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ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 08:56 AM Jul 2018

Who ever would have thought that after the SC put our government up for sale in Citizens United

that it would be bought by a hostile foreign government. Whoops!

Oh well, “independent expenditures do not lead to, or create the appearance of, quid pro quo corruption.”, right Justice Kennedy?

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Who ever would have thought that after the SC put our government up for sale in Citizens United (Original Post) ProfessorPlum Jul 2018 OP
They should rename it Russian Citizens United aka the Russian Mob, which funds the traitor dalton99a Jul 2018 #1
South Carolina? Demonaut Jul 2018 #2
Supreme Court volstork Jul 2018 #4
I think just a little investigation would find that the Russians Thrill Jul 2018 #3
Kennedy's son was Trump's banker at Deutsche Bank. OAITW r.2.0 Jul 2018 #5
The most generous interpretation is that they thought that good, American kleptocrats and oligarchs ProfessorPlum Jul 2018 #6
Obama warned about as much Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2018 #7

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
3. I think just a little investigation would find that the Russians
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 09:02 AM
Jul 2018

Have been the money behind orgs like the NRA for a very long time

OAITW r.2.0

(24,468 posts)
5. Kennedy's son was Trump's banker at Deutsche Bank.
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 09:09 AM
Jul 2018

DB was a conduit for Russian mob money. It's a small world......

The GOP (an operating unit of Putin Worldwide Enterprises) is an organized crime party and they got friends in very high places (USSC).

ProfessorPlum

(11,257 posts)
6. The most generous interpretation is that they thought that good, American kleptocrats and oligarchs
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 09:10 AM
Jul 2018

would be the ones buying our country.

Not corrupt foreign mafias. Oh well, unintended consequences, amiright?

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