Jill Stein is tweeting as frantically as DT is about the Russia investigation being a "distraction"

[ehrnst]

From yesterday:

"Russiagate" is part of the establishment parties' strategy to silence any discussion of international relations outside the bipartisan consensus of endless war & global military domination. How else could they take trillions of dollars for war while American communities crumble?

I have to wonder what has her so antsy. Perhaps there are revelations concerning the Manafort case?

[RandySF]

1. She's refusing to turn docs over to the Senate Intelligence Committee

[ehrnst]

2. Not surprised. Not exactly the actions of someone who is innocent.

Anyone who tries to deflect from or diminish the importance of the Russia investigation or diminish its importance benefited from the interference.

As we have seen with the Mueller investigation findings.

[Hortensis]

29. Hard to believe she wasn't an easy mark for

Russian counterintelligence agents, and also easy to believe she felt betrayal was virtue.

Her VP choice, Baraka, is an unbalanced whackadoodle so consumed by anti-American hostility that he wouldn't have offered any sport to the FSB's professional hunters. He was on Sputnik International just a week or so ago pushing standard Russian anti-American propaganda. Back when that Malaysian flight was shot down over the Ukraine, he claimed it was done to be blamed on poor, innocent Russia. It seems entirely believable that his willingness to push Russian propaganda was his top qualification.

[JHan]

53. In situations like these...

She ends up being an easy mark unwittingly.

Russian Propaganda finds a home in the anti-imperialist Left. For people like Stein, the world is not a mixed bag of different imperialist hegemonies, each vying for dominance. In her perspective, the only imperialist power with dubious intent is the United States and her allies. She finds common cause with those who want to bring down the Liberal Order so she is one of many useful idiots who sees Russia as entirely benign. Other useful idiots include Assange, Greenwald etc.

She's a good example of how the tunnel vision of some on the left fails those who are fighting oppression in their own countries. In one breath, these useful idiots will critique capitalism and the war machine and in the other, defend maniacs and dictators who dress their rhetoric in anti-imperialism while being some of the worst scumbags ever to walk the earth.

[Hortensis]

57. Good explanation of what happens to those who

either slide into left wing extremism by feeding a disposition to it, or were hard wired to it from the beginning.

A psychologist who studies extremism while comparing the many similarities between extremists on the left and right also humorously and succinctly summarized a main way they differ:

* Extremists on the right "hate everyone else."
* Extremists on the left "hate themsleves." That is, anything they see themselves as identified with.

And, yup! Extremist tendencies vary in intensity, of course, but recognize that typical defining characteristic for the left and everything you describe starts making sense.

[JHan]

66. I like that..

"* Extremists on the right "hate everyone else."
* Extremists on the left "hate themsleves." That is, anything they see themselves as identified with. "

Agree fully.

Also

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. Think of the 50 million Americans now who are FAR more receptive to her and her boss Putin

than any Democrat.

wow

[RandySF]

16. It's nuts

[uponit7771]

6. Ah, and no supeana for them? figures. I'm thinking the Russians are going to come to the

... Rescue for the GOP again or at least try to.

[RandySF]

3. .

[ehrnst]

4. ...

Link to tweet

[George II]

7. A lot of Americans "palling around" with a Russian intelligence operative!

Tad Devine and now convicted felon Paul Manafort in that group? Hmmm.

[DURHAM D]

8. Explains Lindsey so well.

Putin is as far up his ass as he is Trump's.

[leftieNanner]

10. Putin has something nasty on Lindsey

The way he did a 180 with Trump was fast enough to give someone whiplash.

[UCmeNdc]

73. Something happened at the 2016 GOP convention between Russians and GOP leadership.

[Cracklin Charlie]

18. Is it just me?

Or, does “unidentified individual” from a that photo look a lot like a Supreme Court nominee?

Odd that the person is “unidentified” in such a small group photo.

[csziggy]

62. Wow - you're right there is certainly a resemblence!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Judge_Brett_Kavanaugh.jpg

[Cracklin Charlie]

65. I really do find it odd...

That only the one individual in this tiny group is unidentified.

Someone in that group knows exactly who the guy is, and why he was there.

Whether it’s Kavanaugh, or not.

