KaBoom on Dear Mitch....

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[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

Lock hi. Up

[ProudLib72]

2. KnR

For getting to the truth of Cocaine Mitch's Russian connections!

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[Hekate]

4. KnR. I hope Mueller's many dots are connecting to various "honorable" politicians like Mitch...

"For they are all honorable men."

[burrowowl]

67. Me too!

[TheBlackAdder]

5. K&R -- Damn, where isn't Russia?

[Poiuyt]

9. On the Democratic side of the aisle

[TheBlackAdder]

11. That goes without saying. So true patriots are the quiet ones, the ones professing are selling it.

[Catch2.2]

59. That's the problem...

The Dems are staying quiet. You and I will know about this story, but the rest of the country won't.

[bluecollar2]

65. Careful now

Merely pointing that out may cause you to be labeled as "undemocratic"...

Let's see how long it takes one of our resident purists to alert on you.

[dalton99a]

6. Kick

[leanforward]

40. Question

Last year I read of a huge contribution (3. some million) from the NRA to the Turtle's super PAC. The timing escapes me as to the details of my read (memory).

Is this the same amount? The conduit to turtle via the NRA. Anymore, the R in NRA equals "Russian".

He couldn't give it back, so he threatened President Barack Obama (PBO). Both, turtle and elaine need to take a sabbatical.

[Me.]

7. About Tine This Guy Was In The Barrel

has he collected any gifts/boons from China also?

[standingtall]

8. How long before turtle starts openly calling for Trump to fire Mueller?

[kairos12]

10. Another traitor.

[Golden Raisin]

57. And evil to the core.

[Perseus]

12. How about Ryan? I am impatiently waiting for thr report on contributions to his campaign

I have to think that Ryan, and Jordan, and Gowdy, and etc. etc. also received money from Russians which is what dictates their behaviour.

[calimary]

72. Ryan's been mighty quiet about all this, too, hasn't he.

[UTUSN]

13. K&R

[alwaysinasnit]

14. I hope his gnarly hide gets nailed to the wall.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. All I want for Christmas is McTurdle in a cell.

Please net that smarmy bastard.

[sheshe2]

34. That man has been busy.

He had a country to sell....OUT!

[lindysalsagal]

16. Lots of gop leaders took the dirty russian money. See link. Putin owns the gop.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns

Editor's note May 8, 2018: This column originally published December 15, 2017. New allegations about $500k in payments from a Russian oligarch made to Trump attorney Michael Cohen have placed it back in the news.

As Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team probes deeper into potential collusion between Trump officials and representatives of the Russian government, investigators are taking a closer look at political contributions made by U.S. citizens with close ties to Russia.

Buried in the campaign finance reports available to the public are some troubling connections between a group of wealthy donors with ties to Russia and their political contributions to President Donald Trump and a number of top Republican leaders. And thanks to changes in campaign finance laws, the political contributions are legal. We have allowed our campaign finance laws to become a strategic threat to our country.

In 2015-16, everything changed. Blavatnik's political contributions soared and made a hard right turn as he pumped $6.35 million into GOP political action committees, with millions of dollars going to top Republican leaders including Sens. Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham.

In 2017, donations continued, with $41,000 going to both Republican and Democrat candidates, along with $1 million to McConnell's Senate Leadership Fund.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

51. "strategic threat"

This is rage-worthy. It bears being shouted out everywhere.

And thanks to changes in campaign finance laws, the political contributions are legal. We have allowed our campaign finance laws to become a strategic threat to our country.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. Damn. We've been trying to ditch Mitch for many years.

Never dreamed it would be connections to another Repug and ties to Russia that might bring him down.

Unfortunately, Kentucky deplorables are best-of-breed........

[spanone]

18. K&R...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[dameatball]

20. This guy has always been in my top ten that need to go down. At this point he is #2.

Trump (obvious)

McConnell (lifetime achievement award)

Pence (Pennywise in a suit and tie) Giuliani (what happens when national good will after 9/11 is wasted on Gollum)

Don, Jr. (cut off an elephant's tail so he could smell its ass better) Jr.

Nunes (who was the guy in Dracula movies that ate flies?)

Ryan (entitlements recipient who hates entitlements)

Cruz (mostly because he's just a turd)

Kavanaugh ( rookie of the year)

Hannity (should be top five, but he has a different gig)

[FakeNoose]

33. Jared Kushner belongs on your list

... probably between Jr. and Nunes is my guess.

