There are members of the United States Congress who are afraid to vote to impeach Trump due to concerns about their families’ safety.
This is how terrorism works, folks! This is a textbook example of terrorists succeeding with efforts to coerce decision makers in a government.
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Here’s what I just shared with my former friend
Hi Lindsey.
As you used to call me to ask questions about what was going on in Syria during the Obama presidency, I’ll explain this in simple terms:
Erdogan just got played by Putin. Now Putin’s pal Assad will probably control areas Putin wanted him to.
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Just spoke with President @realdonaldTrump.
I applaud his decision to work with Congress to stop Turkeys aggression in Syria through crippling economic sanctions.
This decision by President Trump will be a game changer -- in all the wrong ways -- for Turkey.
As a terrorism analyst who spent the last decade studying propaganda produced by ISIS, al-Qa’ida and other jihadist groups, I’ve seen really upsetting shit that I can’t begin to describe here. But it’s never made me feel sick.
What I’ve watched today makes me feel very sick.
It’s 12:30 a.m. on December 7, 2021 in Washington, DC. Meaning that, technically, and due to the activities of domestic terrorists who support Donald Trump, Congress has failed to certify Electoral Votes on the date required by law.
In case you haven’t noticed everyone else tweeting about this:
The Constitution of the United States does not require Trump to acknowledge he’s a loser even if he is the loser.
Looks like that story by and that was published yesterday is making some pretty big waves.
IF YOU’RE UNFIT FOR TWITTER IN THIS HOUR, YOU’RE UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT.
I ❤️ , and I look forward to celebrating with her via tweet when there’s a new president in the White House.
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I have not forgotten that when it was announced that I was going to do The Apprentice, and when it then became a big hit, helping NBC’s failed lineup greatly, @DebraMessing came up to me at an Upfront & profusely thanked me, even calling me “Sir.” How times have changed!
Check date of this tweet... Best and brightest.
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Here's Dr. Birx on ABC echoing Trump's attacks on the WHO and saying "it wasn't until the beginning of March that we could all fully see how contagious this virus was." (This is false -- the CDC was warning coronavirus could cause "severe" disruption to American life in Feb.)
If didn’t have a , would most folks here on the Twitter have ever heard of him?
“We won by sending a message to the Senators and the Congressmen. We won by sending a message to Pence. ... That, if they don’t do ... as their oath to do— If they don’t uphold the Constitution, then we will remove them from office—one way, or another.”
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Surprised there is not more being made of the fact that, as highlighted during the hearing today, Trump wanted to hand Somalia to al-Qa’ida’s East Africa branch just like he wanted to/did hand Afghanistan to al-Qa’ida’s chief ally, the Taliban.
I was looking at ’s ridiculous tweet alleging is going after and thinking I recognized the handwriting. It’s definitely Rand’s—unmistakably.
In that case, please join me in letting know we think he should spend time volunteering in a nearby ICU without PPE versus working on his sunburn. ... It’s hardly a surprise that someone who evidently does not believe suntan lotion can help prevent cancer says this
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Tucker Carlson says masks and social distancing "have no basis of any kind in science. It's like a kind of bizarre health theater"
I’m really concerned direct message conversations I’ve had with might come to light when moves forward with his lawsuit. Concerned because I might not know how to behave when those messages make me look like a rockstar.
Can’t wait to see two proposed amendments to the Constitution:
Enabling or encouraging foreign interference in federal elections shall be considered an act of treason.
Presidents shall undergo annual mental healthcare examinations, and will be removed if deemed unfit to serve.
Me too. Because ineptitude of Rudy’s caliber is really entertaining.
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I look forward to Mayor Giuliani spearheading the legal effort to defend OUR RIGHT to FREE and FAIR ELECTIONS! Rudy Giuliani, Joseph diGenova, Victoria Toensing, Sidney Powell, and Jenna Ellis, a truly great team, added to our other wonderful lawyers and representatives!
