Matthew Kupfer

News editor, @DemocracyDocket | Ex: @VOANews, @SFStandard, @OCCRP, @KyivPost, @MoscowTimes | Opinions mine | DM for Signal

[Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5]

Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer: "All I can say is, if I'm ever captured by Vladimir Putin, I'd rather die in in a prison in Russia than have somebody on my behalf refer to Vladimir Putin as a humanitarian."

h/t CBS' Ibrahim Aksoy

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

@PostLeftWatch LOL. Great minds... https://t.co/t2aqpFdqYu

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

So this is kind of like Al Capone's vault if everybody knew from the beginning it would be empty, but Geraldo Rivera still hyped it, right?

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

The Trump administration wants California to disenfranchise 20,000+ people it claims are noncitizens after voting in the midterms has already begun.

But its list of alleged noncitizens comes from an opaque and deeply suspect investigative process. https://t.co/kT0axdGKyD

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

So this is kind of like Al Capone's vault if everybody knew from the beginning it would be empty, but Geraldo Rivera still hyped it, right?

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Astounding that we've spent the last several days uncertain whether the President of the United States, a private company, or the company's CEO made a decision with enormous implications for U.S. foreign policy and the largest war in Europe since WWII. https://t.co/V6KherAd1o

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

NEW: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, per US officials and ppl familiar.

Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, 2 ppl said.

SpaceX reps called WH seeking support

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

NEW: Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink relied on by Ukraine, per US officials and ppl familiar.

Musk and Trump discussed the Starlink decision in a call soon after the slowdown became public, 2 ppl said.

SpaceX reps called WH seeking support

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

The DOJ claims 20,000 California voters aren't citizens, including 7,035 in Los Angeles. But there are complications.

According to LA County officials, 25% list a U.S. birthplace — a sign of likely citizenship. 71% never voted. And 47+% of the registrations were canceled or inactive. https://t.co/C48DCmjYV4

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Democrat left, Republican right. To head off any offensive language here, the PC term is "partisan nonconfirming." https://t.co/iSveq4seKM

[sean @_sn_n]

The candidates for US Senate in Wyoming:

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

The influence of a federal judgeship:

Ten years before he approved North Carolina’s new measures restricting absentee ballots, a judge upheld a strict voter ID law that, an appeals panel later found, targeted Black voters “with almost surgical precision.” https://t.co/DIJSrrX3Tc

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

@OzKaterji No Nick Fuentes?

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

For context. https://t.co/gnlacAncCM

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Sadly, the two genders.

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Interesting move by Trump to rename a state after a liberal think tank.

[Alex Wickham @alexwickham]

NEW: Volodymyr Zelenskyy Bloomberg interview by @DarynaKrasno and our Kyiv team

+ Says Trump is pushing Ukraine to capitulate to Russia. “I believe steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate”

+ Says he’s offered to stop striking Russian oil refineries if the US provides Patriot air defences. “My latest model was: We don’t target Russian diesel, you give us missiles for Patriot systems to protect our facilities”

+ Says the US is threatening to cut off support if Ukraine doesn’t stop its refinery strikes. “They just want us to stop attacking diesel. And if we strike that, they will disconnect us from something”

+ Says the US is slowing deliveries of Patriots already paid for via the PURL scheme. “We have paid for the weapons. A part of the supplies has been authorized, while the rest haven’t been. And this is not a technical issue”

+ Says he thinks the US situation may improve after the mid-terms. “Politics is very aggressive during election time. I think it is agony now, but after elections, life will continue and I believe it will be calmer”

https://t.co/CQTndkgUIu

[Anatoly Kurmanaev @AKurmanaev]

Alina Habba Mildon initially told Trump that the $17mn bank transfer at the heart of her spat with Grenell came from her husband. But when her lawyers later presented White House the wire receipt, the sender was redacted. The money actually came from the government of the DRC.

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Will be very curious to see how (if?) Republicans in Congress react to this since almost all of them voted for the #Russia sanctions. https://t.co/Eblp67ht70

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

Huge escalation in Trump’s attack on voting this week with the DOJ suing #California to block 20,000 people it alleges are noncitizens from casting a ballot.

Now’s it’s threatening CA election officials with possible criminal charges.

[Democracy Docket @DemocracyDocket]

🚨BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ is now threatening California election officials with criminal exposure if they count ballots from voters it flagged.

The dangerous escalation comes as voting is already underway. https://t.co/aJIyC5GN75

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

This is just the plot of “The Adventures of Augie March” by Saul Bellow…

[New Left EViews @NewLeftEViews]

There are picaresque novels everywhere for those with eyes to see.

[Matthew Kupfer @Matthew_Kupfer]

What’s this I hear about Fareed losing his job as White House press secretary…??