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Inspiring msg from @maddow, urging us not to "lose faith" in political system & draw hope from GOPers voting for Russian sanctions (which, btw, EU opposes & says pose "serious risk to the [EU] aluminum market" -- but only Trump ignores our allies, right? eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un…)
More from EU letter urging Congress to drop the sanctions that Democrats & MSNBC hosts are fighting to keep. "Since the sanctions were imposed, plants" across Europe "have faced increased prices and significant challenges in maintaining their daily operations." Don't lose faith!
So the @Maddow-backed bid to keep Russian sanctions failed in Senate. Condolences to Dems & millionaire anchors that, per EU, their failure will "[prevent] serious damage to the [EU] aluminum industry" & "safeguard… the livelihoods of 75,000 workers." :( eeas.europa.eu/delegations/un…
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1/ Re: Buzzfeed story: I wrote in 2017 that Trump Tower Moscow was a conflict for Trump, who praised Putin on campaign trail as he pursued it. I've always wondered if that motivated his call for better Russia ties. So I think story is plausible. But, a few reasons to be cautious:
2/ If true, it means Trump committed a felony in telling Cohen to lie. Huge deal. Possibly impeachable. But first, they'll need to prove it beyond Cohen's word -- if it's even true that's this word. Also, don’t expect that to lead us to a conspiracy w/ Russian gov’t. Here's why:
3/ To date, all we know is that Trump Moscow had no financing (from anyone) & no Kremlin help — except for a Kremlin assistant who called Cohen & told him that the Kremlin can’t help. Deal never got beyond a letter of intent (LOI) w/ what Cohen dubbed a "third-tier bank."
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This ex-top official's dire warning is based on his "inference" from "the public record", e.g. Trump's performance in Helsinki. That's what this "clear and present danger" is about: NatSec types, amplified by MSNBC, who find it "shocking" that Trump is nice to Putin in public.
Laufman headed DOJ's counterintel division until Feb 2018, so he likely played a role in May 2017 decision to open a CI probe of Trump just revealed by NYT. Note that he makes no reference to any evidence -- it's all about enforcing Cold War orthodoxy, as NYT report suggested.
To be clear: I’m not a Trump supporter, & I do think he’s a clear danger. But not because he’s nice to Putin, but for policies like attacking working people, nixing Iran deal, & climate denialism that threatens human survival — all sidelined by this Cold War conspiracy peddling.
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I can’t figure out which is more sad: Obama vets claiming that Russia — via clickbait social media posts & alleged stolen emails — was “attacking our democracy”; or trying to deflect attention from the fact they did nothing about this supposed “attack” while it was happening:
from the book "Russian Roulette": in August 2016, NSC officials were "committed to a forceful response to Moscow’s intervention" and "began drafting options." But their "bosses at the White House were not on board", and Susan Rice told them to "stand down."
rationale for Obama's decision to "stand down" is interesting: confronting Russia "risked blowing up the election." Also, Russia "could do more to damage us in a cyber war or have a greater impact," such as "possibly shut down the electrical grid." Does anyone buy that?
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