My wife and I regularly visit US Virgin Islands. She is a pediatrician. So we’ve heard countless grievances about Epstein. I pray everyone who has been aware of his activities faces charges. His friends’ silence is toleration, and tantamount to enabling.
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Epstein’s pimp girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, a very well-connected Brit socialite cannot just walk free. This woman is his pimp. She pilots planes to and from the island. I know because she told me. She is a sex trafficker.
This US presidential election created a perfect atmosphere for foreign governments to corrupt elected officials whose close associates lost big. I hope will carefully watch ’s and @TimScottSC’s closest associates. Especially ones I know. Call if I can help.
Still with me?
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I am preparing to be sued by @DevinNunes for thinking he’s an idiot.
Are you with me?
I’m baffled by how few major news organizations in the US are providing live coverage of the UN Security Council’s emergency session. What planet are their producers living on?!
Am I the only person who is really looking forward to @SenKamalaHarris playing a big role in ’s administration in less than a year?
Just hit Donate to send $1,000 to ' 2020 Campaign. This is the first time I've contributed to a Democrat's campaign for any office. In February 2017, reported I voted for Trump. That was a mistake—his conduct has been disgraceful. Americans deserve much better.
Thoughts and— Thoughts. Just thoughts.
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NEW - Kim Guilfoyle, girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top campaign official, tested positive for coronavirus in SD ahead of attending Mt Rushmore event, according to a person familiar w what happened. She was never was with POTUS, and neither was Don Jr., who tested negative.
It looked a lot Devin Nunes’ facial expressions today reflected a realization that he needs to find a golden parachute from job as Congressman in the form of a tell-all, burn team Trump book deal. But this intellectual giant interprets matters differently. Maybe he is that dumb
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.@DevinNunes is exactly right.
Democrats are conducting “impeachment in search of a crime.”
#StopTheMadness
THERE’S STILL TIME TO RESIGN!
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MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
In case anyone was looking for the precise language in the president’s tweet claiming, “We have defeated ISIS in Syria”
P— P— P— Please! Does anyone really believe that Donald Trump knows what the words dour and sullen mean?!
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Trump issues scorching statement on Mitch McConnell: “Mitch is a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack, and if Republican Senators are going to stay with him, they will not win again.”
Full statement
A reminder of why Trump is upset: amp.usatoday.com/amp/4476982001 @USATODAY
OH ... MY ... GOD !!! went on to THANK Saudi king, who managed the flow of funding to Bosnian Jihad
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President Trump: We ask Qatar and other nations to do more to combat terrorism snpy.tv/2rJJEk0
There’s something that’s just so very satisfying about a simple iceberg lettuce salad.
Hi High-Net Worth Twitter.
I’m willing to bet a bunker with a 5-year supply of food, toilet paper, and access to running water filled by a potable spring that Trump has appointed Pence to run this response to paint him as an incompetent boob.
Any takers?
And it’s my bedtime. Sweet dreams, Twitter. twitter.com/DannyDeraney/s
Did an attorney for the Trump org sneeze tonight while exiting the White House with some Russian oligarch at his side?
It’s 54 degrees in Washington as I tweet this.
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President #Putin to #Arab media: All the forces deployed illegitimately inside any sovereign state (in this case #Syria) must leave. Territorial integrity of Syria must be completely restored. Only #Syrians can decide their future.
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Interesting. But more interesting is THE story you’re not reading about: Trump’s rhetoric and behaviors have almost certainly had the effect of making many prospective new foreign intelligence assets less inclined to work with US intelligence officials.
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Trump has privately expressed opposition to the use of foreign intel from covert sources, including overseas spies who provide the U.S. government with crucial info.
Trump has said foreign spies can undermine his personal relationships with leaders. cnn.com/2019/09/10/pol
Mark my words: When most Americans don’t have a single piece of toilet paper to wipe their asses with, they’ll be all too happy to shake ’s hand at a Trump rally this fall.
