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RT @DenisonBe: As my dissertation research highlights, this is the sad regularity of almost all attempts at regime change. In fact, the lac… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ksvarnon: Zelenskyy is remaining in Kyiv despite an impending invasion within the hour (according to defense sources). But NATO still w… — PolitiTweet.org

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@MariBrighe Yup I mention both of those in the piece! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @p_orchard: @HayesBrown with more detail on how Ukraine could potentially challenge Russia's UNSC seat: "Neither the Security Council no… — PolitiTweet.org

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On the flip side, the argument can be made that Russia is a -continuation- of the Soviet Union, since it didn’t declare independence and we’ve spent 30 years acting like that was the case. So legally speaking, the situation still boils down to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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Now Ukraine basically agrees, saying that there was nothing legal about the way that Russia took over the Soviet Union’s seat. And based on the way other dissolved states have had to re-apply, there’s an argument to be made... https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu https://t.co/90W2VrZaIb — PolitiTweet.org

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In 1992, Israeli law professor Yehuda Blum wrote that uh, that makes no sense. If the Soviet Union is gone, then legally speaking? There’s no seat for anyone to take over, based on the UN’s own precedent https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu https://t.co/5DAxmoTidV — PolitiTweet.org

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BUT the former Soviet states -did- back Russia taking over the Soviet seat when they all signed onto the CIS’s protocols. Ukraine and Belarus would remain founding members and everyone else would have to re-apply. https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu https://t.co/K8v2zANnWs — PolitiTweet.org

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If “the U.S.S.R. as a subject of international law and a geopolitical reality no longer exists” as those three former Soviet Republics declared, then the Soviet Union seat should have vanished. But…that would be a constitutional crisis for the UN https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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Among the new bits of context: Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus all announced on Dec. 8 that the Soviet Union had officially dissolved. That declaration — and the follow-up on the 17th with the rest of the newly formed CIS — complicates Russia’s claim https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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New from me: I wrote more about why Ukraine’s U.N. ambassador says Russia used a “sneaky” loophole to get its Security Council seat. It’s like that thread of mine but with more history and context. https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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Okay, everyone, stop retweeting this thread and start retweeting this article which goes more in-depth please and thank you https://t.co/2SZYBInGYu — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MSNBCDaily: .@HayesBrown: Texas trans teens deserve to be healthy and get the gender-affirming care they need. https://t.co/S37wivh4OS — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HayesBrown: Meanwhile, here’s me on how the attack on trans teens in Texas shows that “the party of ‘family values’ now wants to see ot… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @attackerman: Spare a thought for Somalia this week as the US bombs it for the first time in 2022 and the latest time in a 15-year old w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BeijingPalmer: if you're reading about the deputy head of the Russian space agency threatening the ISS and talking about dropping space… — PolitiTweet.org

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@Grace_Segers “First time meower, longtime hiss-ner” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CookPolitical: NEW: Sen. Jim Inhofe plans to announce Monday he will resign at the end of the year, triggering a special election this… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristopherJM: Putin’s hometown protesting his war against Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @clemenswergin: Finally somebody reacts to the fact that Belarus is taking part in Russia‘s war against Ukraine by lending their country… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @John_Hudson: No signs of communication between the US and Russia in last 24 hours other than Washington informing Moscow that it's expe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ChristopherJM: The scale of Russia’s attack is massive, terrifying, unreal. https://t.co/Hxiy0sGTNk — PolitiTweet.org

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The fact that we just let anyone become a senator is truly wild — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nycsouthpaw: It’s here, scroll down past the banks and gas companies to the elites section. https://t.co/wqYgeAvTDf https://t.co/yIY6zS… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Peter__Leonard: Russia doing some diplomatic outreach on its southern front: The chair of the Russian upper house met today with the so… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamilSmith: “Talk of ‘de-Nazification,’ while absurd on a factual level, is nonetheless revealing. It tells us that Putin is acting on… — PolitiTweet.org

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another example of the way this war is achieving the opposite of what Putin wants. there’s no way “Moldova and Ukraine draw closer together in opposition to Moscow” was a goal — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sandumaiamd: First 🇺🇦 citizens arrive in 🇲🇩, with over 4000 crossings today. The govt has deployed temporary placement centers near Pal… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SPMiles42: Powerful, clear, strong leadership from @POTUS. But also important what you didn't hear. No threats of fire and fury. A clea… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maxseddon: Behold Russia's business elite, in the Kremlin's Hall of the Order of St Catherine, where the astonishing security council s… — PolitiTweet.org