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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 21

    emptywheel Retweeted Adam Davidson

    On top of waggling Russian words around like they're magic ones that don't exist in English (Trump is quite familiar with how blackmail works), this is simply silly. Trump knows what Putin has on him.https://twitter.com/adamdavidson/status/1020680622761750529 …

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    Adam DavidsonVerified account @adamdavidson
    Does Putin have kompromat on Trump? It is WAY worse than that. Trump is trapped in a massive system of compromise and corruption that he fears and barely understands. https://www.newyorker.com/news-desk/swamp-chronicles/a-theory-of-trump-kompromat … pic.twitter.com/eXOgTJ3F76
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      2. Adam Davidson‏Verified account @adamdavidson Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        What does Putin have on him?

        14 replies 6 retweets 41 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 21
        Replying to @adamdavidson

        I stand by this series. The Russians did not help him steal the election w/o keeping proof that he was on board with doing so. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/05/02/the-mueller-questions-map-out-cultivation-a-quid-pro-quo-and-a-cover-up-part-one-cultivation/ …

        8 replies 34 retweets 105 likes
      4. Claudia Kincaid‏ @ClaudiaKincaid_ Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel @adamdavidson

        I personally don't find these two theories contradictory. They can both be true. (And I'm interested in @emptywheel's aside re: Trump familiarity with blackmail as I suspect he was extorting public officials and selling scandals when the info wasn't personally advantageous.)

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      2. Nancy Rosenzweig‏ @NanceRoseA2 Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Kompromat and blackmail are not identical, although kompromat can be used for blackmail. Part of its usefulness is that the victim actually does not know how much there is, or even if it’s all true. The false stuff is dangerous if you can’t defend yourself.

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 21
        Replying to @NanceRoseA2

        Thanks. I not only stand by what I said but also assure you I understand the worries about RU having dirt on you.

        0 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
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      1. Rochambeau  🌊‏ @Rochambeau_1781 Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The narrative that Trump is some ingénue brimming with naïveté is beyond ridiculous and wholly indefensible at this point. The public record of his life and business dealings is replete with facts that demonstrably prove the opposite is true.

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      1. dharmafarmer‏ @dharmafarmer1 Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Which is why Trump has to put up with being mocked, appearing weak and why he gaslights the public with stupid would/wouldn't crap to try to mediate it. Putin has the upper hand and he knows it.

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      1. iolantherosa‏ @iolantherosa Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        What about this is silly: (MT) "Trump may have laundered money for a business partner from the former Soviet Union or other financial crime. Now he fears there is kompromat out there but he doesn’t know precisely what it is, who has it, or what might set them off."

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      1. Ripley‏ @Phil_Ripley Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Trump is almost certainly blackmailing senior people within the Republican party at this point so I'm pretty sure he knows the process quite will.

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      1. Rob Falfa‏ @falfa_rob Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        My takeaway from the NYer article was that one of the key controls is the subject’s uncertainty of exactly “where they stand”. Makes sense to me. Obviously trump knows what he did, but maybe doesn’t know how much they have or how they’ll use it.

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      1. John Heck‏ @jheck1215 Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The look on his face when exited the meeting speaks volumes. Putin threatened his money and status

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      1. LilyMunsterFront‏ @bestbeehave Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I think it has to be quite a bit worse than just a "pee pee tape". After all the disgraceful bullshit Trump has gotten by with the past 18 months, right out in the open, some weird sex tape isn't going to sink him. Look at the allegations the BBC ran just yesterday.

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      1.  🌹 🌻‏ @ItsSalJr Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Putin has Trumps tax returns

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      1. Frank -"There Will Be Cookies Later"- Galpin ☽ ☮☾‏ @artkincell Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Can I find the article interesting and not agree with its premise?

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      1. Snarky Duck‏ @thesnarkenator Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        I don’t think he’s saying Trump doesn’t know what Putin has, just that he’s totally ignorant of the system he will now never escape because of it.

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      1. Jody is scared/not halloween-related‏ @JodyShenn Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Wait, their first quoted expert on how to recognize a spy was Ames’s supervisor?

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      1. M‏ @tradingPolitics Jul 21
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Couldn’t agree more.

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      1. Saving democracy=crushing GOP‏ @KatinkaTheKat Jul 21
        Replying to @ShelleyP55 @emptywheel

        I subscribe to this idea as well. There most likely is some form of kompromat, but there doesn't have to be. Trump is VOLUNTARILY siding w Putin bc he doesnt just like Putin, HE WANTS TO BE PUTIN. Trump wants to be a dictator.

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