The Big Story this week that I will bet anything the media will ignore:

[Stinky The Clown]

Trump's links to people and money in Putin's orbit.

Banks here won't lend him carfare.

Private financiers won't go near his financially toxic ass.

Russian Mafia and various Russian (actual) billionaires have been funding his projects. Many of these people have direct ties to the shirtless horseman, Putin.

This is a really big deal. Coupled with his asking NATO, like amy street bully might, to pay protection money to him, it doesn't sound to me as if he would be a president who is in it for the US.

How much does he owe them? How much would they forgive if he gave them . . . . . I don't know . . . . . Poland?

And don't forget the oily central casting gangster Paul Manafort's direct - DIRECT - ties to the Russian backed Ukraine guy.

No, there is a real story here.

The Big Story.

[CentralMass]

1. The Democratic Convention is the story this week.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. Two questions

What Democratic Congress? Last I looked, the Congress was Republican

What was the point your post was attempting to make? I seriously missed it.

[dumbcat]

5. Congress?

I think you missed more than the point.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. The post appears to have been edited

[dumbcat]

9. I see that now

It wasn't indicated when I first read it. My apologies.

[StraightRazor]

20. I sure hope so...

I would much rather have the media give wall to wall coverage this week to our ideas and allowing us (our speakers) to make the case to America why Hillary should be President rather than just rehashing why Trump shouldn't be.

There is plenty of time for HRC to expose Trump further (including the Russian ties info) after the convention, and I'm sure she will.

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R for exposure.

[OnDoutside]

3. I've been pointing out the Manafort angle for quite a while now, I'd love to see MSM have a proper

go at him.

[Ilsa]

12. I read today that he used to lobby money for some foreign thugs

that were known for human rights abuses. Manafort is soulless. I suspect that's another reason DT picked him, along with the ties to the former Putin puppet in Ukraine.

From his Wiki page:
Association with Pakistani Inter-Service Intelligence Agency Edit
Manafort received $700,000 from the Kashmiri American Council between 1990 and 1994, supposedly to promote the plight of the Kashmiri people. However, an FBI investigation revealed the money was actually from Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence agency as part of a "false flag" operation to divert attention from terrorism. A former Pakistani ISI official claimed Manafort was aware of the nature of the operation.[18] While producing a documentary as part of the deal, Manafort interviewed several Indian officials while pretending to be a CNN reporter.[19]

[OnDoutside]

15. Yep, dirty as hell.

[Gabi Hayes]

28. that's been out there, and ignored, by the MSM, since the early 90s

SPY magazine mentioned Manafort, Black, and Stone.....yes, Roger Stone, in an article highlighting exactly what you mention

you can read the whole article, but it's part of a google books thing, where you can read every single SPY magazine ever issued, from about 85 to 98.

trump was one of their favorite targets, those being, giant, hypocritical aholes. the Clintons were high on their list, as well, Hillary being the subject of some very scabrous covers, which I still have.

[Skittles]

30. jeez I miss SPY

it was the only magazine I ever subscribed to; yes INDEED

[Gabi Hayes]

31. I still have about 30 copies, though none from the early, fabbest years

that's where I got my first taste of trump, along with doonesbury

they really got to trump, didn't they?

that's where the short fingered vulgarian thing started.

graydon carter, who began it all:

Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret.

Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago.

To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination.

Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits.

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/10/graydon-carter-donald-trump

[Skittles]

32. that SPY gold Sharpie thing really defines Trump

what an insecure asshole he is

[Gabi Hayes]

34. once again, on friday morning, he demonstrated exactly that flaw, which might

help in his undoing:

never able to let a slight go unanswered, even after it becomes irrelevant, he went off on a fevered tangent against Cruz, threatening to start a PAC against him, and bringing up his dad's being a JFK assassin.

it was marvelous to behold, because these ravings are a bright spotlight onto his mental health, and the dems better damned well start using clips from rants like these to show just how INSANE he is

[Skittles]

35. Hillary should be trained by the psyche people how to provoke him

it will be a sight to see

[smirkymonkey]

42. +1000

I've met 8 year olds that conduct themselves with more maturity and grace. He is a very twisted man.

[First Speaker]

7. Could you imagine if Hillary--or any Dem nominee--had baggage like this?

...the seismographs would have Hiroshima-like reactions to the GOP's heads exploding...

[Rex]

8. SSDW

[BREMPRO]

10. this is HUGE!!

twin brothers from the different brothels.. very intriguing and scary...

