• Optional@lemmy.world
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    “I’m convinced there are two people Putin pays; Rorabacher and Trump.” - future Speaker of the house Kevin McCarthy in 2016

    “Shhh! STFU!” - then-current Speaker of the House Paul Ryan

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    For many of these politicians, based on their actions, they’re compromised, evil, stupid or insane. Quite possibly all the above.

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    Does the person blackmailing them have a name very similar to a popular Canadian dish made with french fries?

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    US: We could easily destroy Russia in traditional warfare, we have the best weapons, we will never stop fighting them

    Russia: Here’s a suitcase full of money

    US: Oh, I love those! Never mind, do whatever you want

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    compromised? JFC, they tried to overthrow the fucking government itself… they’re enemies outright…

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    Until lobbying is eliminated and campaign finance severely overhauled, assume they’re all compromised. It’s just a matter of who they’re bought and paid for.

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    Given how little money it takes to sway the politicians votes I’m amazed it has taken this long

    I’m still all for crowd funding the buying of politicians votes at this point. The politician will think it’s some private benefactor or multinational patrolling them.

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      Never. Putin doesn’t need the videos he has on Trump. Trump isn’t a victim of kompromat; he’s a fanboi. He’s betraying American democracy and doing Putin’s bidding simply because he wants to, not because he’s being coerced to!

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    “Absolutely. And other powers. It doesn’t have to be foreign powers.”

    NSA has entered the chat.

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      I trust the NSA a lot more than, for example, the Koch brothers, or some nameless billionaire none of us have heard of.

      I rich dick can do more damage than a bunch of government employees. Giant conspiracies just don’t exist.