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benld74

(9,888 posts)
Sat May 27, 2017, 12:09 AM May 2017

Just saw below thru my Twitter feed

Last edited Sat May 27, 2017, 03:53 PM - Edit history (1)

How true not really sure
Too tired tonight to read fully
But an Evelyn Woods quick read made me think of a Ludlum novel which needs writing
AND coveniently explains plenty
https://thesternfacts.com/how-one-man-influenced-the-republican-partys-transformation-into-the-grand-old-putin-party-141589792320

I posted same link on FB. Backlash strong hard unconfirmed biased
Every name in book
Must have hit a nerve

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Just saw below thru my Twitter feed (Original Post) benld74 May 2017 OP
Oh my. Bookmarked to read tomorrow. crazylikafox May 2017 #1
Ludlum, no way. This is LeCarre material! Holy YIKES!!!! pangaia May 2017 #2
thx grantstern May 2017 #9
Kicking for later. denbot May 2017 #3
KNR Lucinda May 2017 #4
I started skimming thru but stopped dead in my tracks when I read this paragraph Samantha May 2017 #5
This article about Lozansky's GOP ties is interesting wishstar May 2017 #6
Thank you for this information Samantha May 2017 #8
Reads like something out of octoberlib May 2017 #7

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
5. I started skimming thru but stopped dead in my tracks when I read this paragraph
Sat May 27, 2017, 02:57 AM
May 2017
Through his friendship Paul Weyrich, Lozansky was involved in the conservative movement nearby the one man who created of nearly every significant conservative group — from A.L.E.C. to the Council for National Policy to the Free Congress Foundation, Heritage Foundation and the Krieble Foundation — which started in the 1980s and consumed Republican political thought in the 2000s and to this day.


THIS GOES A LONG WAY TO EXPLAINING A LOT.

Sam

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
6. This article about Lozansky's GOP ties is interesting
Sat May 27, 2017, 04:12 AM
May 2017
http://thegopwatchdog.com/lozansky-the-man-behind-the-iron-curtain/

"You have probably never heard of Edward Lozansky. He stays out of the spotlight for the most part, but he is an important aspect of the current scandal involving Russia. He fled the Soviet Union for the US In the late 70’s after getting caught criticizing them. He cultivated some very important ties in the United States. Mark Levin, Bob Dole, and Jack Kemp helped Lozansky get his wife into the United States in the 80’s.
Lozansky has been working with the American far right for decades. While Paul Manafort, Jack Abramoff, and Paul Weyrich seem to be the guys behind the American Conservative movement allying with Russia, Ed Lozansky has probably done more to unite the far right in Russia with the minions of the Council for National Policy than virtually anyone. He even started doing it under the guise of being anti-Communist.

He cohosted a forum in 2000 with the Free Congress Foundation in which Paul Weyrich advocated for a better relationship between the two nations on the grounds that we can fight terrorism together. In 2002, Curt Weldon was advocating for a better relationship between the two nations and Lozansky continuously praised him. Weldon was investigated for his ties to Russia in 2004 and lost re-election in 2006.

At the World Russia forum in 2009, Ambassador Kislyak and Robert Macfarlane advocated for increased investments into Russia.
During a Congressional Hearing in 2010 on the Jackson Vanik Amendment, trade sanctions placed on Russia during Soviet Times because of their treatment of Jewish people, Ed Lozansky gave testimony that the sanctions should be lifted for this along with Ed Verona, Mark Levin, and other Russia experts. Ed Verona is a former Exxon Vice President working with Richard Burt at Mcclarty Associates. Lozansky’s short biography lists that he started the American University of Moscow with Gavriil Popov, the former Mayor of Moscow associated with the World Anti Communist Federation. Dana Rohrabacker and Mike Pence were some of the people on the committee listening to this testimony."

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
8. Thank you for this information
Sat May 27, 2017, 10:43 AM
May 2017

I sat up last night and the night before just reading, reading, reading. There has been so much going on for so long, why did we not pick up on the signals? There are now so many people involved, it is hard to keep the names and playbooks stored in our memory. But overall, I feel more comfortable today because a lot of questions many of us have had about the Republicans are answered. It is worse than what we thought, but at least we know what we are dealing with.

Sam

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
7. Reads like something out of
Sat May 27, 2017, 04:17 AM
May 2017

The Americans. You can bet Lozansky's spying and co-opting people for Putin.

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