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KTB's avatar

Beattie is a known bigot, conspiracy theorist, and overall disagreeable turd.

I'd recommend The Bulwark's take on him: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-once-fired-him-for-palling-around-white-nationalists-darren-beattie

Or for a more academic treatment - since Beattie fancies himself an intellectual - check out this article: https://www.firstofthemonth.org/towards-a-tragic-view-of-darren-beattie/

His mere existence discredits American public diplomacy and the entire State Department. One of Trump's worst mid-level appointments.

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Linda irene peterson's avatar

😡

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Zyxomma's avatar

Ta, Marcie. Russia, Russia, Russia.

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Stephanie Hobbs's avatar

Quite the resume! Uncle Vlad's best boy?

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Thorn Spike's avatar

Are we sure his PhD isn't from David Duke University?

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werecat's avatar

It's actually from Milt's Institute of Tech

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Rachel Slaughter's avatar

The deeper you dig, the worse it gets. The rot has got to be removed!

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Why So Lugubrious?'s avatar

What a piece of shit.

Bowel Movements from this administration are truly epic.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

This guy basically thinks Black people should be sterilized.

So logically, by his lights, Black women should be allowed to have all the abortions they want, with no restrictions.

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Bel-Ami's avatar

HCR covered this last night, but I find news of yet ANOTHER white nationalist Kremlin operative in the regime goes down easier with a plating of snark.

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Fog of Jen's avatar

Sure are a lot of Putin sucking white supremacists up in this administration.

Gee...wonder why

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oscarphile's avatar

"As a responsible person, [Trump] will be obliged to fulfill them."

HA HAAAAA HAA HAAAA HAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HA HA HAAA HAAAAA HAA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAAA HAAA

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Daniel O'Riordan's avatar

He knows he can tell his regular business partners to fuck off when they demand money from him. He's probably very diligent about repaying all obligations to someone who has people killed.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

I'd bet anything that this guy doesn't even really give a shit about Russia or Ukraine or any of that, except that Russia is paying him a boatload of money. It's the only way he can get someone to subsidize him in his dream job, which is to sit around spouting racism all day long. So he'll compare Putin favorably to Jesus Christ if that's what it takes to keep the rubles flowing.

Didn't wassname, Pool, get caught doing exactly that?

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Satanic Pancake's avatar

So which GOP method to destroy the U.S. is going to be quicker: Subverting our security apparatus, eliminating the remainder of our social safety net programs, or dramatically weakening our military?

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Zyxomma's avatar

Yes.

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Bitter Scribe's avatar

I don't hear so well anymore. Did you say "GOP" or "Russian"?

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Satanic Pancake's avatar

Is there a difference?

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Dr Snarkington's avatar

AOT,K

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Christopher Thomas's avatar

So H.L. Mencken's legacy is in dispute now?

Puh.

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Lumpy Tapioca's avatar

and they'll get it

bad and soft

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Antifa Commander's avatar

Beattie started a website, Revolver

Beatles libel.

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jonathan hutchison's avatar

The Beatles' "Revolver" was a reference to the action of a record turntable.

Beattie's is an incitement to gun violence.

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

The Republican Party's treason is grotesquely obvious.

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Meccalopolis's avatar

As I've said, treason is the only crime I can countenance the death penalty for.

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Frank Talk, Action Pundit!'s avatar

I'm coming to agree with you.

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

At this point the rest of the world is going to be able to kick the US in the nads as these idiots don't even see a threat until it's too late.

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Anotherangle01's avatar

Like what Ukraine did to Russia on June 1 and 2, by ordering the partial destruction of the Russian Air Force on Ozon.ru. (Russia's Amazon), using the 18 month, ground shipping option to save time and money??/?

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Major Is My Spirit Animal's avatar

Probably.

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"M"'s avatar

Republicans starved public education for 50 years

This is the result

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