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1. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 9:10 pm

   Today: Native children are 2.7 times more likely to be removed from their families and placed in foster care. In South Dakota and Alaska nearly 50% of children in foster care are Native. We are 1-2% of the population.

   — Dr. Adrienne Keene (@NativeApprops) May 27, 2018

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2. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 9:07 pm

   .@AMANDIONAIR: Clapper said that #Trump is an illegitimate president. That is what #Trump, Giuliani, Pence & all the Vichy Republicans don’t want to be articulated. They cannot deal with that framing… #Trump is a saboteur working in the White House to destroy the country #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/FFxqwy6kO1

   — AM Joy w/Joy Reid (@amjoyshow) May 27, 2018

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3. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 8:02 pm

   Nearly 70 percent of NFL players are black. Older, white fans wanted them punished for protesting. You see what they did. “There is no other way to say it: The NFL sold out its players with this new, thoughtless national anthem policy,” writes @jemelehill. https://t.co/TDUdWuetat

   — Jamil Smith (@JamilSmith) May 27, 2018

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4. SouthernGirl2 says:

   May 27, 2018 at 7:49 pm

   You are so brutally insensitive. 1500 immigrant children are missing, parents and kids devastated. PBS reported some to human traffickers. What’s wrong with you? #WhereAreTheChildren

   My ♥️! #SundayMorning pic.twitter.com/CN5iXutE5Q

   — Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) May 27, 2018

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5. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 7:46 pm

   Executives of big U.S. companies suggest that the days of most people getting a pay raise are over, and that they also plan to reduce their work forces further. https://t.co/V0BXg0CmEI

   — Axios (@axios) May 27, 2018

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6. SouthernGirl2 says:

   May 27, 2018 at 6:44 pm

   Vitamin, don’t forget this. Tonight on MSNBC at 9pm

   "It was something deeper than a movie, for I think just about every single one of us." — Actress Danai Gurira

   The cast and crew of #BlackPanther give their take on the movie everyone is still talking about.

   Watch "Headliners: Black Panther" TONIGHT only on @MSNBC pic.twitter.com/Vho04MvV5P

   — MSNBC (@MSNBC) May 27, 2018

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7. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 4:32 pm

   Hitler waged war on "fake news." Hitler made sports teams salute. Hitler blamed minorities for his country's problems. Hitler dehumanized entire populations. Hitler ripped families apart. Stop telling me Trump's nothing like Hitler.

   — The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) May 27, 2018

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8. SouthernGirl2 says:

   May 27, 2018 at 4:27 pm

   Trump dehumanizes minorities to gain the approval of angry whites — according to science https://t.co/a7YFDB84Fz

   — Raw Story (@RawStory) May 27, 2018

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9. rikyrah says:

   May 27, 2018 at 4:26 pm

   Here's a rare case in which you can see Trump formulating a lie in real time.

   His prepared speech for his MS-13 event last week accurately said that MS-13 had reportedly called for the killing of a cop in the Long Island area. He started saying that, but stopped mid-sentence. 1/

   — Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 27, 2018

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10. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:23 pm

    Leonard Pitts: Here are Trump supports explaining themselves in their own words, https://t.co/uHzHFLmQqj

    — Nancy LeTourneau (@Smartypants60) May 27, 2018

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11. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:19 pm

    A pilot kidnapped a foreign student and tried to deport him back to China, police say https://t.co/wLq9Ehg37F

    — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 27, 2018

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12. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    If you want to know where #WhereAreTheChildren came from, read this. Trump has spent the last year and a half systematically attacking protections for kids seeking asylum. https://t.co/LitjfX2lRD pic.twitter.com/m3luN43PWb

    — Leah Greenberg (@Leahgreenb) May 27, 2018

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13. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:10 pm

    The fact that there is as of now no massive, bipartisan national outrage at the separation of little kids from their parents by ICE may be the biggest, most depressing part of this whole wretched story.

    — Jeff Greenfield (@greenfield64) May 26, 2018

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14. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:08 pm

    Just dust 😥😥

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    This feeling is indescribable. God really outdid himself with this one, and I cannot thank Him enough. Lord knows this is the only man I ever want to slide to- foreva! 🙌🏾 #IssaFiancée #TheyToldMeItWasAGirlsWeekend #WellPlayed #MyMamaAndIWereMatching #GodKnew #MarryingMyBFF #IdSlideToHimAnyDay #ItsLit #HumbleBeginnings

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    • vitaminlover says:

      May 27, 2018 at 5:18 pm

      How precious!

