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In a wildly busy week of action here in DC... this moment stood out
Wednesday in federal court
When a judge twice asked Justice Dept why it simply doesn't rescind the May 18 order, which gave rise to the $1.7 billion slush fund
The Justice Dept attorney said... "I don't know"
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Tarp security
The Kennedy Center’s name sign is still blocked by tarps and surrounded by security guards more than 12 hours after President Donald Trump’s name was removed from the building.
Just a handful of journalists and passersby waiting for the tarps to come down.
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Speaking with Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) for @MeidasTouch
Should Democrats try to "restore the norms" that are being destroyed by Trump? Or should the party fight fire.. with fire?
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Important breakthrough in Maryland
Moratorium on data center permits in massive Montgomery County, *where many Congressional and Administration aides live*
@willjawando and county exec Marc Elrich authored and pushed it thru .. per WTOP
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Iowa Democrats think they're increasingly likely to flip a US Senate seat.
Democratic nominee Josh Turek is pressing a campaign of "Prairie Populism" and he says early results are strong
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Team Trump confirms to the court .. they’ve taken Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center
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Former DOJ counsel Amy Powell on judge halting Trump slush fund
"Question that's lingered from the start of this charade: If the fund is truly rescinded, where is the sworn declaration saying so?"
Court is unwilling to take political statements as substitute for formal record
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Powerful photo by the AP
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ALERT: Judge Christopher Cooper has formally ordered the Kennedy Center has until 12p to finish taking Trump’s name off the building and to CERTIFY compliance
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In court filing, Team Trump said “thunderstorms” caused Kennedy Center to violate court order and fail to remove Trump’s name by deadline
Filing doesn’t explain why they waited til last minute to do the job
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Hill staff are flooding me with texts this am
Democratic campaigns are gonna pounce on the metaphor of “hanging a curtain to obscure the view”
On…
Gas prices
Utility costs
War
We’ll see if it works
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Jun 13
And the workers are back.,.. to remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center tonight
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Jun 12
ALERT: Appeals court says NO to Team Trump.
They will not delay DC judge's order to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center tonight.
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Jun 12
"Steady decline"
"Substantially reduced revenue"
Trump's Dept of Justice has just blessed the merger of Paramount and Time Warner
And their rationale includes a sobering statement about the future of legacy, linear media ====>
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Scott MacFarlane retweeted
Jun 12
EXCLUSIVE: A commercial airline pilot filed safety reports after nearly being blinded by lights from Donald Trump's UFC structure when flying into Washington, D.C.'s Reagan airport.
My latest with @MeidasTouch: meidasnews.com/news/white-ho…
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ALERT: from @AaronParnas
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Jun 12
EXCLUSIVE: A commercial airline pilot filed safety reports after nearly being blinded by lights from Donald Trump's UFC structure when flying into Washington, D.C.'s Reagan airport.
My latest with @MeidasTouch: meidasnews.com/news/white-ho…
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Jun 12
Trump’s birthday weekend begins with a big loss in court
youtu.be/4vHFZ6AEIeQ?is=pyg4…
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