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May, 2016. "From Trump Tower." ***3 weeks before Don Jr Meeting*** (Original Post) MelissaB Jul 2017 OP
Oh My! malaise Jul 2017 #1
oky doky riversedge Jul 2017 #20
LOL malaise Jul 2017 #21
So the position now in the GOP is Russia and their murderous dictator are our pals. Eliot Rosewater Jul 2017 #2
Russians are fellow white people. L. Coyote Jul 2017 #7
Those who used to chant "Rather be dead than Red!" now would "Rather be White than American!" PubliusEnigma Jul 2017 #9
How about "Rather be White than Right!" (as in correct, not wing) n/t Kleveland Jul 2017 #16
They love how authoritarian they are. kerry-is-my-prez Jul 2017 #22
Ah, the persistence of the Internet. K&R. berni_mccoy Jul 2017 #3
Gotta love it! MelissaB Jul 2017 #5
And that means RW pundits like Laura Ingraham also knew berni_mccoy Jul 2017 #4
They all knew and they have all turned on this country for a few extra bucks. DK504 Jul 2017 #14
Shocked. Just shocked I tell you! Fatemah2774 Jul 2017 #6
... skylucy Jul 2017 #8
And that's the game folks. onecaliberal Jul 2017 #10
For what it's worth, Konstantin Rykov gave Scavino (among others) a heads up on his launch... Tommy_Carcetti Jul 2017 #11
But I thought they never accessed Hillary's private server ? OnDoutside Jul 2017 #12
That was my impression. denbot Jul 2017 #15
Whatever you say bucolic_frolic Jul 2017 #13
the republican-backed russian war on America's assets, Achilleaze Jul 2017 #17
Kick. dalton99a Jul 2017 #18
"LIES! ALL LIES!", says the Donald. BigmanPigman Jul 2017 #19

Eliot Rosewater

(31,096 posts)
2. So the position now in the GOP is Russia and their murderous dictator are our pals.
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 03:49 PM
Jul 2017

In fact one rightwing rag said that since Russia has pretty women, they cant be an enemy.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
7. Russians are fellow white people.
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 03:56 PM
Jul 2017

This aspect of the nationalists view of Russian shouldn't be ignored. White nationalism is a problem in both countries.

Fatemah2774

(245 posts)
6. Shocked. Just shocked I tell you!
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 03:53 PM
Jul 2017

Well, the hole is getting deeper and bigger...I can hardly wait till we start this bonfire.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,079 posts)
11. For what it's worth, Konstantin Rykov gave Scavino (among others) a heads up on his launch...
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 04:29 PM
Jul 2017

....of a Russia Pro-Trump website back in August 2015.




(Rykov is the former Russian legislator turned "Putin's Trollmaster" who bragged about influencing the 2016 elections just days after Trump was elected.)

Note, this doesn't prove Scavino and Rykov actually communicated back and forth, but it certainly shows an awareness by Rykov as to who Scavino was.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
17. the republican-backed russian war on America's assets,
Thu Jul 20, 2017, 05:41 PM
Jul 2017

including our power grid, our nuclear facilities, and our electoral system, is dark, nasty, corrosive, explosive, vicious.

How can the republicans betray America this way by pretending it's not happening?

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