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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThere is a corruption and money connection between Barr, McConnell, Trump, Putin, within the GOP
It is something going on there. It is something other than the best interests for the government of the United States.
All of these guys are acting very strangely and unpatriotic. There is something very rotten at its core and Barr, McConnell, Trump, and GOP leadership are organized to hide the corruption.
I feel that there is something that Putin knows about all of them. There is something which the US public does not know about.
SallyHemmings
(1,821 posts)ariadne0614
(1,727 posts)secondwind
(16,903 posts)That group of Republicans, which includes Lindsey Graham, ARE ALL COMPROMISED.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)or bribed. They had to know what a bad look it would be with their constituents.
GoCubsGo
(32,080 posts)John Kennedy (the Louisiana one), John Thune, Steve Daines, John Hoeven, Jerry Moran, John Neely, and Kay Granger, all of whom joined Johnson in Moscow on July 4, 2018. I'm surprised that Leningrad Lindsey Graham wasn't with them, but he needs to be added to the list, as well.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)And Mueller should not be invited.
FakeNoose
(32,634 posts)... who made his own private pilgrimage to Moscow. I'm sure he kissed Pootie's ring while he was there too.
JI7
(89,247 posts)through his wife and seeing what he has been able to get away with . And he is from a right wing red state that supports Trump so it doesn't hurt him politically to go along with Trump .
With Barr I still think there could be an Epstein connection . But I think there could be a Russia connection or that it could be connected through the Epstein matter.
Russia itself has inserted themselves into the Republican Party in the US like they did with the NRA so they could be connected to many parts of their party.
For Trump when it comes to Russia/Putin I think it's mostly him knowing he owes money to them so they have control over him through that area but Putin may also have some blackmail type material against him. Things like videos, pics etc . Trump just knowing Putin has these things on him would be enough for him to do whatever Putin wants because he has no conern for anyone but himself.
Better but seriously flawed people who were criminals would at this point just admit to their wrongdoing instead of selling out the country. But Trump does not care about the country. He is even ok with american soldiers being killed .
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)maxrandb
(15,322 posts)Moscow Mitch looked at the President Obama coalition of voters, the coming demographic shift of the country and the diminishing of racial and social animous among the younger generation and freaked the fuck out.
Remember the Retrumplican autopsy report the RNC prepared after their drubbing in 2008? Moscow Mitch doesn't. He looked at it and said; "meh, we're not going to do that".
The ONLY way the Retrumplicans were going to achieve their Ayn Randian dreams, where we have a country of few "owners and makers", and a permanent class of indentured servants to do their bidding, was to stoke racism, pack the courts with conservative wingnuts, and seek the help and funding of the closest example of Ayn Randian utopia... Russia.
Getting funding and political support from Russia was the ONLY way they were going to be able to hold onto power.
You didn't think they would take their own advice and work to become less fascist, did you?
They've created a multi-billion dollar network of media hate that would be worthless if they truly tried to be more inclusive. The owners of the Retrumplican Party couldn't and wouldn't allow that.
The Supreme Courts fucked up campaign finance decision opened the barn door, and they drove the horses out.
It's not surprising that the Retrumplicans have used Russian money to fund their operations. It's the ONLY way they could survive.
That's why this election is more important.
We're not just trying to save our Democracy. By the time the investigations of this corrupt Retrumplican RICO operation is done, I predict that 50 years from now, we'll still be tracking down Retrumplicans that have fled the country to bring them to justice.
That's what scares me about this election. If Retrumplicans lose, and lose big, there's a shit ton of Retrumplicans that are not just facing political irrelevance... they're facing prison.
Faux pas
(14,668 posts)There are more articles like this out there. Bing it.