Kenneth P. Vogel

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

After dropping his presidential bid, @JosephLambertHT told @nytimes: "I received calls from diplomats in the @StateDept, who asked me to postpone so we had time to build a larger consensus” “Haiti has become a baseball being thrown b/t foreign diplomats” https://t.co/4WtPTXLcSe — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

If you're wondering whether the U.S. is pulling strings in Haiti, consider: ➡️CLAUDE JOSEPH stepped down as P.M. when the US withdrew its backing. ➡️ARIEL HENRY became P.M. days after the US backed him. ➡️JOSEPH LAMBERT dropped his bid to lead the country at the urging of the US. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

I am sort of surprised (though maybe I shouldn't be) at efforts by Democratic sympathizers to minimize or dismiss reporting on the @NSOGroup's hiring of Democrats to defend the company against concerns about its spyware. https://t.co/qFlQeHGBhc — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @_jack_poulson: @kenvogel @NSOgroup @BarryMeier @SpyTalker It honestly drives me a bit crazy that Kayyem and Ridge's previous membershi… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@JesseDrucker ... is delicious & has the only authentic Philly soft pretzel you can buy in DC. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

Tough but fair ... — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

I am sort of surprised (though I guess maybe I shouldn't be) at progressives complaining about reporting on the @NSOGroup's hiring of Democrats to defend the company against concerns about its spyware. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

.@BarryMeier singles out JEREMY BASH, saying @MSNBC should have him on to explain “what he knew about this," & MSNBC should "explain to its audience why it never revealed…every time that Jeremy Bash was on, that he had a commercial relationship with NSO.” https://t.co/PiLAZntvhU https://t.co/xy2QlUcJfY — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

There should be much more coverage of the well-connected Dems & Republicans who were paid by @NSOGroup to push back against spyware concerns, with media outlets "putting them under the spotlight, asking them what they know,” @BarryMeier tells @Spytalker. https://t.co/PiLAZntvhU — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

.@NSOGroup hired influential Democrats (with close ties to BIDEN & OBAMA) & Republicans to defend its spyware. Ex-Obama @DHSGov head JEH JOHNSON said NSO's "human rights policy" was “substantially aligned” with @UN principles. The UN suggested otherwise. https://t.co/zu8iyalG9s — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @davidgura: When I was a fifth grader, I met Carl Kasell in Chapel Hill, N.C., and I asked him for his autograph. "To David," he wrote,… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@jonnnnnypants83 Thanks, Jonnypants! — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

If I were transported back to Nazi Germany, I don't think I would be reporting flatteringly about Hitler, because much of my family was being killed & my paternal grandparents were surviving in a Siberian work camp, before ending up in a DP camp with my dad in Germany. But OK … — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

If I were transported back to Nazi Germany, I might have a hard time reporting flatteringly about Hitler, because much of my family was being killed & my paternal grandparents were surviving in a Siberian work camp, before ending up in a DP camp with my dad in Germany. But OK… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

But don’t cry for TONY POSESTA: He turned for $ to his art collection, (selling one sculpture for $5.6M), & now, with DC in control of his allies & associates (he once bought BIDEN advisor STEVE RICCHETTI’s lobbying firm), he is eying a return to K Street. https://t.co/iplKjcIdmy — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

This is the K Street model that TONY PODESTA pioneered at the @PodestaGroup — expanding rapidly on the strength of connections when his allies were running DC, then emphasizing bipartisan when they were out of power — until his firm collapsed under scrutiny from MUELLER’s team. — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

But, as @theodoricmeyer notes, other firms that boomed under TRUMP have adapted to life under BIDEN, elevating Dem lobbyists in their practices & stabilizing — or even growing — revenue, including BRIAN BALLARD’s @BallardFirm & @Reince’s @MBestStrategies. https://t.co/8FnOpP46Wr — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

MEANWHILE: The TRUMP side of the swamp is draining a bit. Several Trump-connected lobbying firms are down a total of millions of dollars in fees compared to a year earlier, disclosure filings show. One firm collapsed, another shut its DC operation. https://t.co/8FnOpP46Wr — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

wait were you in that training session too? — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@MEPFuller I will file when I file — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

the criminal justice reform president ... — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

The BIDEN administration has set the stage for the largest single-day expansion of the federal prison population, determining that 4k nonviolent inmates who had been released to home confinement will have to return to prison after the Covid emergency ends. https://t.co/vKW0YWwp3I — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

@Nataliekitro https://t.co/8TL8WtSF9W — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @Nataliekitro: Inside the Haitian govt’s furious lobbying push post-assassination. Includes: frenzied messages in a group chat btw Hait… — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

In a group WhatsApp chat with Haiti's ambassador to DC & his US lobbyists, one Haitian government advisor claimed ARIEL HENRY (Haiti's new US-backed head of state) was linked to the assassination. Another linked it to a prospective presidential rival. https://t.co/cXLsp9WAcT — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

A story that reveals a lot about Washington & the world, by @Nataliekitro & me: The battle for control of Haiti is being waged partly on K Street. As the lobbyist for one opposition leader put it: Haitian politicians believe “whoever the US blesses…that’s who’s going to win.” https://t.co/he45qM9reK — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

The battle for control of Haiti is being waged partly on K Street, @Nataliekitro & I report. As the lobbyist for one opposition leader put it: Haitian politicians believe “that whoever the U.S. blesses ... that’s who’s going to win.” https://t.co/cXLsp9WAcT — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

NEW: Haiti is racked by deep poverty & political chaos after the assassination of its president. But its government, political & business interests are paying big $ (fees offered as high as $10M+) to US lobbyists for help jockeying for power back home. https://t.co/cXLsp9WAcT — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @ATXScott: @ratemyskyperoom @kenvogel -1 for being an eagles fan... — PolitiTweet.org

Kenneth P. Vogel @kenvogel

RT @T2times99: @kenvogel @annalecta @amazon I don’t give a Flying F*ck if they paid the WH dog millions of $$. We can talk after every last… — PolitiTweet.org