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@GregTSargent

Staff writer at The New Republic

Joined February 2009

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. @GregTSargent 21h

Now that Trump has ordered Todd Blanche to investigate Dems and Blanche has signaled assent, it's newly relevant that Rep Jamie Raskin, next House Judiciary Committee chair, told me Dems will look at defunding corrupt/baseless investigations/prosecutions:

newrepublic.com/article/217108…

Aaron Rupar Verified account @atrupar 23h

here's is full footage of the crashout Attorney General Todd Blanche just had on CNN, including him confirming he'll investigate Democrats on Trump's demand and leaving the door open to trying to imprison them

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. @GregTSargent 2d

Top House Dem Promises to Cut Funding For Trump’s Iran War: ‘Admit That We Lost’

Mediaite picks up our interview with Rep Adam Smith:
mediaite.com/media/news/top…

www.mediaite.com Top House Dem Promises to Cut Funding For Trump’s Iran War: ‘Admit That We Lost’ “Absolutely. I think it’ll be one of the first things we do and one of the strongest things that we should do,” Smith replied.

. @GregTSargent 3d

Just before the election I predicted that most of MAGA's biggest players in the House would go down to defeat. That happened: Scott Perry, Derrick Van Orden, Max Miller all lost.

Now Lauren Boebert could lose too, which would be the cherry on top.

newrepublic.com/article/217459…

. @GregTSargent 3d

From our new pod interview with Rep Adam Smith -->

Aaron Rupar Verified account @atrupar 3d

Incoming House Armed Services Chair Adam Smith tells @GregTSargent that House Dems will vote to cut off funding for Trump's Iran war with support from leadership: "I'll be one of the first things we do"

Full episode: newrepublic.com/article/217676…

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. @GregTSargent 3d

News: Rep Adam Smith, next chair of House Armed Services Committee, tells me Dems will vote to cut off funding for Trump's Iran war.

"I think it’ll be one of the first things we do," he says.

Critically, he says this will have support of Dem leadership:

newrepublic.com/article/217677…