Rep. Schiff on MSNBC: We Need Stronger Safeguards Against Executive Abuses of Power

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On Monday, June 21, 2021, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) joined MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber to discuss reports that the Department of Justice subpoenaed account information for persons associated with the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff argued the need for stronger safeguards against executive abuses of power and urged Congress to pass his Protecting Our Democracy Act, which would strengthen the independence of the DOJ, reign in abuses of power, and enact sweeping reforms to keep American democracy intact.

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1. Understateent of the year!

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2. Totally!

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4. I know! He's been stellar!

We're so lucky to have him, it's more than appropriate that he's chairman on "Intelligence!"

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3. He's not just complaining

He’s offering alternatives- is it true the R’s don’t want to govern?

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5. The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics

THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER

The award-winning producer of The Rachel Maddow Show exposes the Republican Party as a gang of impostors, meticulously documenting how they have abandoned their duty to govern and are gravely endangering America

by Steve Benen

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6. Here's the interview with Steve Benen from Rachel's show:

Benen: Modern GOP Eschews Policy, Prioritizes Preserving Power - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Steve Benen, author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics," talks with Rachel Maddow about how Democrats and Republicans speak past each other as Democrats try to govern through policy and Republicans focus their energy on ideological interests and growing and preserving their political power. Aired on 06/22/2021.

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7. Thanks,

a good one.