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@dmartosko "I asked a 17-year-old to speak extemporaneously on issues she's only getting familiar with. She wasn't great at it."

Enjoy the ratio, creep

[Matt Fuller @MEPFuller]

Everything Justin Amash said in his tweet thread just now is entirely evident to anyone who read the Mueller Report—Trump obstructed justice, his crimes were serious, Barr misled the public, these actions are worthy of impeachment—and it’s incredible he’s the only one saying it.

[Renato Mariotti @renato_mariotti]

If Romney thinks that Mueller didn’t establish the elements of an obstruction of justice offense, he either didn’t read the report or disagrees with Mueller.

If Romney thinks Mueller was wrong, he should explain why.

[Jim Sciutto @jimsciutto]

Consider this: Mueller has effectively decriminalized seeking & accepting foreign help in a US election, while Barr may end up criminalizing some counterintelligence efforts to investigate such behavior. Imagine the effects on 2020, when we know Russia will interfere again.

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@gin_and_tacos @foxjust @aaron_renn @lschmeiser First advantage mentioned: it was only *recently* abandoned by its major employer

[Brian Beutler @brianbeutler]

On Earth 2, Jerry Nadler held a press conference this morning to announce that Trump's unexpected Wednesday night decision to pardon his crooked business partner will be tacked on to the impeachment inquiry.

Instead it's Thursday afternoon and Democrats have ignored it.

[Norman Ornstein @NormOrnstein]

What defining deviancy down means: Bill Clinton pardons Marc Rich, media go to DEFCON 1. Bill Clinton meets with Loretta Lynch on the tarmac: DEFCON 1. Trump pardons convict Conrad Black (and Joe Arpaio.) Pence, McConnell and Chief Justice Roberts fly together. Media yawn.

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

I remember when Bill Clinton speaking briefly on the tarmac with Loretta Lynch about grandchildren was the end of the world.

[David Fahrenthold @Fahrenthold]

Black is a former business partner of @realDonaldTrump’s: they were partners on Trump Tower Chicago. https://t.co/V3Qd83gsuF

[Dan Pfeiffer @danpfeiffer]

A Democrat would be impeached by Republicans and the media would be in a massive feeding frenzy

This will he forgotten by morning

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@JessicaHuseman You're probably wondering why he's gathered you all here...

[John Fugelsang @JohnFugelsang]

The right wing guys who berated you for not wanting war w/Iraq...
...and then berated you for being right about Iraq...
...and then berated you for not believing Trump was really anti-war...
...are getting ready to berate you for not wanting Trump's war w/Iran.

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@gin_and_tacos @JustinEsarey @profmusgrave Oddly, ISU is the Peoria of Harvards

[Jared Yates Sexton @JYSexton]

Remember when Donald Trump told Chris Matthews he believed women who’d had abortions should be punished and everyone said, come on, it’s Trump, he’s just saying stuff, and then Republican legislatures moved for 99 years in prison?

Believe. Them. When. They. Tell. You.

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@d_jamesaust @OrinKerr Well, that would be the argument, but not the only argument, about whether each decision faithfully observes SD

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@ninarosejoyce @nycsouthpaw @Surgeon_General Any luck with the Wayback Machine or fortuitously encountered https://t.co/YODyaXsoIC links?

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@SilverAndDark @JuliusGoat What would be satisfactory, and how has she fallen short? Sincere question.

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@OrinKerr Obviously, it gets a bit wobbly around decisions that established a new personal right that people started making use of—Obergefell or Heller, for instance. Big reliance and stability concern generated in a short time there

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@OrinKerr You're right, though, either side could make it because it applies to any decision that gave short shift to SD