Trump may be best remembered for his use of Twitter as a bully pulpit to stoke controversy or browbeat opponents, but the noise his tweets generated often distracted from the big policy changes he made over his four-year term https://t.co/shNVNMoDfg

During his rollercoaster presidency, the focus was often on what Trump was saying and not on what he was doing. But a review of his policies shows that he had a real effect on people’s lives. Here's a closer look 👇

➖ China:

The Trump administration put China’s rise in the spotlight and helped forge a bipartisan and increasingly adversarial U.S. view of the world’s second-largest economy

From a raft of tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese imports to sanctions against top officials and a muscular use of penalties against top Chinese companies like Huawei, ZTE, SMIC and TikTok owner ByteDance, Trump hit Beijing on a variety of fronts

Tensions have risen especially over the past year with Trump repeatedly blaming China for the coronavirus, which originated in the city of Wuhan. The two global powers are increasingly at odds over a range of other issues, including Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South China Sea

I can’t bring myself to watch Republican Senators like Cruz, Lee, and Sasse wax rhapsodic about the Constitution while the President they support is spreading disinformation about the election and accusing Biden, Obama, and Clinton of treason. Sorry, just can’t do it.

Anyone who’s read the writings of the founders knows full well they their beloved Trump is the Platonic form of the type of President the founders most feared, and that they epitomize the sort of short sighted and craven public officials they also desperately feared.

These GOP Senators are smart and well-read enough to understand how outlandish their President is, and how embarrassingly cowardly their behavior has been these past four years.

The chutzpah of these people to pass themselves off as great patriotic lovers of the founders’ Constitution. Feh.

If they loved the Constitution, they would be telling people not to vote for Trump until he agrees to accept the results of the election. Otherwise they are aiding and abetting an attempt to shred the Constitution. Shame on them,

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“The chances that you would have 1,000 votes in a row would be something like 2 quadrillion-to-1 against.

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“The chances that you could ever see 123,000 votes in a row for the same person are – you could go pick a grain of sand on a beach and I could go pick a grain of sand on another beach and the chances that we picked the same grain is as close to you can get to zero.

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So, the point is that these three things line up: Bucket #1. The technical capabilities of the machines; Bucket #2. The lived experience of the people who went & voted in these districts &; Bucket #3. The statistical results – all dovetail together & tell this ironclad story

4/21
“You’ve gotta prove ‘Could it happen?’ and ‘Did it happen?’ The question of ‘Could it happen?’ is addressed by Bucket #1, that the machines have this functionality. The question of ‘Did it happen?’ is proven by Buckets #2 and #3, the lived experience of the people who lived

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and voted in these precincts and the statistical outcomes all prove it did happen.

“So, together, all that information fits hand-in-glove, perfectly.”

So, I've been having a squizz at the latest politicians' expenses claims

Not sure if you've noticed the glaring anomaly but I did @ipeaAusGov

You might want to take a second look at @senator_sam's expense claims, particularly her 'Travel Allowance'
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I noticed @senator_sam claimed travel allowance for 98 nights July-Sept qtr

Bit odd given there's only 91 days in the July-September quarter! (Then I worked out she back-dated some travel allowance expenses)

Total claimed $24,676 for travel allowance for the qtr
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Sometimes it's a bit hard with Senators, they're usually all over the state, committees & lots of things, so I thought I'd compare Senator Sam with all the other senators.

Yep, just as I thought, no other Senator came within cooee of Senator Sam

Topped the list
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I notice Senator Sam stays a lot at Girraween, NT & claims 'Electorate Duties'

Not sure why, there's not much there, not even a motel that I can find.

Maybe @Senator_Sam can answer: What is the hotbed of electorate activity going on in Girraween, NT?
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Interesting to note that during the time in question the Northern Territory had an election (22 Aug 2020)

Michael Gunner won, Senator Sam campaigned against him. She also said lots of horrible things about him during lockdown, she wanted the borders open.
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The Authority Figure Defense

My latest for the Washington Post with @reichellaw

https://t.co/QwdXVmXXuk

The Public Authority Defense will make it harder for the Trumps, Giuliani, and pals to squirm out of facing consequences.

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Here’s how the defense works. If the chief of police tells you that you could ignore “no parking” sign, you could evoke the Public Authority Defense.

You could point your finger at the authority figure who invited you to commit the illegal act.

The spotlight then turns to the authority figure: Did the chief of police have the authority to waive the parking restriction?

If not, was it reasonable for you to believe that he did?

See where this is

Each day, more evidence emerges that Trump and other elected officials instigated this riot.

Every day, more evidence emerges that the lies told by people like @tedcruz, @HawleyMO, and @KellyannePolls led to the

The public authority defense doesn’t mean the rioters are off the hook: They can still be arrested, charged and brought to trial.

But depending on the circumstances, a defense like this one can mitigate or even eliminate their culpability or lessen their punishment.

