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[Thread] We're starting to see RTs and likes on an old thread we wrote about Alexander Torshin/Maria Butina Russian influence spreading into TN via Kline Preston, the longterm (10+ year) campaign manager of @MarshaBlackburn.
This is probably because of the #SenateIntelReport
This is probably because of the #SenateIntelReport
which dropped a few days ago. Yes, it does include quite a bit of info about Torshin and Butina's activities in Nashville.
We notice it also says members of the Trump Transition Team (again, Blackburn was a co-chair of the Transition) were subject to Russian influence.
We notice it also says members of the Trump Transition Team (again, Blackburn was a co-chair of the Transition) were subject to Russian influence.
Again, @MarshaBlackburn was one of only four members of Congress selected for the Trump Transition Team; she was named a Vice Chair of the organization along with Kushner, all the Trump kids, Mike Flynn etc.
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A few thoughts on #TNSen from a native Tennessean: I think it's going to be close between Hagerty -- who started out as the heavy favorite thanks to Trump's endorsement -- and Sethi. This has been the most negative campaign here in TN I can ever remember
Both Sethi & Hagerty are campaigning as though they'd be a major departure from Lamar! and previous TN Sens, like Corker, Frist, Baker. But what sources in the state told me is this isn't really a natural position for either man
Hagerty is more of a business-type moderate deep down most think. He's run fast away from Romney, who was once a close frient. And I've been hearing Sethi's name as a possible candidate for several years, as a Frist-type candidate -- both surgeons who wrote a book together
Voting in the Volunteer State today: Tennessee holds primaries for House and Senate seats.
There's an open #TNSen seat race with 3rd term Republican Senator Lamar Alexander not running for reelection. 15 Republicans including former Trump US Amb to Japan Bill Hagerty and Dr. Manny Sethi and 5 Democrats including Nashville atty James Mackler are running to succeed him.
6th term #TN01 Republican Rep. Phil Roe, ranking member & former chair of House VA Cmte, is not running for reelection. 16 Republicans are running to succeed him in northeastern Tennessee House seat which GOP has held since 1881. Winner will likely face Democrat Blair Walsingham.
New - a dive into #TNsen where Trump’s candidate suddenly finds himself in a tight race against a primary foe with the backing of Rand Paul and Cruz. Rand has dropped $800K and has an ad angering Blackburn. Lamar notes he’s voted more w Trump than Rand has cnn.com/2020/07/24/pol…
In an ad, Paul says: "Tennessee is too conservative a state to keep sending Democrats in Republican clothing to represent Tennessee."
The ad angered Blackburn, multiple sources said. When asked if she thought Paul's and Cruz were being helpful, Blackburn replied, "Probably not."
The ad angered Blackburn, multiple sources said. When asked if she thought Paul's and Cruz were being helpful, Blackburn replied, "Probably not."
Lamar Alexander said Paul's ad "basically says Tennesseans need to stop electing Democrats dressed as Republicans. So, I don't wear a dress ... and my voting record in support of Trump is 90% and his is 69%."
GOP candidate to replace retiring Sen. Lamar Alexander calls violent demonstrators in Nashville “thugs” —>
Hagerty separately today: "To better protect our cities and communities from further danger, President Trump should use the Insurrection Act to its fullest extent. Mobilizing our military forces across the country will show that we will not tolerate domestic terrorism.” #TNsen
Tennessee could’ve had 100% of the cost of Medicaid paid for by the federal government for 200,000 people for three years, and at least 90% of the cost covered after that. Instead they decided to screw those people and themselves.
Tennessee actually tried expanding it several times, even adding a $20/month premium...but the state GOP legislature has still refused every time.
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February 2015. Failed.
Next Tweets: Pic of Torshin and Butina in Nashville at the 2015 @NRA Convention; pic of Torshin in Nashville in 2012 looking at voting machines with @MarshaBlackburn long term org chair Kline Preston; a couple recent threads we've written on these subjects. #TrumpRussia [Thread]
This pic of two close Putin allies - Butina and Torshin - at Nashville's @countrymusichof makes our blood run cold. (Pic first published by @CJCMichel.)
We can't see nametags on the other two women but our guess is other Russians in town for the convention.
We can't see nametags on the other two women but our guess is other Russians in town for the convention.
Torshin in Nashville in 2012 with Kline Preston, @MarshaBlackburn's longtime org chair. (Shots from Torshin's own Twitter feed, which was still live last we checked tho Torshin himself seems to have... gone dark.)
If you're watching election results tonight, here's a breakdown of what I'm going to be watching for in the race for Congress as the numbers come in -->
Here are the magic numbers to keep in mind tonight:
Democrats need to flip 23 SEATS in order to win back the House.
Democrats need to flip 2 SEATS in order to win back the Senate.
Democrats need to flip 23 SEATS in order to win back the House.
Democrats need to flip 2 SEATS in order to win back the Senate.
