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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30

      emptywheel Retweeted Jonathan Chait

      Really looking forward to @ggreenwald's beat-down of Chait making claims about his ideology for another of his scolding screeds.https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1023919131941326848 …

      emptywheel added,

      Jonathan ChaitVerified account @jonathanchait
      Why are so many leftists skeptical of the Mueller investigation? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/07/why-are-so-many-leftists-skeptical-of-the-russia-probe.html … pic.twitter.com/nIaqHrB7YQ
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    2. Santa Cruz Resists‏ @SantaCruzMag Jul 30
      Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald

      I am a big fan of your analysis, but confused by your anger toward this particular article. Much of it seems accurate from my POV. I'm involved in politics in liberal SC and this rings true here, "the Russia issue runs counter to their goal of repositioning the party to the left"

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    3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30
      Replying to @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

      Why is it Chait's job to tell SC activists what they should focus on to get SC voters to vote for SC Democrats?

      1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30
      Replying to @emptywheel @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

      There ARE real problems with the left's embrace of the Russia investigation as they have. Partly it's an uncritical celebration of FBI and its leaders. Partly it's celebration of right wingers who created preconditions for Trump. Partly it's jingoism.

      6:44 AM - 30 Jul 2018
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        2. Santa Cruz Resists‏ @SantaCruzMag Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald

          Our local lefties want to cast all the blame of 2016 on HRC and "sell out Dems" without investigation of what appears to be a plan by the Kremlin to infiltrate the GOP which is alarming. I don't thinks Dems are perfect, but there's more to the story than a simple loss, right?

          1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30
          Replying to @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

          Sure. And both need scrutiny. As well as a bunch of other things.

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        4. Santa Cruz Resists‏ @SantaCruzMag Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald

          We agree on this, and many other things, I am a big fan of yours.I am a leftie myself and certainly not a FBI fangirl, but there's a vast conspiracy between the GOP and several hostile foreign powers that must be halted for the sake of everyone in the world TBH

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        5. VValter Skeletin‏ @Vint13 Jul 30
          Replying to @SantaCruzMag @emptywheel @ggreenwald

          I think the main concern from the left is that people are focusing on the Russia stuff to avoid thinking about the mistakes made in 2016. And even if certain things are proven, there’s little that can really be done. So it seems like a distraction from more important fights.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        6. VValter Skeletin‏ @Vint13 Jul 30
          Replying to @Vint13 @SantaCruzMag and

          Collusion is neither illegal nor punishable, and the percentage of people who currently support trump who will stop if it’s proven he colluded is minimal at best.

          2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
        7. VValter Skeletin‏ @Vint13 Jul 30
          Replying to @Vint13 @SantaCruzMag and

          Liberals seem convinced that at some point we will “prove” that Trump is “bad”. But if someone isn’t convinced yet, they likely never will be. Better to spend our time talking about voter disenfranchisement, gerrymandering, ending electoral college, not running from Center, etc

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        2. Puns N' Roses‏ @gthanku Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @SantaCruzMag

          Marcy, have you not paid attention to Greenwald in the last year or do you dislike Chait so much that you're painting Greenwald's constant moving of goalposts & whatabouting the Trump-Russia+ 'collusion' as reservations abt FBI? P.S. Giuliani just caught up with Greenwald.pic.twitter.com/0B3no9jo14

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30
          Replying to @gthanku @SantaCruzMag

          I made a point about a stupid tactic Chait used, to support an argument for which the evidence isn't there.

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        2. GS‏ @GusSawchuk Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

          Or maybe...just maybe, it's the hope that a lifelong criminal will finally be held accountable for his actions.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Anger is a great motivator‏ @VinceValence Jul 30
          Replying to @GusSawchuk @emptywheel and

          But does that fix anything? Damage has already been done, and Trump is just a figurehead. The train will keep moving even if he’s removed, albeit without the dancing monkey to distract from what is largely being done administratively in quiet.

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        4. jayedcoins  🌯‏ @jayedcoins Jul 30
          Replying to @VinceValence @GusSawchuk and

          It's a fine line, for sure. It is crucial that we're always skeptical of law enforcement and intelligence; at the same time, if SCO makes legit cases for white collar crimes, and Manafort, etc. finally have to pay for the impunity they've been afforded their entire lives... good!

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        5. jayedcoins  🌯‏ @jayedcoins Jul 30
          Replying to @jayedcoins @VinceValence and

          I admit that, politically, I don't want candidates to talk about RU. I want SCO to do the job. I want candidates to talk about issues of wealth and income inequality, like M4A and criminal justice reform (especially for drug crimes). I want to hear how to stop voter suppression.

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        6. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Jul 30
          Replying to @jayedcoins @VinceValence and

          Totally agree on that.

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        1. James S. Henry‏ @submergingmkt Aug 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald @SantaCruzMag

          #MobsterVMolehttp://www.the-american-interest.com/2016/12/19/the-curious-world-of-donald-trumps-private-russian-connections/ …

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        1. Steve M.‏ @nomoremister Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

          Most liberals, even the ones most obsessed with Trump-Russia, will never forgive James Comey for what he did in 2016. How is that "an uncritical celebration of FBI and its leaders"?

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        1. Javier O'Neill  ℹ‏ @Oilystool Aug 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald @SantaCruzMag

          Blanket statement is blanket.

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        1. (redacted)‏ @DougJBalloon Jul 30
          Replying to @emptywheel @SantaCruzMag @ggreenwald

          You are saying the left is right but for the wrong reasons. They is exactly what neocons said about the left’s opposition to the Iraq war

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        1. Mead Walker‏ @MeadWalker Aug 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald @SantaCruzMag

          Personally, I think it wrong to use the term "left" here. If you do not acutely remember the destructive role of anti-communism in US politics, you are not on the left.

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        1. James S. Henry‏ @submergingmkt Aug 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @ggreenwald @SantaCruzMag

          “The Left” is a v broad church. Another expl of #Trumputin’s rise blames failed neolib policies,espec the failed 1990s RU “transition”+the resulting fin relations w garchs+OC crime,mainly FSU. Most #MSM missed this when it counted. #Mueller skates around it.

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