The Pen of Damocles

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[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Or the public, sadly. #mapoli #ImpeachTrump

[Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman]

Impeachment is too important to be left to politicans.

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

@DavidCayJ @RepAdamSchiff @HouseGOP Shhhhhhhh!

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

@dick_nixon Turning your attention to analysis of China today, sir?

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Real accountability terrifies powerful people. #mapoli

[The Hill @thehill]

CBS fires employee tied to leak of ABC hot mic video on Epstein: report https://t.co/gBBDkk2OWW

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Nope! I’m going to get it tattooed on my arse and moon every Rolling Stones show from now until every last one of them are gone. #okboomer

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

This gets better every tim e I come back to it. *chef kiss #Napoli #ImpeachTrump

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Gordon Sondland is trying to back his ass out of the perjury he committed so fast, he’s going to fall in the Potomac. #mapoli #ImpeachTrump

[Paul Waldman @paulwaldman1]

Gordon Sondland just gave us the smoking quid pro quo: https://t.co/8khKv3vKAf

From me and @ThePlumLineGS

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

#MoscowMitch

[The Hill @thehill]

McConnell blasts House bill meant to prevent election interference https://t.co/BEglh0UPlB

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

This is obscene. And of course, the perpetrators by and large are engaging in no self-reflection. #mapoli

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

It’s not particularly confounding when you account for the amount of disdain Trump and his administration have for most of these leaders and the countries they represent. #mapoli

[Daniel W. Drezner @dandrezner]

“Perhaps the most confounding piece of Mr. Trump’s now-aborted choice of the resort outside Miami was the idea of welcoming global leaders to a destination that is hot, muggy — and not particularly popular in June.” https://t.co/rkopLO2ANe

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

@jbarro Pierre=Peter

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Why do they say stuff like this? Do they know it’s bad and just want to get it off their chests? Are they so immersed in corruption they think saying stuff like this will be seen as innocent or exculpatory? Or just epically dumb?

[Josh Dawsey @jdawsey1]

Rick Perry goes on the record to say Trump wouldn’t schedule a meeting with Zelensky and told him to call Giuliani to hear why. https://t.co/sIxFA6eT4Z

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

cc @TheRickWilson

[. @GregTSargent]

@nickconfessore @Edsall @nytopinion https://t.co/FkJGLMyD7t

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

@lrozen @rezaaslan I think the article is referring to statements he made to Hill in July. It doesn’t refer to Bolton saying anything recently.

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

I was looking, because that’s actually the obvious story. “Republican committing crimes being impeached is bad for Republicans.”

There’s a lot of news to read, so if you did write a bunch of those stories and I missed them, kindly tweet a link. thx

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Hey @nytimes! This might be bad for Republicans, don’t you think? Because a Republican is the one committing all the crimes? I might have missed the stories where you’re badgering Republicans about how bad impeachment is for them and their criminal Republican president. #mapoli

[NYT Politics @nytpolitics]

A moderate House Democrat who supports the impeachment inquiry now faces a district of swing voters who aren’t so sure. Listen to today's episode of The Daily. https://t.co/3P9Y2wnkVz

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

#MoonyMcMoonface

[CBS News @CBSNews]

20 new moons were discovered around Saturn — and scientists need help naming them https://t.co/azk8iJlWK0

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

It also ensures more bad behavior by future Republicans responding to this demand from the base, which isn’t going to change by itself. #mapoli #ImpeachTrump

[Max Boot 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @MaxBoot]

If Republicans criticize Trump for inviting foreign election interference, they are raising the pressure to vote for impeachment—and risking the wrath of Trump’s rabid base. That is something these political invertebrates lack the courage to do. https://t.co/060MxJlNP2

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

And then there’s the reality that the stingy (read: greedy) Boomers slashed funding to schools and state colleges leading to a run up in student debt. #mapoli

[CNBC @CNBC]

There's a theory that stingy millennials are to blame for the sluggish economy https://t.co/pLRsc5aSVe

[The Pen of Damocles @PenofDamocles]

Jesus Christ. #mapoli

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

As I have stated strongly before, and just to reiterate, if Turkey does anything that I, in my great and unmatched wisdom, consider to be off limits, I will totally destroy and obliterate the Economy of Turkey (I’ve done before!). They must, with Europe and others, watch over...