The first exit polls will land at 5:00pm so we'll have some ideas about makeup of the electorate compared to previous years, etc. The first actual races close at 6:00pm: KY-6 will be the one to watch, with an eye on IN-9, but we won't read *too* much into these.
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☎ Call @NashvilleDems 629-888-3237 or 615-479-8320.
📱In Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis call 833-508-RIDE (7433).
💙 Don't forget @Lyft and @Uber are offering free rides.
#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
☎ Call @NashvilleDems 629-888-3237 or 615-479-8320.
📱In Chattanooga, Knoxville and Memphis call 833-508-RIDE (7433).
💙 Don't forget @Lyft and @Uber are offering free rides.
#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
❓Not in one of the counties listed above and need a ride? 🚙
📞 Call your local Democratic Party or one of your local candidates. You can also call @TNDP at 615-327-9779.
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#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
📞 Call your local Democratic Party or one of your local candidates. You can also call @TNDP at 615-327-9779.
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#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
🗳 Have a problem at the polls in Tennessee on Election Day? Remember you can ask for a provisional ballot or a different machine if yours has a malfunction.
📱 For help, call @TNDP #ElectionProtection anti-#VoterSuppression hotline at 855-844-8683.
#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
📱 For help, call @TNDP #ElectionProtection anti-#VoterSuppression hotline at 855-844-8683.
#BeAVoter #WaveCastTN
.@VoteMarsha ginning up the 'fake outrage' machine again. Last time she did this she violated @Twitter TOS against distributing hacked material. The first time she contributed to the deaths of a police officer and a decorated veteran. [THREAD] #TNSen
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We've actually been writing threads about this for weeks now. In early October @Votemarsha resurrected her "#StopTheBias" hashtag which she shares with such fine upstanding orgs as Alex Jones' Prison Planet.
The gist of her argument is, hacked internal @Google emails reveal unflattering things its engineers believe about @VoteMarsha. (Many other people believe unflattering things about her for good reason, we might add.)
❗What @VoteMarsha's not telling you about "mobs."
In 2001, as a state Senator, she played a lead role in instigating a group of 1000+ who broke windows & shut down the Legislature over a vote on a potential state income tax. @Tennessean coverage tells the tale. #TNSen [THREAD]
In 2001, as a state Senator, she played a lead role in instigating a group of 1000+ who broke windows & shut down the Legislature over a vote on a potential state income tax. @Tennessean coverage tells the tale. #TNSen [THREAD]
The July 13, 2001 issue of @Tennessean was more or less full of the story. (You can purchase it yourself at Tennessean.com archives or on sites like Newspapers.com.)
Unfortunately it's in a format that's difficult to represent here, but we've done our best
Unfortunately it's in a format that's difficult to represent here, but we've done our best
to provide a few screenshots which provide the gist of the story.
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Checking my "Smart Canadian" List (233x)
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they are SO PISSED....you ought goto the list and see for yourself
MSNBC on Trump’s USMCA deal:
“Big win,” ”promise made, promise kept” “
opens Canada up to [U.S.] farmers”
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Checking my "Smart Canadian" List (233x)
👇
twitter.com/davealvord164/…
they are SO PISSED....you ought goto the list and see for yourself
MSNBC on Trump’s USMCA deal:
“Big win,” ”promise made, promise kept” “
opens Canada up to [U.S.] farmers”
2min
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
Daily Reminder That Democrats...
1- Are Socialists
2- Want your guns taken away and your family killed.
3- Protects millions of Mexican Illegals
who will hurt your daughters (Mollie Tibbetts)
1/
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
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Newsday --- October 1st,, 2018 --- Mon
Nov 6th, 2018
35 Days Until Mid-Terms
I am adopting "The Wictor Block" Rule:
Be smart/playful/sincere....Feels Good Man
You come at me too hard and aggressively....looking for a response:
I will Block and Move On.
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Thanks @RizzoTK!
👉🏻 3 Pinocchios means, roughly: "Pants on Fire!" 🔥🔥🔥 #TNSen
As we've said all along: @TNGOP, Koch Brothers @AFPhq and @VoteMarsha have nothing that even remotely compares to their own scandals to hang on @PhilBredesen.
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Thanks @RizzoTK!
👉🏻 3 Pinocchios means, roughly: "Pants on Fire!" 🔥🔥🔥 #TNSen
As we've said all along: @TNGOP, Koch Brothers @AFPhq and @VoteMarsha have nothing that even remotely compares to their own scandals to hang on @PhilBredesen.
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UNlike @VoteMarsha, Phil has never been investigated by the FEC, his close associates aren't tied to Putin/Russia and aren't being disbarred for fraud.
He's never directed money to his family (he never lived in the Governors Mansion his supporters paid half the tab to rehab.)
He's never directed money to his family (he never lived in the Governors Mansion his supporters paid half the tab to rehab.)
