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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Nov 2019

    1. Part of the drama we're seeing today and on Wednesday is the inherent tension between a professional civil service and Trump's desire for for personal control of government ("The United States, c'est moi")

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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Nov 2019

        2. The grounds for impeaching Trump are that he used the office of president for corrupt ends. That's amply evident in the hearings. It's worth distinguishing Trump's corruption from the more proper authority a president has over civil service.

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      3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Nov 2019

        3. The American national security establishment is non-partisan but that doesn't mean it's non-political. It has a very strong institutional agenda. You don't get into this line of work if you aren't committed to a robust version American global hegemony.

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      4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Nov 2019

        4. It's okay for president's to use backchannels or to over-ride the national security establishment (as JFK did with missile crisis, as Nixon did with China, as Obama did with Syria & Ukraine).What's not okay is to do this for corrupt ends, as Trump has.

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      5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 15 Nov 2019

        5. Some more thoughts on why we should disentangle the exact grounds for impeachment (corruption of the office) from larger debates about foreign policy. https://www.thenation.com/article/kent-taylor-impeachment-ukraine/ …

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      2. ReasonableMindDiffering‏ @RDiffering 15 Nov 2019
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        It strikes me that this is the overwhelming theme of the drama.

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      3. pizzmoe™‏ @pizzmoe 15 Nov 2019
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        Trump doesn’t know what authority he has or doesn’t have, and no one can explain it to him.

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      1. tiburke‏ @tiburke 15 Nov 2019
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        Don't fall for GOP unitary executive propaganda. Under the US constitution all executive power, aside from the pardon power, is delegated by Congress. The president's authority over the civil service is contingent on Congressional consent.

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      1. Bernie Smith‏ @bsmithiii76 15 Nov 2019
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        I just realized how brilliant a summation this parody could be: "L'etat(s Unis), c'est moi."

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      1. I regret nothing, Siri. Please unlock the fridge.‏ @Wrecksdart 15 Nov 2019
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        Every time that bloviating jackhole talks about "his" DOJ, or "his" generals--that's a tell.

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      2. slouchyR‏ @SlouchyR 15 Nov 2019
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        Far too kind to trump.

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