Biden Made His First Call To Putin After Years Of Trump Coddling Russian Leader | Talking Points Memo

By the way.
Anyone notice Blinken was confirmed?

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Are you sure? No tape, so he could have said, ā€œVladi, I need you to do me a favorā€ā€¦

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Click on the time since the tweet was posted. Itā€™ll go to its own window and cut and paste the link. (i hope thatā€™s what you meant.)

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Ha! Is that real?

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It certainly is. Poor Doocy better sharpen his wits, if thatā€™s possible.

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{Yawn}

OTOH, boring is what statecraft is supposed to be! Is there a detox process available for someone formerly addicted to Trump atrocities? I think I need help.

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OMG, HA! I love me some some handsome Joe Biden!

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I will try that again. I originally, some time ago, was able to do that but it stopped formatting right. So I take the copy function under ellipses right now.

Yes, it did stop working for a while, but it seems to be fine now.

New boss in town. Putinā€™s dark money no good here.

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22 Rups voted against.

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Pretty much no comeback to that. Welcome, Douchy, son of Douche.

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The most effective thing Biden can do would be to have our intelligence agencies locate the places in the West where Putin has stashed large parts of his fortune and find some way to drain those accounts. Then do one and threaten to do the others, and also publish the amounts in the accounts in Russia. Weaponize the money! I realize there is a lot of wishful thinking here. But to add more, do the same with some of the top oligarchs, proving to them that Putin canā€™t protect their fortunes.

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I hope not. Iā€™m willing to take Chris Steeleā€™s word for it.

Five Boeberts equal one Douche.
Two Douches equal one Duke.

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He canā€™t very well sharpen something he doesnā€™t possess.

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Unfortunately, they would then do the same to us. There is value in being circumspect about taking actions like this -no matter how warranted. The longer span of time that goes by without countries ā€˜slugging it outā€™ in an economic sense, the greater the likelihood that things will remain relatively calm.

Look at China. Despite Trumpā€™s disgusting behavior toward them, for the most part, they didnā€™t engage in ā€˜tit for tatā€™. And thatā€™s to everyoneā€™s advantage.

This is why Iā€™ve been in favor of globalism, even if it temporarily disadvantages us. The world ends up being ā€˜homogenizedā€™ economically, which means there is less chance of war breaking out.

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Š²ŠøŠ½Ń‚ Š²Ń‹ Š’Š»Š°Š“, replied Joe Biden.

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I love it. You belong in the department that thinks of ways to screw over our potential enemies with non-physical means.

Almost ā€œa perfect callā€, one might say.

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