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Jun 1, 2018 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
#PASTBLAST: I saw Masha Gessen on TV shortly after the 2016 election. She's a Russian journalist who compared Trump to autocrats like Putin.

Having lived in autocracies most of her life, she wrote about the rules to surviving an autocracy.

HER WARNING HAS STUCK WITH ME... [1/]
While I can't find the interview, she said when you live under an autocrat, he permeates every aspect of culture and life. Obviously, news will cover him.

Soon, he infiltrates entertainment (late night TV, Kanye), Sports (take a knee), to your daily convos & relationships. [2/]
Why? Because that’s what he wants. AND…because if you stop paying attention, if you turn a blind eye, you risk losing everything. You risk the autocrat winning.

To survive an autocrat like Trump, you must resist.

You have to fight every single day. [3/]
nybooks.com/daily/2016/11/…
While I can't find the specific interview that stuck with me, I recommend watching this one from late November 2016. [4/]

msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/…
One year after her original piece, Masha revisited it.

I highly recommend reading it. [5/]

newyorker.com/news/our-colum…
And for laughs, but thought-provoking nonetheless, check out this piece w/ Masha and Samantha Bee.

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U.S. Attorney John Huber was tasked with reviewing the Clinton Foundation and Uranium One.

The GOP will want to bury this story. Don't let them.
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We now know he found nothing of consequence.

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In Oct., the State Dept quietly ended yet another probe into Hillary's email server.

They found no wrong-doing.
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#FACTCHECK: Republicans SUPPORTED the Biden-led effort to root out corruption in Ukraine, by seeking the removal of a corrupt Prosecutor General, Shokin.

Shokin was NOT prosecuting corruption. He was accepting and extorting the corrupt for bribes.

There was nothing to cover up.
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There are even text messages.

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#HUGE: Democrat Andy Beshear is the APPARENT WINNER of KY Governor race!

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin is one of the worst governors in the country.

Trump, McConnell, and Rand Paul ALL put their weight behind him last night.

And Bevin STILL lost in a state that Trump won by 30%!
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He'll soon claim the opposite.

DON'T let him forget it...

#PASTBLAST: My FIRST thread on Gov. Matt Bevin, who I've tracked since...

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#WOW: Hillary DIDN'T say the "Russians" were grooming Tulsi Gabbard.

She said "REPUBLICANS" were grooming her for a 3rd party run.

"Mr. Merrill said late Friday evening that Mrs. Clinton’s initial “grooming” claim had referred to Republicans, not Russia, as initially reported."
#FTR: The article has been updated...but the reporter has NOT corrected her tweet.

Shortly after tweeting out the incorrect article, she retweeted the suggestion that Tulsi's primary challenger for her congress is not a serious opponent.

She's not even trying to hide her bias.
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You should listen to the interview starting ~43 mins in.

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#TRUTHBOMB: Let's be clear.

Ken Vogel and the NYTimes ABSOLUTELY bought everything Giuliani and then-compromised Ukrainian prosecutor Lutsenko were peddling.

Two weeks ago, Ken Vogel claimed there was "more to the story," only to admit there wasn't any evidence, two days later.
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But the facts are clear...Ken Vogel and the NYTimes first reported the Biden-Ukraine "conspiracy," as if it were true.

I called out Vogel respectfully a few weeks ago.

#PS: I do NOT agree with the Biden Campaign's every move.

I called out their tone-deaf decision to tell networks not to book Giuliani.

But, despite most reporters' auto-defense of other reporters when criticized, the Biden Campaign is RIGHT in this case.
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@alicetweet, I used to think you weren't a partisan hack.

IK that this isn't a good way to start a tweet that you actually read, but frankly I'm upset I've defended you in the past.

Your appearance on ABC today was absurd and filled with lies. Which I thought to be beneath you.
Trump's actions are the definition of impeachable.

And Alice circa 2017 would've undoubtedly declared so.

Clearly, you've been hired by the RNC, or another conservative org since, which has sadly affected your "opinion."

But I thought you'd put country over party. I was wrong.
Stop pointing the finger at Schiff's prefaced dramatization of Trump's words.

He was clear...before and after...that he wasn't reading Trump's words, but suggesting the implicit meaning intended in between.

He bookended the hearing w/ a narrative.

AS. EVERY. PROSECUTOR. DOES.
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