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15. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:01 pm

    Matthew Charles got out of prison in 2016 after the Obama administration changed sentencing guidelines for crack-related crimes. He’d spent almost half his life behind bars. But prosecutors appealed his sentence reduction, and won. Now he has to go back to serve another decade. https://t.co/uZUArR1X6Q

    — NPR (@NPR) May 26, 2018

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16. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    Let's be clear. There is no "law that separates parents from children". There is only an executive policy Trump enacted.

    Congress would need to pass a new law affirmatively banning this practice, not "change the law that does it." https://t.co/12fxfEOamQ

    — Matthew Chapman (@fawfulfan) May 27, 2018

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17. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 3:57 pm

    A👏Prison👏Bus👏For👏BABIES👏

    I was reading about ICE’s largest family detention facility—Karnes, which is run by a private contractor—and I happened upon this photo on the contractor’s blog. As my friend put it, they’ve got a prison bus for babies down there. https://t.co/ZtT8xuIJLL pic.twitter.com/tdfWRSbCAs

    — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 27, 2018

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18. Liza says:

    May 27, 2018 at 1:19 pm

    The Alabama Department of Public Health estimates 40 to 90% of homes along the famous Selma to Montgomery route have either inadequate or no septic system. https://t.co/wUlMiRUwT9

    — Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) May 27, 2018

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19. Liza says:

    May 27, 2018 at 1:13 pm

    SG2, brace yourself for this one…

    I saw this photo floating around and didn’t know if it was real.

    It is.

    Children of immigrants are being held in cages, like dogs, at ICE detention centers, sleeping on the floor. It’s an abomination.

    FULL STORY: https://t.co/V4zRJ43Lvn pic.twitter.com/tbUWSb4B05

    — Shaun King (@ShaunKing) May 27, 2018

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    • Liza says:

      May 27, 2018 at 1:16 pm

      More pictures at the link. Absolutely devastating.

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      • yahtzeebutterfly says:

        May 27, 2018 at 3:01 pm

        horrific!

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    • SouthernGirl2 says:

      May 27, 2018 at 1:52 pm

      GASP! Oh Jesus! Say it ain’t so? Why Lord?

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20. Ametia says:

    May 27, 2018 at 12:52 pm

    Hola, Everyone! Sunning & fun min’ in 94 degree weather I Iowa City. Enjoy your Sunday.

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21. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 11:04 am

    Think: If a President of the United States had sent this tweet 3 years ago, everyone would've assumed the account had been hacked. If it was real, emergency protocols would be underway to remove either an intruder or a very ill man from the Oval Office. Now it's just daily life. pic.twitter.com/lPvarMbVJR

    — Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) May 26, 2018

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22. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 11:03 am

    "Mueller's team has obtained a nine-slide presentation created by the Israeli firm, Psy-Group, which claims to have links to Israeli intelligence agencies. The presentation includes details about creating fake news sites and fake social media accounts." https://t.co/OZRua8Vvpo

    — Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) May 27, 2018

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23. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 10:49 am

    This is who they are 😠

    Fox News guest says that the only problem with missing 1,500 immigrant children is that America can't deport them https://t.co/bTVTWavLqE pic.twitter.com/C8MvD3zU5E

    — Media Matters (@mmfa) May 27, 2018

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24. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 10:49 am

    "We lose a lot of people in a lot of government programs." – Rick Santorum's response to #WhereAreTheChildren on @CNN

    — Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) May 27, 2018

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25. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 10:42 am

    4 Maryland High Schoolers Charged With Hate Crimes After Spraying Racist Graffiti Targeting Black Principal https://t.co/xOfDKtgX7o via @TheRoot

    — Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) May 27, 2018

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26. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 10:26 am

    @rikyrah

    They’re taking all the things Black Lives Matter did and running away with it. They’re organizing sit ins. They’re registering people to vote, they’re organizing marches. But some Black Lives Matter wanted to be on Twitter and bash seasoned Civil Rights Icons and for them to get outta the way.

    #NewProfilePic pic.twitter.com/u2YWpDIU7v

    — National Die-In Day (@NationalDieIn) May 27, 2018

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    • rikyrah says:

      May 27, 2018 at 10:34 am

      Tell it, SG2
      Tell it.

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27. Liza says:

    May 27, 2018 at 10:23 am

    It’s not about personal anecdote either. It’s about what the data say in the aggregate. I’ve worn tired and bored by ppl using their personal story in a futile effort to disprove reams of data.

    — Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) May 27, 2018

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    • Liza says:

      May 27, 2018 at 10:24 am

      Memorize this statement. It applies to everything…

      “It’s not about personal anecdote either. It’s about what the data say in the aggregate.”

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28. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:55 am

    No, it’s not the economy, stupid. Trump supporters fear a black and brown America. https://t.co/APG1FRSlbu

    — Rick (@rick00979) May 27, 2018

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29. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:49 am

    As part of its #Iran-related spying, a Black Cube operative phoned @tparsi — an advocate of the nuclear deal — and posed as a journalist, trying to induce him to say disparaging things about the deal's architects. We got the audio from that call. @RichardEngel pic.twitter.com/qhhkuxG5kJ

    — On Assignment with Richard Engel (@OARichardEngel) May 26, 2018

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30. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:35 am

    Your reminder
    John Kelly ain’t shyt 😠

    John Kelly lied to Senate Democrats about Trump’s new policy of tearing families apart, and every one of them should be screaming from the rooftops about it this week. https://t.co/NsOUoT6SzR

    — Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) May 26, 2018

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31. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:32 am

    They rip apart little children from mothers who are refugees. They want to rip health care away from 23 million families. Here is the thru line: they are savage, cruel, inhumane. Vote them out. Vote them all out.

    — Topher Spiro (@TopherSpiro) May 26, 2018

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32. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:31 am

    The United States media needs to also be clearer about the fact that many individuals who are crossing the border are seeking asylum. https://t.co/ljo2l9AS6j

    — Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) May 26, 2018

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    • Liza says:

      May 27, 2018 at 10:30 am

      “If these children were white…”

      Most people really don’t care. I’ve lived near the Mexican border most of my life and that’s what I’ve seen. The advocates for these immigrants are a very, very small minority.

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33. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:30 am

    NRA spokesmodel @DLoesch threatens journalists saying in new video that "your time is running out."

    It's pretty obvious they are trying to invite violence against the press.

    — Pesach 'Pace' Lattin 🔴 (@pacelattin) May 27, 2018

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34. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:28 am

    The path of least resistance is calling trump’s lies what they are—lies.

    Not errors. Not factual inaccuracies. Not misstatements. Not misrepresentations.

    Lies.

    He is a liar.

    — Imani Gandy (@AngryBlackLady) May 26, 2018

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35. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:26 am

    The Republican Party and its media apparatus on @FoxNews & AM radio have successfully dehumanized people of color in the minds of the White majority to the extent that police brutality/extrajudicial murder and ICE internment camps are the result. All it takes is hatred & power.

    — Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) May 26, 2018

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36. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:24 am

    Curious if anyone's been demanding the personal financial, business and family details of @RudyGiuliani as well?

    — 💙#Avenatti will Finish Them🔥🔥🔥 (@Jax_from_Hawaii) May 25, 2018

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37. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:20 am

    “A detailed report about Mr. Rhodes, compiled by Black Cube…contains pictures of his apartment in Washington, telephone numbers and email addresses of members of his family, as well as unsubstantiated allegations of personal and ethical transgressions.” https://t.co/diqLEuN2Qa

    — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 8, 2018

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38. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:20 am

    “Speaker Ryan should go to prison for letting Rep. Devin Nunes obstruct justice, leak information & violate his recusal from the Russia probes again & again.” Scott Dworkin in MSNBC #AMJoy pic.twitter.com/PvybhQjmNW

    — Scott Dworkin (@funder) May 27, 2018

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39. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:18 am

    #Pennsylvania man caught on video HARASSING BLACK NEIGHBORS gets PRISON TIME and loses home on ‘ETHNIC INTIMIDATION’ chargeshttps://t.co/HNF2bw0EsZ#MAGA #Trump #MAGA2018 #SpyGate#GOPComplicit#GOPCorruption

    — Michael O'Grady (@mog7546) May 26, 2018

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    • vitaminlover says:

      May 27, 2018 at 2:54 pm

      Good!

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40. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:17 am

    Please read the attached final statement regarding the future of @DondasHouse, effective immediately: @kanyewest & @KimKardashian. pic.twitter.com/aNVWbJ1h49

    — Donda's House, Inc. (@DondasHouse) May 27, 2018

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41. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:13 am

    THREAD

    I work full time on federal immigration policy – like it’s literally how I spend 70-80 hours a week, and I can’t even keep up with the velocity of policy changes from his administration. They are on a clearly delineated mission to cause tremendous harm & no one seems to care.

