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šÆ@JeffreyToobin: Beyond legal issues, Trump/Giuliani are using #Ukraine for an election #disinformation campaign against Biden. ā ļø If journalists feel compelled to investigate him even tho all allegations have been proven false, itās Clinton emails all over again. #Whistleblower 
FYI #Whistleblower story also reminds us that the Biden-Ukraine conspiracy theory has origins in Russian #propaganda. It may be the first clear #Kremlin-based #disinformation campaign of the 2020 election to help Trump (as I note in a THREAD from May)
š¤ÆAnd like clockworkājournalists fly to Kremlin bullsh!t like flies. Whistleblower exposes collusion recidivist Trump abusing power to extort vulnerable ally Ukraine to boost his failing re-election campaign. But Ken Vogel will chase the disinformation. Clinton Emails 2.0 #Maddow
NEW: Watchdog Refuses to Detail #WhistleBlower Complaint About #Trump. In closed meeting w/ House lawmakers, IG wouldn't confirmāor denyāan alarming commitment Trump was said to have made to a world leader nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/ā¦ #NationalSecurity
If Trump didn't make an alarming promise, why is the IG withholding the #whistleblower complaint from Congress? Fact is: Trump has a well-documented pattern of reckless abuse of power putting his financial & political interests above US national security. (Yesterday's THREADā¤µļøš±)
š„Schiff: There is no privilege to conceal #whistleblower report or to be corrupt. Someone above DNI is trying to manipulate the system to keep an urgent matter from Congress. Privilege claim indicates POTUS & WH are involved. We know DOJ is involved. The problem isnāt the law.
šØEx CIA Bob Baer suggests the āurgent credible threatā in the whistleblower complaint (that DNI wonāt give Congress) āusuallyā has something to do w/ someone in White House setting up an illegal backchannel to a foreign govt, or some sort of corruption, discovered by CIA or NSA.
šØ>> Whistleblower complaint involves TRUMPāS communications with a foreign leader that included a āpromiseā regarded so troubling it prompted an official in the US intelligence community to file a formal whistleblower complaint with the inspector general. washingtonpost.com/national-securā¦
In the weeks before the āurgent & credibleā whistleblower complaint about Trumpās āpromiseā to a foreign leader, he had interactions with:
1) Russiaās Putin that WH initiated
2) 2 ābeautifulā letters from North Koreaās Kim Jong Un
3) Pakistanās PM
4) Netherlandsā PM
5) Qatar emir
1) Russiaās Putin that WH initiated
2) 2 ābeautifulā letters from North Koreaās Kim Jong Un
3) Pakistanās PM
4) Netherlandsā PM
5) Qatar emir
š§Ø>> #Bolton unloads on Trumpās foreign policy. He ripped Trumpās last minute failure to respond to Iranās attack on an American drone. And even suggested that had the US retaliated then, #Iran might not have damaged the Saudi oil fields.š¤ politico.com/story/2019/09/ā¦ h/t @maggieNYT
@maggieNYT Recall Trump was about to launch a strike on Iran but pulled back after FoxNews propagandist Tucker Carlson said Bolton's idea was bad.
That really happened. We're now deciding which FauxNews propagandist is less terrible at running US foreign policy when none of them should be.
That really happened. We're now deciding which FauxNews propagandist is less terrible at running US foreign policy when none of them should be.
Smug stonewalling Corey #Lewandowski & GOP cohorts are subverting democracy at today's #impeachment hearing. Americans voted to put Democrats in power to hold this corrupt POTUS accountable. But Repubs shamelessly obstruct & spew propaganda to protect idiot POTUS & their power.š
Lewandowski/GOP Logic: Obama, Clapper, Comey, Brennan are to blame for Russia subverting our election to install Trump ā¦ which never happened.
Also letās jail those who tried to stop Russiaās attack but failed b/c corrupt Trump & GOP encouraged & gave Putin cover.
