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Dustlawyer

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16. SCOTUS opened the door to this shit.

Reply to PSPS (Reply #4)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 07:35 PM

Aug 2017

Alito can mutter "not true" all he wants but Obama was right, ir opens the door to foriegn interests and finished off Representative Democracy!

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Tangled web connects Russian oligarch money to GOP campaigns [View all] Eliot Rosewater Aug 2017 OP

Seems like we need to ban Russians from entering the country marylandblue Aug 2017 #1

The contributions were probably corporate. So we need to ban corporate money from political LiberalArkie Aug 2017 #9

Citizens United........ SergeStorms Aug 2017 #19

Thank you GOP's in the Supreme Court. You've allowed EVIL to contribute to our elections. trueblue2007 Aug 2017 #24

I knew that was going to happen... IthinkThereforeIAM Aug 2017 #34

Thanks for posting this! Akamai Aug 2017 #2

Fake News Kick! jpak Aug 2017 #3

Foreign contributions like this are specifically prohibited by law, but IOKIYAR. PSPS Aug 2017 #4

SCOTUS opened the door to this shit. Dustlawyer Aug 2017 #16

GOPers are not covering up for t-rump but for themselves . . Iliyah Aug 2017 #5

Blavatnik-ized benld74 Aug 2017 #6

Nobody knew or asked where the $7.5 million came from bucolic_frolic Aug 2017 #7

A Brinksky truck, maybe? tom_kelly Aug 2017 #30

The money fell off a Brinksy truck ... kwassa Aug 2017 #31

Wow, I wonder if this is the direct Mueller's investigation is going Dopers_Greed Aug 2017 #8

I'm sure Mueller is ALL over this! furtheradu Aug 2017 #27

Off to Greatest Threads! Doug the Dem Aug 2017 #10

Happy Friday - the doo-doo hits the fan! FakeNoose Aug 2017 #11

McConnell must have been a very important piece to have in place. C Moon Aug 2017 #12

and McConnell certainly seemed to know Hillary wouldn't be nominating anyone to the SC renate Aug 2017 #15

Yup, McCONnell has to be deep in Russia collusion. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2017 #22

Yep McConnell was in on the fix. Volaris Aug 2017 #25

Plot twist! kedrys Aug 2017 #13

What a nasty pit of crooks and traitors. R B Garr Aug 2017 #14

Frankly, I'm shocked it took this long to uncover this news Mr. Ected Aug 2017 #17

Scott Dworkin has been all overthis for a long time now. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #18

Also posted here... Duppers Aug 2017 #20

I suspected this for months and it explains why they have been cstanleytech Aug 2017 #21

K and R BadgerMom Aug 2017 #23

Republican treasonweasels Achilleaze Aug 2017 #26

K&R ghostsinthemachine Aug 2017 #28

It never fails apkhgp Aug 2017 #29

Yep.Suspected all along. Ryan probably funded too. And this just the iceberg tip. stuffmatters Aug 2017 #32

This is why GOP wishes investigation would go away Justice Aug 2017 #33

Or they could put it into terms easier to understand and say 6000eliot Aug 2017 #35

We should ask each rethug how much will it take for them to represent the constituents instead off kimbutgar Aug 2017 #36