Hi, @JohnCollins_KP

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The modern Republican Party + Putin = True Love because have common goals.

For decades now, Russia has been “beckoning” to America’s far right wing, presenting Russia as the savior of white majority rule. (Timothy Snyder’s word)

1/ https://twitter.com/JohnCollins_KP/status/1372896023065034753">https://twitter.com/JohnColli...
2/ This includes Russians infiltrating the NRA and helping radicalize the NRA as a right wing extremist group—but that’s for another post.

The GOP Russia love affair has been evident for some time.
3/ Remember when Tucker Carlson said the U.S. should “rethink America’s alliances.”
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And">https://twitter.com/JuliaDavi... when Sen. Rand Paul went to Moscow to “open lines of communication“? https://abcnews.go.com/International/sen-rand-paul-meets-russian-senators-moscow-invites/story?id=57057225
And">https://abcnews.go.com/Internati... when Guiliani attended a pro-Russia conference? https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-rudy-giuliani-scheduled-to-speak-alongside-a-sanctioned-russian-official-9133667cabbf/">https://thinkprogress.org/why-is-ru...
4/ Here is Katie Hopkins (with pal Ann Coulter) saying “Putin rocks.” https://www.rt.com/uk/429777-katie-hopkins-russia-multiculturalism/

She">https://www.rt.com/uk/429777... praises Russia as being “untouched by the myth of multiculturalism and deranged diversity.”

Putin’s regime, remember, is built on homophobia and fear of those who are different.
5/ One more example because it& #39;s instructive.
Paul Hasson, they guy who planned to mass murder liberals, talked of “Looking to Russia with hopeful eyes . . .” https://www.scribd.com/document/400108811/Hasson-motion-for-Detention

Putin">https://www.scribd.com/document/... and the modern GOP want the same things.
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6/ Putin would like:
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The GOP imitates Putin& #39;s tactics. He& #39;s their hero.

Putin entirely privatized the Russian government and put all wealth into the hands of a few white men.
9/ For the past several years we& #39;ve been hit with such a tsunami of spectacle and crisis that people can& #39;t step back and assimilate what& #39;s going on.

That& #39;s Putin& #39;s method of governing, by the way. From @TimothyDSnyder: Create so much crisis that nobody can focus.
10/ What is happening is that Putin is leading the way toward the kind of society the Republicans want: An oligarchy in which government is privately owned and privately controlled by a few wealthy men.

Sometimes I think we& #39;re better off now that the GOP isn& #39;t trying to hide it.
I expanded this thread into a short video.

(Yes, I& #39;m still out here camping in the desert. Great background, but some wind.)

Video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNfMC7PYGXg&t=4s

I& #39;ll">https://www.youtube.com/watch... also put a transcription up as a blog post soon.
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