š¤”š©š„24/7
Also letās jail those who tried to stop Russiaās attack but failed b/c corrupt Trump & GOP encouraged & gave Putin cover.
š¤”š©š„24/7
GOP propaganda agitprop circus aside, Lewandowski & Trump KNOW their conduct is culpable #obstruction. Otherwise Trump wouldn't be directing White House lawyers to silence Corey w/ baseless privilege assertions. & Corey would answer Judiciary Dems' questions. #ImpeachmentHearings
This is shockingāeven for #Russia! Actor Pavel Ustinov was meeting a friend in Moscow on the same day as one of the recent election protests. He yelled out to his friend and riot police swooped in & arrested him. He was tried for hurting the cop! And sentenced to 3.5 yrs in jail!
#Russia's cops often randomly grab protesters to arrest them. But #Ustinov wasn't even protesting. His sister said he went downtown to meet a friend. There's video of him literally just looking at his phone when riot police tackled him. Court didn't allow it as evidence. 3.5yrs!
"Let's not be silent. Let's talk about this injustice." #Russia's theater community are posting videos (collected in this THREADā¤µļø) to show support & spread the word about Pavel Ustinov's Kafkaesque fate. Cops attacked HIMāfor doing nothingāand HE's going to jail for 3.5 years.š§
š„NEW Bombshell report on #Putin's #cyberwar on America >> #Russia carried out a 'stunning' breach of FBI communications system, escalating the spy game on US soil. Yahoo reports a Russian mole probably infiltrated our intelligence community (š¤Only one?) news.yahoo.com/exclusive-russā¦
I remember how outraged the Kremlin was about losing its San Francisco consulate. And the smoke billowing from the chimney as they raced to burn evidence of their espionage. Turns out, #Russia's Bay Area diplomats/spies played a key role in a brazen operation targeting the FBI ā¼ļø
Turns out #Russia lost its SanFrancisco consulate bldg for more than election hacking. Obama sanctions were also b/c they'd been engaged in a brazen operation since 2010āwhen "illegals" were exposedāto keep FBI from tracking š·šŗspies. (No šthey weren't burning for "Conservation")
Days after embarrassing election losses for ruling party >> Police #raids across #Russiaā
43 cities, 200+ homes & offices of #opposition politicians, activists & supporters of leader @Navalny. @NatVasilyevaAP reports on new attempts to smother #democracy. apnews.com/967e32974cab4cā¦
43 cities, 200+ homes & offices of #opposition politicians, activists & supporters of leader @Navalny. @NatVasilyevaAP reports on new attempts to smother #democracy. apnews.com/967e32974cab4cā¦
āPure act of political repressionāāMass raids against opposition across #Russia, days after election losses for Putinās ruling party in Moscow. @marcbennetts1 reports on the Kremlinās coordinated crackdown on Navalnyās network of anti-#corruption activists theguardian.com/world/2019/sepā¦
Peak propagandist: RT/Sputnik chief Simonyan complains a 3-day Facebook ban violated her Freedom of Speechā¦While the Kremlin conducts the most sweeping raids in modern Russia's historyāto silence Putin's opposition. Russian propaganda's job is to drown truth so corruption reigns
#Russia Has Compromising Information on Trump, former KGB chief Oleg Kalugin says windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2019/09/moscowā¦
Ex KGB Chief Kalugin says he saw documents about the kompromat collected from Trump's USSR visits. He says the compromising material is w/ girls/prostitutes. He states Russia's KGB has a very long memory & can wait decades before using its kompromat. Trump knows this, he says.
Kalugin says KGB sent Trump girls assigned to sleep w/ foreigners. This was SOP w/ visiting AmericansāUSSR's primary collection target. He doesn't rule out that Trump's wivesāboth from modeling agencies (where KGB recruited)āhad been recruited by KGB too.šgordonua.com/publications/kā¦
šØā¼ļøJohn Bolton fired as Trump's national security adviser ā theguardian.com/us-news/live/2ā¦
The Bad News: Trump fires John #Bolton as National Security Adviser (after Bolton resigned over Taliban fiasco).
