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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Mar 16

      Pro tip: Do not trust any story on McCabe's firing that doesn't include Michael Horowitz's name (he's DOJ's IG).

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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Mar 16

      Also pro tip: if you're worried about McCabe's pension, ask yourself if you know what's happening to Reality Winner's pension.

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        1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Mar 16

          The irony: by firing McCabe (which Horowitz appears to have recommended), Sessions and Rosenstein make themselves safe, making it more likely Donald goes to pokey.

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        2. 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗃𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗌𝗈𝗇‏ @BengyCompson Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          21 years of service, fired one day before retiring and claiming his pension, by a boss who's lied numerous times under oath to protect a mobbed-up, authoritarian POTUS. This is frightening, and bears no resemblance to Winner's situation.

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Mar 16
          Replying to @BengyCompson

          A part of his pension, and his violations were identified by a very good IG. Get your facts straight before you pretend to make comparisons.

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        4. 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗃𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗌𝗈𝗇‏ @BengyCompson Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I know he's not losing his full pension. You're not the only queen of facts around here. I just found your comparison to Winner odd.

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        5. 𝖡𝖾𝗇𝗃𝖺𝗆𝗂𝗇 𝖢𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗌𝗈𝗇‏ @BengyCompson Mar 16
          Replying to @BengyCompson @emptywheel

          I am also aware--by experience--that federal IGs are generally good folk who track down the facts and apply the law without regard to politics. But their recommendations--once made--are not acted on in a politics-free environment. Something scary is happening on the backend here.

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        2. NLK‏ @NLindenkoprowsk Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          She was a contractor. What pension?

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        3. Sp 👀ky D 🎃 🎃kie‏ @sneakerpants Mar 16
          Replying to @NLindenkoprowsk @emptywheel

          and in her twenties. Not sure what's being said here.

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        1. Rusty‏ @scasey09 Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Yeah, pretty sure McCabe will be okay

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        1. Mad Mobster  🍞 🌹‏ @StuffedFantod Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I have been wondering a lot about her.

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        1. Hester Prynne‏ @uniongal Mar 17
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I’m curious about it. At 22 years he’s not CSRS and even though law enforcement is different on timing, he’d lose substantial percentages for the length of his retirement. Regardless at 22 years he was vested long ago.

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        1. Smarmy McDude‏ @SmarmyMcDude Mar 17
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Haha! I asked myself and i did not know...now what?

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        1. First, they came for immigrants..‏ @RWwatchMA Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Was there are ruling on the Miranda challenge?

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        1. Stuart Hutchings‏ @stubedobedu Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I am concerned for her but are the circumstances the same? Also one is/was at beginning of career and other is nearing end. Who has better chance, if justice is eventually on their side, of recovering?

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        1. Dan Roosien‏ @droosien Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          I don't, but assuming it wouldn't be very large if she even had one.

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        1. IDECR8nKY  🐶  🌊‏ @KingCujo Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel @bzzz_foy

          What are these facts of which you speak?

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        1. Authentic 🌵Frontier 🌵Gibberish‏ @AndreMaillho Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Why?

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        1. Destroy the Right Wing‏ @TruthAbtRepubs Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          So do you think The Intercept was just incompetent or accidentally on purpose ratted out Winner?

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        1. Silversalty‏ @Silversalty Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Beside the point. Children watching their parents get arrested dropping them off at school. Cost of SS golf carts. Bombing Yemen. This was a trivial knife twist from a 'thumbs down Nero.'

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        1. Lynette Suffragette‏ @Emma_Peel_US Mar 16
          Replying to @emptywheel

          This all has an ugly “Saturday Night Massacre” feeling, doesn’t it? 1. Mueller subpoenas 2. Felix Sater interviews 3. Trump stays in DC 4. Firing - pretty much proving to me that Sessions is totally compromised 🇷🇺

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