Putin escalates (things going badly in Ukraine and at home, obviously) --
Cold War-era nuclear saber-rattling intended to illicit self-deterrence. Our predecessors were subjected to generations of it… they were unflinching in defending there interest.
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) February 27, 2022
Putin is not suicidal, he is not a madman. These are empty threats to drive a flight response. https://t.co/8DMSFbkoVL
Signs of cracks in Russian elite. First Fridman, then Deripaska. Now Anatoly Chubais has just posted picture of Boris Nemtsov on his Facebook page. Nemtsov, seen by some as Yeltsin’s first choice 4 president, was murdered in front of the Kremlin seven years ago today pic.twitter.com/2jrLm4A3Oe
— Oliver Carroll (@olliecarroll) February 27, 2022
BTW, expect to see a massive exodus...from Russia. Anyone with means and a passport is trying to get out right now. Many urban, educated Russians are horrified and terrified, and they know that it won't just face economic hardship at home but political repression, too.
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) February 27, 2022
This is huge: (Reuters) - BP BP.L said on Sunday it had decided to exit its 19.75 % stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft https://t.co/ShUxCTzta5 after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) February 27, 2022
BP Chief Executive Bernard Looney the invasion "caused us to fundamentally rethink BP's position"
In the beginning --
This is how we got here: pic.twitter.com/g5FqwIt2hh
— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) February 27, 2022
Nosferatu, a member of the American Party of Putin, says what? --
.@SenRickScott: "The militant left wing in our country has become the enemy within. [...] The militant left has now seized control of our economy, of our culture and our country." pic.twitter.com/J1LSdQzKtB
— The Hill (@thehill) February 26, 2022
Memory-holing the Malignant Loser's "perfect call" with Zelensky --
Trumps first impeachment was because he tried to blackmail Volodymyr Zelenskyy and these members of the trump administration are desperately trying to get you to forget that. https://t.co/LpCt2Gg3MD https://t.co/IaIsu2Qlp2
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) February 27, 2022
Ron Johnson blames Vindman, Pelosi, and Adam Schiff for weakening Ukraine with Trump’s impeachment pic.twitter.com/61KmZlFy7W
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 27, 2022
Racism is a terrible drug --
this is what racism does to you, kids. don't be racist. https://t.co/bdlZJIOj5h
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2022
Not with a bang, but a whimper --
Six weeks after Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin made banning the teaching of critical race theory and “divisive concepts” the first executive order of his administration, the issue is all but dead in the General Assembly https://t.co/bEG1LNvcsp
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) February 27, 2022
