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If Democrats don’t have a similar message in 2020, how do you think that will play with voters in the states that decide the election? This study gives a clue: thenation.com/article/new-st…
Bernie is the only candidate willing to make this point. The difference between him & Trump is that he will actually implement it. I don’t see Bernie war-mongering with Iran; bombing Syria twice; protecting Israeli occupation; and backing Saudi mass murder in Yemen.
Sorry, I should've said Bernie is the only *leading* candidate to make this point. Tulsi Gabbard obviously too.
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I think that unlike Russiagate, Trump did engage in actual wrongdoing here. But like Russiagate, I think Ukrainegate is a gift to him. Freezing aid to get help (that looks more focused on 2016 than on Biden) is corrupt, but I don't think it will cost Trump where it counts.
2016 should’ve forced Dems to become an actual working-class party. Russiagate & now Ukrainegate launders neoliberal “Resistance” to that. Also worsens the New Cold War w/ Russia & subjects Ukraine to more bloodshed, as the national security state aka MSNBC punditry surely want.
During Russiagate, liberals got duped into cheering on what ultimately handed Trump a massive gift. I don't think the gift will be as big here, because at least Trump actually did something this time. But I still don't think it'll be worth it.
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Assume this is a response to texts, probably provided by Volker, that show US ambassador raised concerns of a quid pro quo in September — a big boost for Democrats’ case. (abcnews.go.com/Politics/top-d…) Curious to find out why they think Volker’s testimony helps Trump.
This from NYT probably explains why GOP wants Kurt Volker's transcript released: nytimes.com/2019/10/03/us/…
Bill Taylor is the US diplomat whose texts raised concerns of a quid pro quo over US aid. According to Volker, Taylor "concluded that the assistance was linked to Mr. Trump’s desire for new investigations in Ukraine based on news reports" -- not presumably, based on secret info.
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.@HeerJeet writes in The Nation that "there were arguably still enough improper contacts documented between the Trump campaign and Russia to merit impeachment." I'd love to hear just one example of what impeachment-level "contacts" he's talking about.
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@HeerJeet The problem w/ belief that there were suspicious -- even impeachment-worthy -- contacts between the Trump campaign & Russia is that there were almost no such contacts -- insofar as "Russia" actually means the Russian government or anyone acting on its behalf, as I've noted:
@HeerJeet As I've also noted, this is why the Mueller report acknowledges that after Trump won the election, "Russian government officials and prominent Russian businessmen…appeared not to have preexisting contacts" with the Trump camp. So when were the impeachment-level contacts?
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