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@kiki_cliff @Peaceforus21 @NYCMayor No sir the Senate can convene until January 19th at the earliest the only reason why they can't convene earlier is because it only takes one Senator to say I don't want to go and they don't go he has way more than one objection number two it's unconstitutional

@Peaceforus21 @NYCMayor The Democrats are respected to officially have an article of impeachment finished but they have said they're going to delay sending this article to Senate it's mostly just to score cheap political points and say hey look at me I impeach him twice

@Peaceforus21 @NYCMayor Constitutionally you cannot impeach a president that is no longer president when the Constitution was formed it was very strict in Article 2 that it would be different from the Imperial rule of England where a private citizen could be impeached

@Peaceforus21 @NYCMayor So what will happen is one Senator will automatically reject the Senate will not come back until January 19th Joe will be sworn in at 12 and at 12:01 the articles of impeachment expire as it is unconstitutional to hold a impeachment of a private citizen

@Peaceforus21 @NYCMayor Trump will still be entitled to all of his benefits under the previous presidents Act including his pension and everything else and he will be able to hold office any office because you must fully impeach and convict before that can happen they don't have time simple

This was an awesome video by SGT FRIDAY (@MagaKarma1) didn't know if everyone has seen it or not, but just wanted to go back through and make sure all of you know what happened.

1. On election night before any of the chaos occurred, Joe Biden was getting more votes in Republican Districts. Florida tells the election night story. There is something uniquely different in Florida and that is Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County. They are heavily

Democratic counties, Florida is a 1 point state, in over 20 years Florida has been decided by one point or less.

2. But on election night 2020 Donald Trump received more than 225,000 votes in Democratic districts. When Donald Trump ran against Hillary Clinton in 2016, in Miami-Dade, Donald Trump received 333,000 votes and election night 2020 Donald Trump received 532,000 votes. Trump went

up by 199,000 votes in a Democratic strong hold. Florida was telling us two things, that Donald Trump's outreach to minority communities was working. Joe Biden out performed Hillary Clinton in the panhandle. They took the mail-in ballots and sent the Biden votes into

No, Biden hasn't won yet — one more nightmare scenario

Most likely, Biden is our next president, but we could be in for a very rough ride between now and Jan. 20."

"And, @RealRLimbaugh broke it down on Dec 16 - "they do not have as many delegations as the Republicans do. So voting by delegation the Republicans would then control the House and any vote there

It is NOT unprecedented for the electoral count to be challenged, Dems did in 2916.

It is fascinating.

"So under this “endgame maneuver … The Senate, claiming that there is no Electoral College result, picks Pence,” as the vice president. “Overturning an election? Why not?"

Since it's Veteran's Day, it seems like an appropriate time to talk about how the Georgia General Assembly has screwed military voters out of their opportunity to vote in runoff elections for state offices like the one we're about to have on December 1 (for PSC). #gapol 1/

To begin, you have to understand that there is a federal law, the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (known as UOCAVA "you-oh-cava"), that protects military voters and citizens living overseas. 2/

One provision of the UOCAVA requires states to send absentee ballots to protected UOCAVA voters at least 45 days before any federal election. This is because mail to and from overseas military can be very slow. 3/

Back in the early 2010s, the Department of Justice under Obama sued the State of Georgia because the state's election calendar held runoff elections too close to the general election to allow absentee ballots to meet the 45-day deadline. 4/

Georgia argued in court that the UOCAVA did not apply to runoff elections and it lost. UOCAVA applies to *all* federal elections, including runoff elections. 5/

#Christian #Patriots who love #America and oppose the #marxist #takeover of our Country. -- We need to start forming leaders to defend the USA. Plan CONFERENCES in January on the day of the Inauguration. Explain how to defend America by whatever means are just! ACTION! >>

Here is a summary of talking points for your conferences
1. Christ is our King, and we owe him everything, esp gratitude for America
2. We must show it by loyalty + service even unto the risk of everything.
3. True liberty is liberty to be Christian.
4. Marxism is opposed to this

5. We must recognize the Masonic tactic of diverting our loyalty to Christ to their projects.
6. Instead we must insist on Christ and Christian civilization, which is not Judeo-Christian, but Christian.
7. Must recognize that America has been infiltrated by those who hate Christ.

8. Must recognize Election Fraud is just the tip of the iceberg of treachery in America
9. We must therefore organize Christian controlled response to take back America and MAGA as a Christian nation
10. In case of usurpation, this means we cannot go silently into the night

11. Therefore, in such a case, we must organize Christian Patriots, convince Mayors to levy Constitutional Militia, take back 1 town at a time, declare liberty from the govt of the Marxist Usurper, stop paying all taxes to his gov and to any state govt in league with him.

