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1) The real issue around #stupidgate is that Corbyn is always the story (in a bad way), he deals with these things badly & there is a cult of "protect the leader" which is unhealthy in Labour
Corbyn is seen to be irritable & grumpy, so many will believe he said "woman"
Corbyn is seen to be irritable & grumpy, so many will believe he said "woman"
2) The politically astute thing to do would have been to say "I apologise, I was irritated by the Tory front benches treating this crisis as a pantomime joke. I care deeply for this country and was angry at the flippancy. But I apologise"
But Corbyn can't carry that off
But Corbyn can't carry that off
3) Corbyn isn't so much a leader as an fragile but expensive antique, his fans love to look at him but he must be protected at all costs, brought out rarely & under safe conditions
It's like having the Mona Lisa as party leader.
Drop him, he adds little value & is a distraction
It's like having the Mona Lisa as party leader.
Drop him, he adds little value & is a distraction
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews Doesnt sound like IC thinks its a witch hunt. Will u acknowledge #Russia is STILL trying to disrupt our society? #IntelligenceCommittee hearing former IO said Russia was lingering abt USA n areas where they werent normally supposed 2b n '17 & arnd undergrnd fiber optic cables 1/
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews 2/this led IOs to conclude that #Kremlin was quietly waging effort to map USA's telecommunications infrastructure perhaps preparing for an opportunity to disrupt it. #russia escalating #spygames report from June 2017 n @politico went unnoticed at the time @AriMelber
@realDonaldTrump @FoxNews @politico @AriMelber 3/then n '18 YOUR admin accused #russia of engineering a series of cyberattacks targeting US & EU nuclear powr plnts & electrical sys. @nytimes did a story "Cyberattacks put Russian fingers on switch at power plants, US says" March 15, 2018 @nicoleperlroth @SangerNYT #Maddow
Incoming transmission: #StupidGate thread...mostly looking at Manafort and Gates, their legal troubles, the Mueller investigation, and their Russia/Ukraine dealings.
(Original research done by reddit user PoppinKREAM, commentary and organization are mine).
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(Original research done by reddit user PoppinKREAM, commentary and organization are mine).
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Manafort first started working for Putin via Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska back in 2006.
This was halfway through Putin's first term. And US/Russia relations were...strained.
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This was halfway through Putin's first term. And US/Russia relations were...strained.
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Also in 2006, it is TOTALLY NOT SUSPICIOUS that Manafort bought a ton of real estate in New York in cash.
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When you work for Sinclair Broadcasting, you are fuel for the Trump propaganda machine, Just like the people that work for the RT.
Let's take a closer look at Sinclair...
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Let's take a closer look at Sinclair...
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The FCC, under the direction of @AjitPaiFCC, are undoing regulations to allow a pro-Trump news organization to buy out local news stations across the country.
There are, rather, were laws in place to prevent this from happening.
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There are, rather, were laws in place to prevent this from happening.
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In addition to being the destroyer of the free internet (TM), @AjitPaiFCC also met with Sinclair Broadcasting right after the inauguration and started removing restrictions that Sinclair wanted removed.
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nytimes.com/2017/08/14/us/…
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Just wanting to lay out a timeline of some of the skullduggery the @GOP (specifically @SpeakerRyan, @SenateMajLdr, and @DevinNunes) have been up to in a timelined tweet.
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09/30/16 GOP ignores warnings from the Intel community that Russians are hacking the election, instead choosing to focus on the HRC email "scandal."
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12/11/16 McConnell blocked Obama from going public with the Intel Communities' assessment the Russians hacked the election, even after the Gang of 12 were briefed on the matter.
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