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Several of the tweets I just re-tweeted highlight the egregious errors, slimy tactics & smears here designed to imply Tulsi (who, unlike the authors, fought for the US) is a Kremlin asset. The worst is depicting anti-intervention/war positions as evidence of Russian loyalty:
In the Cold War, Americans who opposed US militarism & warned of the dangers of confrontation w/Russia were smeared as Kremlin agents. Nothing has changed. Opposing US war/intervention in Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela may "align" with Moscow's views but that doesn't make it sinister. 
Also, if you're a journalist smearing someone with innuendo that they're a Kremlin asset or "apologist," or an editor tells you to, shouldn't you instinctively think: "wait, this was done to journalists & others in a shameful US period. The evidentiary bar should be very high."
And just in case anyone is confused: when DC Democratic insiders like @neeratanden decree that no Democratic presidential candidates should be critiqued by other Dems, what they really mean is: "no criticizing the establishment Dems that we like. The others are fair game."
