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The shamelessness of these people has no bounds:

I wonder what her immigration status is that she can engage in political lobbyism like this. It’s also clear now why The New Yorker has come out with a cover image glorifying Navalny. The fascist aesthetic of the picture is very appropriate:

All this is making Harris’s position towards Ukraine very clear. Not that one was very hopeful before, of course.

P.S. And Navalnaya is a “she/her” on LinkedIn:

These people really know how to play gullible Americans.

13 responses to “Shamelessness”

  1. mitchellporter Avatar
    mitchellporter

    Please remind me what’s objectionable about the family of the opponent of Putin and the war, who died in prison?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      They are neo-Nazis. It was a scandal when Trump invited the poor, addled Kanye to dinner. But it’s not a scandal when Kamala has neo-Nazis working for her.

      Navalny did not oppose the invasion of Ukraine. What he opposed was that it was unsuccessful.

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      1. Clarissa Avatar
        Clarissa

        About Navalny:

        Who Is Alexei Navalny?

        Navalny’s Cockroaches

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        1. mitchellporter Avatar
          mitchellporter

          I went looking for other Ukrainian opinions against Navalny. I saw quite a few talking points which frankly looked of a malicious kind, like when one is looking for any reason to hate an enemy. But there was one which made strong political sense to me – that Navalny was still a proponent of a “Russian world” that includes Ukraine. Navalny called Putin an enemy of the Russian world for fatally alienating Ukrainians by going to war. But if you’re a Ukrainian nationalist who is looking west, you don’t want to be part of the Russian world on any terms. I can make sense of Ukrainian attitudes towards Navalny if I think of that as the central motivation.

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          1. Clarissa Avatar
            Clarissa

            The dude was a neo-Nazi. If that’s not enough to find him repellent, I don’t know what is.

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              mitchellporter

              Well, I have gone digging through much further commentary on Navalny, by Ukrainians, several of whom would agree with you, by Russians from various political standpoints, as well as some of his own words. I wouldn’t expect to persuade you, but I can’t accept the term. Maybe I could call him a populist who fluctuated between ethno-nationalism and civic nationalism.

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              1. Clarissa Avatar
                Clarissa

                I appreciate the thoroughness of the research but why do you care either way? The dude is dead. He had no impact on anything before his death.

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  2. cliff arroyo Avatar
    cliff arroyo

    OT: Do you have a take on the recent Kadyrov drama? I know a bit about the background of the Wildberries shooting… but why the long break before Kadyrov goes bananas? Or has he? Is this an authentic splintering at the top or public drama for foreign consumption?

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I missed this question but it looks like Putin is preparing to murder Kadyrov. Kadyrov has been increasingly out of control, and Putin doesn’t want a new Prigozhyn-type situation. And Kadyrov doesn’t know how to act now that he’s no longer Putin’s golden boy. He’s become an embarrassment and a liability, his support in Chechnya is slipping. I think we’ll be saying goodbye to him soon. A hunting accident or something like that.

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  3. Stringer Bell Avatar
    Stringer Bell

    So weird. Why would the New Yorker make this their cover story now? Two weeks before the election. Not like his death is breaking news; he died in the beginning of the year.

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    1. mitchellporter Avatar
      mitchellporter

      His prison diary was just published.

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      1. Stringer Bell Avatar
        Stringer Bell

        Ah I see. Thanks!

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  4. mosckerr Avatar
    mosckerr

    Nov 5th Trump wins all 50 States.

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