Judd Legum

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Trump says he wanted to March to the Capitol on January 6. “Secret Service said I couldn’t go. I would have gone there in a minute” https://t.co/vlGL2HK6Du — PolitiTweet.org

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@dandrezner Everyone is entitled to their views. I quoted @AmbDanFried who has a lot of experience in this area as well and he had a different view. — PolitiTweet.org

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@az_rww When was that posted on Instagram — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shustry: We've all seen the images. But nothing prepared me for the hellscape on the highway into Kyiv today. Bus stops full of bullet… — PolitiTweet.org

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@michaelbd It’s a factual statement that sanctions against Russia should be limited to those targeted at Russian leadership? — PolitiTweet.org

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@stanveuger I’m not the one who linked to Koch Industries statement in the email and encouraged everyone at his non-profit to read it — PolitiTweet.org

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@dandrezner @DamonLinker I will send you the whole email if you dm me your address — PolitiTweet.org

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@EvansRyan202 @AmbDanFried 2. Fried has 40 years of experience including extensive experience with sanctions, Russia, and Ukraine. He told me that the policies advocated in the email would “essential cede victory to Vladimir Putin” My headline is more restrained — PolitiTweet.org

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@EvansRyan202 1. As the piece details, the author is opposed to most sanctions and calls for the US to instead deliver a diplomatic resolution based on the premise that neither side will achieve total victory. Therefore, Russia would achieve a partial victory I also quote @AmbDanFried — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JaneMayerNYer: Report: Internal email from Koch world argues for “partial victory” for Putin. Koch’s got business in Russia that it doe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: 1. This piece on Charles Koch and Russia is generating a lot of interest. A few folks though are harshly criticizing it (an… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JuddLegum: BREAKING: The main non-profit group run by billionaire Charles Koch says the US should drop virtually all sanctions and push… — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but supporting economic sanctions against a country that invaded its neighbor and is now brutally targeting innocent civilians does not make you “pro war” — PolitiTweet.org

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@stanveuger I'm not claiming that it deviates at all from their worldview. I don't think it does. I think the email captures their worldview in stark terms. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EmmaMAshford @speechboy71 @AtlanticCouncil @AmbDanFried Not sure how familiar you are with journalism but I put quotes around words that are quotes and don't put quotes around words that are not quotes — PolitiTweet.org

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@EmmaMAshford @speechboy71 @AtlanticCouncil @AmbDanFried I didn't put "partial victory for Russia" in quotes. You made that quote up. — PolitiTweet.org

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Ideally, the Bill Oil donation figures for each committee member would appear on the television feed when it's their turn to talk. — PolitiTweet.org

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This bogus story was trotted out again and again to justify the "Don't Say Gay" bill — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 @EmmaMAshford @AtlanticCouncil @AmbDanFried I'm getting confused between your claim that Dan is criticizing sanctions and says they don't work and your claim that Dan (secretly) supports existing sanctions and is not calling for them to be weakened. These two views seem contradictory. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 @EmmaMAshford @AtlanticCouncil @AmbDanFried OK, if we go by the Ukrainian government, they are also calling for increased sanctions and for all companies to pull out of Russia. My piece notes (quoting a different expert) that dramatically weakening sanctions would make a diplomatic solution harder to achieve — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 @AmbDanFried OK, if you agree with Dan Caldwell that's perfectly fine. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 @EmmaMAshford @AtlanticCouncil He's advocating for a diplomatic resolution based on that assumption, where Russia is provided with a partial "victory." It's written in English. I'm not sure how else you can read it. In this case, my headline was actually less aggressive than @AmbDanFried's quote — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 I sent @AmbDanFried the entire email. And I talked to numerous experts. There is another one quoted in the piece. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 I responded substantively and noted you had an undisclosed conflict of interest. If you would have disclosed it yourself, it wouldn’t have been necessary — PolitiTweet.org

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@EmmaMAshford @speechboy71 @AtlanticCouncil What quote did I make up? I literally screenshot the email. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 @EmmaMAshford @AtlanticCouncil 8. Ben Denison (@denisonbe) also claims I misrepresented the Koch operative's email. His employer is @DefPriorities another groups tied to and funded by Charles Koch. https://t.co/zpwSF6yyNF https://t.co/VLMDXUBIXs — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 I'll also add I did not freelance the implications. I talked to a leading national expert on sanctions. — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 1. I didn't attack you personally. I noted your employer receives money from the same people you are defending 2. I didn't cover anything up. I literally screenshotted the basis for my report 3. I contact Dan Caldwell and gave him the opportunity to respond. He chose not to — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 7. @EmmaMAshford also called the piece a "hatchet job." She was hired by the @AtlanticCouncil shortly after it accepted Koch money and caused an internal revolt when she argued "the U.S. should not focus on human rights in its dealings with Russia" https://t.co/iJLZOCIgwi https://t.co/TPLDcOG4LY — PolitiTweet.org

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@speechboy71 Wait. You called my piece a "hatchet job" and accused me of being dishonest but I'm the one making personal attacks by noting factually that you have an undisclosed conflict of interest? — PolitiTweet.org