Rachel Maddow: On Michael Milken pardon day, a story in 1 tweet, 2 links

[Dennis Donovan]

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Rachel Maddow MSNBC ✔@maddow

On Michael Milken pardon day, a story in 1 tweet, 2 links:

This weekend, Trump held the most expensive fundraiser of his presidency -- donors paid >$500k each to attend:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-headline-a-580600-per-couple-fundraiser-the-most-expensive-of-his-reelection-bid/2020/02/13/144b75b2-4e7a-11ea-a4ab-9f389ce8ad30_story.html

Here's the story of who hosted that fundraiser for him:

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-04-29-9001050627-story.html …
MILKEN HELPED 3 PROSPER JUNK-BOND GAINS FEATHERED NESTS OF PAUL, POSNER AND PELTZ
Michael Milken has been compared to Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, even God.

4:45 PM - Feb 18, 2020

In other words, his pardon was fucking purchased...

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. Time to impeach again -- bribery.

[2naSalit]

2. Yup. ...nt

[2naSalit]

3. K&R!!

[warmfeet]

4. Normalizing crimes in high places.

We will all pay a very dear price for this.

It's all out in the open. What to do about it? That is the question.

[Rhiannon12866]

5. Twitter reply:

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[Dennis Donovan]

6. Dear Shiva;

It helps...

Sincerely,
Hungry Dennis

[mnmoderatedem]

7. not to mention the others he pardoned have been $ contributors to his campaign also

a lot of what trump does can hardly be considered a "coverup". It happens in the open right in front of everyone's faces. It's just been normalized. Astonishingly.