The Worse News: #Putin is still Trumpās National Security Adviser.
The Worst News: #Trump is a national security threat and heās still president.
The Worse News: #Putin is still Trumpās National Security Adviser.
The Worst News: #Trump is a national security threat and heās still president.
Oh. Trump didnāt fire his National Security Adviser over the Taliban or ideological beliefs (DJT has none). It was his giant throbbing butthurt ego >> Trump thought #Bolton leaked the story about him wanting to nuke hurricanes. cbsn.ws/2lOqGbq
It always gets worse >> Commerce Secretary Threatened Firings at NOAA For Contradicting Trumpās Hurricane Tweets, Sources Say nyti.ms/2ZO0ctR
Commerce Secy Ross phoned NOAA's acting administrator Neil Jacobs from Greece and instructed Dr. Jacobs to fix the agencyās perceived contradiction of the president.
Dr. Jacobs objected to the demand and was told that staff at NOAA would be fired if the situation was not fixed.
Dr. Jacobs objected to the demand and was told that staff at NOAA would be fired if the situation was not fixed.
So when Trump said āI alone can fix it,ā he really did usher in fascism. And corrupt Republicans said, anything you say, Boss >> It was White House CoS Mulvaney who ordered Wilbur Ross to āfixā the problemāto press #NOAA to disavow a weather forecast.
Newsš„: THE problem is TRUMP
Newsš„: THE problem is TRUMP
š£Bombshell: US had to extract a top spy in Russia in 2017āafter Trump disclosed classified info to Kislyak & Lavrov at the White Houseāfearing Trump might put our assetās life in danger - CNNPolitics cnn.com/2019/09/09/polā¦
š±Trump is such a grave risk to US national security, we had to REMOVE our top spy INSIDE Russiaās govt! Can you imagine the years of work to get a human source close to Putin?! We lost critical insight in our biggest threat while Trump carries out an agenda favorable to it.š¤Æ
As Molly points out, our now exfiltrated spy from inside the Kremlin was the likely source for US intel's conclusion that Putin directed Russia's influence operation to corrupt the 2016 election for Trump.
Q: Did Pompeo pull him to protect the spy or to protect Trump??
Q: Did Pompeo pull him to protect the spy or to protect Trump??
How much you wanna bet Trump meeting the Taliban at Camp David would have been just another photo-op, like the DMZ fiasco? And another opportunity to bring Russian officials to DC. Trump is all reality show & drama. He needs optics & propaganda to create & prop his POTUS image.
š¤Come to think of it, maybe this Camp David meeting with Taliban terrorists and Russia was on Trump's mind when he became fixated on inviting Russia to the G7? I can imagine Putin telling him how historic it would all be, being peacemakers together. Maybe get the Nobel Prize š¤¤
š§ØEvery day it's one horror show fiasco after another. It was Trump's big idea to bring the Taliban to Camp David. He thought a photo-op spectacle w/ terrorists swathed in American bloodāon 9/11āwould give him those "presidential" headlinesš¤Ænytimes.com/2019/09/08/worā¦ #TalibanTrump
š¤Looks like these 2 buses leaving Moscowās Lefortovo prison under heavy police escort are part of Ukraine-Russia long-awaited prisoner swap. 24 Ukrainian sailors have been imprisoned there since Russian FSB attacked their vessels at Kerch Strait last Nov.
Russian media posts photos of Ukrainian sailors on the buses presumably released from Lefortovo prison today, in the Ukraine-Russia prisoner exchange finally now underway.
Reports say filmmaker Oleg Sentsov is part of todayās Ukraine-Russia prisoner swap. Sentsov was arrested in June 2014 on bogus terrorism charges in annexed Crimea. Russia was targeting high-profile activists in Ukraineās pro-democracy EuroMaidan Revolution.