    — Alida Garcia (@leedsgarcia) May 25, 2018

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42. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:10 am

    THREAD

    1/ #TrumpCo nominates white nationalist Ronald Mortensen (https://t.co/VVTmzqjHdp) to the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. (PRM) pic.twitter.com/ect914lYrR

    — Operation Wolverines (@OpWolverines) May 26, 2018

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43. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:08 am

    We were all there when DHA announced their NEW policy of separating parents and children at the border. The AG and chief of staff both announced it. Don’t let Trump’s goon squad gaslight you. https://t.co/kpwCpM8V3C

    — Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) May 27, 2018

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44. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:07 am

    I haven’t been able to sleep knowing that 1,475 children, who are of course of color, were purposely ripped from their families and are now lost. I’ve been outraged and sickened by the actions of this criminal GOP regime, but this is on a Nazism/Hitler level. #WhereAreTheChildren

    — Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) May 26, 2018

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45. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:06 am

    "It's another reminder of why he is utterly unfit to be the President of the United States … it goes to the heart of his demagogic appeal to a nativist base and a form of xenophobic politics" – @BretStephensNYT w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/qM2l6wRXvB

    — Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) May 25, 2018

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46. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:05 am

    1/The US gov has lost 1,475 children who they had taken away from their immigrant parents. WH ChiefofStaff Kelly said “the children will be taken care of-put into foster care or whatever,” & now they are lost & some have fallen into the hands of traffickers. #WhereAreTheChildren

    — Liuba GrechenShirley (@liuba4congress) May 26, 2018

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47. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 9:02 am

    She knew he was a white supremacist bully when she took the job. Trump didn’t make her take the job – or preside over a system that separates children from parents. She is responsible for “losing” nearly 1500 immigrant children. #WhereAreTheChildren? https://t.co/s8t3W8ncTy

    — (((sfpelosi))) (@sfpelosi) May 25, 2018

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48. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:59 am

    Ripping young children away from their mothers is already beyond horrifying. But having some of the children sold into human trafficking is the greatest injustice this administration has ever done. It is a crime against humanity. #WhereAreTheChildren

    — Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) May 26, 2018

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49. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:56 am

    If this can be linked to Trump in a court of law – that's an espionage charge, right there. That's death penalty shit. https://t.co/1Cb36lNk69

    — Emma Kennedy (@EmmaKennedy) May 27, 2018

    Wow! @RichardEngel got his source to speak on camera that it was Trump that hired Israeli intelligence firm Black Cube to target former Obama's officials and supporters of the #IranDeal (including myself) in order to discredit and silence us…

    — Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 26, 2018

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50. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:54 am

    A source familiar with efforts by the Israeli intel firm Black Cube to dig up dirt on @brhodes & me (& target our families) says the contract started shortly after Trump’s visit to Israel last May & that whoever hired them made clear it was “for Trump.” https://t.co/NUeTkzNNiV

    — Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) May 25, 2018

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51. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:53 am

    .@RichardEngel's bombshell that it was Trump that hired Black Cube to spy on and entrap Obama officials and supporters of the #IranDeal only furthers the point I made earlier: We need a Congressional investigation!https://t.co/qSIAZCMv8n

    — Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 26, 2018

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52. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:52 am

    Black Cube went after the architects and promoters of the Iran nuclear deal to try to undermine their credibility. Dirty tricks. Tune in 9pm EST @MSNBC @OARichardEngel

    — Richard Engel (@RichardEngel) May 25, 2018

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53. SouthernGirl2 says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:40 am

    Why won’t he go away with all that nonsense?

    Rudy Giuliani says believing if Trump obstructed justice "is a matter of interpretation." pic.twitter.com/cFmleJhIhr

    — Axios (@axios) May 27, 2018

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    • vitaminlover says:

      May 27, 2018 at 2:56 pm

      He’s sooooooo stupid! Beyond stupid!

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54. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:22 am

    THREAD😥😥😥

    This transcript is hard reading. This is the ACLU lawyer pleading with the court. pic.twitter.com/JWqKMdYTAa

    — southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) May 25, 2018

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55. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 8:15 am

    I hope COONye is proud of himself. I hope every stan of his & his duckbill wife that are defending their shenanigans step on Legos. I hope every celeb who thought it was funny to laugh at disenfranchised children & post shady GIFs about "watching this unfold" this kicks rocks. pic.twitter.com/cifluKWqWM

    — Clarkisha Kent: Space Deebo Must Die (@IWriteAllDay_) May 27, 2018

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56. rikyrah says:

    May 27, 2018 at 1:08 am

    Good Morning,Everyone 😄😄😄

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