Thread by @jennycohn1

I waffle whether Putin is the appropriate #1 focal point. He exploits pre-existing societal fractures. The “vast right wing conspiracy” was & is real. Most of its leaders are in the CNP, a domestic group, altho it has long-standing ties 2 Russia. Bannon is a global ring leader 1/

https://twitter.com/jimstewartson/status/1443255601996263431

Putin supercharged these domestic efforts and pushed them over a tipping point. 2/

I wrote about the CNP (including but not limited to its Russia ties) here in 2017. 3/ link.medium.com/NhKXFAv5Wjb

4/ The CNP has a dominionist plus anti-regulation (corrupt) agenda.