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@esstheman How do you know that? — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tat_Loo And Obama continued assassinating people afterwards. — PolitiTweet.org

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@esstheman He also killed a lot of civilians and a 16 year old US citizen who was never charged with a crime or accused of one. — PolitiTweet.org

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My colleague @alicesperi has been doing some truly vital reporting about COVID-19 and prisons. This is her latest story but check out all of her articles during this crisis. As coronavirus spreads behind bars, prisons release very few people https://t.co/Ao34hJZdzT — PolitiTweet.org

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@italypete10 You might want to do some reading. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tat_Loo Lol. You might want to read about Flynn’s time at JSOC. — PolitiTweet.org

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@quick_AG The Intercept is comprised of many journalists and editors with differing viewpoints. Can you point me to our group editorial on this or are you just making shit up? — PolitiTweet.org

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@realdealfriel2 Obama ordered his UN ambassador to abstain in that vote, which enraged Israel. — PolitiTweet.org

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What’s more, Mike Flynn was a central part of the US assassination program throughout the Bush and Obama administrations until late 2014. But no one wants to talk about that scandal. — PolitiTweet.org

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@scatterblack Those 10 Democrats voted against removing those powers from the FBI. The amendment sought to strike those powers from the House bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mlake9 I’ve written what I think about this election in general. See below. My analysis you’re responding to is about the specific issue of mass surveillance. https://t.co/cMvPMfJmde — PolitiTweet.org

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@mlake9 Uh... the Democrats, particularly the leadership, constantly support mass surveillance programs. Don’t pretend there is some huge divide here. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mlake9 He did. But let’s be real, this passed Pelosi’s House and Wyden tried to excise it. Those 10 Democrats openly aided and abetted William Barr and Mitch McConnell even as two dozen GOP defected to support the amendment. — PolitiTweet.org

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@mlake9 Nope. It fell one vote short of the 60 needed against the filibuster. Has nothing to do with Pence or ties. — PolitiTweet.org

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@sneakin No. When she was SoS, she was part of “the kill chain,” as we have shown in documents published in the Drone Papers, but it was Obama running it. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarkCarlRom Yes. It passed the Democratic controlled House under Pelosi. Wyden tried to strip it from the bill in the Senate and 24 Republicans defected from McConnell to support it. If those 10 Democrats didn’t step up to aid McConnell, it would have been excised from the Bill. — PolitiTweet.org

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If there’s really an Obamagate, it’s that he oversaw a secret, parallel judicial system replete with multiple kill lists that included US citizens. Obama served as judge, prosecutor, jury and executioner in that system. But Republicans love that system. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theintercept: “When you look at our reality and read through the proposals from Democratic leadership, it’s stunning in timidity and it… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jimsciutto: Breaking: Appeals court dismisses attempt by Trump to stop state officials from getting access to his business records. F… — PolitiTweet.org

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Why don’t we ever hear any outrage over the Mike Flynn scandal involving pressuring Russia to block a UN resolution critical of Israel? Flynn admitted to lying to the FBI about his effort to get Amb. Kislyak to delay the vote until Obama was out of office. — PolitiTweet.org

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@StormcastleJ https://t.co/dx5CT82ma8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@StormcastleJ There’s nothing hidden in it. It was an amendment to strip warrantless powers from the FBI written by the leading Democrat on FISA/surveillance Ron Wyden. This was not a principled abstention by Sanders. It was a no show. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s fascinating to watch centrist Dems seize on Sanders not voting on this amendment (which, as I said, is bad) to make sweeping declarations about how awful he is while saying nothing about the Democrats who always support these dangerous surveillance powers. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ceejopolis I apologize for responding earlier as though you understood any of this. That was my mistake. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ceejopolis https://t.co/1o62JmUWYI — PolitiTweet.org

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@ceejopolis Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Republicans split 27-24, which is why it’s a big deal these 10 Democrats aided McConnell. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JesseZurawell I was surprised only 10 Democrats voted this way. Usually it’s more. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tdanb13 See the rest of the thread — PolitiTweet.org

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@Tyler_Heyman 24 Republicans broke ranks and voted with the 34 Democrats who supported the Wyden amendment. Those 10 Democrats who sided with the main GOP crushed the chance to do something good in the senate DESPITE McConnell’s control. It’s on them. — PolitiTweet.org

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@CarolWWood It’s quite normal for many Democrats to vote for mass surveillance programs. They’ve been doing it consistently since 9/11. What was unusual was this was a rare moment to pass something good in McConnell’s senate (because two dozen GOP defected) and those 10 Dems stopped it. — PolitiTweet.org