in the Afghan mountains but in the Afghan capital?
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So voters just stopped the GOP red wave because they thought Republicans were too extreme. But as soon as they win a razor thin majority the first thing Rs announce they are doing is โฆ investigating Hunter Biden โ not addressing inflation or crime or the border. Absolutely nuts
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Amount McConnell spent bailing out Trump candidates: $241 million.
Amount Trump spent backing his own candidates: $14.7 million.
Amount Rick Scott wasted at at NRSC by August, forcing him to pull out of key races: $181 million.
But, yeah, letโs get rid of McConnell.
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Attacking his opponent directly in the first minutes of his speech is unprecedented and perhaps the most partisan start to a State of the Union address in modern memory
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Ridiculous. Israel has one of the best armed militaries on the face of the earth. Weโve Israel with nearly $250B in military and non military aid. Stop making things up.
Our support for Ukraine limits our ability to supply Israel if they request it. We drew down U.S. war stocks that Israel could use in emergencies to support Ukraine. Munitions/arms manufacturing capacity is being consumed by Ukraine, which further constrains us.
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Biden is lying on
@JoeNBC
right now.. He did not say that Ford's completely uncorroborated allegations should be investigated. He said he BELIEVED her. Unlike Ford, Reade has corroboration from contemporaneous witnesses. Why believe Ford but not Reade?
64% of Americans say they definitely or probably will not vote for Trump in 2024 (53% definitely + 11% probably).
Like watching a slow moving train wreck for the GOP.
"While most Republicans โ 74% โ say they would support him in November 2024, 53% of Americans say they would definitely not support him if he is the nominee. Another 11% say they would probably not support him in November 2024."
@colvinj
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Bottom line after a morning of questioning:
1. Blasey Ford is a very sympathetic witness.
2. There still has not been a scintilla of corroboration added.
3. Her lifelong friend, Leland Keyser, says it didn't happen.