Whose responsibility was it to prevent the Russian Mafia from taking over our country?

[ProfessorPlum]

Because I know I did my fucking part by voting against Putin and his disgusting orange puppet. I saw him clearly for what he was, and with a Russian-controlled Supreme Court who ruled him incapable of committing crimes in office (and a Russian-controlled GOP), I wanted no part of that.

Our media, though, how do I explain their dereliction of duty? Did they not know Trusk is a cat's paw for Putin? Because I figured it out and I'm just a dumb scientist with a full time job that isn't a political reporter/commentator.

Are the Democrats responsible for stopping this from happening? They seemed to be unaware of the urgency too. Campaigning with "good Republicans" and not really sounding the alarm that the end of our country was right around the corner.

And now, here we are. The full horror of what the citizenry has done to itself is only beginning to unfold. We'll see how Americans enjoy living under a completely corrupt kleptocracy with no hope of fair elections again.

fuck.

[Irish_Dem]

1. We The People, Media, Congress, Judiciary.

FBI, DOJ, CIA, Military Intelligence.

The most spectacular failure in US history.

[GusBob]

2. Seems as if it started with the 2016 election

But I think folks knew before that

[Wounded Bear]

3. Giuliani - he may have defeated the Italian mob in New York, but he let the Russians in...

[Lars39]

7. And as rumored, with Trump's help

[Wounded Bear]

9. trump was big in NY real estate, and has been dealing with Russians since the 80's...nt

[Lars39]

11. I agree!

[BlueTsunami2018]

12. I've been saying this for years.

The Russians filled the vacuum left behind when the Italian mob imploded.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Voters. Not enough were duped by misinformation to account for the self-serving racist in the WH now. . . nt

[BeyondGeography]

5. Hard to convey urgency when you're keeping your powder dry

K&R

[mercuryblues]

8. Plain

She promised to warn us when Putin rears his head.

[haele]

10. The FBI's. However, we know the offices in

Southern District of NY were compromised a long time ago, and those agents infected any other offices they went to from them on.
Rudy Giuliani's sweep of the Italian Mafia allowed the KGB/post Glastnost Russian Mafia to explode on the scene back in the early 90's.

[Jit423]

13. Tulsi, Jill, the rat pack of GOP visiting Putin, Trump all his minions, the Putin loving FOX media...long, long list of

Putin enablers. Now they are all heading our government and Project 2025.

[republianmushroom]

14. Merrick the Meek ? DOJ ? Roberts Supreme Court ?

A lot should have but lack doing so.

[yardwork]

15. It is every citizen's responsibility to sustain a democracy.

Democracies can't survive unless a majority of citizens act in good faith to sustain it.