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9 Nov, 5 tweets, 2 min read
1/ The Kremlin’s anti-Biden subtweeting continues apace: Russian electoral commission head Pamfilova explains (once again) why US vote-by-mail system is irreparably flawed and rife with fraud...
2/ ... to prove her assertions are grounded in, uh, truthfulness she cites US election expert Greg Butterfield.
3/...it took me a few minutes to figure out she was taking about this fellow: he’s an NY-based far left/sextant activist who contributes to something called Struggle-La Lucha and whose Twitter handle is “[at]redguard1971” google.com/amp/s/www.stru…
4/ The Kremlin is really giving @RudyGiuliani a run for his money. #fourseasonstotallandscaping END
erratum: “sectarian” not sextant

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26 Oct
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THREAD: The Kremlin’s outlandish handling of Europe’s concerns about the #Navalny assasination attempt and the crisis in Belarus is setting up a rupture similar to what occurred after the Ukraine crisis in 2014. 1/x
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First Trump refused to comment about Navalny. Now White House spokesperson @kayleighmcenany bends over backwards to avoid talking about a possible US response (eg new sanctions). #NobodysBeenTougher
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1/4 Russian interference in the 2020 election isn't a theoretical possibility. It's happening in plain sight. We're just not taking it seriously. Re-upping four recent examples.
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