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U.S. diplomat tells impeachment probe she was urged to tweet support for Trump

ugh Two U.S. diplomats told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned that would hurt American interests, according to transcripts released on Monday in Congress’ impeachment investigation.

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Open Thread | Nancy Smash Is Trying To Tell You

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi is trying to tell folks. Nancy Smash is all about what she can get the House, and what needs to be presented that will keep the Democratic majority. So, when she gives interviews like this, pay attention.👏👏

Pelosi tells Bloomberg News: “What works in San Francisco does not necessarily work in Michigan. What works in Michigan works in San Francisco — talking about workers’ rights and sharing prosperity.”https://t.co/A0BVnTxsov

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 2, 2019

Remarkable quotes from Speaker Pelosi here questioning the political viability of the most progressive ideas in the 2020 Democratic primary.

“As a left-wing San Francisco liberal I can say to these people: What are you thinking?”https://t.co/A0BVnTxsov

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 2, 2019

Nancy Pelosi says she doesn’t quite understand the race to more lefty positions in the 2020 primary. “Bernie and Elizabeth own the left, right? Is anybody going to out-left them?”https://t.co/A0BVnTxsov

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 2, 2019

Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) Tweeted:

When I asked Speaker Pelosi if she favors a wealth tax, she didn’t say yes or no, but called for “bipartisan” tax changes that unwind the “dumb” Trump tax cuts of 2017.

https://t.co/A0BVnTxsov https://twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1190665946102415363?s=17

Nancy Pelosi knows how to count. She knows how to count the votes in her own caucus, and she knows how to count the Electoral College. Remember what winning back the House meant for the country. It saved the American Social Safety Net. This is NOT a left-leaning country. And, the person from one of the leftest leaning districts would know. Listen to her.😒😒

Weinstein’s reappearance showed he has no shame. I had to call him out | Zoe Stuckless

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There is still a sickening culture of silence and fear around Weinstein. This is how ‘dreammakers’ cling on to their power

• Zoe Stuckless is an actor and artist

I had one of the most surreal nights of my life a couple of weeks ago. A friend of mine invited me to attend an event for emerging actors – a space to collaborate, network and support other artists doing the work we all have chosen to devote our lives to. We were promised an evening of exciting new work, raw and vulnerable comedy performances and “endless networking”. Instead, we were met with Hollywood’s most notorious alleged serial rapist, Harvey Weinstein. More daunting than that, though, was that we were met with a room full of artists who prioritised the comfort of a suspected abuser over the safety of the community they claimed to uplift.

As a smile stretched across his face all I could think of was the faces of the abusers I’ve encountered in my own life

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