@TNGOP, the Koch Brothers and @VoteMarsha have to make stuff up to have any campaign at all.
👉🏾 Want a government that works again? Let's work to elect @PhilBredesen.
Bredesen.com/Donate
👉🏾 Want a government that works again? Let's work to elect @PhilBredesen.
Bredesen.com/Donate
We were just talking about @VoteMarsha personal and political scandals. It's not like this is the first time she's failed to report salient information. #TNSen
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We know we've already talked about this a lot but it bears repeating. @VoteMarsha's campaign finance chair in '02 and '04 was Kline Preston.
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(Preston has been close to frmr Russian Senator Alex Torshin for years. Another close associate of Alex Torshin? Vladimir Putin.
Here's Preston with Torshin and @BillHaslam - son of @VoteMarsha's 2018 Senate campaign finance chair. Coincidence?
Here's Torshin with Putin.)
Here's Preston with Torshin and @BillHaslam - son of @VoteMarsha's 2018 Senate campaign finance chair. Coincidence?
Here's Torshin with Putin.)
Keene and his wife were, of course, introduced to Butina's handler Alex Torshin- and likely Butina- by longtime @VoteMarsha associate (frmr campaign finance chair & re-elect head) Kline Preston.
Want a scandal-free Senator? Vote @PhilBredesen for #TNSen.
Want a scandal-free Senator? Vote @PhilBredesen for #TNSen.
Nashville, run almost entirely by Democrats, has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the US. This is bumping up stats for the entire state.
We bet @VoteMarsha cheated off the other kids in school, too.
#MendaciousMarsha #TNSen
We bet @VoteMarsha cheated off the other kids in school, too.
#MendaciousMarsha #TNSen
Who was at the helm at the beginning of Nashville's massive expansion back in the aughts?
Mayor @PhilBredesen, of course. Want a better economy for your kids and the future? #VoteBredesen for #TNSen!
Mayor @PhilBredesen, of course. Want a better economy for your kids and the future? #VoteBredesen for #TNSen!
#ThrowbackThursday: @VoteMarsha received 33 (!) letters from @FEC re: over $100K in unreported donations - while her campaign finance chair was Kline Preston, 1 degree of separation from Vladimir #Putin thru Preston's pal Torshin (see pinned thread). #RussianConspiracy #TNSen
From the @JSunNews article "Group files complaint against Blackburn's campaign committee" 12 June '08 by Bill Theobald:
Just this week another close @VoteMarsha pal, Judson Phillips - her mouthpiece for years - was disbarred for fraud.
Alexander Torshin is, of course, the mob-connected Russian Senator who was invited by @VoteMarsha re-elect org chair Kline Preston to observe TN elections in Nashville in 2012. #TNSen
Here's Torshin with Preston and @BillHaslam - at the @TNGOP victory party here in Nashville on Nov 6, 2012, same event where @VoteMarsha spoke. Yet we're to believe she didn't meet with Torshin.
What kind of access did Torshin get?
What kind of help is @VoteMarsha getting from Russia right now, while @SecTreHargett refuses to spend TN's Help America Vote funds - $29 million - to secure our election?
#Resist #RussianHacking #RussianConspiracy #TNSen
What kind of help is @VoteMarsha getting from Russia right now, while @SecTreHargett refuses to spend TN's Help America Vote funds - $29 million - to secure our election?
#Resist #RussianHacking #RussianConspiracy #TNSen
Here's a perfect example of why Trump supporters disrupt @CNN. 1) "Trump's sagging popularity" isn't exactly a problem in Tennessee. Hate to tell you. 2) Phil Bredesen's "cross-party appeal" didn't show up last night. It's a closed primary, yet GOP... cnn.com/2018/08/02/pol…
Tennessee is a closed primary state. Yet, there wasn't an indication of a large GOP sit-out. This was a very lopsided primary vote. Just do some simple math. What percentage of the indie vote would Phil Bredesen need to win to beat Marsha Blackburn? The #TNSen will move from...
The #TNSen will move from "Slightly Republican" to a strong "Leans Republican."
Trump: Day 554
-133rd Day at Trump Golf Club
-176th Day at Trump Property
-Has No Strategy 4 Election Security
-Regrets Jared Being His Son-In-Law
-Anti-Muslim HHS Official Resigns
-House Rebukes Immigration Policy
-EPA Dragging Out Record Requests
-UK Stops Sharing Intel w/U.S.
-133rd Day at Trump Golf Club
-176th Day at Trump Property
-Has No Strategy 4 Election Security
-Regrets Jared Being His Son-In-Law
-Anti-Muslim HHS Official Resigns
-House Rebukes Immigration Policy
-EPA Dragging Out Record Requests
-UK Stops Sharing Intel w/U.S.
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Day 659 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
Day 659 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 511 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #fakenews #TrumpLies
Day 511 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.
The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #fakenews #TrumpLies
