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quartz007

(1,216 posts)
1. Wash DC has lots and lots of fishy money
Sat May 12, 2018, 11:34 AM
May 2018

There are thousands of lobbyists in DC, spending millions of dollars to influence politicians.

We need elections with NO PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.
That is the only way corruption will stop in DC

sandensea

(21,624 posts)
2. And thanks to Citizens United, the chance that some of that isn't narco or terrorist-related money
Sat May 12, 2018, 12:13 PM
May 2018

is zero.

Thanks a lot, Supreme Court

erronis

(15,241 posts)
3. All those mcmansions up and down the patowmak weren't paid for by real wage earners.
Sat May 12, 2018, 02:10 PM
May 2018

If you're a regular gov't worker you can't afford to live around DC. Dump and his mob are going to make sure that there will be fewer of you clogging 'their' hiways in the future.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
5. I like be the last bit of this
Sun May 13, 2018, 04:45 AM
May 2018

Avenatti basically says that he knows much more, plans to release more details, and is giving companies doing shady business a chance to step out in front of an impending disaster!

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