[Jopin Klobe]

11. It's been done for years ...

Hong Kong Man's Aid to G.O.P. Is Detailed
By LESLIE WAYNE
Published: June 9, 1997

"A trail of dollars from a Hong Kong businessman to the Republican National Committee is emerging from new documents turned over to campaign finance investigators in the Senate. The documents also indicate how the former Republican Party chairman, Haley Barbour, might have offered to help the businessman with deals in China in return for financial help to the Republicans."

"The documents, given to Senate investigators late Friday, shows the role played by the businessman, Ambrose Tung Young, in providing the financial backing that allowed the Republican Party to free up some much-needed money for the 1996 election. Mr. Young, under pressure from Mr. Barbour, absorbed a $700,0000 loss in 1996 on a $2.1 million bank loan that had been taken out by a nonprofit group headed by Mr. Barbour and that was used, in large part, to provide money to the Republican Party. "
[link:http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/09/us/hong-kong-man-s-aid-to-gop-is-detailed.html|

[nolabels]

13. Nah, even worse, they will try to bury it along with a whole lot of other real news

So they can make the buying public happy and copacetic for advertisements

This kind crap goes on and on because they know they can get away with it. It's really just that simple

[fishwax]

14. I'd love to see this story grow

[spooky3]

16. Totally agree. Thanks.

[scarletwoman]

17. K&R - I totally agree, this SHOULD be the Big Story.

I just have no idea what it will take to get people's attention.

[mrsv]

21. What about

Twitter...that's how the plagiarizing story broke...post the link to the banking story...demands to see his taxes...to prove it's not true...if he doesnt show his taxes...it is true and he's a commie sympathesizer..he has Putin's endorsement....he wants to get rid of NATO and WHO all to benefit Putin....force him to show us his taxes to prove us wrong...that would be my plan

[spanone]

18. his being a BIRTHER should always be a BIG STORY.

our media has chosen to give him a pass on that little matter.

[Person 2713]

27. For real -they act like he has no disgusting past ..he does!!! You would think that would make news

stories uninformed people would want to hear and get viewers even
but nope MSM ALL of it seem to give a total pass /cover for Trump

[stupidicus]

19. who's he gonna start ww3 with then?

[Ccarmona]

22. It's Called a Horse Race

And the MSM will do all it can to perpetuate it until Election Day. They only care about the $$millions generated in ad spend.

[jtuck004]

23. " Poland?" - You can buy politicians of that caliber much, much cheaper. That's on record.

And since he wrote the book, they can probably get the real estate swindler for 10 cents on the dollar.

[napkinz]

24. MSM, do you job!

[RapSoDee]

25. Corporate media sold out to the ReThugs a long time ago. No cred.

I have no expectation any more that the corporate media will show a shred of integrity.

[Doodley]

26. This story may have only conjecture that the Kremlin is influencing Trump

However, if, as according to Trump, Hillary Clinton's speeches to Wall Street compromise her position, then that is an allegation that MUST be made forcefully about Trump and his Putin connections. I agree with the OP that this SHOULD BE the biggest story of the week. If all things were equal (by the so-called liberal media) and as much attention was paid to this as to Hillary Clinton's speeches and emails, Trump would be dead meat.

[Gabi Hayes]

29. that is the PERfect opening for the myriad times the obnoxious wingnut TV surrogs

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bring up those speeches

when are the dems going to wise up? don't they have easily discoverable details like these at their fingertips?

does anybody here have any ins with the campaign?

I might....the guy gore ignored about florida, the ignoring of whose advice cost him the election...and his brother, who was just on Beyond the Beltway, a wingnut hosted radio show on WLS (and TV broadcast in syndication). I should give the latter brother a call and see who they're in touch with.....I know the other one has a picture of himself and WJC together. so I got that much going for me.

gunga galunga

[riderinthestorm]

33. Agreed. Big K&R nt

[luckylefty77]

36. This is Watergate 2.0 but the media is so lazy they won't report it.

[Hekate]

37. And watch the American Left jump up & down at the shiny new thing "proving" the DNC is evil....

...and of course, they can shitcan Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and tar HRC while they're at it.

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

FUCK

This. Is. Sabotage.

[sarcasmo]

38. Should be a Time cover story.

[RapSoDee]

40. Move along. Nothing to see here.

[lady lib]

41. Exactly. THIS is the story! nt

[toddwv]

43. I don't know if it currently has legs to make it past the DNC this week

BUT I've heard intimations from various media sources.

I honestly don't think that any of the 24/7 media craving meat for its viewers is going to drop such a juicy story.