Some interesting Russian stuff

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March 1, 2017 at 12:56 am #65690
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There are 3 Rachel Maddow segments I wanted to post, and the site embeds their videos and has an automatic playlist, so I can’t necessarily post the videos I want…they all have the same link. (EDIT: I emailed the links as the video played and got specific hyperlinks which I have pasted here).

But in case it doesn’t work, I will put the page here, and direct your attention to these three videos:

Wilbur Ross at Nexus of Trump Russian Deal
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-commerce-secretary-at-nexus-of-lucrative-trump-russian-deal-886220355575

White House Denials Raise New Questions
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-denials-raise-new-questions-886225987806

Trump Mysteries Less Odd from Russia Vantage
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-choices-like-manafort-not-so-odd-from-russian-perspective-886238787711

The web page is http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

This Russia connection looks so bad on the surface that I don’t know what to say. I can only guess that this is the New World Order if billionaires are going to be in charge because they can’t be that rich without having international soil all over their hands. But, man, this makes Putin look like the godfather of the planet right now.
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March 1, 2017 at 8:58 am #65695

Billy_T
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Zooey wrote:

There are 3 Rachel Maddow segments I wanted to post, and the site embeds their videos and has an automatic playlist, so I can’t necessarily post the videos I want…they all have the same link. (EDIT: I emailed the links as the video played and got specific hyperlinks which I have pasted here).

But in case it doesn’t work, I will put the page here, and direct your attention to these three videos:

Wilbur Ross at Nexus of Trump Russian Deal
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/new-commerce-secretary-at-nexus-of-lucrative-trump-russian-deal-886220355575

White House Denials Raise New Questions
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/white-house-denials-raise-new-questions-886225987806

Trump Mysteries Less Odd from Russia Vantage
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/trump-choices-like-manafort-not-so-odd-from-russian-perspective-886238787711

The web page is http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

This Russia connection looks so bad on the surface that I don’t know what to say. I can only guess that this is the New World Order if billionaires are going to be in charge because they can’t be that rich without having international soil all over their hands. But, man, this makes Putin look like the godfather of the planet right now.

I watched her story on the Russian ties as well. She gets a lot from the New Yorker piece, as you know:

Trump, Putin, and the New Cold War What lay behind Russia’s interference in the 2016 election—and what lies ahead? — By Evan Osnos, David Remnick, and Joshua Yaffa

March 1, 2017 at 9:10 am #65696

Billy_T
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It appears Trump helped Russian oligarchs launder their ill-gotten billions, though he’s no doubt far from being alone in this. But the key for us (IMO) is that America elected perhaps its first Russian mob boss — in effect. And, of course, yeah, politicians being crooks is nothing new. But I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything on this scale before, and never in our history have we had a president so brazenly reward billionaires with “official” power.

(It’s also important to remember that Trump at least two nominees who have both since dropped out, due to publicized conflicts of interests. The secretaries of the Army and Navy, both obscenely wealthy)

The Clinton Foundation and HRC’s email scandal were pretty much enough to sink her chances among enough people who might have voted for the Dems otherwise. It seems beyond question that her scandals were minuscule in comparison with Trump’s. He’s just in a entirely different league of crookedness. It’s really not close.

Anyone who voted “on principle” for Trump because of Clinton’s alleged crookedness made a rather strange choice, to be all too generous about it.
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