{"id":37949,"date":"2018-07-09T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=37949"},"modified":"2018-07-09T19:03:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T23:03:15","slug":"what-are-democrats-doing-i-can-tell-you-what-senator-whitehouse-is-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=37949","title":{"rendered":"What are Democrats doing? I can tell you what Senator Whitehouse is doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was just on Ari Melber&#8217;s show and with the sort of calm eloquence I am in awe of he talked about Trump&#8217;s upcoming Supreme Court nomination.<\/p>\n<p>And in discussing the crucial importance of this seat and this court, he brought up Citizens United, and <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.me\/p13yRc-7M1\">how dark money released by this awful decision downed the senate candidacies of Russ Feingold, Evan Bayh and Ted Strickland. (He didn&#8217;t mention Jason Kander, but I will.)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which is just what I wrote in anguish at the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>So if you want to see what Democrats are doing, watch MSNBC and get onto Twitter. You&#8217;ll do well to follow Rhode Island&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWhitehouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Senator Whitehouse.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse was just on Ari Melber&#8217;s show and with the sort of calm eloquence I am in awe of he talked about Trump&#8217;s upcoming Supreme Court nomination. 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