Joined January 2011
Trying to shift to Bluesky. Find me here: bsky.app/profile/commsdirect… / @commsdirector.bsky.social
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Reporters: the term you're looking for is "personalization of the state."
Blanche now officially chosen for DAG, along with immunity defense lawyer John Sauer for solicitor general (DOJ No. 3) and hush money lawyer Emil Bove for PADAG (crucial Main Justice operating role). A DOJ takeover by Trump’s personal lawyers is in process.
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If this sht surprises you, you haven't been paying attention. It's going to get worse.
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Need 3 more GOP senators to say this out loud to kill the recess appointments plan.
Susan Collins on Matt Gaetz: “I was shocked that he has been nominated. The President, obviously, has the right to nominate whomever he wants, but I think this is an example of why it's so important that we have the advice and consent provisions in the Constitution. If the nomination proceeds, I'm sure that there will be an extensive background check by the FBI and public hearings and a lot of questions asked.” per @tedbarrettcnn
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No, I think it's a dare. He's daring then to oppose him. Cause if you'll swallow Gaetz, you'll swallow anything.
The Gaetz nomination is so off-the-wall that I half believe he's sacrificial so Senate R's will gave an easier time confirming all the other questionable picks, having shown their independence by icing Gaetz.
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Is kakistocracy trending yet?
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Legislatures are not sources of resilience in autocratic takeovers.
Replying to @EdWhelanEPPC
As predicate for Trump's exercise of adjournment power, one House of Congress would seek other House's consent to adjourn and be denied. So Speaker of House would need to be complicit in evisceration of Senate's advice-and-consent role.
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So, hate to say it, but @MicrosoftEdge seems to have just about every feature that I found useful on @arcinternet in a more mature package. Yes, you have to turn off a bunch of cruft, but at that point it's pretty good.
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It's gonna get worse.
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David Solimini retweeted
Russia calling in bomb threats to polling places in liberal districts across the country should be bigger news right now. They’re interfering for Trump right in the open, right in front of our faces
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Notable: RNC is NOT saying there was any malfeasance.
A statement from the RNC blasts "slow ballot counting" in Milwaukee on top of the problem with seals being broken on tabulators, leading to the recount happening now. WI Senate Republicans are the only reason Milwaukee didn't start processing its absentee ballots yesterday.
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You're nervous? Imagine how Ann Selzer must feel.
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Five more polling places in DeKalb County have received bomb threats. Voting has been suspended at those precincts. This is a deliberate attempt to prevent Americans from casting ballots. FBI has linked today’s previous threats to Russians. Official release below @ATLNewsFirst
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Fun fact: This person helped Donald Trump pressure Brad Raffensperger to "find" 12,000 votes for him... and the day after her law firm found out about it, she "resigned." She is not a credible person. npr.org/2021/01/06/953823383…
Update on noncitizen voting in Philly: Some are saying the location of the James O’Keefe reporting is a Philly Puerto Rican neighborhood. People born in Puerto Rico have rights of US citizenship but cannot vote in U.S. elections unless they live in U.S.
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The man who posted the fake Russian video claiming Haitian illegals are voting in Georgia, AlphaFox78, was paid by the Russians. Look forward to those that shared the disinformation apologizing for helping our enemies.
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David Solimini retweeted
On last night’s statement highlighting Russian and Iranian influence operations, Conley said Russia and Iran are expected to increase the “scope and scale” of their efforts on Election Day and in the days after, as they take lessons learned from previous elections, “to undermine confidence in the election and stoke partisan discord,” “regardless of who wins.”
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David Solimini retweeted
“We are not tracking any national level incidents affecting elections infrastructure," @CISAgov Senior Advisor Cait Conley tells reporters on CISA's first of four Election Day calls. She acknowledged some “extreme weather and temporary infrastructure disruptions,” but called them “very localized and minimal” and would not provide any details.
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