Those hyping the Nunes memo are saying the Steele dossier was used to justify the FISA warrant for Carter Page, and therefore is what triggered the Russia investigation.
One problem: FISA warrant for Page was granted over 3 months after the investigation had already begun...
Intel 101
When the FBI learns that a man is contacting Russian agents, the issue isn’t who told the FBI. It could be a mob boss or it could be Stormy Daniels. What we care about is that the FBI get a warrant and do it’s job of finding out why the man is contacting Russian agents.
Just got off the phone with a Haitian family member in Florida who was near tears talking about President Trump’s comments. Here’s the thing, not only are his comments wrong but they’re hurtful to a people who have already lived through so many insults.
The president is a racist. He has been for his entire public life. If you vote(d) for him, you do so because of that or despite that. We need a multi-racial anti-racist coalition to defeat him and try to heal our nation.
I’ve spent the day with a ski guide in Canada who pays 14 dollars a month for health insurance. In Canada’s, if you make under 35k a year, you get healthcare for free. What I’m the fuck is wrong with our country and why can’t we take care of our own people?
They literally just laid off thousands of employees. Like, literally. You have done nothing but line the pockets of everyone who works on the top floors. Everyone below has been left behind. https://t.co/EhpsZNcfYv
Haiti’s US Ambassador Paul Altidor tells me Haiti’s government has formerly summoned a US official to explain Trump’s comments to Haiti’s officials. “Haitians fought along US soldiers in the revolutionary war and we continue to be great contributors to American society,” he said https://t.co/adRajn3O5y
Two weeks ago a 26-year old soldier raced repeatedly into a burning Bronx apartment building, saving four people before he died in the flames. His name was Pvt. Emmanuel Mensah and he immigrated from Ghana, a country Donald Trump apparently thinks produces very subpar immigrants.
The article says the GOP wants to package CHIP with "more controversial" health care provisions.
Here's another idea: stop using the health care of 9 million kids as leverage. Do what you should have done 103 days ago. Just fund CHIP. https://t.co/aooId7qK1P