THREAD 6 pages 501-600 of the 966 page Senate Intelligence Committee’s #Volume5 counterintelligence report into Russian interference. In these pages we learn of many tentacles Russian intel had in trump campaign. Please read this report for yourself and draw your own conclusions.
Pg 508. While Papadopolous was trying to get a meeting between trump and Putin, at least one member of the trump inner circle knew enough to question whether there might be any legal implications for private citizens working with foreign governments. Michael Flynn, didn’t know?
Pg 509 is for anyone who claims there was no proper predicate to investigate Papadopoulis for liaising with foreign help to establish ties to Putin. This seems like a good reason to see what he was up to. Even if the reason they investigated was to see what Mifsud was up to.
Pg 522 Another reminder of just what the stakes are. You’ve no doubt heard about the poisonings of Litvenenko, Skripal, Kara-Murza, Navalny. This is not a game. These are things that are happening. Each of the aforementioned were working for Democracy.
Pg 523 is an insight into the psyche and how information, misinformation and disinformation can all lead to fixations for small periods. When was the last time you heard about Amazon owning Washington Post? That’s the thing about tropes, they’re dragged out only when necessary.
Pg 536 Read this page and recall Papadopolous told an Australian whom he was drinking with that he knew about Hillary’s emails. Don’t forget, you have been told he was a coffee boy.
Pg 539 If by now you are still of the opinion, lying to the FBI is acceptable, you’re rooting for the bad guys. Mifsud never returned to the US and has not been questioned.
Pg 562 Sanctions? A question to Carter Page about sanctions? You know by now troops, ‘sanctions means’ Magnitsky Act. Weird how the topic of ‘sanctions’, kept coming up with Page, Flynn, jr. It’s like Russia wanted Magnitsky Act eliminated in exchange for trump’s election.
Pg 564 Enter Maria Butina. But, I thought Carter Page was an energy expert giving speeches for oil conglomerates, why would a Russian gun rights activist who fell in love with felon Paul Erickson sent to Russia after her arrest, want to know how to feel about Page?
A quick character reminder, Paul Erickson plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering. Butina used Ericksons influence to get close to the recently indicted NRA. He got sentenced to 7 years, she got sent home. @NewYorkStateAG might want to see if he has anything to offer.
Pg 582 As I read #Vol5 I am taking it page by page and writing thoughts as they come. I’m trying to give it straight so pages like this are good, as they are validating. The NRA, the Republican Party. This is a good time to remind everyone this was released by Senate Republicans.
Pg 596 what is it with Nat Sec Advisors and meeting with Russian Intelligence agents? Footnotes troops. They tell us John Bolton, the man who would not provide testimony during impeachment, shot a video for a Russian agent!
Where is the media on this?
#Volume5 counterintelligence report is no joke. It is fact after fact, contact after contact. This 100 pages revealed the amount of operations that were seemingly in play. Not just Papadopoulis trying to get HRC email, but also Butina’s ‘sanctions’ and NRA activities.
This must be taken seriously. This is a Republican report telling us there were attempts, the redactions are more than attempts I surmise, to influence, connect or otherwise insert Russian agents with Republican law makers. Did they succeed? Republicans from Wi[REDACTED] maybe?
The information contained in this report is what can be proven. They have the receipts on what they are reporting out. This is what is true. This was a Republican lead investigation. Please read this report. Use critical thinking and vote accordingly. #Volume5
It’s been a while since we’ve used the wayback machine. Let’s see how it holds up on a short trip. We’re going to go on a journey back to a time before trump was president.
Don’t get too excited. It’s to do with aid to Ukraine.
A wee thread🧵👇🏻
On July 28, 2016, in Cleveland at the Republican National Committee, the GOP removed a single issue from their party platform. Essentially, it became trump policy to no longer provide aid to Ukraine.
A delegate said it was taken out by trump’s people.
But that’s a bit awkward because the newly minted GOP Nominee eventually ended up telling Robert Mueller he didn’t recall. Strange because trump, has like a great memory. And his uncle was like, a physicist or something.🤷🏼♂️
There will no doubt be a lot said by smarter people than I about this ruling in the GA v trump et al. case, but I would like to offer two important thoughts I hope they don’t miss.
Firstly, please understand the danger. Look at what just happened. The whole country has been on edge awaiting this ruling because it determined whether or not a former president accused of some gangster shit, might get away with it because of some more gangster shit.
This dude is so dangerous to prosecute, a former GOVERNOR declined to be the special prosecutor because of safety concerns. This dude is so dangerous because he has a dangerous crew. I don’t how to lay this out clearly for people to understand so please bear with me as I try.
Have you heard of Project 2025? It’s a ‘Playbook’. You can read the whole “Mandate” for yourself at this link and I encourage you to do so. *Please* know who you’re voting for in November.
First thing to know: There is a Project 2025. This is important to know. It exists. It’s a plan. It’s coming day one of the next conservative presidency. I am not being hyperbolic. If you are seeing this, it will have some impact on your life. It’s designed to.
This is a Heritage Foundation joint. There are roughly 386 ‘contributors’ to Project 2025 and at least 48 of them are Heritage Foundation. That’s 12% of all contributors give or take some bad eyesight, counting, and maths and unknown crossover organizational alignments.
I was thinking about my dad the other day. He’s still here, he’s fine. I was just thinking about him.
WARNING STRONG LANGUAGE
My dad would tell me stories about guys like his dad. Guys like his dad fought in WWII. Guys like my dad, revered those guys.
A wee thread🧵👇🏻
The only reason the tv set growing up didn’t have the History Channel logo burned into it was because occasionally, I’d watch sports. The history channel had documentary after documentary of WWII. My dad likes the air battles. He would talk about “Those Guys”.
“Those Guys,” he’d say, “Those Guys sat in a bubble OUTSIDE the airplane, Joey!’ “Can you believe that? Imagine how cold it must have been!”
He was referring to the tail gunners on the screen.
You guys…I think I’m going to call it a year. I will begin my final thread of 2024 as I mean to end it, and that is conversationally and with gratitude. Thank you for all your continued dedication to self-determination and democracy.
I’m tired.
A wee 🧵👇🏻
This year was more difficult than last year. Things are getting harder. My balance is getting worse and my body is getting stiffer. I’ve had more falls this year than last. Speaking of falls, it seems more leaves fell in the yard this year than last.
The time change this year and its underreported havoc it wreaks on my medication is worse this year than last. I’ve torn my Achilles and my hamstring this year as opposed to no injuries last.
This is a wee thread. I tell you that now because there is no clever preamble, no fun intro to pique your interest. Just a simple request that you know I lack understand on this topic and make no judgments. I share it so those who can make sense of it hopefully do so.
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On December 23rd of 2016, the United Nations adopted UN resolution number 2334. It is here for you to read. Please do so. If you don’t, know the gist is that this UN Security Council resolution stated that Israel’s settlements have no legal validity.
The history of this resolution is one that helps put into context some of what we may be seeing today. At the time, Barack Obama was President and Bibi Netanyahu was Prime Minister of Israel. vox.com/world/2016/12/…