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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      Weren't there eight investigations into Benghazi? So Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan claim that 6>8? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rep-mark-meadows-its-time-for-jeff-sessions-to-go/article/2644934 … These guys aren't in charge of the budget, are they?pic.twitter.com/rCxtbNnMWo

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    2. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      It's not just math either. They struggle with reading, too. Sources for NYT story were "four current and former American and foreign officials." Still anon, but not necessarily (or even most likely to be) spooks. Also almost certainly folks close to Papadopoulos.pic.twitter.com/YXNWjjd3y6

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    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      What are the chances that Meadows and Jordan know all the investigative moves, including FISA orders, obtained in investigation? Also note lots of Pap collex could be done w/702. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/01/01/the-papadopoulos-delay/ …pic.twitter.com/Lteo7kV8In

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    4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      Can someone find the logic in this statement?pic.twitter.com/pn8Ri11KaI

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    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      This one is even better, tho. Not only do we know why the dossier was briefed (so Trump would know what everyone in DC and Moscow was laughing at), but the briefing wasn't about the FBI CI investigation; it was abt ICA.pic.twitter.com/bi3pGl15f5

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    6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      Plus, it's generally a bad idea to brief a subject of an investigation on all the witnesses to that investigation. I mean, look what Trump did when he got briefed on Flynn, a more urgent CI issue?

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    7. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      .@Jim_Jordan Is often pretty good on surveillance. I could give him a list of FISA affidavits that would be far more interesting than this one; but he won't get to review that one either. [Maybe they should more dramatically change FISA?]pic.twitter.com/V0OMaoGnSH

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    8. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      As noted, the only reason to believe the FBI leaked the story to the NYT is bc these fellas don't read too good.pic.twitter.com/hcSVqs5T3w

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    9. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      Now you see why Meadows and Jordan are forced to misread the sourcing on the NYT story, to be able to sustain this claim.pic.twitter.com/Az4wMR4OYS

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    10. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      If only there were a "holding my breath till I turn blue" emoji to describe me waiting for Meadows and Jordan to call to expose Bret Baier's FBI sources for "Hillary to be indicted" story.pic.twitter.com/eTTu5nvWr3

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

      Hard to believe that Jordan sat through at least two hearings where this recusal was a key point of discussion. Or maybe the point isn't actually the oversight of the investigation after all? 🤔pic.twitter.com/drJ3LPR46f

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        1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jan 4

          And while we're talking about things that got discussed a combined total of ~29 times in those hearings, I wonder how Michael Horowitz feels that Jim Jordan won't wait for the results of the investigation into just these issues, an investigation that has shown results?

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        1. Mark Adamcin‏ @MarkAdamcin Jan 4
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          Mark Adamcin Retweeted Rob Long

          I've been mulling over the practice of screenshotting blocks of text for the purposes of quoting, wondering if there was a way to make that text accessible for the blind, and it turns out there is a feature to add captions to images in tweets.https://twitter.com/_Red_Long/status/948577112860086272 …

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          I’m a blind twitter user. There are a lot of us out there. Increase your ability to reach us and help us interact with your pictures, it’s really simple and makes a huge difference to our twitter experiance allowing us to see your images our way. Thanks for the description 😎 pic.twitter.com/hCsjoFdmev
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