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Hey Marco, remember Len? You know, Len Blavatnik? 😈 Ricky Davila Nails It. (Original Post) Tommymac Mar 2022 OP
Selling out a real Democracy for Russian money. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #1
Yet another reason for Publicly Funded Elections! Dustlawyer Mar 2022 #29
damn, his email box will be full onethatcares Mar 2022 #2
Fucking Rubio the Fucking Russian Cha Mar 2022 #3
typo trof Mar 2022 #10
Yes, TY.. I saw it before I read Cha Mar 2022 #14
Roubles Rubio. sprinkleeninow Mar 2022 #21
Excellent, Sprink! Cha Mar 2022 #25
Will the magat Florida Voters Cha Mar 2022 #4
Is this the same Little Marco who shared real-time photos of VZ's meeting with Senators? ariadne0614 Mar 2022 #5
I'm pretty sure it is! colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #34
WHY ARE THESE FUCKERS IN OFFICE AND NOT IN JAIL ?!?! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #6
I thought foreign campaign donations were illegal. What am I missing? Karadeniz Mar 2022 #7
Read this article, it's updated. L. Coyote Mar 2022 #8
Thank you for posting this! I love DU. Tommymac Mar 2022 #9
Great article EleanorR Mar 2022 #13
Rts TY Cha Mar 2022 #16
Two possibilities: Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #12
I had thought of#1 and didn't realize PAC's didn't have to disclose sources. No way should that Karadeniz Mar 2022 #15
Regular PAC's have to disclose sources, but don't have contribution limits Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #18
Aaaaaggghhh! Those lawmakers parents should've spent more time on instilling ethics. Karadeniz Mar 2022 #19
It's the Roberts court and the decision on Citizens United. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #22
Aaaaaggghhh! The Roberts court and Citizens United should've spent more time on instilling ethics. XacerbatedDem Mar 2022 #28
Good one KS Toronado Mar 2022 #32
President Obama told the Chief Justice that he had blown the Citizen United case. Marcuse Mar 2022 #35
It is , just didn't have a D.O.J. for 5 yr's ! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #20
I hope Val Demmings uses that info in the fall campaign. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #11
Yep. Guy's a traitor. He'll have lawyers to muddy the water but Li'l Marco's a traitor. argyl Mar 2022 #23
TFG would have sent American troops wnylib Mar 2022 #30
'Val Demmings wont be bringing a covered dish to this. It'll be lead pipes and brass knucks for her' Tommymac Mar 2022 #37
Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Mar 2022 #17
The amount of damage Putin and GOP did to the US is incalculable. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #24
Marko polo. Vote him out rockfordfile Mar 2022 #26
The bones of Marco Polo are shuddering wnylib Mar 2022 #31
GO Val Demmings! PuraVidaDreamin Mar 2022 #27
An useful idiot as far as the Russians are concerned. A total asset doing their dirty work. usaf-vet Mar 2022 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #36
They're not dots anymore. Jakes Progress Mar 2022 #38
This message was self-deleted by its author Jakes Progress Mar 2022 #39
Huge K and R!!! oasis Mar 2022 #40

OAITW r.2.0

(32,133 posts)
1. Selling out a real Democracy for Russian money.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:08 PM
Mar 2022

This time, did you get a 1MM Rouble donation for your tweet?

onethatcares

(16,992 posts)
2. damn, his email box will be full
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:09 PM
Mar 2022

and probably ignored by his constituents that ask him about this. Just like every other inquiry.

Cha

(319,074 posts)
14. Yes, TY.. I saw it before I read
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:54 PM
Mar 2022

your post. I should have checked it after I posted.

💙💛

ariadne0614

(2,174 posts)
5. Is this the same Little Marco who shared real-time photos of VZ's meeting with Senators?
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 07:56 PM
Mar 2022

". . .reckless ignorance" my *ss. He knew exactly what he was doing.

EleanorR

(2,440 posts)
13. Great article
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:51 PM
Mar 2022
In total, Blavatnik, Intrater, Shustorovich and Kukes made $10.4 million in political contributions from the start of the 2015-16 election cycle through September 2017, and 99 percent of their contributions went to Republicans.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,234 posts)
12. Two possibilities:
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:48 PM
Mar 2022

Either the oligarch has dual citizenship , or

The donation was made to Rubio’s PAC, not his campaign.

I’m guessing the latter, because $1.5 million is way over the legal limit one can donate to the campaign.

Karadeniz

(24,746 posts)
15. I had thought of#1 and didn't realize PAC's didn't have to disclose sources. No way should that
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 08:55 PM
Mar 2022

be legal. So sick of legalizing ways to stiff legitimate voters.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,234 posts)
18. Regular PAC's have to disclose sources, but don't have contribution limits
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 09:44 PM
Mar 2022

Dark money PAC’s don’t even have to disclose sources.

XacerbatedDem

(511 posts)
28. Aaaaaggghhh! The Roberts court and Citizens United should've spent more time on instilling ethics.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:19 PM
Mar 2022

There, I fixed it for you.

argyl

(3,064 posts)
23. Yep. Guy's a traitor. He'll have lawyers to muddy the water but Li'l Marco's a traitor.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 10:25 PM
Mar 2022

Val Demmings won't be bringing a covered dish to this. It'll be lead pipes and brass knucks for her. And all our candidates should start playing like that. This politeness has gotten us nowhere.

Reagan, the Newtoid, Dick Armey. Start playing like them. That's where this nasty business started. Except with the truth. After the Ukraine disaster the time is right.
Surprised The Dotard hasn't come out and said the disaster in Ukraine would never have happened with him in office. He probably has; his whining just doesn't get the attention it used to.
*Sniff*

But on that he'd be right. He'd have turned Ukraine over to fend for themselves, taken free countries and applied pressure for Putin, maybe even militarily, to get them back in Putin's fold.

He'd probably even be looking for the keys to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin for a West/East Germany divide. Think Putin did most of his KGB/FSB work there. He'd appreciate the gesture. Anything to make Pootie Poot happy.

wnylib

(26,012 posts)
30. TFG would have sent American troops
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 01:26 PM
Mar 2022

to Ukraine to help Putin.

And the media would have praised their "heroic efforts to liberate Ukraine from fascism." MAGAts would have been wearing t-shirts with the Russian flag, or with the face of TFG on the front and Putin on the back.

Besides the fact that it was past time to get out of Afghanistan, it looks like President Biden knew that our troops would soon be needed in Europe, along with NATO troops, to guard against Russian expansion.

Tommymac

(7,334 posts)
37. 'Val Demmings wont be bringing a covered dish to this. It'll be lead pipes and brass knucks for her'
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 06:50 PM
Mar 2022

Quote of the day IMHO!

Thank You very much!



#GOTV2022

Irish_Dem

(81,266 posts)
24. The amount of damage Putin and GOP did to the US is incalculable.
Sat Mar 5, 2022, 11:48 PM
Mar 2022

Especially to our national security and standing in the world.

usaf-vet

(7,811 posts)
33. An useful idiot as far as the Russians are concerned. A total asset doing their dirty work.
Sun Mar 6, 2022, 02:08 PM
Mar 2022

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