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To sum up, the institutions of federal law enforcement are buckling before an administration so multifariously lawless it’s impossible to simply keep track of the scandals, Congress where not aiding the process hesitates, and we’ve finally seen what a black hole looks like.

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 11, 2019

The black spot in this image is larger in diameter than our solar system. It weighs more than our galaxy. Its halo is matter literally being ripped apart and accelerated to near light speed as it disappears, forever, into a gravitational prison from which there is no escape. pic.twitter.com/dvCJQD85w1

— Seamus Blackley (@SeamusBlackley) April 10, 2019

Assange circus aside, this was the real news in American fascism over the last 24 hours. I have real concerns that the Trump regime will never relinquish power and that Congressional Democrats are playing by a set of rules that doesn't really hold sway anymore. https://t.co/VY0KmZkjlu

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) April 11, 2019

BREAKING: #Assange removed from embassy – video pic.twitter.com/qsHy7ZVPg5

— Ruptly (@Ruptly) April 11, 2019

#BREAKING: #JulianAssange has been arrested after 7yrs hiding in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. Originally hiding out from rape and sexual assault charges filed in Sweden, Assange orchestrated the WikiLeaks operation to help Trump secure the 2016 election. https://t.co/meC3s2X5YP

— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) April 11, 2019

In a sovereign decision Ecuador withdrew the asylum status to Julian Assange after his repeated violations to international conventions and daily-life protocols. #EcuadorSoberano pic.twitter.com/pZsDsYNI0B

— Lenín Moreno (@Lenin) April 11, 2019

Guess who has an appointment with an American federal prison on the horizon?!

Julian Assange! https://t.co/VhBK34OlNB

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 11, 2019

Putin spox seems upset. https://t.co/7NeQNqeo8g

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) April 11, 2019

ASSANGE INDICTMENT: U.S. unseals federal charge of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion for agreeing to break a password to a classified U.S. government computer. Indictment here: https://t.co/xCTBCurWCB

— Dustin Volz (@dnvolz) April 11, 2019

For years, Assange and WikiLeaks sent out a flow of tweets, articles and opinions about how "feminism" (esp. in Sweden) was weaponized. Played into misogynistic tropes of rape as male entrapment. Assange called Sweden the "Saudi Arabia of feminism," as if men were oppressed. pic.twitter.com/GlYDRTfezC

— Christian Christensen (@ChrChristensen) April 11, 2019

One of worst aspects of the #Assange case was the way in which the rape allegations were not only belittled or dismissed by many, but also how Swedish "radical feminism" was blamed for a culture of male entrapment. This discourse went on for several years after the allegations.

— Christian Christensen (@ChrChristensen) April 11, 2019

Senators Pelosi, Schumer, Feinstein and Warner, together with House chairmen Nadler and Schiff, sign onto a new letter demanding the full Mueller Report. pic.twitter.com/vpKkTU01Nr

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) April 11, 2019

Earlier: Attorney General says he thinks "spying did occur" during the election.

Now: pic.twitter.com/0BS2ZwpOWc

— Lawrence Hurley (@lawrencehurley) April 11, 2019

Utterly jaw-dropping — to the point where I had to listen three times to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. How Barr, whom I once worked with and respected, can look himself in the mirror or sleep at night is beyond me. https://t.co/70Aobi5OQT

— Laurence Tribe 🇺🇦 ⚖️ (@tribelaw) April 10, 2019

“[Barr] today saying that he thought spying on a political campaign occurred in the investigations into Russian interference… We've been asking on this show if Barr is Donald Trump's Roy Cohn, today it became clear that he is much more like his Devin Nunes" – @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/eTUMjVJAgN

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) April 10, 2019

Trump's older sister, Maryanne Trump Barry, faced complaints of judicial misconduct for participating in fraudulent tax schemes with her siblings. She has now retired, ending the investigation into her b/c retired judges aren't subject to conduct rules. https://t.co/vv5LK8tNJ5

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 11, 2019

“I know nothing about Wikileaks. It’s not my thing,” @POTUS replies to pool reporters in the Oval Office after he was asked if he still loves @wikileaks. He claimed to not really know about the Assange arrest and says what happens next is up to the attorney general.

— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) April 11, 2019

Trump literally had a poster of Julian Assange up on the wall in his 2016 presidential campaign debate war room. It featured Assange saying: “Dear Hillary, I miss reading your classified emails.”

— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) April 11, 2019

“I love WikiLeaks!” 10/10/16

"It's been amazing what's coming out on WikiLeaks" 10/13/16

"What about all the WikiLeaks?” 10/26/16

"I mean, this WikiLeaks is fascinating." 10/29/16

“This WikiLeaks is like a treasure trove” 10/31/16

“Boy I love reading those WikiLeaks,” 11/04 https://t.co/RQxGjvbUMr

— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) April 11, 2019

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— Scáthach Lou 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (@welbyl) November 4, 2018

At roundtable in Texas, President Trump laments that US troops at the border can't get "a little rough," because "everybody would go crazy … can’t act like they would normally act — or like, let’s say, another military from another country would act." pic.twitter.com/q1TPW24Csa

— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 10, 2019

“Since when is putting food on the table ‘excessive and unnecessary?’”—Now Trump has decided that families in Alabama, Georgia, & Iowa will continue to suffer so he can make sure that Puerto Ricans don’t receive the aid they sorely need. https://t.co/88KazyXGCW #BoricuActívate

— Boricuactivate (@BoricuaActivate) April 10, 2019

Trump marvels at size of Texas: "This is a vast state … the state's tremendous, we don't see that. I come from New York, you have Fifth Avenue and that connects to Park Avenue and its not too far away, but this is, you know, hundreds of miles between places."

