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@Kasparov63
Aug 5, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
The problem with expanding law enforcement powers is who is in charge. So oversight and checks and balances must be in place, or you're just handing Trump more powers to usurp and misuse.
After decades of decaying oversight & conceding power to the presidency-- abused by both parties--the US was not prepared for someone like Trump, who has no respect for the law or norms or public service.
Every would-be autocrat wants their own security force, a Praetorian guard loyal only to them. Purging existing agencies, expanding others, creating task forces, etc.

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Jan 22
Putin stopped reading after the first sentence. Russia won’t stop its unprovoked war on Ukraine without the pain of much higher military, economic, and political costs. Image
Vague mentions of sanctions aren’t going to make an impression. Instead, a strong message supporting US ally Ukraine and promising more made in USA weapons and aid until Russia leaves would have a much greater impact on Putin feeling pressure to negotiate. Strength, not pleading.
(And "Russia" helped the US defeat the Nazis only after Stalin helped Hitler start the war, as his ally, and that millions of Ukrainians were murdered by the Nazis & fighting for the Soviet army. And 60m is total WWII casualties, but we don’t look to Trump for history lessons.)
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Jan 16
My response in @welt to Musk's promotion of AfD in Germany and his broader support for illiberal parties and causes. Bashing the far-left is well and good, but promoting far-right extremism is not, especially via misinformation. welt.de/debatte/kommen…
The old liberal world order is dead, the challenge before us is what should replace it. Is it the autocratic vision of might makes right of Xi and Putin? Or can the free world protect its people and interests while maintaining the rights and freedoms that make life worth living?
Excesses of ideology & failures of competence by the far-left have often led to far-right backlash claiming a return to traditional values and making the trains run on time. But a regressive, fascist agenda is moral bankruptcy. And we know where those trains end up going.
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Jan 8
"Russia felt threatened by NATO!" is nothing more than a Kremlin loyalty test for Western billionaires, academics, and politicians at this point. As with most old, refuted propaganda it stays alive due to the ignorant and the propagandists who exploit them.
It's like when a public figure talks about an amazing story and it turns out to be The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or Mein Kampf. The bigger question is where they got it, not just why they believe it. When Trumpists regurgitate the NATO myth, it came from somewhere.
As with the "Separatists!", "Nazis in Ukraine!" and "Ukraine is corrupt!" BS that originates and perpetuates in Russian channels and is spun out into the world of the gullible and those who wish to attack Ukraine for their own agendas.
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Dec 18, 2024
I only wish the American security establishment supported my views as much as these trolls always say they do so I could stop complaining about them! 🤡😂
At my age, I almost enjoy the nostalgia of outdated Kremlin talking points, back when anyone opposed to Russia (or any former Iron Curtain nation) being a dictatorship was called an agitator under the influence of the Americans. I spend years blasting Burns and I’m still CIA?!
My views have changed little because my values have not changed. I support the use of free world hard and soft power against the rise and threat of authoritarians and terrorists at home and abroad. I have harshly criticized Dem & GOP admins for their failure to do this.
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Dec 12, 2024
My congratulations to @DGukesh on his victory today. He has summitted the highest peak of all: making his mother happy!
Gukesh impressively surmounted every obstacle and opponent in his path, especially considering his age, and nothing more can be asked. My thoughts on the historical world championship lineage with Magnus outside are known, but that is not the story today.
The level of play was quite high, at least equal to the previous match. Ding showed great resistance. As for the blunders, which world championship, or world champion, was without them? I had my share, and recall the double blunder in Carlsen-Anand 2014, g6. Matches take a toll.
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Dec 10, 2024
This post provokes strong reactions, least of which is the difference between the Russian and English, with content for the respective audiences. Lamenting RU expenditures & casualties in Syria in the Russian version plays politics when there are no politics in Russia today. 1/7 Image
Russians dying in Syria isn’t the problem, Russians killing Syrians is. We should not express regret over Russia showering Assad’s regime with money, but over Russia showering the Syrian people with bombs. For generations they will curse the Russians who murdered so many. 2/7
As in Ukraine, it's demeaning to say only Putin is responsible. Putin never pulled a trigger. It was Russian soldiers, pilots, bombs & bullets. I didn’t hear of Russian mass desertions or protests. They targeted civilian infrastructure, schools & hospitals, razing cities. 3/7
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