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Peak Putin. Announces major constitutional changes, shuffles govt powers, opening a Pandora’s box of options & uncertainty while staying silent on his own plans. #Putin needs to keep #Russia’s oligarchs off balance to ensure he remains the pivot around which the country revolves.
"Putin giveth & Putin taketh away." Good hot take on Medvedev resigning as PM of Russia, by Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg. "With the stroke of a pen, Medvedev could've sent Putin to the sidelines of history. He didn't. Because the deal was always Putin's in charge."
🎯The only way he'll leave power is in a box, just like his idol Stalin—@Kasparov63

Putin's shuffle today doesn't change that Russia is a mafia dictatorship. A facade of democracy masks his brutality & corruption. And shows he knows democracy is the only legitimate form of govt.
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😇Dershowitz 2020: Impeachable offense can’t be abuse of power, must be criminal
😂Dersh 1998: It certainly doesn’t have to be a crime. If POTUS corrupts the office, abuses trust…you don’t need a crime. If in acts of state, goes behind Congress’ back, lies repeatedly to public✅
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Paula Chertok🗽
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🚨🚨Religious Right openly invites Russian propaganda to fill American minds for 2020 >> Kansas City radio station agrees to broadcast Russia's state-owned propaganda media Sputnik Radio "to tell you the things that the liberal media wont (sic)" kansascity.com/news/local/art…
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🤯“Manu, you’re a liberal hack. I’m not talking to you.” That’s Arizona’s unelected senator @SenMcSallyAZ dripping w/ fear & loathing, choosing to smear veteran @CNN reporter @mkraju, to avoid answering his question about #impeachment trial evidence. Sad.
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THREAD: *Many* ties link Team🇷🇺Trump to #Russia. Manafort & Gates were central‼️

👉🏼Manafort: Trump’s most powerful political operative, helped secure GOP nomination
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And LAUNDER MONEY‼️ 3/
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