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So this woman not only buys out a local Dollar Tree of every single box of paper towels, napkins, and toilet paper so that no one else can buy any, but caps it off with this:
"Donald Trump! Go Donald Trump!"
This message concerning a possible way to halt Erdogan’s military operations in Syria just arrived on Lindsey Graham’s cell phone (sent by me minutes ago).
ATT: FVEY-Mbr States’ Intelligence Communities:
If you’ve got it, I will gladly volunteer to funnel a recording of the unsecured call between Trump and Sondland that Holmes overheard to members of the US Congress, and all major US news organizations.
You know how to reach me.
KEY WORDS: during a closed-door speech
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NEWS - Former UN Amb. Nikki Haley sharply criticized Trump during a closed-door speech at the RNC winter meeting, saying that his actions since the election “will be judged harshly by history.”
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Is this satire?
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ICYMI One wonders if the Trump administration isn’t allowing President Elect to receive the PDB because it might make him more conversant on many issues that Trump just isn’t being briefed about—and apparently doesn’t care to learn about, as indicated by his schedule.
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The Trump administration is not granting Biden access to the Presidential Daily Briefing of classified intelligence.
Not clear when Trump last received it, but the PDB has not been on his public schedule in seven weeks (September 22).
Hi @BrookeBCNN @barbarastarrcnn .
A possible answer to the question, Why wasn’t briefed on indicators Putin has paid Taliban members to target US/allied forces in Afghanistan?:
*Maybe* US intel officials believe Trump is a Putin asset.
If Trump had succeeded, and the researchers produced a vaccine that Trump refused to share, wouldn’t that be tantamount to nuking the world?
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Trump was trying to get the Tübingen-based CureVac company — which also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston — to move its research wing to the United States and develop the vaccine “for the U.S. only.” politico.eu/article/german
The Trump presidency started with Sebastian Gorka calling to try to intimidate me, which I recorded and allowed several news orgs to publish. And it’s ending with my former friend Senator Lindsey Graham calling today to say he “could give a shit” about what I think.
All’s well!
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America did not get played.
Trump did.
I live in the South Carolina Lowcountry. I’ve lived on Kiawah. What’s missing from this picture is that the homeownership cost is one thing; the HOA dues are another. Who is giving Nikki the money to afford this? and other news orgs should investigate
RUMINT Lavrov to offer POTUS an opportunity to build a Trump golf resort and retirement community in Russia for American expats. The kicker: The Donald must arrive in Moscow to begin work on the project on or before 13 December.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson tells CNN Sergei Lavrov will meet with President Trump tomorrow. Lavrov hasn't been on an official visit to Washington since May 2017 — when he was in the Oval when Trump said firing Comey relieved “great pressure” on him.
Wow! reports “Dr” #FakeTerrorismExpert Gorka is en route to Italy with Secretary of State Pompeo.
Italy: Place where Bannon is trying to create a right wing extremist training compound.
Gorka: Too stupid for employment in Trump admin.
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.@SecPompeo leaving for Italy tonight as @NBCNews confirms Pompeo was listening in on @realDonaldTrump call to Ukraine. On his plane as a guest: Sebastian Gorka. Before this administration Secretaries brought large State
Dept press pool to cover trips
No! Wait! Is that??? I’m gonna have to phone a friend on this, but that looks a lot like they’re sitting at the restaurant in Trump’s DC hotel.
and I had dinner there early in 2017. Josh, is that the Trump hotel in DC?
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at least there’s no video twitter.com/LeoPelley/stat
If a person has been removed from Congressional committees because of things they have posted on social media platforms like Twitter to amplify narratives used by extreme right wing movements to radicalize, recruit, and incite violence, why hasn’t Twitter closed their accounts?
Quick! Somebody ask Trump to point to Burma on a map!
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What's happening in Burma is another failure of the naive Obama-Biden foreign policy. In exchange for lifting sanctions, they said democracy would follow. Instead we saw a horrific genocide and now a coup. A tragedy for the people of Burma.
