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"A prominent gun-rights advocate and Russian national was arrested in Washington Sunday and accused of conspiring to act as an agent of Russia without registering in the U.S."

But it's WAY more than that.
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 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The agent involved is Maria Butina. She was arrested yesterday or today perhaps the only Russian charged so far who is actually now in custody. THAT IS A BIG THING.

But there's more.

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I'm not through reading the affidavit for her arrest, but it includes Butina's go-between functions for the Republican Party ("POLITICAL PARTY 1") and the NRA (called "GUN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION").

There is unquestionably more to come....

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@SteveSchmidtSES @TheRickWilson @RWPUSA and compatriots who oppose Trump--

WHERE THE FUCK WERE YOU for the last 40 years, while the Republican Party was assembling Trump out of spare parts from the religious right, the racist south, feudal oligarchy and neocon jingoism?

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Don't get me wrong. We who oppose fascism will accept your help. That doesn't mean we agree with your politics or will let your policies infect our future,

We need a full accounting. The world needs it. America deserves it.

Why didn't you speak out sooner?

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Trump's rhetoric is no different in direction or intent than Republican spokesliars have been spreading since Nixon. He embraced the Southern Strategy. Trump's racist dogsirens are just the quiet parts of that said out loud, with a bullhorn.

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Should the House vote Articles of Impeachment?

Let's agree:
1) Trump is a felon
2) He committed treason
3) His crimes are impeachable
4) If he wasn't president, he would be indicted

Q: What should Democrats do?
A: It's not as simple as it seems.

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If you say,, "I will vote for anyone who will primary Democrats who don't vote for impeachment NOW!" just stop reading and block me.

The rest of you, hear me out. This isn't a simple question, and a misstep would be fatal--not only for Democrats, but for democracy.

2/25
Here's the nightmare:

The House enacts Articles of Impeachment. GOP Senators don't convict because of course they wouldn't, GOPers portray this as exoneration--Trump is innocent and Democrats are blind partisans. Trump wins a second term and fascists retake the House.

3/25
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Putting some pieces together...

Cohen just pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about aspects of the Trump Tower Moscow deal. Negotiations went on far longer than Cohen claimed, all the way into June of 2016 at the least.

This matters. A LOT.

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localmemphis.com/news/michael-c…
Mueller wants Cohen's corrected statements on record, and under oath, which this new guilty please accomplishes. But it isn't a matter merely of Cohen's word. He pleaded guilty to lying because Mueller had proof of his lies laid out in emails and other statements.

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It's all in the new criminal information document, in great detail. This presents not only Cohen's lies, contrasting them with the correct facts, but also the proof of those facts--and Cohen's stipulation that these facts are all true.

So? ...

3/12
scribd.com/document/39447…
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To be clear on today's Trump admin sanctions on #Russia for #Skripal poisoning:
- They are mandated under the 1991 Chemical & Biological Weapons Control & Warfare Elimination Act for chemical weapons use.
- WH blew past the law's 60-day deadline by a month.
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2/The law mandates a second, more Draconian round of sanctions unless:
-Russia assures the US it is no longer using chemical or biological weapons
-Russia allows onsite inspectors to ensure the government is not using chem/bio weapons
3/ That second round could include:
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Maybe @RepSwalwell can help explain why everyone turns a blind eye to @MarkWarner texting on an encrypted app with Putin’s lawyer? Why would a registered foreign agent to #Russia be able to save America? #TREASON #RussianCollusion
Furthermore why didn’t Endeavor group disclose communication with #MarkWarner in their FARA filings that’s against the law. He used to report, look here’s him disclosing a meeting with #McFaul talk about full circle. #RussianCollusion
WHY was @MarkWarner colluding with foreign agents to gain information about #Manafort WHY didn’t he want a paper trail? WHY is #RussianCollusion Okay if you’re a Democrat? WHY isn’t @maddow doing a special about this?
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Russian National Charged in Conspiracy to Act as an Agent of the Russian Federation Within the United States

@drawandstrike @ThomasWictor @TheChiIIum @HNIJohnMiller @jihadaeon1 @rising_serpent @_ImperatorRex_ @Debradelai @LarrySchweikart

justice.gov/opa/pr/russian…
A criminal complaint was unsealed today in the District of Columbia charging a Russian national with conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States without prior notification to the Attorney General.
The announcement was made by Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jessie K. Liu, and Nancy McNamara, Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
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a Russian 29 year old in DC was charged today with conspiracy to act as an 👀👀agent to Russia ( unregistered) working with the @NRA and a big @GOP donor to advance Russian national interests.
nytimes.com/2018/07/16/us/…
here is Maria butina with @GovWalker
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#Russia's really going for it at UNSC today: Amb. Nebenzia going all-out tinfoil hat, contradicting himself in rapid time.

- In the space of seconds, he says (1) the #Douma incident was a false-flag chemical attack by rebels & then says (2) there was no chemical attack at all.
U.S. Amb. to UN @nikkihaley:

- I could hold up pictures of babies lying dead next to their mothers, in their diapers, all lying together, dead, ashen blue, open eyes & lifeless, white foam bubbling from their mouths & noses… the very definition of innocent, hiding in basements.
U.S. Amb. to UN @nikkihaley:

"Who does this? Only a monster does this… the monsters behind this have no conscience… the Russian regime is covered in the blood of innocent children.

#Russia & #Iran are to blame… [but] what’s the point in trying to shame these people?
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🔥In Jul/Aug'16, FBI warned Trump👉🏼foreign adversaries, incl #Russia🇷🇺, would try to spy on/infiltrate his campaign.🤔

By then, *at least 7 Trump campaign aides* had been in contact w/Russians or ppl linked to Russia👉🏼NEVER reported it to FBI‼️ 1/
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*After the FBI warning*, Trump Jr exchanged Twitter messages in Sept w/Wikileaks, which USIC publicly accused in Oct of acting as an agent in #Russia's🇷🇺covert operation to interfere in the election.🤨 2/
Meantime, Jeff Sessions, who was running Team🇷🇺Trump's foreign policy op, met w/#Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak in his Senate office👉🏼FAILED to disclose during his confirmation hearing or on his SF-86 (a *felony*). 3/
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