Trump has installed Kash Patel as chief of staff at the Pentagon, a former Nunes staffer and now in the NSC, as WH officials move the chess pieces around following Esper's abrupt firing yesterday

https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/1326271467852427264

ALSO:
"Interestingly, A. Vindman testified about both Patel and Ellis during the impeachment hearings."

THREADREADER
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1326263560696029186.html

https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1326233935605587968


https://twitter.com/ericgarland/status/1326235548298711045



https://twitter.com/stavridisj/status/1325905945763979265

Impeach him again.

https://twitter.com/melissadderosa/status/1326178964721840131



From The Democrat&Chronicle
https://amp.democratandchronicle.com/amp/6231865002?__twitter_impression=true

Why Gov. Andrew Cuomo will sometimes, literally, put on his father's old shoes

ALBANY - For Gov. Andrew Cuomo, it's a source of inspiration, love and motivation. Sometimes he will put on his father's old dress shoes.


Cuomo gave a detailed, emotional and revealing explanation on The Howard Stern Show of why sometimes he will slip into the shoes of the late, three-term Gov. Mario Cuomo when he's looking for inspiration during the tumultuous governing of the COVID-19 pandemic.

To the current governor, his father was his best friend, his mentor — who he strived to be and who, he admitted, he still seeks affirmation even after his death on the day of Cuomo's second inauguration on Jan. 1, 2015.

"Putting on the shoes is almost my conscious affirmative of the void," Cuomo told Stern on Monday. "In other words, I’m saying, yes, I feel that void and now he’s gone and I feel that void even more and I’m aware of it. And I’m so aware of it that when I need to fill the void, I literally put on his shoes."

https://twitter.com/stavridisj/status/1325884785567412227

https://twitter.com/fit_tatum/status/1325888888888569857

Fuckers

Fighting stubborn McConnell for 4 years, Speaker Pelosi & President Biden will form another way around the Senate gridlock.

This is where Joe Biden's skillset comes into play, with or without the 2 Georgia Senate seats up for grabs.

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Forget McConnell. Forget Pelosi.
In a divided Congress, Biden needs to build his own coalition.

Party leaders and caucuses are deeply invested in maintaining unity and will not compromise. But with support from a new president....

Having escaped the hell that was the Trump presidency, it appears we have returned to the political purgatory of divided government, with Democrats in control of the White House and the House of Representatives, and Republicans holding on to a razor-thin majority in the Senate.

With two Senate seats from Georgia undecided but more likely to go Republican, speculation has already begun about how a President Joe Biden will be able to leverage his deep knowledge and personal ties on Capitol Hill to broker compromises between a cunning House speaker and a stubborn Senate majority leader to end decades of legislative gridlock and finally get things done.
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Without an assist from the 2 Dem seats in Georgia, this is exactly where Joe Biden's 48 years of coalition building in DC will show it's worth.

https://twitter.com/chunkled/status/1325595310840836097

It is what it is ~

https://twitter.com/lauferlaw/status/1325552766614441986


I respect his opinion as much today as ever in the past.
Thank you Andrew C Laufer, Esq
@lauferlaw

That settles that. 👍🙂

https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES/status/1325140233596227585

"https://twitter.com/Jade_Rousseau/status/1325185299085811712


Congrats Team Joe & Kamala

💙

You may say I'm a dreamer

But I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will be as one





🙂