[ehrnst]

68. I looked up a photo of Gorsuch from 2006

He was grey then - different hairline.

[Me.]

37. Lindsay Graham Campaign Manager?

Well now, things are beginning to fall into place. People have asked what/who had on him and we begin to see the outline of betrayal. As for Stein, I hope that grifting, lying traitor is in MUeller's crosshairs.

And once and for all let's have the truth about Devine did he use his 'connections' to help that campaign along. Time for truth.

[csziggy]

72. The original photo in a larger size is at

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-07-02/russian-charged-with-trumps-ex-campaign-chief-is-key-figure

Caption:

Konstantin Kilimnik, an elusive figure under indictment for alleged witness tampering by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, is seen seated on the far left in a March 2006 photo obtained by The Associated Press as part of a collection of internal corporate memos and business records from the international political consulting offices of Donald Trump’s ex-campaign chairman, Paul Manafort. Mueller has indicated that Kilimnik is in Russia and has ties to Russian intelligence, which Kilimnik disputes. The photograph represents one of the few images known to exist of Kilimnik. Also in the photo, seated from left: Kilimnik, Martha Young, Catherine Barnes, Tad Devine, Paul Manafort, Phillip Griffin; standing from left: Lee Avrashov, an unidentified individual and Christian Ferry.

My husband wanted to know who the women were. I couldn't find anything about Martha Young - too common a name. Catherine Barnes might be the author of Politics of Compromise: The Tajikistan Peace Process (Accord) and work with Conciliation Resources. I'm not sure what this organization is - it claims to have worked toward peace in a number of countries.

Catherine Barnes has worked with Conciliation Resources in various capacities, including Accord Programme Manager, Series Editor, Programme Associate and also Policy Advisor. She holds a doctoral degree from the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution and is an independent consultant on peacebuilding.
http://www.c-r.org/who-we-are/people/author/catherine-barnes

We are proud to have been building peace for over 20 years. We were established in 1994 by Andy Carl and David Lord, supported by a group of advisers and volunteers.

Our staunch conviction when we were founded – and continuing to this day – was that people living in areas affected by armed conflict should be involved in its resolution. We began our work with just two second-hand computers and donated office space.

We are still committed to working at a human-scale, where the work is made possible by the trust earned. We have grown significantly and now draw on years of experience to provide practical support to hundreds of people living in the midst of conflict.

Our earliest project work began in Fiji, followed by work in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and then the South Caucasus and Uganda. We have since expanded our reach to include work in other countries across East and Central Africa, the Horn of Africa, Latin America, South Asia, Southeast Asia and West Africa. Early on we also started our publication series Accord. The renown of this series has grown and it is now a common reference point for people working in peacebuilding around the world.
http://www.c-r.org/who-we-are/history

[Gothmog]

32. Putin supported stein and a vote for stein was a vote for trump and putin

[SergeStorms]

47. Ugh! I wish you hadn't posted that.

I haven't seen that photo in a long time, and I could have gone the rest of my life without seeing it again. That one photo sums up how "some democrats" were used as pawns of Russia, and ended up installing Donald the Stupid as "president".

I'm not angry with you RandySF, it wasn't your fault Stein sold herself and her country out to Putin and his oligarchs. I merely had hoped I'd never see that picture of "those people" ever again. It's a good reminder of how easily some people can be manipulated, though.

[JHan]

9. Recount money has sure come in handy for legal fees and paying her staff.

[brer cat]

13. +1

Lots of people were duped on that stunt.

[BigmanPigman]

22. I donated $10 since I was doing everything possible to keep him from

being declared the winner. I called all the Dem senators to tell them to not allow the electoral college to cast their final votes. All the senators did but a few reps stood up, like Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters. Too bad it was up to the Senate and not the House.

[lapucelle]

44. 6 Incredible Scammers You Need to Know

From New York Magazine's blog The Cut:

Maybe you’ve been feeling nostalgic for the Hipster Grifter and the Bling Ring. Maybe you’re a Ponzi-scheme enthusiast. Maybe you just really, really love lies. In any case, you’re in luck: In an unexpected twist, the hottest trend of the season is … grifting! Over the course of a mere month, we’ve been blessed with multiple fascinating stories about incredible con artists, swindlers, and scammers.

