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"A Story About How America Was Almost Destroyed By Criminals" (A Recap). https://t.co/ONRXXkB8wI
Update; How Criminals destroyed America

Hillary, Encouraging Town Hall Antagonizers, Hillary Says Democrats Are 'At Their Best'

 Republicans Facing Violence, Death Threats From Left-Wing Activists https://t.co/l5C7OKynag

Democrat logic: It's fun to threaten Republicans https://t.co/HhDBIMo6QN

Nolte: New York Times Calls for 'Godfather' Tactics to Stop Trump's SCOTUS Nominee https://t.co/tzh3fdrciZ
Getting Dangerous: Man Gets Physical With GOP Congressman At Town Hall [VIDEO] https://t.co/DrQbKEoNep

Shooting At GOP Baseball Practice Latest In Pattern Of Violence Against Republicans https://t.co/lfvqNMid2D
Nebraska Democratic Party official caught on tape saying he's glad Scalise got shot
https://t.co/A3rAK3UsHU

The suspect in the congressional shooting was a Bernie Sanders supporter, strongly anti-Trump
https://t.co/y8qoO5ed2r
Ending in:

Capitol Shooting

Dan Cohenc@dancohen3000

GRAPHIC FOOTAGE: Police fatally shoot a Trump supporter inside the Capitol building. This is a sickening crime that should be prosecuted as such.
https://t.co/0N7dwW7E0S
Dan Cohen @dancohen3000

I'm watching "leftists" transform in real-time into apologists for police murder. There are a hundred different ways cops could've handled this situation that didn't involve lethal force.
https://t.co/Xe6bfqb9G3
6/24/2020 Obama Refers to Unrest as 'Great Awakening'
https://t.co/GCnoQ3V7gV

Democrat senators block a resolution condemning "mob violence" https://t.co/emZ7z7fC2A

Joe Biden Starts Presidential Campaign By Praising Antifa https://t.co/5NnCpgOacB
Biden Says Antifa Is 'An Idea, Not An Organization' during Presidential Debate https://t.co/WRxm7Atqoo

Biden Suggests Starting' Physical Revolution' To Deal With Republicans https://t.co/PJ5cFrDqhO

Recap of Democrats Calling for Violence
https://t.co/Ds0M2d9WFO
Jerry Nadler says Antifa violence in Portland 'a myth' https://t.co/a6Rz4C5H3w

What Downtown Portland, Oregon Looks Like Right Now https://t.co/JAEJy8HKZh

What Kenosha Looks Like After Riots And Looting
Posted on Thu 10/22/2020
https://t.co/QnU1r0MpVg
'Bird-Dogging' — Democrats' Effort to Incite Violence at Trump Rallies - https://t.co/MdREzZ0Jhg
"Mentally Ill People Paid to Do S***"

Creamer Visited Obama's White House 340 Times - https://t.co/f8a7ZDmmM7
"…45 of those meetings including President Obama."
Again! White House Dodges Details Of Robert Creamer Visits With Obama - https://t.co/svjEYHpPiD

Creamer, Works for DNC, Friend of Mook https://t.co/PM1jtnkHJf
WATCH: Protester Announces Destruction Date for Emancipation Monument, Encourages Mob to Visit Mitch McConnell https://t.co/LyzFvNsM3i

Anti-Trump Mob Attacks Reporter, GOP HQs In Richmond Virginia https://t.co/qhX6NO8gOP
Ugly, bloody scenes in San Jose as protesters attack Trump supporters outside rally
https://t.co/bpv61mk9K1

Elderly Man Dragged From his Car, Beaten Because he Voted for Trump
https://t.co/TLtOdBZ4z9
BREAKING: Protesters beat homeless veteran to death in Philadelphia - https://t.co/8azeoR1dSh

Boy Beaten After Backing Donald Trump in School Mock-Election https://t.co/enCe39TlCv

Portland anti-Trump rioters attack a pregnant woman with baseball bat
https://t.co/CqJsVHUBYs
So, who supports this violence?

Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris

If you're able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota.

https://t.co/Z1cfJGcvC0
Biden staff donate to group that pays bail in riot-torn Minneapolis https://t.co/NByqYcEZKT

Biden staff donate to a group that pays bail in riot-torn Minneapolis
All while;

Denver victim shadowed by news crew while another incited the victim, set up for a story? https://t.co/23rTG0dFie

Portland Protesters Cheer After Man Wearing Right-Wing Hat Is Fatally Shot
https://t.co/8daZwrxoqA
And, the media, Democrats blame;

Atlanta mayor blames the president & governor for her gross incompetence https://t.co/mEKiPMsY9i

Atlanta burns! We have the footage of the shooting, no indication it's racial https://t.co/G74XIyhAKE
And, in closing;

Biden Says Antifa Is 'An Idea, Not An Organization' during Presidential Debate https://t.co/WRxm7Atqoo

And now the gangsters are in total control. God Help Us, Even the Useful Idiots That Cheered For This Betrayal.
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2) At this point, if you are a young and ambitious Tory MP it is now so overwhelmingly in your interest to vote against the withdrawal agreement. V v hard to see how Julian Smith can cap rebellion at under 100:

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Everyone calm down. While we don’t know why witnesses weren’t called, we know that the Democrats didn’t “cave.” They’re not hapless idiots. They’re savvy fighters, and they must have had a damn good reason for this. Stop blindly attacking them and let this play out.

For insurance, the DC Attorney General let it be known last night that he’s looking to criminally charge Trump for the insurrection. That’s infinitely more important than impeachment. Perhaps he asked the Democrats not to screw up his prosecution by calling his witnesses.

It’s also possible that one or more of the witnesses changed their story, and therefore it would have backfired.

There are all kinds of plausible explanations for what just happened. “Democrats stupidly caved” is NOT one of them, because these Democrats are NOT stupid or cavers.

We really, really, really need to learn to avoid jumping straight into the “all hope is lost” and “Democrats just stupidly caved” routines. Neither of those things ever ends up being true. When we fatalistically yell that stuff, WE are the ones (unwittingly) causing harm.

We deserve answers as to what happened today, but we’ll get them soon enough.

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Rs made gains in state legislatures in 2020. Even where manual audits are conducted, they rarely include state races. 😢

“Ds spent big to take control of state legislatures but lost their key targets. Now they’ll be on the sidelines as new maps are drawn”

I reported on the sorry state of election auditing laws in the US in this pre-election piece for @NYRDaily. This must change. #RobustManualAuditsNOW
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2/ “Earlier this year, ... Republicans blocked federal legislation, the SAFE Act, which would have required such [manual] audits for most federal races.”

3/ “America’s preeminent election-auditing expert, Philip Stark, a professor of statistics at...UCB, told me a few weeks ago that “only a few jurisdictions currently audit elections in a way that has a good chance of catching and correcting wrong reported outcomes.” @philipbstark

4/ “That requires a trustworthy paper trail—primarily hand-marked paper ballots kept demonstrably secure throughout the election and the audit—and [what is known as] a risk-limiting audit using that paper trail.” #HandMarkedPaperBallots
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