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Nadler said that if the president or Republicans had “any exculpatory evidence, they would have brought it forward.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/473560-nadler-a-jury-would-convict-trump-in-three-minutes-flat

From "Never happened" to "I don't recall" to "Somebody else used my phone" to "I talked to some Russian lady who said she was Mrs. Lev but that doesn't mean it was Lev".......: Nunes Says He Got A Call From A Number Belonging To Lev Parnas’ Wife, Spoke To ‘Someone’
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/nunes-says-he-got-a-call-from-a-number-belonging-to-lev-parnas-wife-spoke-to-someone

Rep. Denny Heck: "I will go to my grave not understanding how some of my colleagues could simply turn the other way & overlook the president's behavior … his unrelenting attack, frankly, on the free press … his kind of vicious character assassinations."
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1203754926813405185

Trump showed off 2 convicted and charged war criminals at a secretive Republican fundraiser in Florida, report says. War criminals he pardoned were his "special guests".
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-clint-lorance-mathew-goldsteyn-florida-statesman-dinner-miami-herald-2019-12

Actor René Auberjonois, who played Odo in 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' and Clayton Endicott III in 'Benson', has died at age 79
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois

Amazon indigenous leaders killed in Brazil drive-by shooting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/08/amazon-indigenous-leaders-killed-in-brazil-drive-by-shooting

A top Trump health appointee sought to have taxpayers reimburse her for the costs of jewelry, clothing and other possessions, including a $5,900 Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, that were stolen while in her luggage during a work-related trip, according to documents obtained by POLITICO.
Seema Verma, who runs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, filed a $47,000 claim for lost property on Aug. 20, 2018, after her bags were stolen while she was giving a speech in San Francisco the prior month. The property was not insured, Verma wrote in her filing to the Health and Human Services department. The federal health department ultimately reimbursed Verma $2,852.40 for her claim, a CMS spokesperson said. Verma’s claim included $43,065 for about two dozen pieces of jewelry, based off an appraisal she'd received from a jeweler about three weeks after the theft. Among Verma's stolen jewelry was an Ivanka Trump-brand pendant, made of gold, prasiolite and diamonds, that Verma’s jeweler valued at $5,900. Verma’s claim also included about $2,000 to cover the cost of her stolen clothes and another $2,000 to cover the cost of other stolen goods, including a $325 claim for moisturizer and a $349 claim for noise-cancelling headphones.
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/12/07/medicare-chief-asked-taxpayers-to-cover-stolen-jewelry-077761

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Leibman

More Than 500 Legal Scholars Say Trump Committed Impeachable Acts | Their open letter comes as House Democrats are drawing up articles of impeachment for a full floor vote.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/more-than-500-legal-scholars-say-trump-committed-impeachable-acts_n_5deab5a0e4b00149f74037f4

Dana Bash: "For four years, Hunter Biden was on the board of Burisma...you were in the majority in the House...you were on the committee that oversees this. Why didn't you investigate?" Rep. Meadows: "Well one, I didn't know about it at the particular time..."
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1203697703747756032

.@MikeBloomberg in Plano, Texas yesterday: “I realize that someI ppl may say, do we really want a general election b/w two New York billionaires? To which I say, who’s the other one?”
https://twitter.com/SallyGold/status/1203683762984411137

Officials said the sailors who had been killed were Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, of Coffee, Ala.; Airman Mohammed Sameh Haitham, 19, of St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Airman Apprentice Cameron Scott Walters, 21, of Richmond Hill, Ga.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1203695278278217733

Odell Beckham Jr.’s talent has been wasted in what multiple sources describe as a 'dysfunctional' Browns offense
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2019/12/odell-beckham-jrs-talent-has-been-wasted-in-what-multiple-sources-describe-as-a-dysfunctional-browns-offense.html

Trump Is Wrong — Toilets Are Good Now
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/12/president-trump-is-wrong-toilets-are-good-now.html

The most disturbing thing about this whole Ukraine discussion is the alacrity with which the president’s supporters have adjusted their values to suit the moment, justifying a brazen, stealthy act of extortion of a critical ally.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1203707204831977472

Without the whistleblower complaint, Ukraine was poised to submit to Trump’s private demands to launch a politically-motivated probe against the Bidens & we may never have known about the underlying, improper pressure @realDonaldTrump placed on Zelensky to do so.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1203707206195134465

If these same set of facts were fitted to a Democratic president, is there anyone who doubts the @GOP would speak as one FOR impeachment?
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1203707207147282436

It is dangerous and derelict to allow @realDonaldTrump-or any president-to so flagrantly defy norms, rules, laws and institutions. If you do that here, there will be no limit to what he or future presidents can do to advance their own fortunes at the expense of the country.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1203707208053219328

