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Hortensis

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27. DUers STILL don't realize how huge it is here in the U.S.

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 10:15 AM

Feb 2018

Media confine their dog-race coverage to Trump and Repubs in congress, but their silence about the huge right-wing centimillionaire and billionaire forces is extremely revealing anyway to anyone who notices it.

Most Repubs in congress aren't such true believers in libertarian extremism that they WANT to commit political suicide. So why are they?

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So, in reality it wasnt Hillary who was part an oligarchic conspiracy. She was a target of one. [View all] boston bean Feb 2018 OP

She warned us mcar Feb 2018 #1

One has to start wondering how many of those "on the left" were really in Russia? George II Feb 2018 #29

And they were so nasty about it Cary Feb 2018 #34

It's not too much to ask, Cary mcar Feb 2018 #62

Yes they are, when really they should be begging Cary Feb 2018 #63

It's very childish mcar Feb 2018 #65

And M$M people like Andrea Mitchell keep repeating the conservative lies even today. ffr Feb 2018 #45

More proof that WHENEVER they accuse others of something, they are doing it. Squinch Feb 2018 #2

Yep. boston bean Feb 2018 #3

Always Cary Feb 2018 #35

No, no, no. She conspired with the Russians to help her lose the election! tanyev Feb 2018 #4

We knew it. Too bad the trolls were allowed to make DU so unpleasant. yardwork Feb 2018 #5

Not just DU . The large part of the country got caught up in this BS lunasun Feb 2018 #6

stupid assholes Skittles Feb 2018 #78

Total shame. Real blight. It wasnt like people werent pointing this madness out. boston bean Feb 2018 #7

I spent months in 2016 not being permitted to post here wasupaloopa Feb 2018 #31

They are still doing it. murielm99 Feb 2018 #54

I hear you Skittles Feb 2018 #79

This is so true! Trueblue Texan Feb 2018 #46

I have to say, it was very disturbing here. Squinch Feb 2018 #11

Beyond very disturbing. Cha Feb 2018 #33

+1 But if you were like me, it had a troll vibe to it. ffr Feb 2018 #49

Oh yeah, ffr! Cha Feb 2018 #53

No kidding. Lots of RT news and "Honk if you love Putin"-type garbage dalton99a Feb 2018 #15

We still get RT and former RT columnists posted here. Hortensis Feb 2018 #25

I know, right? Cary Feb 2018 #36

She named it many years ago WhiteTara Feb 2018 #8

And it turned out to be much bigger - in fact, it was international dalton99a Feb 2018 #17

DUers STILL don't realize how huge it is here in the U.S. Hortensis Feb 2018 #27

that was the vastness of it. WhiteTara Feb 2018 #28

I admit to being shocked not fooled Feb 2018 #37

Hillary nailed it in one of the debates and WhiteTara Feb 2018 #43

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2018 #71

Russians claimed fraud in Iowa caucuses, Mueller indictment alleges DURHAM D Feb 2018 #9

WOW! That is the kind of tactic that Devine R B Garr Feb 2018 #50

Remember this - DURHAM D Feb 2018 #10

Those were passed out at the convention?? Wow!! boston bean Feb 2018 #13

She's now running for something again WhiteTara Feb 2018 #44

Nina Turner and Our Revolution are funded by Russian trolls. I have no doubt. yardwork Feb 2018 #69

It just leads to his twitter feed for me obamanut2012 Feb 2018 #74

Here you go - DURHAM D Feb 2018 #75

People are weak and stupid. betsuni Feb 2018 #12

It is the culmination of a 30 year vast right wing conspiracy. madinmaryland Feb 2018 #14

Absolutely. dalton99a Feb 2018 #18

K&R stonecutter357 Feb 2018 #16

All those assholes with their H.A. Goodman links Codeine Feb 2018 #19

My blood begins to boil all over again. boston bean Feb 2018 #20

The sheer nerve of them trying to excuse Codeine Feb 2018 #21

Oh, yes. The Leave Bernie Alone posts already starting R B Garr Feb 2018 #42

I can take only so much Cary Feb 2018 #38

Wonder how much The Organization paid Goodman dalton99a Feb 2018 #22

There are still people here defending JPR Maven Feb 2018 #55

the JPR folks aren't dealing with reality very well Mosby Feb 2018 #59

They still believe that Perseus Feb 2018 #23

Wrong approach. Ignore those who choose to be ill-informed. ffr Feb 2018 #52

From both the right and left...nt SidDithers Feb 2018 #24

Big difference between Dems and them Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #26

Don't forget, a few hours before the polls began to close, DU went dark. George II Feb 2018 #30

Just like people forget that the infamous Citizen's United case BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #32

Yep everything turned on its head and weaponized. boston bean Feb 2018 #39

I'm still waiting for Roger Stone Clarity2 Feb 2018 #40

Him AND Ghouliani BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #47

Yep Clarity2 Feb 2018 #51

Keep going...Louis Freeh hexola Feb 2018 #57

? Clarity2 Feb 2018 #61

Ha! Check this out! BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #66

Freeh backed Sessions pick hexola Feb 2018 #67

Freeh Gulliani NYC FBI Leak hexola Feb 2018 #68

Thanks for that info BumRushDaShow Feb 2018 #70

Ahhh now its making sense Clarity2 Feb 2018 #72

Wow Clarity2 Feb 2018 #73

Nothing new there... Wounded Bear Feb 2018 #41

Everything Hillary was accused of, they were actually doing. R B Garr Feb 2018 #48

I said from the very start of all that, musette_sf Feb 2018 #60

You were exactly correct. The chaos was palpable. R B Garr Feb 2018 #77

Sadly, many who sounded the alarm are no longer around. NurseJackie Feb 2018 #64

And thats a shame about the people who voted for Hillary R B Garr Feb 2018 #76

Hillary is and always has been a patriot Maven Feb 2018 #56

Well...duh! Nitram Feb 2018 #58