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demmiblue's JournalWOW -- PELOSI with a broadside at Facebook. "All they want are their tax cuts and no anti-trust...
PELOSI says they only care about profits. They have been very irresponsible. Their behavior is shameful"
https://twitter.com/JakeSherman/status/1217843500890365952
https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1217843771355942912
JUST IN: Robert Hyde tells @NBCNews in a text message he has "extensive comments on this matter"...
https://twitter.com/JoshNBCNews/status/1217543238845915138
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., who has been absent from the Congress since last week, is in treatmen
Source: AZ Central/USA Today
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., who has been absent from the Congress since last week, is in treatment for alcohol dependence, she announced Wednesday in a written statement.
Kirkpatrick, 69, represents Arizona's 2nd Congressional District based in Tucson, and her announcement comes after a fall last week. She must undergo physical therapy for the fall, she said, but is expected to fully recover.
"I do, however, have another challenge I must face, which was the underlying cause of my fall," she said. "Beginning next week, I will receive treatment that I have struggled to ask for, to treat my alcohol dependence.
"I am finally seeking this help after struggling to do so in the past, and I am ready to admit that I, like countless other Americans, suffer from this disease. Hard work and determination which have brought me success in life have not been enough to win this battle. Other than being a wife, mother, and grandmother, the most important job in the world to me is representing my fellow Arizonans. I know I must get better in order to do my best in each of these roles."
Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/01/15/arizona-rep-ann-kirkpatrick-getting-treatment-alcohol-dependence/4478788002/
Good luck on your sobriety, Rep. Kirkpatrick (and thank you for speaking out about the issue)!
BREAKING: The House of Delegates just passed HJ1, my resolution to have Virginia be the 38th... #ERA
https://twitter.com/JCarrollFoy/status/1217511911312515072
https://twitter.com/JulieCareyNBC/status/1217510165915820032
Days before Europeans warned Iran of nuclear deal violations, Trump secretly threatened to impose 25
Source: WaPo
Days before Europeans warned Iran of nuclear deal violations, Trump secretly threatened to impose 25% tariff on European autos if they didnt
A week before Germany, France and Britain formally accused Iran of breaching the 2015 nuclear deal, the Trump administration issued a private threat to the Europeans that shocked officials in all three countries.
If they refused to call out Tehran and initiate an arcane dispute mechanism in the deal, the United States would impose a 25 percent tariff on European automobiles, the Trump officials warned, according to European officials familiar with the conversations.
Within days, the three countries would formally accuse Iran of violating the deal, triggering a recourse provision that could reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran and unravel the last remaining vestiges of the Obama-era agreement.
The U.S. effort to coerce European foreign policy through tariffs, a move one European official equated to extortion, represents a new level of hardball tactics with Americas oldest allies, underscoring the extraordinary tumult in the transatlantic relationship.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/days-before-europeans-warned-iran-of-nuclear-deal-violations-trump-secretly-threatened-to-impose-25percent-tariff-on-european-autos-if-they-didnt/2020/01/15/0a3ea8ce-37a9-11ea-a01d-b7cc8ec1a85d_story.html?arc404=true
Statement from Ligthhizer and Mnuchin: "All aspects of the Phase One trade agreement with China..."
Lighthizer and Mnuchin add: "...There are no other oral or written agreements between the United States and China on these matters, and there is no agreement for future reduction in tariffs. Any rumors to the contrary are categorically false. #China #trade
https://twitter.com/EdwardLawrence/status/1217170911641636865
https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1217193576804880386
https://twitter.com/GimmeYourTired/status/1217172846755176450
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This is Dewi. His official weather report is that it's a little breezy.
https://twitter.com/dog_rates/status/1216768686515617792
A man re-animated 'Sleeping Beauty' to create an unforgettable wedding proposal
Filmmaker Lee Loechler spent six months working with an Australian illustrator to get himself and his girlfriend, Sthuthi David, animated into a fake screening of her favorite Disney movie, "Sleeping Beauty."
"It's not every day you get to propose to your High School sweetheart," Loechler wrote on Instagram. "The only thing better than seeing the smartest person I know completely dumbfounded was knowing we'd get to live happily ever after together."
It happened on December 30 at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in the couple's hometown of Brookline, Massachusetts. David, a medical resident at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and Loechler, who lives and works in Los Angeles, were back home for the holidays.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/us/sleeping-beauty-proposal-trnd/index.html
"... WH officials would not be returning Gaetz's phone calls, text messages, 'smoke signals or..."
https://twitter.com/DanEggenWPost/status/1215787056351391744Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch ally of President Trump, pushed other Republicans to vote in favor of limiting Trumps authority in the military confrontation with Iran, drawing ire from the president and other Republicans in Congress, according to aides and emails.
Reclaiming Congressional power is the Constitutional conservative position! Devin Murphy, Gaetzs legislative director, wrote to all Republican offices around 11 a.m. Thursday, underlining the text, according to the email obtained by The Washington Post.
The message, arguing for Republicans to buck the president, ended: We WILL be voting in favor of H. Con. Res. 83, and hope you will do the same!
It was a risky move that surprised the president and showed rare fissures in a Republican Party that Trump has firmly controlled. Trump fiercely complained about Gaetz after aides informed Trump that his office had sent the email backing the resolution, which was pushed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.). Trumps team lobbied heavily against the nonbinding resolution.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-angered-by-house-allys-push-to-limit-his-authority-on-iran/2020/01/10/f4daba9c-33f5-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html
Ha, ha!
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