1. The Fake German Heiress
2. The Vogue Staffer
3. The Fake Saudi Prince
4. The Fake British Royal Wedding Expert
5. The Fake American High-School Student
6. Jill Stein

https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/6-incredible-scammer-and-grifter-stories.html

[brer cat]

64. lol

[JHan]

76. OUch

[lapucelle]

79. The list is so predicyable (fake heiress...fake expert)

until you get to the last name.

They should have listed her as "fake political activist".

[oasis]

11. Were the "Recount" funds Jilly hustled, ever accounted for?

[leftieNanner]

12. Wouldn't it be just dandy

If Robert Mueller indicted her? That would be one from out in left field, but it would be awesome!

She is so toxic. I know a young man in my community who was a big Bernie guy who believed all the Russian anti-Hillary crap and he became a Jill Stein supporter. He still posts anti-Democratic stuff on FB - indicating that the Dems and the Repubs are exactly the same except for stances on abortion. I had thought of reaching out to him (he used to sing in my church choir), but I think it would be pointless. We can't convince guys like this.

[Pepsidog]

51. Icing on the criminal conspiracy cake

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

14. Who's the next Jill Stein?

[thegoose]

15. Well, hell, she was part of the original operation

To make AmeriKKKA an annex of Pootie's Russia with Dumbass Don the Con as "president." Now it's time for her to run interference as Mueller is getting ready to reveal the hard facts about the criminal election we've known about for two years. Amiright?

[still_one]

17. What a f**king idiot. After what she did in 2016 by undermining, lying, and distorting not only

about the false equivalency bullsit, but coercioning the guilable and naive, one would think she would slither back into her hole and keep her mouth shut, but no, like trump she can’t resist spewing her bullshit

From 2000 to 2016, anyone now who falls their bullshit has no excuse, and are hopeless lost causes and should never be believed or trusted again

[NurseJackie]

19. I wonder what Sarandon has to say about this.

[sheshe2]

21. Strangely silent, isn't she...

[NurseJackie]

23. If she never utters another word in public, or on screen, I'll be THRILLED!!

[sheshe2]

25. Lol

Me too.

[Me.]

38. Perhaps Her Lawyer Has Told Her To Keep Her Big Yapper Shut

[sheshe2]

39. The innocent, lawyer up?

[Me.]

40. Maybe That's Why She Did That God Awful TV Movie

ca-ching for the white shoe

[jrthin]

35. So quiet, you could hear a cotton ball drop. nt

[sheshe2]

20. "I have to wonder what has her so antsy."

Guilt and an attempt to cover up her crimes. She is neck deep.

[miss-nasty]

24. She's Guilty and Mueller has her number

That's her angst...

[Scurrilous]

26. "...the bipartisan consensus of endless war & global military domination."

More of the 'both parties are the same' nonsense.

[paleotn]

27. When some say "lock her up"

I hope it's Stein that actually gets locked up. She's a disgrace.

[lsewpershad]

28. Wonder

what she thinks her life's all about?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

30. She needs more Rubles, so has to show to Putin she is making an effort supporting his goals. . . nt

[Gothmog]

31. Stein is following Putin's orders

[Corgigal]

33. Lock her up!

No seriously, I'm sure actual crimes were committed with this one.

[Honeycombe8]

34. I'm not surprised by this, since the reveal of that photo of her at dinner with Putin & Flynn.

She is saying the same thing that Putin would say.

[Cha]

36. Jill Stein's Recount Cash Pays for Her Russia Legal Defense

Former Green Party nominee Jill Stein promised her donors they would have a say where the leftover money they gave to fund the 2016 recount was spent. They didn’t.

More..
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jill-steins-recount-cash-pays-for-her-russia-legal-defense

Stein suckered her voters with LIES and Promises.

[Me.]

43. She Doesn't Have Enough Money To Pay For All The Help She'll Need

Mueller is no dupe...if I were her I'd get the old passport out and skedaddle...maybe she can join Assange


Aloha....

[Cha]

56. I'd love to see that Lying Sociopath on the run..

Aloha, Me!

[Me.]

