......Oh for fuck's sake.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

Both my grandmother and my grandfather were summoned to the local offices of the NKVD and asked to defend themselves against charges that they were "enemies of the state."

Had they not fled the country, the best case scenario for them was the fate of the rest of my family, which was to be boarded on to trains and shipped off to Siberia.

The worst case scenario for them was, well, much worse.

[underpants]

1. So they went ahead and started flying their real flag?

[Greybnk48]

2. When it comes to all things Russian and Soviet

they should know!

[Docreed2003]

3. They think they're so smart with their smirks

Fuck them

[Voltaire2]

4. Soviet style impeachment of Beria.

Arrested and tried in secret and executed.

That is exactly what public televisedhearings are like.

[dewsgirl]

5. The balls on these guys are unreal.

[Grammy23]

6. As big as cantaloupes??

[yellowcanine]

7. Takes some balls for Repubs to bring up the Soviets given Trumpy's butt sniffing of KGB Putin.

[lpbk2713]

8. The GOP thought enough of the Russians to sit down with them ...

in the Kremlin on our Independence Day.

Sen. Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.) led the eight-member delegation along with Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and John Thune (R-S.D.), and Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.). All rethuglicans.


Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/republicans-on-russia-trip-face-scorn-and-ridicule-from-critics-at-home/2018/07/05/68f0f810-807e-11e8-b0ef-fffcabeff946_story.html

[TheRealNorth]

10. This should be retitled.

On July 4th, 2017, Republican congressmen renounce Independence and swear their fealty to Putin.

[lpbk2713]

17. They certainly proclaimed their membership in the Putin Fan Club.

Vladimir must have been giddy.

[UpInArms]

9. The Republican clown car was overloaded this morning

I finally quit watching after that shitshow with Scalise ..

It was vomit inducing

[MerryBlooms]

11. How much Russian money did scalise launder through his campaign?... Asking for a friend. n/t

[moondust]

12. Steve Goebbels.

That certainly qualifies as a "big lie." His Fuhrer should be proud of him.

[gratuitous]

13. What? Are you expecting Republicans to traffic in facts and the law?

They've already done a quick analysis and determined that reality isn't their friend or ally in this matter. So it's going to smears, innuendo, and outright lies.

[budkin]

14. Laughably ironic to bring up the Soviets...

When the entire GOP is controlled by the Russians.

[Dirty Socialist]

15. A lot of those "Soviet" rules

Were implemented by Republicans

[Vinca]

16. Well, to be fair, if anyone knows Soviets it's probably the Republicans.