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Jan 28 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Republican electeds (with exceptions) want to help Ukraine. Conservative talkers (with exceptions) don't. Who'll prevail? Latest in @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
@TheAtlantic Update to this AM's piece in @TheAtlantic :

Trump this morning joined @glennbeck show to answer the Putin/Ukraine question - and was again fascinatingly noncommittal.
@TheAtlantic @glennbeck It's another indication that conservative entertainment complex hostility to Ukraine may not be the winning play ...
@TheAtlantic @glennbeck More here theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
@TheAtlantic @glennbeck DeSantis is not speaking about Putin/Ukraine at all - even though Florida National Guardmembers are in Ukraine on a training mission wesh.com/article/florid…

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One sure way for Russia to dissuade its immediate neighbors from joining NATO would be for Russia to cease threatening, attacking, and occupying its immediate neighbors.
As is, Russia is like an abuser threatening that he will keep abusing until his victims promise never to seek a court order to stop the abuse.
"I only hit you because you keep complaining about me hitting you."
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Fifteen men participated in the Wannsee conference. What befell them? 1/x
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A PS on irredentism britannica.com/topic/irredent…
Irredentism traces back to an Italian word meaning "unredeemed" - places and territories coveted by Italian nationalists even after they assembled their state in the 1850s and 1860s. 1/x
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The Hungarian far right also has irredentist claims on Ukrainian territory. With Russia threatening to invade Ukraine, Carlson is going to visit the only leaders in Europe who would like to see Ukraine carved up.
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The Ukrainian territory coveted by the Hungarian far right
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