Trumper spin that impeachment is bad & everyone should play nice is like what happens after a gun tragedy when gun advocates say "it's too soon" to discuss gun control
Dems need to counter with better shared messaging - to heal those who incited violence need to face justice
One thing GOP/far-right does well is creating simple shared talking points
Dems are pretty bad at this - it may seem better to let individuals speak in their own way, but at a certain point, it's helpful to the public to hear some consistent shared ideas
Exactly this👇 try doing this for Dem messaging on the same issues
Dems don't need to change core principles, but the age of social media & disinformation isn't going away and Dems need to make sure true facts & key messages are clear & consistent
One item that explains this is GOP/far-right is unified by supporting white supremacy, bigotry, homogeneity, while Dems support diversity, multiculturalism, varied views
It's easier for GOP/far-right to simplify messaging but Dems need to get better at it
In April 2020 Derkach filed a FARA for hiring Andy Kuchma (aka Artemenko) & Nabil Bader (through Global Management Association) as consultants. A different Kuchma company - Airtrans - is part of Erik Prince's Frontier Resource Group
Story on Kushner Companies FL deals notes they opened South FL office last year run by Michael Szafranski & G. Toledo
I googled Szafranski and found he went to federal prison & paid $6mil+ to victims for role in Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion ponzi scheme therealdeal.com/miami/2021/01/…
After Charles Kushner left prison he hired 2 former inmates, both convicted in fraud schemes, into top jobs
A Kushner spokesman said the company is proud to have hired Lebor and Goettlich, along with other ex-convicts, as part of its second-chance program bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Here's Michael Szafranski's author page noting he spent one year at Federal Prison Camp in Miami and blogs on white collar crime forward.com/author/michael…
what a failure for the Capitol police, from not prepping beforehand, to taking selfies during, to letting smiling jeering rioters exit the building after
Russia is only part of the Trump story, but this history of Putin is filled with lessons, including how Westerners underestimated how political, KGB, mafia & business interests would merge under Putin as democratic rights eroded
A new name in the book surprised me because of his role in Trump's orbit - Shalva Tchigirinsky aka Chigirinsky met Trump at the Taj Mahal in 1990, reportedly had Solnetsevskaya ties, mentored Aras Agalarov, knew Steve Wynn and was involved in one of the Trump Moscow discussions