Bottom line: Those who assist @realDonaldTrump in escaping any accountability for this corrupt project are hardly putting America first.
https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/1203707209022091271

Hawaii’s Most Populated Island Passes Sweeping Single-Use Plastic Ban | Honolulu passed a bill banning most plastic utensils, food containers and straws on the island of Oahu, where almost 70% of the state’s residents live.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hawaii-strict-plastic-ban_n_5de95c48e4b0d50f32b0a655

Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez unveil $180 billion plan to overhaul public housing through Green New Deal | They say the plan would pay for itself through the energy savings it would create
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/sanders-ocasio-cortez-unveil-180-billion-plan-to-overhaul-public-housing-through-green-new-deal-2019-11-15

Why is Dwayne Haskins still on the field? He could not even move in the pocket to avoid the rush there. This is officially ridiculous. The dude is too hurt to move.
https://twitter.com/granthpaulsen/status/1203765940367835137

What would people be saying if Mike Shanahan was the head coach and Haskins was playing this hurt?
https://twitter.com/granthpaulsen/status/1203765108041801731

Hong Kong refuses to give up! ONE MILLION people flooded the streets today. They will not stop demanding Democracy.
https://twitter.com/JoshuaPotash/status/1203713180612071424

Donald Trump, Prince Andrew and Ghislaine Maxwell in new un-seen pictures after President claims he ‘doesn’t know’ Duke
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/uknews/10491468/donald-trump-prince-andrew-a-lot-of-fun/

Japan’s army during World War II asked the government to provide one sex slave for every 70 soldiers, according to historical documents reviewed by Kyodo News service that highlight the state role in the so-called “comfort women” system
https://apnews.com/3dc00af0e6c618791eb4683d6807de64

As a crippling drought and mismanagement have left more than a dozen Australian towns and villages without a reliable source of water, the country is beginning to ask: Is life in Australia’s vast interior compatible with the age of climate change? | In Australia’s vast interior, rivers and lakes are disappearing. “We’re starting to glimpse what the future is going to be like,” one scientist said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/08/world/australia/water-drought-climate.html

Years later, the CIA finally declassified for me via #FOIA copies of Mitchell and psychologists Bruce Jessen's multimillion contracts with the CIA to develop the torture program.
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1203802629995786243
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6175889-CIA-MITCHELL-JESSEN-CONTRACTS-FOIA.html

I don’t care that #DwayneHaskins was “cleared;” we all know how little that can mean. He had no business continuing to play limping like he was. Risk far outweighed reward. Credit him for his toughness. But have #Redskins learned nothing from RG3/Seattle & other medical miscues?
https://twitter.com/AlGaldi/status/1203790808836706306

Really strong line of questioning here. Cruz is a champion debater but this is a properly exposed weak argument and Todd was right to point out how trump maligned Cruz
https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo/status/1203800183517134848

James Mitchell, one of the 2 psychologists credited with being the architect of the CIA'S torture program, admitted to me for the 1st time right after the torture report was released 5 yrs ago that he personally waterboarded KSM & 2 other CIA prisoners
https://twitter.com/JasonLeopold/status/1203799744557899776
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/kz5vw3/psychologist-james-mitchell-admits-he-waterboarded-al-qaeda-suspects

There are now 400 rallies planned nationwide on the eve of the House impeachment vote. It's time to put a face on the majority support that exists for impeachment & removal. RSVP to an event now — and share to help spread the word!
https://twitter.com/SeanEldridge/status/1203804263694114816
https://www.impeach.org/event/impeach-and-remove-attend/search/

Reuben Panchol was forced to leave war-torn Sudan decades ago as a child, embarking on an odyssey that eventually brought him to the American Midwest and left him eternally grateful to the country that took him in. “I am an American citizen, a North Dakotan,” said Panchol, a 38-year-old father of four. “And without North Dakota, I couldn’t have made it.” Panchol hopes to share his story on Monday with members of a local commission who are set to vote on whether their county will stop accepting refugees. If they vote to bar refugees, as expected, Burleigh County — home to about 95,000 people and the capital city of Bismarck — could become the first local government to do so since Donald Trump issued an executive order making it possible.
https://apnews.com/01348f66da430a4140ba5a4cd22618bc

Pentagon Concerned Russia Cultivating Sympathy Among US Troops | 46% of US service personnel now see Russia as an ally, a trend "predominantly driven by Republicans who have responded to positive cues from Trump about Russia
https://www.voanews.com/usa/pentagon-concerned-russia-cultivating-sympathy-among-us-troops