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26 Jan, 5 tweets, 2 min read
From what I understand, there will even be a readout!

I am here for this.
Source on readout comment:

THAT WAS FAST

Readout of President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Call with President Vladimir Putin of Russia:

whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
Note: This is not a transcript - it's just a readout/summary.
"President Biden made clear that the United States will act firmly in defense of its national interests in response to actions by Russia that harm us or our allies." Image

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28 Jan
What do I think about RobinHood?

I think it is being used to exploit people’s (justified) distrust of the stock market, to generate a crowd-sourced attack on our financial system while undermining faith in our economy.

Just like Facebook was used to attack our democracy.
In May 2009, Yuri Milner invested $200M in Facebook, at a time when Zuckerberg desperately needed an influx of cash.

We later learned that the money he invested came indirectly from the Russian government.

nytimes.com/2017/11/05/wor…
Since then, Facebook has been used as a tool to undermine democracies, from Africa and Myanmar, to the UK and the United States.

2014:

How Facebook’s Rise Fueled Chaos and Confusion in Myanmar

wired.com/story/how-face…
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27 Jan
Enrique Tarrio, the leader of the Proud Boys extremist group, has a past as an informer for federal and local law enforcement, repeatedly working undercover for investigators after he was arrested in 2012

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
In the Miami hearing, a federal prosecutor, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent and Tarrio’s own lawyer described his undercover work and said he had helped authorities prosecute more than a dozen people in various cases involving drugs, gambling and human smuggling.
“he cooperated with local and federal law enforcement, to aid in the prosecution of those running other, separate criminal enterprises, ranging from running marijuana grow houses in Miami to operating pharmaceutical fraud schemes.”
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25 Jan
McConnell is filibustering the actual opening of the Senate session, holding everything hostage.

There is a way for Dems to end his blockade, but Joe Manchin wants to force Schumer to negotiate with McConnell, because “bipartisanship.”

@ThePlumLineGS:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
This is ridiculous.

Everyone who wants a functional Senate needs to call Joe Manchin’s office.

Inform him that we did not elect a Dem Senate just to watch Mitch McConnell continue holding it hostage.

D.C. Office: 202-224-3954

Charleston Office: 304-342-5855
Joe Manchin is an “ALEC Alumni” in the Koch network (h/t @Tentoads4truth)

And here is “Koch Network Advisor” James Davis retweeting Joe Manchin right after the election, when Manchin promised not to pack the courts or end the fillibuster (h/t @alexkotch)
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18 Jan
This is a great article that touches on Stone’s role in stop the steal, but the most important sentence is this:

“The radicalization of the Republican Party has altered the world of conservative media, which is, in turn, accelerating that radicalization.”
newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…
We aren’t talking enough about the political insurgency into the Republican Party, and who is funding it.

From the article:

As Fuentes said on the “InfoWars” panel, “This is the best thing that can happen, because it’s destroying the legitimacy of the system.”
Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are not anomalies.

They are the latest in a line of GOP candidates that have been recruited, groomed for the position, and financed to become elected.

The trajectory of the party is clear.

Who is funding and launching these candidates?
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17 Jan
🚨While we were focused on the insurrection, SCOTUS quietly took a case that it had been holding for some time: AFPF v. Becerra.

AFPF is a Charles Koch opaque front LLC.

The GOP was happy to pass the bill to ban anonymous shell co’s.

Is this a back door?
h/t @JannusWilhelmus
If this seems far-fetched, consider the way the Supreme Court has ruled in *all* of its 80 cases where there was a 5-4 split decision.

It ruled in the interests of Republican donors - like Charles Koch - every time.

And the Kochs spent millions to promote Kavanaugh and Barrett.
And if you are not familiar with the “dark money” concept, or think that it isn’t as bad as it has been made out to be, please do yourself a favor and watch Sheldon Whitehouse’s presentation during the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation hearings.
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16 Jan
“Flynn cannot say for sure that Kushner had a Wikileaks contact.”
Erik Prince knew his way around Trump Tower; he always seemed to have a purpose when he met with Bannon, and Bannon always seemed to be expecting him.

Bannon covered his office windows with a blanket.
Giuliani knew that Wikileaks would release the emails - not Russia.

Flynn (“not overly sophisticated”) saw Giuliani like a judge. lol
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