[View here as a Twitter thread] Yesterday, Special Counsel filed a memo with the court describing Manafort’s lies (for the purpose of showing that Manafort violated his plea agreement). A lot of the memo looks like this: But we learn a few new details. 1/ I’ll work the new stuff into what we already know …
[View as a Twitter thread] Hi, Holly Jolly, As things stand, the electoral college gives an advantage to sparsely populated states. 1/ There are three ways to solve the problem. The hardest is to amend the Constitution, a ridiculously complicated and lengthy process. 2/ There are two easier ways, but both require grassroots organizing. The …
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[View here as a Twitter thread] Hi, James, In that particular thread, I was simply demonstrating that Mueller was fulfilling his mandate. But—now that you mention it—the facts given in the documents (along with Trump’s public actions) do constitute crimes. Let’s start with a few easy ones. 1/ How about accessory after the fact? 2/ …
On Friday, January 4, I appeared on KVEC News/Talk 920 AM and 96.5 FM to talk about Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Thursday, January 3, I did a Q&A on Ruth Bader Ginsburg as part of the SLO Jewish Film Festival. The radio show is here as a podcast. Here is a transcript of a four …
[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump supporters don’t care if Trump lies. If they repeat something Trump says, and then find out it isn’t factual, they don’t care. That’s a hard one for non-Trump supporters to wrap their minds around. 1/ I wrote about this in my Slate article a few months ago. hWhen you …
[View here as a Twitter thread] What we learn from the new indictment of Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya Spoiler: A few more pieces come together (I finally read the indictment!) 1/ In 2007 a “corrupt Russian organization” called Prevezon defrauded Russian taxpayers of millions of rubles and then laundered the money in NY. In 2013 the SDNY …
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Hi, George. Thanks for commenting. And welcome to my twitter feed. All the facts I listed came directly from documents Mueller filed with the court. Most are from a doc you signed under penalty of perjury! Let’s march through the facts, as given in the docs, shall we? 1/ The first bunch of facts will …
[View as a Twitter Thread] Glenn Greenwald wants to know if anyone can answer a few questions, like if Mueller indicted any Americans for crimes in the 2016 election or for criminally conspiring with Russians. 🙋♀️I can answer your questions, Glenn! 1/ Mueller’s mandate wasn’t to indict Americans for crimes during 2016 or for criminally …
[View as a Twitter thread] Q: Can Trump declare a national emergency and then build his wall? A: Of course not. The real question is how to deal with Trump’s very effective “flood the zone with shit” ploy. Look what happens when Trump says things like that: 1/Legal scholars like Lawrence Lessig, Yale Law prof. …
[View here as a Twitter thread] The problem isn’t (just) Trump. Tony Schwartz says the president has too much power. This is only true because the GOP members of Congress are not acting as a check on presidential power. 2/ The GOP is obeying Trump as if he is an autocrat. Example: The House and …