[dameatball]

35. This is the first time that I have ever realized Republicans do have a big tent!!

[dameatball]

41. Yeah, he needs a spot, but I already have sort of lumped him in with Flynn, Manafort and Cohen.

He's toast....day old.

[davekriss]

52. Excellent post!

[tblue37]

61. Renfield was Dracula's human servant. nt

[dameatball]

63. Yes. That pretty much describes Nunes.

[Harker]

88. Renfield.

The blood is the life.

[kimbutgar]

21. I want that bastard to go down so bad

After the orange maggot he is in my most detested list as number 2.

[dalton99a]

27. +1. Definitely No. 2

[BlancheSplanchnik]

32. He's definitely number 2.

[VOX]

22. Time for turtle soup.

I hope that chinless asshole’s name is in upper-case letters just sitting beneath Muller’s redact-blackout marks, waiting to be revealed in some purifying sunlight.

[pbmus]

23. Ditto a trillion times...+++++

[Marie Marie]

24. I know this unethical but is it illegal and can this nail McConnell with anything?

I'm asking because I do not know and I want him nailed so bad.

[NRaleighLiberal]

25. Lock this fucking asshole up.

[47of74]

53. I second that motion

[rockfordfile]

26. Don't forget Mark Rubio and others.

[Kablooie]

28. Blavatinik is a duel US/UK citizen so on the surface these are legal.

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the ranking Democratic leader on the House Intelligence Committee, told ABC News in September: "Unless the contributions were directed by a foreigner, they would be legal, but could still be of interest to investigators examining allegations of Russian influence on the 2016 campaign. Obviously, if there were those that had associations with the Kremlin that were contributing, that would be of keen concern."

And these donations have been known for a long time.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/12/15/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns

[Glimmer of Hope]

69. Oh.

Womp womp.

[SoCalDem]

73. Dual citizenship is the KEY

There are probably plenty of "Russian-Americans" who were naturalized a while back but as far as Mother Russia is concerned, they are just undercover agents of Russia..Their task was to infiltrate the government over time and help out

Their "anchorbabies" gave them the semblance of normalcy they needed but you can bet your last ruble that if the going ever got rough, they would be welcomed back with open arms...

[PeeJ52]

29. And Justice Alito said...

You Lie???

[BlueJac]

30. Good news on an asshole!

K&R

[brush]

31. Turtle man is complicit. We sensed it. Dems should subpoena his ass.

[JudyM]

36. Can't forget he prevented Obama from letting the public know before the election.

https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-mitch-mcconnell-bipartisan-statement-condemning-russia-2018-1

He was this compromised. If that is not a conflict of interest worth prosecuting as dereliction of duty, at least, what is?

[NellieStarbuck]

37. He's not the only one glutting at that trough.

Lindsey Graham received, I believe, $800,000 from Blavatnik. And we wondered what they had on him.

[dameatball]

42. I forgot about him. Hard to make a complete list these days.

[ginny skinny]

38. Next to Trump, McConnell is who I most want to see go down.

"Nunes (who was the guy in Dracula movies that ate flies?)"

Renfield

[dameatball]

43. Yep, thank you!!

[pnwmom]

39. Prof. Ruth May wrote the original story about this a YEAR AGO,

and then updated it last May.

It would be nice if she got some credit. (She originally wrote the story for the Dallas newspaper.)

[spooky3]

44. Thank you, Prof. May and pnwmom. nt

[KPN]

45. Senators can be removed. This one should be ...

for cause.

We are already being compared to McCarthy. What have we got to lose. Dems need a strategy for beating the drum. No question if it was Schumer the Rs already would have one ...and implementing it.

[Drahthaardogs]

46. They ALL took the dirty Russian money!

Keep saying it. It's true.

[djacq]

47. Didn't know swamps have Turtles.

Didn’t know swamps can get as thick as cheese.

[DFW]

48. He can always claim "youthful indiscretions."

Hey, it worked for Henry Hyde..........

(Does he sign his name "Мыч" yet?)

[infullview]

49. This is not new information. No breaking story.

Maddow reported on this many moons ago - the loophole is that this man has dual citizenship and can legally donate.

[pnwmom]

55. Maddow wasn't the first one. It was Professor Ruth May, writing in a Dallas

newspaper a year ago, and then with a follow up report last May.

Ruth May is a business professor with an emphasis on Russia, who teaches at the University of Dallas.

