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25 Tweets You Need To Understand What Happened In Trump's Impeachment Trial

With the President's acquittal on everyone's mind, here are some tweets to help you make sense of it.

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25 Tweets You Need To Understand What Happened In Trump's Impeachment Trial

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Today the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump on both charges from his impeachment trial. On the first charge, abuse of power, Republican Senator Mitt Romney joined Democrats in voting to convict Trump, but voted to acquit on the second charge of obstruction of Congress.

The impeachment process has been long and arcane, so here are 25 tweets from before, during, and after the Senate's vote today:

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Pelosi's Impeachment Inquiry Of President Trump Is Not Only Appropriate, It's Necessary

As more misconduct is uncovered, an impeachment inquiry is the next logical step for House Democrats.

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Pelosi's Impeachment Inquiry Of President Trump Is Not Only Appropriate, It's Necessary

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Today, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) announced that the House is launching a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. Pelosi's announcement came after Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.) and former Vice President Joe Biden called for impeachment proceedings to begin if the president chooses not to comply with Congress. Lewis, a civil-rights icon and major figure in the Congressional Black Caucus, has a lot of pull in the House, and his announcement served as a signal to other high-profile members of the House, including Pelosi, that the time for impeachment is now.

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The Only 3 Takeaways You Need From Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Testimony

Mueller's testimony illustrated a number of crucial points about the president's obstruction of justice.

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The Only 3 Takeaways You Need From Robert Mueller's Trump-Russia Testimony

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On Wednesday, July 24, former Special Counsel and FBI Director Robert Mueller delivered his long-awaited testimony to Congress regarding his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and any potential obstruction of justice that took place afterward.

Throughout and in the immediate aftermath of his testimony, talking heads and pundits on both sides of the aisle triumphantly proclaimed victory, declared it was case closed for investigations surrounding President Donald Trump, or, conversely, just the next step down the long road to impeachment.

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Reshaping the World Order: How a Renewed US-Iran Schism Could Set the Global Stage For Years to Come

What would a war with Iran really mean?

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Reshaping the World Order: How a Renewed US-Iran Schism Could Set the Global Stage For Years to Come

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When it was first passed in 2015, I was very much not supportive of the Joint Plan of Comprehensive Action (JCPOA), an Obama administration product that sought to curtail the speed of Iranian nuclear capability (especially in terms of weaponry) that was agreed upon by the United States, the other P5+1 countries, and Iran.

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Ben Shapiro's Audience DESTROYS Ben Shapiro For His Hawkish Stance On Iran

On his own video on his own channel, Shapiro was hit with a lopsided like-to-dislike ratio when he went after Iran.

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Ben Shapiro seems to have been the victim of getting destroyed by his own audience, by facts and logic. (In case you've had the pleasure of living under a rock during his online upbringing, Shapiro is known for "destroying" liberals and feminists with his supposed "facts and logic.")

In recent news, an unmanned United States drone was shot down by Iran (Iran says the drone was over Iran's airspace, while the U.S. says it was over international waters). America was close to retaliating with missile strikes, but President Donald Trump backed out, seemingly at the last minute.

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Pence Makes Peace Following Oklahoma Weather Disasters

Is packing boxes and tweeting some kind words enough from the national level?

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Pence Makes Peace Following Oklahoma Weather Disasters

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Oklahoma has experienced some of the worst natural disasters the past couple of weeks. Beginning with tornados and ending with severe flooding. The last week of May I spent my graduation celebration in Walt Disney World, while most of the people in my community were forced to evacuate their homes.

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With the President's acquittal on everyone's mind, here are some tweets to help you make sense of it.

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As more misconduct is uncovered, an impeachment inquiry is the next logical step for House Democrats.

Mueller's testimony illustrated a number of crucial points about the president's obstruction of justice.

1. Mueller did not exonerate Trump

2. Mueller did not reach a determination about Trump's guilt. That doesn't make him innocent.

3. Mueller won't come out an say it, but Trump obstructed justice, which is a crime

What would a war with Iran really mean?

On his own video on his own channel, Shapiro was hit with a lopsided like-to-dislike ratio when he went after Iran.

Is packing boxes and tweeting some kind words enough from the national level?

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