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Russia is buying politicians in Europe. Is it happening here too?
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this post was submitted on 14 Apr 2024
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Really? Did they ask this question with a straight face?
It's actually really shocking for me as a non-American who grew up during the cold war and remembers the shadow of nuclear annihilation hanging over my head, then watching the fall of the Berlin wall then the comparative peace of the latter part of the 90's where the future looked so bright that there is a real chance of senior American politicians being under the thumb of Russia.
It still kinda blows my mind that it might be true.
Might want to remove that, might be true. It is happening and has been happening. The entire GOP is a Russian asset.
The GOP is certainly a conduit.
Yeah but do you remember all those russia loving communities during the cold war? In sweden I bet the green party was paid off (to stop nUcLeAr eNeRgY => dependence on russian gas & oil), now it's the racist party ofc.
We should really beef up monitoring how this "lobbying" is happening and crack down on it like a ton of bricks.