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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      While this piece is more reasonable and nuanced than most of the five-alarm-fire "Russiagate" calls-to-arms, it's still based on a host of ill-founded presumptions. I'll respond to a few in this threadhttp://theweek.com/articles/785934/why-left-needs-wise-growing-trumprussia-scandal …

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      It's become a core tenet of the Russiagate narrative that Trump's perceived personal affinity for Putin is just so WILDLY out of character. But... it's firmly *in-character.* Trump always behaves nicely toward people (including world leaders) who are nice to himpic.twitter.com/RxcbdFQckj

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    3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      Not saying that's a particularly enlightened way to behave, but the suggestion that it's this mysterious character trait which only Putin seems to induce is just... wrong. Trump has developed affectionate personal bonds with everyone from Macron, to Netanyahu, to Xi Jinping

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    4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      Trump's attitude toward Putin is firmly in line with the traditions of American statecraft, for good or ill. Saying nice things to world leaders while in their presence is simply not abnormal in the least. Trump just adds a "Trumpian flare," and people freak the F out

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    5. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      That fundamental analytical flaw is worth underscoring, because it shows the entire storyline to be premised on a confabulation -- this "weird affinity" narrative. There's simply not sufficient evidence to conclude that Trump is a "cat's paw" for Putinpic.twitter.com/tUdxXCbeNj

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    6. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      ...especially when Trump has taken action after action directly *contrary* to Putin's interests. (We could go through the list: Ukraine, Syria, etc.) But that, of course, gets ignored, in favor of this superficial amateur psycho-analysis which modern punditry is so dominated by

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    7. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      Some on "the left" want to imagine that it's possible to accept the main premises of Russiagate, but with some critical distance, in such a way that will advance socialism. But take this one example of a premise that's been accepted. Has "democracy" really been "sacrificed"?pic.twitter.com/NMR8xwcEhL

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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      The notion that "Russian interference" has caused the death of American democracy is the exactly the kind of overblown nonsense which is central to Russiagate. To accept it is it to accept the core premises which underlie the entire overblown narrative

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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          In short, you can't really pick and choose elements of the narrative which seem politically felicitous. At the narrative's very base are inescapable, noxious ideological assumptions. The idea that bringing those assumptions into the mainstream could benefit 'The Left' is fanciful

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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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          Fundamentally, "Russiagate" encourages a warped conception of how modern politics is constituted -- elevating fictitious enemies, christening fictitious heroes, sewing paranoia. Pretending that such a state of affairs is ever going to produce fruitful politics seems deluded

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        4. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 23 Jul 2018
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          Is it an important issue? Well, it's dominated the public consciousness for 2+ years, so on that level it's "important." But it's also been extremely harmful, in ways that one Twitter thread could never encapsulate. Anyway, this debate is necessary, and it shall (sigh) continue

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        2. on the dole‏ @ActuallyImGood 23 Jul 2018
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          he never said "it caused the death of American democracy" and @ryanlcooper has an entire body of work demonstrating his understanding of what constitutes a threat and it turns out purposely ignoring a foreign power running an influence op for partisan gain is one of those threats

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        1. Patriot Law Attorney‏ @LasVegasBuckeye 23 Jul 2018
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          So we should ignore it? What do you propose, Michael?

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        2. ILOVETheDonald‏ @CatalogueDonald 23 Jul 2018
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          Abandoning the Russia story leads to some tough questions. Was the investigation biased? Should wiretap warrants on Trump and his closest staff been issued? There's you're problem: Your fellow journalists are getting very close to calling Trump prescient.

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