Morning Memo: Trump DOJ Targeted Dem Lawmakers In Secret Leak Probes

Here are the stories that caught our attention.

Trump’s Justice Department secretly seized the Apple data records of House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) in the administration’s hunt for leaks, according to a bombshell report by the New York Times, later confirmed by other outlets.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1377138
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a deal on infrastructure spending that wouldn’t include any tax increases

Not to tax the ultra-rich is an anti-democratic atrocity. The Dems owe Joe “Crow” nothing and they should not take his bait on this one. He needs to be sidelined. Work up an infrastructure through reconciliation plan and then dare Manchin to vote against it.

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About the “Trump DOJ”:

A tyrant will always have a spotless crime record in the country he rules.

I don’t understand why this is not understood more and given more attention.

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I would be shocked if these were the only two Congresspeople spied on. Trump is famous for recording his business associates talking about hookers Trump supplied(over State lines on Trump aircraft), then Trump calling their wives to play the recording.

This is so Trump. So basically, Russia had knowledge of the Democrats via Trump, and knew how to attack or infiltrate the Democratic Party.

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Jeffrey Toobin has gull , you gotta give him that

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a deal on infrastructure spending that wouldn’t include any tax increases
It does include tax increases on gas, indexed to inflation
In other words a tax on all americians

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I find it offensive that Cucker Tarlson has been allowed to reproduce.

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Excellent point.

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My, my, my, our former DOJ was so Putinesque!

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So, Republicans got the police state up and going very rapidly after Benadick Donnie’s election.

Just so we understand where they stand on the ol’democracy thing.

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This may explain Lindsay.

When offered a box of Oreos, who takes just one. Donnie is so capable of being the just one more kinda guy. Then the cookies are all gone.

So he basically had his own little surveillance machine going. Reminds me of the descriptions of how his company phone systems were set up. He easily was able to listen in and even break in on calls. And did.

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“Tucker and guest discuss how tragic and unnatural it is that AOC hasn’t had a baby.”

Would’ve made a great segue dialogue, ala Rachel/Lawrence, with Fox colleague Laura Ingraham, who is twice AOC’s age and still hasn’t given birth.

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This revelation is truly horrifying, but expected! Now is the time for Biden’s DOJ to CLEAN HOUSE!

Purge all of Trump’s embedded employees currently at DOJ!

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Not one part of this is a surprise to anybody alive and breathing.

My only question is: How many more of these nasty abuses of power will be uncovered?

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Meanwhile, on Faux News - critical race theory!!!

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Who’d have sex with that vile POS anyway?

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Trump: can he be prophylactically impeached ahead of 2024?

Toobin: You don’t need to become a better man, you just need to put a little piece of black tape over the little laptop camera eye “just in case.”

Tucker: I think he wants AOC to have his baby.

AOC: Don’t be such a baby.

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