šØPro-democracy activist in #Russia gets 4-year prison sentence for attending Moscow #protests for fair elections. Konstantin #Kotov becomes the latest political prisoner in Putin's war on dissent. Kotov aptly wore a #Sentsov t-shirt in his courtroom cage. m.activatica.org/blogs/view/id/ā¦
Kotov is the first recent protester found guilty under #Russia's "3 strikes" 212.1 law criminalizing attending 3 protests. He had 72 hours to prepare for his snap show trial. Human rights org Memorial declared him a political prisoner. Outside Moscow court chants of #FreeKotov
Kotov was found guilty under the same 212.1 anti-protest law human rights activist Ildar Dadin went to prison for in 2016. I wrote about Dadin's case & how #Russia criminalizes freedom of speech & assembly.
euromaidanpress.com/2016/04/05/912ā¦ #FreeKotov #DefendDemocracy #MoscowProtests
euromaidanpress.com/2016/04/05/912ā¦ #FreeKotov #DefendDemocracy #MoscowProtests
šØPentagon defunds European projects that deter #Russia to fund Trumpās wall, authority DoD gained when Trump declared the border a national emergency - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/world/nationalā¦
#Maddow says #Trump has moved to systemically dismantle each of the 4 pillars of USG response punishing #Russia for its invasion & annexation of #Crimea:
1) #Sanctions
2) Aid to #Ukraine
3) Ousting Russia from #G8
4) European #Deterrence Initiative
EDI was defunded for the Wall
1) #Sanctions
2) Aid to #Ukraine
3) Ousting Russia from #G8
4) European #Deterrence Initiative
EDI was defunded for the Wall
š„Garamendi on diverting military funds for a border wall: WHAT IN THE HELL IS GOING ON BETWEEN PUTIN & TRUMP?! Cutting projects critical to secure NATO's eastern border in Estonia, Poland & Ukraine gives Putin a lot of leeway, tells allies US is unwilling to stand up to Russia.
#BREAKING ACTIVE SHOOTER/S driving around shopping centers near Odessa/Midland, West Texasāshooting at people from pickup truck and/or hijacked US mail truck. One dead, at least 20 shot, police tell @CNN.
#GunViolence #GunControl
#GunViolence #GunControl
#BREAKING ACTIVE SHOOTER SHOT AND KILLED in Odessa, Texas #MassShooting. Midland police confirm 20 injured, not all of gunshot wounds.
Mayor tells @CNN that the gunman was pulled over by an officer whom he shot (not life-threatening), and then went on a driving/shooting rampage.
Mayor tells @CNN that the gunman was pulled over by an officer whom he shot (not life-threatening), and then went on a driving/shooting rampage.
UPDATE: 5 DEAD, 21 injured. One gunman killed, a white male in mid-30s, per Odessa, Texas police dept. Police among those injured in #MassShooting. Just weeks after El Paso massacre.
šØā¼ļø ICYMI Trump is "heavily considering" BLOCKING $250 million in military aid to #UKRAINE in its David & Goliath war with #RUSSIA. 13000 Ukrainians have died since 2014. It's the latest & perhaps the most dangerous of Trump's moves to please #Putin. cnn.com/2019/08/29/polā¦
šØā¼ļøOrwellian Trump regime is literally redefining US citizenship! New definition of āResidenceā denies #citizenship to children born to govt employees & military stationed abroad. Also denies citizenship to children BORN IN US if mothers donāt meet new residency rules.
