Ioffe then proceeded to say that the best-case scenario would be for Russia to decapitate Ukraine’s government, establish a puppet regime, withdraw its military without needing to occupy the country and scare the populace into not launching another uprising for at least a few years. When asked by Colbert for her best-case scenario for the future, Ioffe’s initial response was “Do you have any more of that Bourbon?” Colbert noted that he had a whole bar behind him, which appropriately included vodka. Ioffe also speculated on the possibility that Zelenskyy might be taken by the Russians, brought to Moscow and tried for war crimes. And today, many Russians who watch state television have come to believe that Ukraine is essentially run by neo-Nazis, despite being led by a Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, who has relatives who died in the Holocaust. In response, the Kremlin’s propaganda arm did what they often do, which is “take a little bit of truth and spin it into this cotton candy of lies,” she said. On Putin’s stated objective to “denazify Ukraine,” Ioffe said that during Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity in 2014, it was true that a right-wing, nationalistic and in some cases neo-Nazi contingent was present, but it was in the minority. In response, Colbert asked Ioffe if this was because the Russian people are fatalistic, or because it’s necessary to be fatalistic while thinking about Russia.

We do not share data with third party vendors. Tomorrow will be worse.Get Baltimore Jewish Times Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Here's our statement on Julia Ioffe tweet: /LWJDW2frHw- Emily Lenzner December 15, 2016Īnd it seems Ioffe was prepared for this. And so far, at least, Ioffe’s new employers have struck a more tolerant tone: Since Ioffe was already on her way out at Politico the censure doesn’t really count as a firing, per se. Ioffe has long been a favorite target of the less-reputable segments of Trump supporters - if you have a high tolerance for poorly Photoshopped, stomach-churning anti-Semitic memes, just give her name a Google image search. Zz8fGfmukr- ErikWemple December 14, 2016 Scolding message from Politico's leadership on Julia Ioffe's Trump tweet from today: Contract terminated immediately. The political news organization promptly ended Ioffe’s contract, sending a textbook strongly worded letter - which of course leaked - from editor-in-chief John Harris and editor Carrie Budoff Brown to its employees: It won't happen again.- Julia Ioffe December 14, 2016 It was a tasteless, offensive tweet that I regret and have deleted.

It was a crass joke that I genuinely regret.- Julia Ioffe December 14, 2016 The media bosses anticipate and do the censoring themselves.- Julia Ioffe December 14, 2016Īll that said, I do regret my phrasing and apologize for it. In Russia, the Kremlin rarely has to make the call to media organizations. Though she did delete the tweet, and (eventually) apologize, for Politico, the R-rated outburst was too much to bear. So Do you stand by your new employee tweet? /keIvLCyTxs- nymjr7 December 14, 2016 Ioffe, who also contributes a column to Foreign Policy, had a decidedly “adult” reaction to the news that Ivanka would be taking an office in an area of the White House traditionally reserved for the First Lady. Ioffe was already wrapping up her time as a contributor to Politico and moving to a new job at The Atlantic when she posted the ill-advised tweet, but now Politico is accelerating the process, bringing her contract to a premature close. The respected political journalist Julia Ioffe’s tenure at Politico has come to an end after she posted an unfortunate - and straight-up vulgar - tweet about Donald Trump and his daughter Ivanka.

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