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Latest Russian Hacking Bombshell: Damning Revelations About GOP, Trump
 Bob Dreyfuss, Rolling Stone Dreyfuss writes: "It wasn't just Donald Trump who dismissed and rejected charges that Russian spies hacked the election last year. Now we know that pretty much the entire Republican party team did so, too - from the Republican congressional leadership down to GOP Secretaries of State in the states whose local electoral systems were under attack." READ MORE
How to Fix Gerrymandering
Jordan Ellenberg, Slate Ellenberg writes: "The maps in my home state were engineered with merciless precision to ensure a lasting Republican majority in a place whose recent voting practices have oscillated within a narrow purple band. This is surely unfair; the courts will decide whether it's unconstitutional as well." READ MORE
Senate Health-Care Bill Faces Serious Resistance From GOP Moderates
Juliet Eilperin and Amy Goldstein, The Washington Post Excerpt: "A small group of moderate Republican senators, worried that their leaders' health-care bill could damage the nation's social safety net, may pose at least as significant an obstacle to the measure's passage as their colleagues on the right." READ MORE
'No Doesn't Really Mean No': North Carolina Law Means Women Can't Revoke Consent for Sex
Molly Redden, Guardian UK Redden writes: "In North Carolina, a person cannot withdraw consent for sex once intercourse is taking place. Because of a 1979 state supreme court ruling that has never been overturned, continuing to have sex with someone who consented then backed out isn't considered to be rape." READ MORE
Illinois Universities Threatened With Loss of Accreditation Over Historic Budget Impasse
Rich Miller, Capitol Fax Miller writes: "Buried way down in today's [Chicago] Tribune article is this sentence... 'Also at risk is accreditation for some state universities after the Higher Learning Commission issued a letter warning that a continued lack of funding 'places the higher education system of Illinois at considerable risk and is injurious to the very students the system purports to serve.'" READ MORE
LGBT Activists Prevented From Assembling in Istanbul
Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press Excerpt: "Turkish police stopped activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights from gathering in large numbers for LGBT pride in Istanbul on Sunday, but smaller groups made impromptu press statements defying a ban imposed by the governor." READ MORE
Whatever Trump Is Selling, His People Are Buying Including a Solar Border Wall
Stefanie Spear, EcoWatch Spear writes: "As Trevor Noah noted during The Daily Show episode last night (starts at 2:25), the real reason Trump has these rallies is to 'get back in front of his loyal crowds and feed of their energy.' Noah believes that 'Trump supporters are so on board with their dude he can say anything and they'll come along for the ride.'" READ MORE
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Showing posts with label RUSSIA & REPUBLICANS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RUSSIA & REPUBLICANS. Show all posts
Monday, June 26, 2017
RSN: Latest Russian Hacking Bombshell: Damning Revelations About GOP, Trump
Thursday, May 25, 2017
Dworkin Shared Docs Reveal Mitch McConnell And Scott Walker Are Crooked
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Many Republicans have been extremely hesitant about supporting the investigation into the connections between President Trump’s campaign and Russia. It seems, though, that their reasoning for this resistance has less to do with their faith in Trump and more to do with their eagerness to hide their own Russia ties.
Thanks to the hard work of Democratic pundit Scott Dworkin, it’s beginning to look like every Republican politician has some kind of link to Russia.
Over the last few months, Dworkin has revealed that several Republican senators — including John McCain, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio — have accepted money from Russian donors. He produced evidence of even more connections this week that have been shared by Palmer Report.
On Sunday, Dworkin found documents that link Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to a super PAC that accepted $2.5 million from a “pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman.” He shared photos of the documents on Twitter:
‘#TrumpLeaks Docs: Mitch McConnell linked super PAC took $2.5 million from a pro-Putin Ukrainian businessman last election cycle #trumprussia’
Dworkin also found that McConnell is not the only person who has benefited from a pro-Putin businessman. He tweeted on Tuesday photos of documents that show Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker also received money from this “pro-Putin” individual during the last election cycle.
While Walker’s name has not come up often with regards to the Trump/Russia investigation, this is not the first time Senator McConnell has been accused of having his own Russia connections.
Last month, Claude Taylor, a former White House staffer who worked under President Bill Clinton, revealed via Twitter that he had heard “chatter” about McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan being caught on tape discussing funneling Russian money into the Trump campaign.
McConnell has only made suspicions about his links to Russia worse with his insistence that an independent investigation into Trump’s ties is not necessary.
Earlier this month, after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, McConnell brushed off questions about an independent investigation, saying that “too much is at stake” and a separate review would derail the work that has already been done.
Governor Walker did say in March that he thinks the suspicions of collusion are serious and should be reviewed, but he’s been fairly quiet on the issue ever since.
Perhaps people like McConnell and Walker have refused to push for a more in-depth investigation because they don’t want their dirty laundry aired. That appears to be the general consensus among those commenting on Dworkin’s tweets.
Featured image via Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS ON LINK:http://bipartisanreport.com/2017/05/24/dworkin-shared-docs-reveal-mitch-mcconnell-and-scott-walker-are-crooked/
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