šØThe Trump regime goes there, folks. #Immigration demagoguery isn't about "illegal" immigrants. It's about engineering a more white society. They're literally redefining #citizenshipāeven if US born. It's a racist and fundamentally unAmerican agenda. uscis.gov/sites/default/ā¦
Gaslighting Ken Cuccinelli tells @DanaBashCNN heās āoffendedā by use of word ātargetingā in characterizing new USCIS #citizenship policy that denies automatic citizenship to kids born to US military stationed abroad. He claims itās only a āpaperwork change.ā #immigration
šØā¼ļøCuccinelli is a monster >> Citizenship & Immigration Services Ends Medical Deferred Action, a program allowing legal migrants to stay in US for life-saving medical treatment. They're now being referred to ICE for deportation and death. 33 days notice. npr.org/2019/08/27/754ā¦
Rachel @Maddow just covered the most inhumane of all Trumpās immigration policiesāending Medical Deferment, sending critically ill children like Jonathan Sanchez to be deported and certain death. This quote is from the @NPR story linked to above. Do listen to his voice. #maddow
@maddow @NPR Maria came to US at invitation of doctors for treatment in a clinical trial. Thanks to her, FDA approved meds that improve survival rates for her disease. Trump admin is canceling her medical deferment. Deportation is a death sentence. nytimes.com/2019/08/29/us/ā¦ #maddow #inners
"Trump's extraordinary promotion of Putin" ā In move to soften #Russia's pariah status, #Trump advocated publicly & privately for #Putin at #G7 ā¦ amid warnings that Russia is actively trying to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. washingtonpost.com/politics/trumpā¦ h/t @McFaul
#Trumpās #G7 Misstatements, Lies, Distortions #Propaganda
āFalse excuse for skipping climate mtg
āChina called to restart talks
āā2nd thoughtsā misinterpreted
āG7 leaders wanted Russia back
āPutin outsmarted Obama re Crimea
ā1stLady knows KJU
āLost $3-5B on presidency
@CNN
āFalse excuse for skipping climate mtg
āChina called to restart talks
āā2nd thoughtsā misinterpreted
āG7 leaders wanted Russia back
āPutin outsmarted Obama re Crimea
ā1stLady knows KJU
āLost $3-5B on presidency
@CNN
@CNN Great CNN graphic of Trump's #G7 distortions, lies & #propaganda missed a few Orwellian BIG LIES:
āI don't care about making money
āI don't do things for political reasons
āI'm an environmentalist
Bombarding the public w/ absurd & provable lies is how fascists break societies.
āI don't care about making money
āI don't do things for political reasons
āI'm an environmentalist
Bombarding the public w/ absurd & provable lies is how fascists break societies.
@CNN By far the most disturbing thing Trump said at #G7 was reported in this piece by @PhilipRucker & @michaelbirnbaum: Going to the mat for Putin, Trump argued to remove #democracy as a core G7 principle. And became combative when the world's democratic leaders didn't agree with him.
Trumpās āhead-spinning about-faceā at #G7. Officials call his comments āmisinterpreted.ā Thatās a nice way to say the President of the United States is an incompetent ass & everyone has to lie for him. Why are we still being polite about this catastrophe?? washingtonpost.com/politics/trumpā¦
āHead-spinningā is too often journalese euphemism for āmind-f*cking.ā Perhaps it applies to Trump at times, but when advisors & surrogates rush in to cover, confuse, gaslight & āre-interpret,ā thatās deliberate. Manipulative propaganda must be called out in clear language.
In 2016 I wrote America was drowning in a #propaganda swamp: āTrump and his surrogates, appearing daily on every news program to ābalanceā coverage, have inundated our media w so much hateā¦ignoranceā¦liesā¦twisted factsā¦conspiracy theories.ā Little has changed & not for better.
Amazing. #Giuliani says Kurt Volker & the State Dept helped him press #Ukraine to launch criminal probes of Trump's political opponents. Even if they're just trying to placate Rudy, this shows how profoundly corrosive it is to have corruption & moral bankruptcy at the top of USG.
@kenvogel @jheil There's so much grotesquely wrong with Giuliani's abuses in Ukraine, not the least of which is HIS own well-known work for suspected organized crime & corruption in Eastern Europe. @anders_aslund names a few of them here ā¬ļø
