Anonymous wrote:I have to have faith that sunlight will destroy this mold on our democracy.

Not if they destroy everyone trying to shine sunlight by declaring the media to be "fake" and "the enemy."

Sater stabbed someone in the face with the broken stem of a margarita glass! (I know, I know-let those among you who have not stabbed a guy in the face with the broken stem of a margarita glass cast the first stone, etc. But still!)

And to the mob ties, it didn't end in the 1980's

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-appears-mobster-affiliated-felon-new-year-bash-article-1.2932315

t goes back much further

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-05/donald-trump-s-colorful-business-partners

This is all covered in depth in the Russians Compromising Trump thread. That thread has all of the links and sordid details. No journalist has put the whole thing together, though Adam Khan and Louise Mensch, separately, have done the best they can with a very complex web of information.

If you are a "deep state" theorist, this is the war that is going on, and has nothing to do with democrat versus republican or warring factions within the so-called deep state, but rather the intelligence community banging the drum on these known issues while the GOP Congress twiddles its thumbs.

Basically this whole thing goes back to the late 1980's when Trump's empire began to unravel. He has allegedly been laundering Russian money and associating with the fringes of legitimacy coming out of his bankruptcies.

The good news is if we know this much think of how much more IC knows. At this point I think they are slowly building such a monumental pile of evidence that congress eventually will have no choice but to impeach and all congressmen and senators will have to vote to impeach to be considered a rational human. They're taking him down.

Anonymous wrote:This article mentions money laundering, crooked Ukrainian politicians, mafia connections, amateur meddling in foreign policy -- why does this not alarm the entire country? Trump is the most corrupt president ever elected. He's a pure salesman/con man.

Because a large segment of the electorate hates Democrats more than they love the American constitution and the stable, liberal world order.
True story.

This article mentions money laundering, crooked Ukrainian politicians, mafia connections, amateur meddling in foreign policy -- why does this not alarm the entire country? Trump is the most corrupt president ever elected. He's a pure salesman/con man.

Anonymous wrote:Why don't the Republicans do anything? Are we supposed to rely on the IC to release classified information that will sink these crooked Trump people? And Comey is compromised. Will he limit the FBI investigations?

Aren't the Trump people busy destroying documents that would prove their people met with the Russians during the campaign and the transition?

This is such a mess, all of Trump's making. He's as corrupt as they come.

They are getting away with it because too many foolish voters still think this is a Republican vs. Democrat thing. It's not. It's a 1% vs the 99% thing and most Republicans are among the 99% with the rest of us Democrats.

I have to have faith that sunlight will destroy this mold on our democracy.

Can't believe more people aren't screaming about this. The NYT is doing a good job reporting on this, but there must be more they can dig up.

Drip drip drip

Why don't the Republicans do anything? Are we supposed to rely on the IC to release classified information that will sink these crooked Trump people? And Comey is compromised. Will he limit the FBI investigations?

Aren't the Trump people busy destroying documents that would prove their people met with the Russians during the campaign and the transition?

This is such a mess, all of Trump's making. He's as corrupt as they come.

Nothing will be done until everyone's looted everything. Isn't that obvious by now? Corporations have been working on this set-up for a long time, and their purchased flunkies in Congress are lining their pockets too.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/politics/donald-trump-ukraine-russia.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

If this does not raise eyebrows, I don't know what will. These three are as sleazy as they come, all with Russian connections, and they have a direct line to the White House.

Amateurs making foreign policy? To what end?

Could it be that missing $13 billion in the Caymans?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-rosneft-privatisation-insight-idUSKBN1582OH