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moondust

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12. For all we know,

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 06:36 PM

Feb 2018

the whole Russian election operation may have entered the planning stages long before Trump announced his candidacy, perhaps during his 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow or whenever the pee-pee tape was made there.

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Sam Stein: Don't think the fact that it started in 2014 really makes a difference here [View all] demmiblue Feb 2018 OP

Boom! The Russians were probably the ones who convinced him to run . octoberlib Feb 2018 #1

I was just wondering the same thing below! herding cats Feb 2018 #3

Bazinga..Boom.. asiliveandbreathe Feb 2018 #7

This was an attempt by Russia to sow chaos. herding cats Feb 2018 #2

I read a book by John R. O'Donnell who was an executive at Atlantic City's Trump Plaza Casino until octoberlib Feb 2018 #9

and Fuckface started his money-laundering operation for the Russian mob a decade before that anarch Feb 2018 #4

Good catch, plus wasn't his beauty pageant in Moscow in 2013? Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #5

I doesn't matter when it started EarlG Feb 2018 #6

I'm signing up for your "holy shit" option... CincyDem Feb 2018 #8

This malaise Feb 2018 #10

Wait - he's admitting there WAS Rooshin interference? maxsolomon Feb 2018 #11

For all we know, moondust Feb 2018 #12

They must have known how easy it would be to manipulate him into making the decision to run and smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #13