Putin-linked think tank drew up plan to sway 2016 U.S. election - documents

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31. I'm not pissed at the Russians anymore...just sayin'

This was always one of the few types of things at which the old Soviets were actually pretty good. Now that I've spent a couple of months deliberating I've come to see it as a lesson we perhaps needed to learn. I read a comment from Noam Chomsky that said the world was laughing at us...not because we elected a snake-oil salesman as President, but because we got a taste of our own medicine.

This is the type of thing our government does to other nations all the time...using somewhat different methods, perhaps, but nonetheless, we interfere with other nations' political processes all the time. Don't tell me it's about anything other than the money, as we invariably intercede on behalf of corporate interest. America tends to make everyone else's business their business. Our government's (both parties included) clear intent is to make the world safe for Exxon and Colonel Sanders...to ensure that corporations have the unobstructed right to exploit anyone and everyone any where they wish.

Take the money out of politics or all successful political parties will invariably institutionalize the legal graft.