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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Mar 2017

    emptywheel Retweeted Shane Harris

    The remarkable thing abt Mike Flynn is there's such a big gravy train for retired Generals and yet he went to RU for his.https://twitter.com/shaneharris/status/842421759865442304 …

    emptywheel added,

    Shane HarrisVerified account @shaneharris
    New: Mike Flynn took money from other Russian companies, not just RT. https://www.wsj.com/articles/mike-flynn-worked-for-other-russian-companies-besides-rt-documents-1489683618 …
    10:09 AM - 16 Mar 2017
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    • s. John Graham W. Jenkins Wilson E. Allen, (Vote Nov.6)  🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈 🏁 Emma Best (ᴜ//ғᴏᴜᴏ) 🏳️‍🌈 Bleeding Heartland Sirica's Ghost Seymour Martin Trickset 👻 Dehliaa3
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      2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Maybe less of a gravy train for fired generals?

        1 reply 0 retweets 19 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        In the same way David Petraeus had job troubles when he was forced to resign in disgrace?

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
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      5. Lisa  ⚓️‏ @navgirl63 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Phillibustering @emptywheel @HeerJeet

        with white supremacist kid?

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Bill Corbett‏ @dadofccx3 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @MalcolmNance Remember, US NatSec community thought Flynn had gone batshit crazy #after @BarackObama fired him. #TrumpRussia

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @dadofccx3

        Doesn't that make him perfectly qualified for Fox? @MalcolmNance @BarackObama

        0 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. EV Now‏ @EVNow 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @shaneharris @WSJ Even fired generals ?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @EVNow

        Didn't seem to slow David Petraeus' earning potential. But he is admittedly a special case. @shaneharris @WSJ

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      1. QuodEratDemonstrandum‏ @kwyzner 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @MalcolmNance Yes but Flynn went out of DIA in scorched-earth mode w/wounded ego. May have burned the bridge to that gravy train

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      2. John‏ @udarnik 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Well, most Americans realized he was a nutcase.

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      1. SeriousJaccount‏ @Jseriousaccount 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel @MalcolmNance

        Money makes you do some treasonous things. As we are finding out just about daily.

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      1. Chongo Wyrhta, Esq.‏ @twitslovetotwit 17 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @lotusgdess It's pretty clear he liked the Ruskie form of autocratic xenophobia and racism.

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      1. E. K. Fleming‏ @1jasliz 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @MalcolmNance Mike Flynn & Trump, "Art of the Deal."

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      1. DK‏ @KierkeStruck 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @CherylRofer The way he went out might of dampened the gravy train in this country. Plus he got off how much RU stroked his ego

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      1. Hawkmoon947‏ @hawkmoon947 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Defense contractors love retired military higher ups, but Flynn had been fired & was probably considered damaged goods.

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      1. John Ganz‏ @lionel_trolling 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        seems like he was targeted for influence

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      2. Signal31‏ @Section_131 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        @BixJacks Flynn started to change towards the end of his career. He was well-respected among peers. At some point he became 1/

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      3. Signal31‏ @Section_131 16 Mar 2017
        Replying to @Section_131 @emptywheel @BixJacks

        He obviously harbored a significant grudge against Obama and the govt as a result of his hiring. He also continued /3

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