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moondust

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11. So...quid pro quo.

Reply to secondwind (Reply #6)

Sat Aug 1, 2020, 02:32 PM

Aug 2020

Is that anything like exchanging military aid to Ukraine for dirt on your opponent in a coming election?

Or moving U.S.troops out of Germany in exchange for helpful interference in a coming election?

Life is full of "trade-offs" and "the art of the deal."

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If this is true, it must be very damaging, and may go up even higher than Prince Andrew. WOW secondwind Aug 2020 #5

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