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not fooled

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39. Talk about

Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:09 PM

Nov 2017

using your powers for evil. Not just the hedge fund, but helping put an incompetent boob in the White House and working to wreck the country. He has seriously crackpot ideas and is a grade-A racist to boot:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-08/trump-backer-mercer-sued-by-employee-fired-after-speaking-out]

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Something is a-foot (Re: Mercer) [View all] scheming daemons Nov 2017 OP

Recommended. H2O Man Nov 2017 #1

from your lips tp god's ear vlyons Nov 2017 #2

What does that even mean, in this context? Orrex Nov 2017 #14

It's asking the diety leftynyc Nov 2017 #25

Oh. Orrex Nov 2017 #33

It's an old Yiddish saying vlyons Nov 2017 #43

I believe, I love the Yiddish, I love the saying. EOM sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #73

Holy shit! This is the first I've seen of this news. MelissaB Nov 2017 #3

Sheesh, I missed the news about him stepping down. This COULD be BIG! hlthe2b Nov 2017 #4

Just happened. scheming daemons Nov 2017 #5

Or not RandomAccess Nov 2017 #29

Good catch on the date, which runs counter to OP theory. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #35

Yes, unfortunately RandomAccess Nov 2017 #38

Or perhaps hes moving on to something that he would consider better? calimary Nov 2017 #44

wow eleny Nov 2017 #6

Hope they take this nasty little shit down. . BSdetect Nov 2017 #7

He also sold his interest in Breitbart News to his daughters Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #8

Hmmm... still in the family C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #30

Ah PatSeg Nov 2017 #45

Here is Bloomberg as well. MelissaB Nov 2017 #9

Same day Clovis withdraws his nomination for AG Sec ... hmmmm uponit7771 Nov 2017 #10

And he stopped funding Milo nt maryellen99 Nov 2017 #11

What can this mean? Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #12

Yes, other than Cambridge Analytica, how is Mercer ties into Trump? justiceischeap Nov 2017 #16

if Cambridge Anal lapfog_1 Nov 2017 #31

Cambridge Anal-cystical. louis-t Nov 2017 #54

Steve Bannon is the connection FakeNoose Nov 2017 #68

Quick way to catch up here MelissaB Nov 2017 #32

Great! Thank you! Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #34

I knew this guy as a high school senior and in undergrad school. triron Nov 2017 #13

Talk about not fooled Nov 2017 #39

Hah! And I went to high school with his daughters. Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #46

Apparently there are all kinds of "smart" PatSeg Nov 2017 #47

Isnt that the definition of a libertarian? Nt. madinmaryland Nov 2017 #77

That could be PatSeg Nov 2017 #78

Plenty of super-smart, well-read, well-educated, well-spoken family men served the Nazis. byronius Nov 2017 #60

Very overrated indeed PatSeg Nov 2017 #79

He's either dying or things are about to explode Blue_Adept Nov 2017 #15

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar Brother Buzz Nov 2017 #62

Mueller Mueller Mueller! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #17

I'm assuming Rachel is on this and doing research. Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #18

By the time Rachel comes on the air tonight, I think we'll know all about it. scheming daemons Nov 2017 #19

I hope the news continues to come out quickly on this. Mrs. Overall Nov 2017 #22

Please lock him up! And I hope he takes Breitbart down with him! Initech Nov 2017 #20

Fridays are good days for indictments, or announcements of indictments pending. George II Nov 2017 #21

Maybe he's preparing to be appointed to some post. OR... Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #23

that was my first and only thought since the news broke LittleGirl Nov 2017 #49

Fed chair? usaf-vet Nov 2017 #69

Also severed all ties with Brietbart... ehrnst Nov 2017 #24

Selling to daughters.... physioex Nov 2017 #27

Yeah, only far enough that he doesn't have to small Bannons breath.. JHB Nov 2017 #53

Hmmm...sounds exactly like Trump's "blind trust"! bullwinkle428 Nov 2017 #74

He chooses *now* to claim Milo is essentially of bad character?? Roland99 Nov 2017 #36

Somebody's following the money C_U_L8R Nov 2017 #26

Since it's speculation time..... awesomerwb1 Nov 2017 #28

I wonder how many of these rich traitors are buying one way airline tickets. C Moon Nov 2017 #37

Indictment??? malaise Nov 2017 #40

Good article on Mercers from HuffPo (I think it is a few months old and just republished) Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2017 #41

If that's true, then Mueller has a leak. AtheistCrusader Nov 2017 #42

Here is his resignation letter Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #48

Run Mercer, Run ! OnDoutside Nov 2017 #51

"I will continue with the firm as a member of its technical staff" MrsCoffee Nov 2017 #52

He is a great technologist and researcher. Not surprised. nt Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #58

A hypocrite or is part of his letter missing? KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #63

LOL Blue_Tires Nov 2017 #75

Insert a Takei "Oh My!" Right here! LOL Lucky Luciano Nov 2017 #76

He's probably just another pussy-grabber. lagomorph777 Nov 2017 #50

Rachel mentioned this in passing the other night.... bunny planet Nov 2017 #55

The Mercers stopped funding Brietbart N_E_1 for Tennis Nov 2017 #56

No Papa Mercer selling Breitbart to Daughter. That's all. Justice Nov 2017 #72

I think he has terminal cancer mercuryblues Nov 2017 #57

God I hope they were involved with the Russian invasion. Kablooie Nov 2017 #59

Hedge fund Nasruddin Nov 2017 #61

LOL, and welcome to DU! n/t KY_EnviroGuy Nov 2017 #64

I hit a paywall when I try to read this story on WSJ Stryst Nov 2017 #65

K&R orangecrush Nov 2017 #66

I think it has something to do w/Cambridge Analytica Botany Nov 2017 #67

From your QWERTY 💻 to Heaven's Inbox 🆙 sprinkleeninow Nov 2017 #70

Is he the unfettered free market capitalist who wants to make off with our public lands? bucolic_frolic Nov 2017 #71