Michael McFaul: trump [CORRECTION it's don jr] has tweeted name of whistle blower

[iluvtennis]

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@McFaul
Shocking. @DonaldJTrumpJr today tweeted out the name of alleged whistleblower. They just don't care about the laws, rules, norms. Hoping someday America will return to some sense of normal

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CORRECTION @ 3:15 EST: Reading it was trump jr who tweeted the name of the whistleblower. Update the thread title to clarify. Sorry for the mistake in earlier post.

[lapfog_1]

1. Michael should move to a neutral country with no extradition to Russia

for the next 1.25 years.

Seriously, I think Trump will have him arrested and extradited to Russia.

He is that much in Putin's pocket.

[Leghorn21]

2. Precisely, lap - trump made a little deal with Putin to turn over McFaul (and Browder, if possible)

during that fkn Helsinki shitshow

It’s a CRIME, the misery Amb McFaul has suffered all this time

And while we’re at it, where is that translator

[eissa]

3. Can't Twitter delete it?

It's probably too late at this point, but you would think Twitter would be justified in removing something like this.

[Dream Girl]

5. Not only should they remove it, they should delete his Twitter account

[C_U_L8R]

4. That is what criminals do.

They're putting a rope around their own necks.

[UpInArms]

6. And ... behind it all? Russia ... again

Thanks to Rand Paul, Russian Media Are Naming the Alleged Whistleblower

American news organizations resisted the pressure, but—in a 2019 re-play of “Russia, if you’re listening”—Kremlin-controlled state media promptly jumped on it.

Shortly after Sen. Paul tweeted out an article that speculated in considerable detail about the identity of the whistleblower—with a photograph, a name, and details about the purported political history of a CIA professional—Russian state media followed suit.

As if on cue, the Kremlin-controlled heavy hitters—TASS, RT, Rossiya-1—disseminated the same information. But unlike Rand Paul, one of the Russian state media outlets didn’t seem to find the source—Real Clear Investigations—to be particularly impressive, and claimed falsely that the material was published originally by The Washington Post.

This was the most egregious, but certainly not the only example of Kremlin-funded media cheerleading for Trump’s fight against impeachment as proceedings against him unfold with growing speed. As a chorus of talking heads on Fox News have picked up on Trump’s talking points, which is predictable—they’ve also been echoed across the pond, albeit with a tinge of irony.

[moondust]

7. "laws, rules, norms"

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I'm guessing that some/many of his cult members may be excited that Dumpy's klan is openly flouting the laws, rules, and norms and hoping their king is gonna help them achieve a similar kind of immunity from all those damn "laws, rules, norms."
Corruption gone wild!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll bet the greedy old slave owners were awfully corrupt and "above the law" which may be the model the Dumpy cult of white supremacists is shooting for. Maybe their underlying motive for stacking the courts is so they can eventually get away with anything up to and including murder.

[UTUSN]

8. The name has been seen here on DU with some blase posters saying no-big-deal

and being smug about having known the name for ages.

[iluvtennis]

9. ugh...glad I haven't seen it. The law breaking GOP thugs so disgust me. nt

[usaf-vet]

10. Link to tweet is broken or taken down by 14:16 CST

[iluvtennis]

11. Corrected title of my post aboe - it's now saying it was Don Jr.

@McFaul
But why does that make it right to circulate his name even wider? To his 4 million followers? What hasn't WSJ, USA Today, Fox, NYT, Wapo, NPR, NBC, ABC, CBS circulated the name?

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