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Notorious NeoMcCarthyite @BernieSanders just released a strong statement condemning Russia over the news that Russian hackers targeted Burisma to smear @JoeBiden.

Sanders explains well why progressives should care about Russian sabotage of our elections: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@BernieSanders @JoeBiden By the way, perhaps we should be making more of the fact that Trump, Giuliani, and Russian hackers targeting Burisma are all working to validate the same made up narrative about the Bidens:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@BernieSanders @JoeBiden .@BernieSanders situates Russian sabotage of our elections in a broad narrative in which plutocrats at home and illiberal authoritarians abroad are allied against liberal democracy and international institutions, all to enable their continuing plunder:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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I'm not sure the magnitude of this has sunken in.

To be clear, Lev Parnas just implicated Rudy Giuliani, and possibly Trump, in a criminal conspiracy to solicit a bribe from Ukraine.

I spoke to legal experts who confirmed this. New piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
One of Lev Parnas' most explosive claims is that Giuliani told him to convey the extortion demand to Ukraine, after discussing it with Trump.

Legal experts tell me Parnas actually accused Giuliani and Trump of a criminal conspiracy:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Now that Lev Parnas alleges Rudy spoke directly to him about using military aid to extort Ukraine after discussing it with Trump, GOP Senators have zero excuse for not hearing from Bolton and Mulvaney, who have direct knowledge of the freezing of the aid:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
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Greg Sargent
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NPR ran a report on Trump's rally that sanitized away all the hate and depravity. If such media failure is widespread in 2020, it could have consequences, enabling Trump to supercharge Trump country under the radar, while minimizing backlash. New piece: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
Trump's route to victory lies in supercharging his parts of the country with these rally performances. But he can't stir too much of a backlash among young and nonwhite voters and suburban whites.

Media sanitization of The Trump Show risks enabling that:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
In response to @NPRinskeep's objections to this piece, I added this update:
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NEW:

House Dems are set to demand that the State Department account for Yovanovitch's safety during her stalking, in light of explosive Lev Parnas documents, aide tells me.

Pompeo's stonewalling suddenly looks much worse.

That and more in my new piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
More NEWS:

@RepEliotEngel, chair of House Foreign Affairs Committee, tells us Yovanovitch texts are "profoundly alarming."

"This unprecedented threat to our diplomats must be investigated and if warranted prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/…
@RepEliotEngel Crucial point here, from @RepEliotEngel:

Texts between Parnas and Hyde "occurred at the same time that the two men were also discussing Trump’s efforts, through Giuliani, to smear the ambassador’s reputation.”

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