Former Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman, a drafter of the Refugee Act of 1980, resigns from the Homeland Security Advisory Committee. This is a powerful read:
Pablo Villavicencio has been locked up in detention since June 1. He committed no crime, but delivered pizza to a Brooklyn army base. ICE arrested him there for being in the country illegally. At 11 a.m., he has his hearing in federal court.
Tonight in Puerto Rico
10 months after Hurricane Maria
462 customers still don’t have power; that is .3% of customers who pay for electricity.
1 customer may represent a house where multiple people are living.
We will tweet this until everyone has power.
Americans deserve to know their POTUS is working for them & only them, not having his own wallet fattened by foreign interests. 🇨🇳🇷🇺💰
So today I introduced HR 6466, the Prevent Corrupting Foreign Influence Act: https://t.co/QBcStB7Jxd
The sharpest dagger, in a @jonkarl review of the Spicer book that is full of them: “We can’t settle for just keeping up with the lowest common dominator [sic] on Twitter.” https://t.co/JWRhYPJiio
Giuliani’s new “offer” to the Special Counsel: You can ask the President about conspiracy, but only if Trump’s answer can be limited to “no collusion, no collusion, no collusion.” As to obstruction of justice, no questions at all please.
Enough is enough. Time for a subpoena.
We expect more than 1 million documents related to Brett Kavanaugh’s time in the White House and as a Republican operative. It’s critical the American public fully understands his complete record before the Senate votes on a lifetime appointment. #ReleaseTheRecords
Hackers working for Russian have penetrated the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities and could have caused blackouts. Federal officials say the hacking campaign is "likely continuing."
https://t.co/M6c6LM1thV
DON'T BE DISTRACTED BY ALL CAPS. WE’RE NOT ATTACKING IRAN.
BUT RUSSIA *DID* ATTACK OUR 2016 ELECTIONS TO HELP DONALD TRUMP, AND IS DOING SO AGAIN. TRUMP REFUSES TO HOLD RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE AND SIDES WITH PUTIN OVER OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
THAT'S AN ALL-CAPS-WORTHY PROBLEM.
This is a great look at Trump's lies and distortions about the new FISA documents, and what they really reveal, by @GlennKesslerWP and company:
https://t.co/yTkzXhdAiU
I would only add that the docs also show that Democrats have largely been telling the truth about all this: https://t.co/HLOGl87m2f
Put Newt, Trump, Rudy and Rush in a room and what’ve you got (besides more than half a ton of flesh)? 13 wives, 14 deferments and 0 military service. https://t.co/DTF8DlinZx
Trump aides are scrambling to explain his tweet threatening Iran, NYT reports.
Some say it came after consultation w/Bolton.
But people who know Trump well say it was "driven almost entirely by his search for a distraction from questions about Russia."
https://t.co/qDSosYrkKJ
“monetizing their public service”? As a critique from the Trump family? You’ve gotta be kidding me. That’s some chutzpah. This is what I really hate about Trump cultism. Trump can openly say stuff this hypocritical, and his voters just stick with him anyway. Ugh. https://t.co/zV3oFT83Lw
A new poll from NBC News and the Wall Street Journal finds that 71% of American voters believe that Roe v. Wade, which established a woman’s legal right to an abortion, should not be overturned.
Read more: https://t.co/WF7w7CL0eT
Here's a little context about this before everyone gets all freaked out:
1) When one no longer has ongoing need for classified information (i.e. leaving the government), the clearance is inactive unless one sits on an advisory board where such access is necessary https://t.co/MODjKnFu5F