58. Better Yet Having To Board With That Pig Assange

when Putin turns his back on her cause she's no longer useful

Aloha Kuku Wahine...

[Cha]

59. Aloha Me!

Yes.. they got Kuku right.

My son thinks "Tutu is epic" for grandma.. he read all the background on the evolution of Kuku Wahine, too.

[Me.]

60. ...

[7962]

49. Everyone forgot about that money! At least she HOPED they had. nt

[sarcasmo]

41. Doctor Stein should be a arrested for failing to register as a foreign agent.

[SunSeeker]

48. THIS.

[George II]

42. I'm starting to thing that "distraction" is the code word for......

"I'm guilty as hell, I want them to stop investigating me so they don't find out how guilty"

[NurseJackie]

50. It kinda reminds me of the virulent anti-gay preachers and politicians who end up being gay...

... all their posturing was to cover up that which they already knew to be true about themselves.

[elmac]

45. jill stein is about as relevant as yesterdays bowel movement. nt

[smirkymonkey]

46. Go away Jill. Nobody gives a shit about you anymore.

You are irrelevant. Take up gardening or something.

[Tiggeroshii]

52. She duped a lot of people.

[LBM20]

81. They shouldn't have ALLOWED THEMSELVES to be duped. Common sense said to not vote for her.

[lapucelle]

54. Back in 2012

one of my students was lucky enough to score a ticket in a student lottery to an Obama-Romney presidential debate. She told me later about a "crazy woman" who had to be escorted out of the arena surrounded by police. The woman had shown up early, insisting on her right to be on stage and take part in the debate. My student told me that watching the pyrotechnics between security and the aggrieved "participant" was an amusing diversion as the ticket holders patiently waited to pass through their checkpoint.

My immediate response to the student? "That was Jill Stein."

[liberal N proud]

55. Was she also on the Russian take?

[democratisphere]

61. What do the russians have on Jill Stein?!

[Dave Starsky]

69. It doesn't have to be kompromat.

The CIA has four things they look for in determining whether someone is vulnerable to being acquired as a foreign asset or agent: money, ideology, coercion, or ego (MICE). With Stein, I suspect it's some combination of money and ego. She seems quite full of herself.

[RhodeIslandOne]

63. Jill Stein sucks

Fuck her.

[LBM20]

82. To hell with her.

[D23MIURG23]

67. You'd think after helping elect the worst president in history she would have the decency to shut up

She and the green party are such a fucking joke.

[MineralMan]

70. I think she is a Russian tool, anyhow.

She'd rather that weren't exposed, though. Many were deceived by her, including some Democrats. More's the pity.

[Vinca]

71. Maybe she's on the indictment list. It wouldn't surprise me.

[UCmeNdc]

74. Jill Stein knows more about the Russians than she is telling.

[struggle4progress]

75. Dinner With Flynn and Putin

by Robert Windrem / Apr.18.2017 / 9:39 AM ET


... next to Putin at the head table, in the seat of honor, was an American. Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who would later become Donald Trump's national security adviser, was already advising Trump's presidential campaign when he was paid $45,000 to speak at the gala ... An NBC News review of video and photos from the RT gala shows a healthy serving of ex-spies, cronies and oligarchs, with a side of friendly journalists and another American ... Three of the Russians, including Putin, were under U.S. sanctions at the time for their role in Russia's annexation of Crimea ...

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/guess-who-came-dinner-flynn-putin-n742696

[duforsure]

77. Why are so many being indicted, and charged, and now sentenced

To prison, and why are you protecting putin now? Its possible treason against this country, and election fraud from an enemy terrorist murderer dictator . Even her talking points are the same thing putin had his puppets using in the other area's he's taken over from rigging their elections. Its obvious who she represents now, putin, not the American people or this country. Wonder how much she sold us out for?

[DinahMoeHum]

78. Eat Shit, Jill Stein.

you fucking asshole.

[LBM20]

80. She's a NUT and anyone who voted for her helped give us Trump. Period!

[R B Garr]

84. omg, she is insanely shallow. A liar, fraud and a grifter. Trifecta!

z0mG, trot out the war/military bullcrap while she has no problem kissing the backsides of real global murderous oligarchs. Such stupidity from the Blame America First crowd.