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I am a subscriber, passing on pleas from fellow Alaskans to consider dropping the paywall for this article. We have a primary for the remainder of Don Young's term, our sole congressional seat in less than a month. We are once again facing the potential disaster of Palin's return to Alaskan politics. Alaskans must have access to this information as soon as possible. You have connected dots that we would not have realized and which could impact the coming race as well as potentially impact the future of American politics. I hope Palin can be a footnote, but right now that remains to be seen. Thank you for considering making this information available.

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This is simply jaw-dropping, Seth. For years I (and I’m sure plenty of others) have casually thought Palin was simply a taste of things to come with Trump—that Palin would have been just as compliant with corruption and easily manipulated as Trump. Now to learn that not only was it true, but it was handled by many of the SAME PEOPLE in essentially the SAME WAY—-I’m speechless.

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Palin lied about being pregnant and lied about her husband's "snow machine crash" and media skipped over it. She is a phony, she is still a danger. She is a gun nut also too. Very well written article - how Trump Tower is a place for foreign grifters and sabotage planners to hang out like his DC hotel bar was home to traitors plotting worldwide..

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Seth Abramson has gone above and beyond the call of duty here. His encyclopedic understanding of Putin’s manipulation of the GOP is remarkable. This article is a must-read.

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The scary part is that MTG is making Palin look suddenly smart.

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Finally. A plausible, believable explanation as to why Palin so quickly endorsed TFG, why Palin has chosen now to re-emerge, and why TFG immediately endorsed Palin's candidacy.

This article very clearly outlines why Palin's run for Alaska's only Senate seat must be defeated.

Just as an aside...that Alaskan Senate seat was held by Don Young since the 70s. Senator Young died, "unexpectedly", apparently losing consciousness on a plane. Senator Young was 88, but his "fortuitously timed" death (at least for Kremlin purposes) has not been explained.

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It’s the same players over and over again…and we almost put an end to it…but they were pardoned or protected. How do we keep our democracy while working within the confines of our democratic laws? We can’t just jail these bad actors for being bad actors. I hope people watch The Game Change with open eyes this time. And this Twitter war might have just opened a Pandora’s box…

And good grief, you stayed up all night! Thank you for your dedication!

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I was not surprised by Kremlin interference in 2016, and again the revelations here this time are quite (quite!) a shock but not a surprise. Over years the criminal oligarch Putin would correctly assess how he could attack the USA not in a hot war but via its politics, while most Americans were clueless about how GOP was weakening our system/govt/democracy from within, vulnerable to his attack. From 2012... http://www.civilpolitics.org/content/mann-ornstein-its-even-worse-it-looks/

But I saw this weakening begin sooner, via GOP religion, and like w politics, it opened a door to the Kremlin. A 2018 read covering such ...

https://medium.com/@patricklsimpson/evangelicals-and-the-kremlin-a-history-of-collusion-dcc7d07c430f

TY so much, Seth, for this PROOF story!!

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Given your description and prediction, Tulsi Gabbard fits the description of a future running mate for Trump. Watch her.

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Palin went on to be the darling of the Tea Party. Not hard to see how the Russian threads became more entangled.

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Your ability to recognize and research so many players, with so many links between them, amazes me. The possible combinations and recombinations constitute an enormous number. If we are able to save our democracy, you will have done much to aid the effort. Thank you.

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Seth. I can't begin to thank you for all the hours upon hours of research that you do for us. Perhaps you could allow this article to be published in the newspapers in Alaska. Palin is running to be Senator and the people of Alaska deserve better.

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Someday we will find out that there is deliberate coordination among autocratic forces in many different countries such as Russia, Poland, Hungary, France, and the United States. You are right to worry about how the democratic forces will be able to fight back. For starters they will have to put aside lesser policy wish lists and unite around preserving the fundamental principles of Western democracy.

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This is so scary if you hadn’t picked this up after writing your PROOF trilogy what else has not been picked up .. beggars belief

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OUCH!

( an ouch #2-tha observation of how easy it is to make US political climate an unstable canoe)

Maybe we need to pursue a more stable metaphor craft than a canoe- catamaran or trimaran.

also comma has you noticed that there is a postulation that tha SCOTUS leak(s) may have been in response to a BRUTAL oppositional take down of tha Alito's 'Draft' thing?

SirrK

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Frightening.

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