[NJCher]

58. ah, but how does this fit into the overall scheme of things?

I think there's a lot more to this than that technicality.

[colorado_ufo]

50. Well surprise, surprise, surprise!

Who would have thought such a thing was possible?

[helpisontheway]

54. Investigate him and throw his @ss in jail. Maybe Trump can't be indicted but he can. Nt

[spanone]

56. Googled: McConnell Received $3.5M In Campaign Donations From Russian Oligarch-Linked Firm

in 'news' ....got 2 hits....is this legit?

[OneBro]

75. Here's a Dallas Morning News article from 2017

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

"During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org."

[marieo1]

60. Clean House!!!

He is one of the most detestable people on this earth!!! He is just as corrupt as the rest of them. Someone needs to clean house!!

[Kajun Gal]

62. Well, there ya go.

[ffr]

64. Dig deep Mueller, DEEP! Root out all of these traitorous bastards!

Take them out!

[SayItLoud]

66. And Paul Ryan...going to retire cuz I wanna spend more time with my family!

Ryan's ties to the money pump from Russia will surface before long. Also, other "early" retirees like Issa know what's coming for them.
The just plain stupid like Nunes are just hanging in...but they will be ensnared for sure.

[Glimmer of Hope]

68. Please, please, please.

Let him go down.

[ecstatic]

70. LOCK HIM UP,

and throw away the key!

[rocktivity]

71. Let's dedicate this DU oldie but goodie to Mitch's wife

http://www.rocktivity.com/video/mitch.webm




rocktivity

[The Wielding Truth]

74. Corrupt to the core!

[gademocrat7]

76. K&R

Mcturdle is a traitor.

[dlk]

77. The Entire Republican Leadership Appears to be in Putin's Pocket

They have sold out our country for money—traitors all!

[BSdetect]

78. Traitor. Hope we can nail him soon.

[kentuck]

79. And don't forget that Paul Ryan flew to Las Vegas to meet with Sheldon Adelson...

...to collect a $30 million dollar check.

I seriously doubt that it all came out of the pocket of Sheldon Adelson?

Reportedly, he stayed outside the room, so that it would remain "legal"?

Anybody remember that story?

[Javaman]

80. as I have been saying from the very beginning of the investigation...

it will be found that corruption and ties to the russians will be systemic among the repukes.

[Ninga]

81. I am exhausted from kicking so many important and meaningful facts. Nt

[mickswalkabout41]

82. Follow the money

It leads to the Russians every time. Mitch and his whole group need to be investigated. Can you imagine what the history books will tell future generations about this man and this administration?

[Texin]

83. Everyone who hasn't yet read "House of Trump-House of Putin" should.

It ought to be required reading in curricula for students in high school or college. The rethugs to the last man or woman there want to do to the United States what Putin and the rest of his state-sponsored kelptocrats (i.e., Russian Mafiya) since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Everything is for sale. Every vote or act is monetized. Souls bought for a price.

[eppur_se_muova]

84. O!M!G! My wishful thinking finally produced results ! Thank you, Santa ! nt

[KentuckyWoman]

85. Legal. Immoral, treasonous even. But LEGAL

And that is exactly the problem.

[Eddie18]

86. Kentucky's boy is not a saint

Poor Mitch, as I look at these replies, I feel bad for him ... much like that frog in boiling water wondering what to do. He rarely challenges the Orange Blossom special, in lockstep that spineless weasel turd from Wisconsin. I don't know if Mitch has a spine as well but I'm pretty sure he has no upper front teeth a la Gabby Hayes. He represents an old guard that is fading slowly along with Grassley, Hatch and other GOP seniors who overstayed their cognitive limit. At least Feinstein can read out loud unlike Grassley, who stumbled during the Brett hearing as Kamala was thinking "C'mon man." Kentucky is a very backward state and as a California boy who was stuck there for my senior year of high school and freshman year at UK, many of their MAGA residents still use rabbit ears on their TVs and buy Tang for breakfast. Mitch? He eats breakfast through a straw and buys his suits from retired beer salesmen.

As Gabby, aka Wildcat Kelly, would say to folks from Kentucky: I'd tell ya, but you're better off the way you are - ignorant!

[Nitram]

87. KaBoom is right!

I wonder how long he'll last in jail?

[uponit7771]

89. K&R

[Blue Owl]

91. Payback's a bitch, Mitch...

n/t