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10. This could also be a problem:

Reply to Desert grandma (Original post)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 05:54 PM

Aug 2020

Bass "spent part of the 1970s working construction in Fidel Castro's Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade, a group that has organized annual trips to Cuba for young, leftist Americans for half a century...the Brigade, which began as a joint venture of the Castro government and Students for a Democratic Society, the leftist, antiwar organization that gave birth to the Weather Underground terrorist group."

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/karen-bass-cuba-venceremos-brigade/614662/

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Is Karen Bass associated with Scientology? [View all] Desert grandma Aug 2020 OP

No... She has addressed this issue recently. hlthe2b Aug 2020 #1

Shee posted this statement on twitter ramblin_dave Aug 2020 #2

This seems to be the only known contact she has had with them. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2020 #3

Here's a good article about this by Scientology expert Tony Ortega 50 Shades Of Blue Aug 2020 #4

That article points out that she's had multiple interactions with Scientology. Renew Deal Aug 2020 #16

Regardless of this or her in general, I really want it to be someone who's 'known' (nt) mr_lebowski Aug 2020 #5

It's not worth choosing her budkin Aug 2020 #6

I tend to agree with you. Desert grandma Aug 2020 #9

Agree Completely ProfessorGAC Aug 2020 #11

NO we can do it Aug 2020 #7

As an atheist, I view the craziness of Scientology vs. mainstream Christianity as a matter of degree Silent3 Aug 2020 #8

This could also be a problem: sop Aug 2020 #10

Just great. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #12

I sure hope the campaign is aware of all these things. Desert grandma Aug 2020 #13

It seems to have hit the headlines this afternoon. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2020 #14

That doesn't bother me compared to Scientology JonLP24 Aug 2020 #17

The Cuban thing is the bigger problem Pompoy Aug 2020 #15

Not for me personally JonLP24 Aug 2020 #18