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) April 10, 2019

Things in the USA named after George Washington:

* Nation's capital city & its tallest monument
* 1 state
* 31 counties
* 18 cities
* 12 towns
* 10 villages
* 241 civil townships
* 12 colleges & universities
* 4 forts
* 9 lakes
* 19 mountains & peaks

Yup, NOBODY remembers him.

— Polar Ginger (@PolarGinger) April 10, 2019

What do you mean by DOJ abandoning its defense of the FGM statute? Do you mean they’re not appealing this decision, or something else? https://t.co/TgbezQvAKJ

— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) April 11, 2019

That is correct. The solicitor general has informed Rep. Nadler in a letter today that it will not appeal and will not defend the statute banning female genital mutilation. My god. What statute is next?

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) April 11, 2019

Texas lawmakers consider the death penalty for abortion https://t.co/TcyPyK7kre

— FOX 5 DC (@fox5dc) April 9, 2019

F*ck Kirstjen Nielsen. Forever. Ever and ever. Until Earth is a lifeless ember. And then longer than that. https://t.co/mBbRXZa6O1

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) April 10, 2019

It's almost as if someone said "Congress has hit rock bottom" and Massie replies with "hold my beer." https://t.co/UtkOHFwnlz

— John Kerry (@JohnKerry) April 10, 2019

Trump’s Other Base https://t.co/eR6K5FEddP “It is worth remembering that in 2016…after calling Mexicans rapists & murderers & after promising over & over to build the wall, Trump still won 28% of the Hisp vote, 27% of the Asian vote & 8% of the blk vote, according to exit polls”

— Charles M. Blow (@CharlesMBlow) April 11, 2019

This is what happens when the gun lobby doesnt own a political party. https://t.co/mQoLX01LTl

— Wajahat Ali (@WajahatAli) April 10, 2019

Before/after as crowd keeps streaming in. Flood warning having zero impact for ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩ town hall crowd at Univ of Iowa. Nearly every square of carpet in this auditorium is about to be taken #IACaucus #2020PresidentialElection pic.twitter.com/fVVg752S3p

— Kyung Lah (@KyungLahCNN) April 11, 2019

Happy #NationalSiblingsDay, Big Sister…Kamala! 😜❤️ https://t.co/C5tYolXsdF

— Maya Harris (@mayaharris_) April 11, 2019

Sen. Warren unveils her new corporate tax plan that proposes to force large companies like Amazon to pay taxes on all profits over $100M, which she says could bring in more than $1T in 10 years. https://t.co/F21okrslMr

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 11, 2019

FWIW, my current thinking on the tiers in the Democratic primary, in terms of likelihood of winning the nomination. This is very rough, obviously:

Tier 1a: Harris, Biden
Tier 1b: Bernie, Beto, Buttigieg, Warren
Tier 2: Booker, Klobuchar

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 10, 2019

I don't have particularly strong feelings about the order of the candidates after that, but I suppose I'd go:

Tier 3a: Castro, Gillibrand, Inslee
Tier 3b: Yang, Hickenlooper, Ryan
Tier 4: Everyone else

Abrams would be at least Tier 2 if she ran.

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 10, 2019

From the crosstabs here it looks like Mayor Pete is eating into Senator Bernie's base. His supporters are young, male, college-educated, liberal. https://t.co/Rhl5IfYBmv pic.twitter.com/W5zMZgI0FN

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 11, 2019

CNN Exclusive: Biden letters from 70s show his resistance to desegregation effort @jeffzeleny reports @TheLeadCNN https://t.co/xGW8Haxnir pic.twitter.com/4EXmyoFeQQ

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) April 11, 2019

Over a million in income, and only $4050 in charitable donations. Shameful.

— DC in SB 🌊 (@dcinsb) April 11, 2019

UPDATE: Sure enough, Bernie rolled out his 2019 #MFA version. Biggest change is adding LTSS as I expected. Still missing? How to pay for it:https://t.co/43KRE69a05

— Charles Gaba ( ✡️, deal with it) (@charles_gaba) April 10, 2019

The Medicare for All proposal by @BernieSanders would cause 180 million people to lose their current healthcare coverage. All that Sanders and the far-left care about is furthering their agenda. This is unrealistic and shows a total disregard of our country’s overwhelming debt.

— Howard Schultz (@HowardSchultz) April 10, 2019

Hillary was right. She also wouldn't have extradited Assange. Grand irony, indeed. https://t.co/CLaBQVavBP

— Tom Watson (@tomwatson) April 11, 2019

Yes we can. https://t.co/eUmF8hcOBe

— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 11, 2019

Did you know therapy dogs can help students struggling with reading? Students can become self-conscious while reading out loud in class. Reading to a therapy dog helps to build confidence and self-esteem! Thanks to Brownsville Rec Center for hosting us and our fluffy friends. pic.twitter.com/Za8Vb1Po8y

— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) April 10, 2019