By the way: I have friends all over the world who know my wife and/or I may die because and many other people didn’t do everything they could to help medical professionals in South Carolina get protective equipment—and they owe me BIG favors.
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My wife is a medical doctor who will probably be infected soon. So I will probably be infected soon. It will be a miracle if either of us survive when considering medical histories, and where we live—an area with a fast-growing positives group and insufficient medical resources.
A Twitter account that has been used by the leader of the Iranian regime to issue terroristic threats online has been suspended—finally.
Former Chair of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence , folks. ... Do you really think it would be hard for Putin to own elected officials in the US when idiots like this provide oversight of the intelligence community?
Now doesn’t this seem just a wee bit rich?
When Lindsey Graham notes he released 11 years of his tax returns, and asks to see someone else’s, for a moment I thought he’s turning on Trump.
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It’s now been 5 days, so I’ll ask again: Where are your tax returns, @HarrisonJaime? What are you hiding? twitter.com/LindseyGrahamS…
What isn’t wrong with the Republican Party?
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What is wrong with the Republican Party?
Feels so good to have voted for a presidential candidate who Putin isn’t jumping to congratulate for winning.
Minutes ago, noted that it took more than 14 months for the formation of the 9/11 Commission to be mandated by law. That’s an often forgotten piece of history that highlights why Congress isn’t very good at this stuff.
A day after signing an executive memorandum that directs his Secretary of Defense to establish a Space Force, President Trump tweeted that ISIS has been “defeated” in Syria. Honestly: What planet is America’s Commander-In-Chief living on?!
JOSH HAWLEY IS AN ENEMY OF DEMOCRACY
HE SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM THE SENATE
BINGO : “Trump won’t be in the clear, no matter what he does, once he no longer has the protection of the presidency. This is especially true when we consider that the FBI’s counterintelligence interest in Trump will continue even after ...” washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/1
Hi . A friendly reminder: Suspending Trump’s account may help mitigate growing threats to public safety here in the US. His rhetoric, and the rhetoric of others he amplifies via tweet, is clearly fueling inclinations to perpetrate violent crimes among right wing extremists.
Baghdadi dead < bin Laden dead?
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Massive boos at the moment Donald Trump was shown on the Nationals Park video board.
President of the United States has threatened to “devastate Turkey economically.” Either the Trump administration has decided economic well-being and national security are not two sides of the same coin, or this is an unprecedented threat to a NATO ally
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Starting the long overdue pullout from Syria while hitting the little remaining ISIS territorial caliphate hard, and from many directions. Will attack again from existing nearby base if it reforms. Will devastate Turkey economically if they hit Kurds. Create 20 mile safe zone....
CLARIFICATION FOR THE SLOW REPUBLICAN SENATORS WHO WATCHED THE BIG INTERVIEW WITH
When the Speaker said, “I remember when Republicans in the Senate went to Richard Nixon, and said, ‘It’s over.’ That has to happen now,” she did not mean you should hold a seance.
Rudy does Bannon on Hannity.
Why are Trump’s closest pals so fixated on decapitation?
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Giuliani says "the Democrat Party was hijacked by Clinton," then adds while making a throat-slashing motion, "somebody has gotta cut the head off"
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“But it seems very unlikely I’d be taking calls from random people”
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Who is suing everybody who has insinuated or called him an idiot, including the manager of a Twitter account persona that is mocking him for his flimsy agricultural credentials
Cc
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Devin Nunes said just now on Hannity: “It’s possible” I talked to Lev Parnas. “l haven’t gone through all my phone records...I don’t really recall that name, I remember that name now because he’s been indicted. But it seems very unlikely I’d be taking calls from random people”
Glad to see again call for Twitter to suspend Trump’s Twitter account. I’ve been calling for this for awhile. His feed content has incited violence. Similar to Anwar al-Awlaki videos that Google used to be fine with people posting to YouTube
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Hi @Jack. A friendly reminder: Suspending Trump’s account may help mitigate growing threats to public safety here in the US. His rhetoric, and the rhetoric of others he amplifies via tweet, is clearly fueling inclinations to perpetrate violent crimes among right wing extremists.
