John Dean: Parnas contributed to Kevin McCarthy (updated)

[Skidmore]

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Sorry. Hate it when the autocorrect on my virtual keyboard Flakes out on me.

[underthematrix]

1. And there it is

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[usaf-vet]

11. How many other laundered sources of Putin's money went to the GOP.

One of those sources is apparently THE NRA.

[joost5]

22. Exactly. Russian $ -- NRA $55 million spent on the 2016 elections -- drumpf + GOP nt

https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/02/16/did-kremlin-give-money-to-nra/

[Dustlawyer]

13. Ask McCarthy and the rest of the Republicans if their loyalty to Trump and Putin also

has to do with the stolen emails from the RNC that the Russians took. Kevin, what did you email that was so bad?

[justgamma]

15. Thank you!

That's what I keep asking. What the heck do the Russians have on the kgop?

[steventh]

2. So much dirt, it's hard to keep track

In the title, please change Parkas (jacket) to Parnas (indicted associate of Giuliani)

[lagomorph777]

20. +1 "Parnas" not "parkas"

[Frustratedlady]

3. You might want to correct the title...

I opened the post to see if McCarthy was too poor to have a winter coat. Just sayin'.

[slumcamper]

10. Yeah, I expected a metaphorical/satirical "he's out in the cold" sort of thing.

Reality is worse than fiction.

Make Orwell fiction again!

[ChiTownDenny]

17. What does John Dean have against poofy coats?

[Botany]

4. Now we are seeing why the GOP is fighting so hard to protect Trump

"They" are in it too. And BTW Paul Ryan, Kevin McCarthy, and Steve Scalise had just been
meeting w/Ukrainians when McCarthy said, "Putin pays two people Rohrsbacher and Trump."*


* https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

[atreides1]

5. My theory...

Putin began his takeover of the GOP the minute that John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, Samuel Alito, and Anthony Kennedy...decided in favor of Citizen's United...thus opening the floodgates for foreign money to pass through groups created for just that purpose or entities like the NRA to funnel foreign contributions to politicians who were 2nd Amendment advocates!!!

Remember from 2008-2012, Putin was the "Prime Minister" of Russia, after serving two consecutive terms as president! So, it's not inconceivable, that he and his oligarch allies began planning to buy the GOP at that time...then he won a his third term.

[usaf-vet]

12. That can't be true ALITO denied it when Obama called it in his SOTU address.

I mean really! IMHO why should we believe these bought and paid for traitors to their oaths.

[uponit7771]

29. +1, Alito either an idiot or the enemy. He knew foreign contributions would only get found out after

... the fact in 99% of the cases unless there was a deep investigation in each company and its money sources.

Alito did the country a disservice

[Botany]

18. The "takeover" started w/Reagan's dumping of the fairness doctrine and now about 30% + ...

.... of America gets their information from a giant right wing sewer and they don't know that
they are being lied to.

[crickets]

25. You're both right.

Foreign money and propaganda have been a lethal combination in eroding the country's foundations over time. That the US has lasted this long under the circumstances is a bit astounding.

[Roland99]

6. Parnas

And why am I not surprised?

[malaise]

7. No wonder he's squealing so much

Fling a stone in a hog pen - who bawl get lick!

[Wounded Bear]

8. He's a naturalized American citizen...

he's got cover.

[world wide wally]

9. I'm sure the list of Russian paid for operatives in our government is a long one.

I wonder if Putin checks his list twice.

[llmart]

14. Parkas?

I clicked on the thread only because I couldn't figure out what the heck "parkas" had to do with anything.

[Raster]

16. those hooded, cold weather coats sure do get around, don't they?

[NRaleighLiberal]

19. GOP are now Grovelers Of Putin

[tblue37]

21. Autocorrect doesn't recognize "Parnas," so it gave you Parkas." nt

[MelissaB]

23. K&R!

[MagickMuffin]

24. I noticed the first contributor was in Fort Worth

I live in Ft Worth and I did some research on them Elbit Systems. Interesting!!!

Elbit Systems is an Israel-based international defense electronics company engaged in a wide range of programs throughout the world. The company, which includes Elbit Systems and its subsidiaries, operates in the areas of aerospace, land and naval systems, command, control, communications, computers, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR), unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), advanced electro-optics, electro-optic space systems, electronic warfare suites, signal intelligence (SIGINT) systems, data links and communications systems and radios.

[uponit7771]

30. hmmmm

[crickets]

26. The dam of obfuscation has sprung a leak, finally.

This may be the beginning of the flood exposing that the Republicans have been bought by Russian rubles. Just in time. Fingers crossed.

[MontanaMama]

27. Kick!

GOP does in fact refer the the Government of Putin. They're defending the MF because their neck deep in the corruption and their very lives just may depend on it. TRAITORS.

[onecaliberal]

28. They really are all the (R)ussia party.

Those yelling the loudest are the most afraid of getting caught.