So to sum up. The last two POTUS videos both were henky. The first one, supposedly filmed while the Capitol “riots” were still taking place, had no background noise whatsoever. No yelling from a million people no sirens from the cop cars littering the area and no helicopters...

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1n I think more than Rahul Gandhi - it is Ram Guhas & Kaushik Basus who’ve reduced the congress & the “Idea of India” to zero. They come from privilege & are extremely articulate but are broken records & their writings subject to the law of Diminishing returns.

2n of course the much vaunted left ecosystem is its own enemy. Once they identify you as a “fellow traveller” they go out of their way to promote every mediocrity (unlike the right which won’t promote even its smartest). This is great for individuals - it offers rapid social

3n social mobility. The problem is it also creates a closed echo chamber where no dissenting thought is allowed. Consequently any new views from the ground up never reach the top & the top becomes more and more elite and disconnected from reality. This also incentivises the

4n wannabe social climbers to avoid telling the aspirational left elites the hard cold ground reality & the need to “fit in” reduces the connect the yuppies have to the ground. Of course these elites will capture international narratives easily - but the more they capture the

5n international narrative the more they lose the domestic one. This delusion gets so bad that they get into isomorphic mimicry (imposing western fantasies on incompatible Indian ground realities). In short while Ram Guha and Kaushik may hate Rahul and want him to leave, their

As more evidence emerges, a short list of some of those who have been identified as participants in the white supremacist insurrection at the United States Capitol on January 6th (thread): 1/

A West Virginia Republican state delegate 2/

A former Pennsylvania Republican State Representative 3/

A sitting Virginia Republican State Senator and candidate for Governor 4/

The incoming state co-chair of the Michigan Republican Party 5/

Obama's homestretch itinerary: On the campaign trail and inside Trump's head
For nearly four years, the former president refrained from attacking his successor. As he took to the trail on Biden's behalf in the 2020 race's closing days, the gloves came

What a LIE. He, they, didn't refrain from anything! Perhaps you missed the attempt to frame him for colluding with Russia to steal an election?

1 / Who won the debate? Nobody: there was no debate. Kamala Harris would have won a debate if there was one. She is a trained litigator and masters the art of argumentation.

Why wasn't there any debate? Not between presidential candidates or VPs?

2 / Who knows. I suppose if one of the campaign managers insisted on rules the GOP side wouldn't have agreed and would proceed into yet another bout of conspiratory whining. Since it's all about perception and the perception of the average American is informed by...

3 / ... the intellectual capacity of a housefly, I assume this is what you get.

However, as someone who presided over more round-tables and presentations than I can count, let me tell you how it is done.

4 / The moderator has a fixed time for the whole thing to happen. Suppose I have two hours for the session. I give each presenter from 12-15 minutes to deliver their presentation and I have 3 pieces of paper that I show them: "10", "5" and "2" (to go).

5 / When the timer zeroes, I take the mic from the presenter whether he was done or not (yes, the ability of sticking to the allotted time is learned). I can either have presenters follow each other and open for discussion in the end or open for Q&A after each presenter.

Get ready to shift how you think about congress. (quick thread bc Zeke’s asleep)...

For 10 years, it was a safe bet that congress would accomplish nothing. Congress was defined by dysfunction, gridlock, or outright white plutocracy under Trump.

But there’s a Dem trifecta for the first time in a decade now, so it's time to make new bets- and make them fast.

Usually congress moves slowly or not at all. Historically though, when a Dem trifecta comes, there is a brief window of opportunity - usually measured in months, not years - where legislative progress suddenly speeds up.

A quick trip through the last 100 years of this:

Wilson takes office with his Democratic trifecta in early 1913, and by the end of the year we get a progressive federal income tax and the creation of the Federal Reserve.

FDR takes office with his Democratic trifecta in early 1933, and that year we get the Public Works Administration, the Civilian Conservation Corps, banking reform, and massive economic recovery legislation.

A thread.

.@andymstone, the ex-Democratic operative who said Facebook is "reducing circulation" on our Hunter Files reporting, said that step is being taken pending fact-checking.

It was a bizarre standard, seemingly not applied to countless anti-Trump stories that collapsed.

It's now been nearly two weeks: Has the "fact-checking" process been completed? Have our stories been allowed to recirculate?

Because in the interval, neither Joe nor Hunter Biden has disputed the authenticity of the e-mails or the ownership of the hard drive.

In the interval, the director of national intelligence has ruled out that this story was Russian disinformation.

In the interval, the FBI and Justice Department have also ruled out Russian disinformation.

In the interval, a former business partner of Hunter and Jim Biden's (a Democratic-donating naval officer) has come forward, on the record, to confirm the authenticity of another key e-mail thread we exposed.

Already, this story has far more evidentiary and on-the-record corroboration than, say, the Dossier reporting or that blooper of a report in Buzzfeed (remember, @benyt?) on Trump suborning perjury, which the Mueller team demolished within 12 hours.