Why is the GOP so much in love with Putin?
Is there a Pee Tape? Why is Donald John Trump so beholden to Putin?
This Thread explains Kompromat. It's a Russian KGB standard method for blackmailing politicians. It explains the GOP of today
#TrumpWasRightAboutEverything#Kompromat
I greatly appreciate that the US government is letting out more of its intelligence in real time than ever. It has turned out to be amazingly correct and it is a US service to democracy to let it out all early. I don't know whom to thank, but I do.
Right now there is a dictator who thinks he can violently conquer a sovereign democracy... but Joe Biden beat him in the last election"
-Stephen Colbert
The name of your 80s rock band is the color of your underwear and I actually don't really care, can we please stop regurgitating this little game it's not funny anymore. Plus I'm always Commando Taco.....
I am struggling to understand what Fox commentators like Carlson and Gutfeld feel like they are gaining from siding with a brutal dictator who is literally committing war crimes - killing women and children, bombing hospitals - for the world to see?
@McFaul It is so good to see and hear you on Colbert. I follow you faithfully here but this is the first time I've heard your take on this. Thank you so much.
But remember, mass mobilization against autocrats rarely comes from babushkas in Siberia. Not just in Russia, but in many other countries, civic resistance movements start in cities, in capitals. 4/ END
As a general rule, the more rural, less educated, poorer, and older you are n Russia, the more likely you are to support Putin and watch his state-controlled tv channels. These people tend to get their news television. 3/
As a general rule, the more urban, educated, rich, and young you are n Russia, the less likely you are to support Putin or watch his state-controlled tv channels. These people tend to get their news from social media, internet sources, etc. 2/
Russians do not all think alike. They also don't consume the same news. Let's break it down a little (yes I know its twitter, so just a little). 1/ THREAD
My 16 year old just texted from her YYC classroom in social studies where a sub decided to share his views on the residential school ‘hoax’ and then went on an anti vax tirade. They kids recorded him and had an appointment with the principal before I even called the school ❤️
I’m still not convinced people remember that the first impeachment was about Trump withholding javelins and other weapons from President Zelensky unless he did a phony investigation into President Biden’s son, and that every Republican except for Mitt voted to exonerate Trump .