Am I the only person who’s thinking: Shouldn’t Donald Trump have been indicted for something or the other by now?
If steps in a steaming pile of ’s ... And no one is around to hear him scream. Would be so kind as to record it so we can all laugh, watch it again, and laugh again?
Mike Pence is aware that his boss’s biggest fans were planning to kill him last week, right?
Very odd that Devin Nunes’ official Congressional account was suspended for a while today, and his personal account was not. Wonder what’s going on. Is Nunes using that account to send and receive direct messages that Twitter staff are worried about?
German Shorthaired Pointers are the best.
My girl Gracie is one.
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Good boy is just doing what he does…
twitter.com/TheoShantonas/
twitter.com/TheoShantonas/Wow. is really upset tonight. It’s like a bad episode of Fear and Loathing in Mar-a-Lago. And Jeffrey Epstein isn’t around to give Donnie a pick me up.
They also use ya’ll instead of the proper contraction y’all.
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I have noticed that many who troll on Twitter use “your” instead of “you’re.” Just an observation. Nothing more.
Here's the email I sent Trump's acting chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to express my concerns about the Ratcliffe nomination per a message Mick sent me this morning.
Reading. Realizing Congressional staff has not been required to wear masks for months.
Thinking: WTF?!!!
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All staff in the US House of Representatives required to wear masks, announces @SpeakerPelosi.
Per the news Gina Haspel will not be briefing the Senate on US-Saudi Arabia relations tomorrow, I asked a former director if he can recall a case where the White House prevented a CIA director from providing Congressional testimony. The reply:
Well... Guess I don’t have COVID. Because I can smell this steaming pile of horseshit just fine.
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Final volume of Senate Intelligence bipartisan & thorough investigation into Russian 2016 efforts is now public
intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/
We found no evidence of “collusion”
But we did find troubling actions by the FBI, particularly their willingness to rely on “Steele Dossier”
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Civilians, including women and children, injured in #Tigray following another air strike by #Ethiopia forces today, a #UN spokesman tells reporters.
WHHHOA! Fox News Poll Shows Only 45 Percent of Americans Oppose Impeachment
47 Percent WANT Trump Impeached
More of my thoughts about what has happened in Syria in this lengthy interview I just did with Newsweek’s .
The bottom line: “what Putin has done is made Erdogan and Trump look like clowns.”
To all of the folks here in South Carolina who believe the #coronavirus is a “hoax” and a “scam” because of things have been saying: This is reality—this is what the SC Medical Association has sent doctors like my wife.
Oh. So the new far-right logic is that scientists in China are to be trusted? ... It’s all so confusing.
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Good for @TuckerCarlson for bringing attention to a study by *Chinese* scientists about the origins of the China virus. Not what you’ll hear from MSM.
Pray for John, everybody.
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Since my benign brain tumor diagnosis/surgery announcement I have been repeatedly reminded of the incredible humanity of people—and the inhumanity of others.
The former encourage me to do this work and to have joy in the middle of days when it seems counterintuitive.
Thank you.
You’re not an “influencer” here on the Twitter if The Cow is not retweeting your tweets about the dumbest dude who has ever served as chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
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Does Jim Jordan have a wool allergy? Or does he think his attire helps to convince an audience that he’s really doing hard work? I cannot recall the last time he was photographed in a blazer, or a full suit of clothes.
Oh my. Palin just told Kid Rock and Ted Nugent could offer the president "middle class" views over dinner. #Nincompoopery
As an under-40 former Republican, I gotta say:
Who’d have ever guessed young Republicans would list $421 Million in personal debt among admirable traits for a presidential candidate?