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Senators Booker, Coons, and Flake just asked for the Senate's unanimous consent to pass a bill protecting the Mueller investigation from President Trump.
But they didn’t get it.
Because @SenateMajLdr McConnell objected.
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) December 19, 2018
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.@SenMikeLee just blocked the reappointment of Commissioner @ChaiFeldblum to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Why? Feldblum supports LGBTQ rights.https://t.co/mvDIBt6p86
— American Progress (@amprog) December 20, 2018
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Hell of a quote from a senior official: “Mattis is the last brake on a president that makes major life-and-death decisions by whim…this president has not been tested by a major national-security crisis. But it will come, and when it does, we are fucked.” https://t.co/LJE8pSo65a
— Adrienne LaFrance (@AdrienneLaF) December 21, 2018
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Why is Trump hurrying so quick to deliver for Putin?
In a matter of 72 hrs
-Russian base in Venezuela
-Deripaska companies sanctions lifted
-Mattis pushed out
-Troops being pulled from Syria
-Troops possibly being pulled from AfghanistanWe are in serious danger
— Olga Lautman (@olgaNYC1211) December 20, 2018
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2/2 But this is NOT the end of Trump. He thinks he has 3 firewalls and *for now* he's not wrong: a GOP Senate that won't convict him of anything, a Supreme Court with a solid right-wing majority, a DoJ that probably won't indict him. pic.twitter.com/MYg5a4hfTQ
— Shadow Cabinet (@ShadowingTrump) December 21, 2018
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Gen. Allen reacts to administration bracing for Afghanistan withdrawal https://t.co/Ic6DaeHnBQ General John R. Allen on @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) December 20, 2018
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If the stock market keeps tanking Trump’s going to have to bail out the 1% like he’s doing with the farmers.
And why not? He’s done it before.
It was called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
— BallsOut (@bjcreigh) December 20, 2018
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Congratulations to Secretary of Defense Mick Mulvaney
— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) December 20, 2018
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Some churn is to be expected. But this is a lot of churn in two years. https://t.co/eCJDsyuzhg
— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) December 20, 2018
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In Mattis letter he says Trump has the right to a Secy of Defense "whose views are better aligned with yours on these and other subjects." Among those other subjects mentioned? "Treating allies with respect" and "being clear-eyed" about malign actors, competitors. pic.twitter.com/qRqcoJbvXf
— Ali Vitali (@alivitali) December 20, 2018
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Pres tweets that "a new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly." Again says he thanks DefSec Mattis for his service.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) December 20, 2018
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Secret Experiment in Alabama Senate Race Imitated Russian Tactics (The New York Times) – https://t.co/c8FGd4i0Wq
— Steve Jenkins (@SJenkins) December 20, 2018
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U.S. stocks clobbered, with Dow losing nearly 500 points, amid White House drama over government shutdown https://t.co/KIiOXqBLSO
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 20, 2018
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Translation: “All the world’s a stage. And I’m merely a player.” https://t.co/qjQBbcq159
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) December 20, 2018
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The biggest casualty of @realDonaldTrump presidency may well be this country’s reputation for reliability. The abandonment of the Kurds adds to a pattern of turning on allies, cozying up to foes, and breaking agreements. US influence along with order in the world will plummet.
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) December 20, 2018
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