Mainecat Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Why Did Lindsey Graham Take $800,000 In Contributions From A Russian Billionaire? Does Lindsey have kompromat against him? From this post: What in the hell happened to Lindsey Graham? How did he go from a rare voice of reason to an attack dog for the Trump administration? Well, we know the GOP took in a boat load of rubbles from a Putin-linked oligarch. From this reporting: During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org. Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies. Other high dollar recipients of funding from Blavatnik were PACS representing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at $1.1 million, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at $800,000, Ohio Governor John Kasich at $250,000 and Arizona Senator John McCain at $200,000. In January, Quartz reported that Blavatnik donated another $1 million to Trump's Inaugural Committee. Ironically, the shared address of Blavatnik's companies is directly across the street from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York. Len Blavatnik, considered to be one of the richest men in Great Britain, holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K. He is known for his business savvy and generous philanthropy, but not without controversy. In 2010, Oxford University drew intense criticism for accepting a donation of 75 million pounds from Blavatnik for a new school of government bearing his name. Faculty, alumni and international human rights activists claimed the university was selling its reputation and prestige to Putin's associates. Blavatnik's relationships with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, particularly Oleg Deripaska, should be worrisome for Trump and the six GOP leaders who took Blavatnik's money during the 2016 presidential campaign. Lucky for them no one has noticed. Yet. And we know that Graham’s email account was also hacked. An authoritarian expert, Sarah Kendzior (look her up on Twitter @sarahkendzior - she's brilliant), even suggested that Lindsey Graham is a compromised Russian asset after the hack. We don’t know what exactly was in those emails, but it’s safe to say it must have been pretty juicy to make the South Carolina senator go from anti-Trumper to one of the most staunch defenders of the president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 LEFT BIAS These media sources are moderately to strongly biased toward liberal causes through story selection and/or political affiliation. They may utilize strong loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes), publish misleading reports and omit reporting of information that may damage liberal causes. Some sources in this category may be untrustworthy. See all Left Bias sources. Factual Reporting: MIXED Notes: Deep Left Field is a borderline questionable source with a far left bias in reporting. All articles on this website are pro-left and anti-right. This is not surprising as their tagline is “The Place for Progressive Political Debate.” Deep Left Field does not have an about page or disclaimer to describe who and what they do. Another issue with this website is the obnoxious advertising that pops up. Further, words are hyperlinked in the articles that make you think it is a link to a source for the article, but in fact, it is actually more ads. The content of headlines and articles use loaded words and most times they quote sources that fall on the left. Due to poor sourcing we rate Deep Left Field as mixed for factual reporting with a borderline extreme left wing bias. (D. Van Zandt 7/25/2017) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snake Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Well, we know the GOP took in a boat load of rubbles from a Putin-linked oligarch. From this reporting: Editor's note: Ruth May wrote this column in August 2017. Click here for an extensive update. *clicks link* - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 22 people on DU commented on this but failed to click a link. Just. Like. Dick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member Stephen Hawking Posted September 17, 2019 Gold Member Share Posted September 17, 2019 Don't see anything about a russian in that story. I dunno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zambroski Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 10 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said: Don't see anything about a russian in that story. I dunno Just the title my friend, just the title. Or, “delicious hook” as MC and the retards call it. Down the hatch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sleepr2 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 11 minutes ago, Stephen Hawking said: Don't see anything about a russian in that story. I dunno Here ya go, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 58 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Why Did Lindsey Graham Take $800,000 In Contributions From A Russian Billionaire? Does Lindsey have kompromat against him? From this post: What in the hell happened to Lindsey Graham? How did he go from a rare voice of reason to an attack dog for the Trump administration? Well, we know the GOP took in a boat load of rubbles from a Putin-linked oligarch. From this reporting: During the 2015-2016 election season, Ukrainian-born billionaire Leonard "Len" Blavatnik contributed $6.35 million to leading Republican candidates and incumbent senators. Mitch McConnell was the top recipient of Blavatnik's donations, collecting $2.5 million for his GOP Senate Leadership Fund under the names of two of Blavatnik's holding companies, Access Industries and AI Altep Holdings, according to Federal Election Commission documents and OpenSecrets.org. Marco Rubio's Conservative Solutions PAC and his Florida First Project received $1.5 million through Blavatnik's two holding companies. Other high dollar recipients of funding from Blavatnik were PACS representing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker at $1.1 million, South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham at $800,000, Ohio Governor John Kasich at $250,000 and Arizona Senator John McCain at $200,000. In January, Quartz reported that Blavatnik donated another $1 million to Trump's Inaugural Committee. Ironically, the shared address of Blavatnik's companies is directly across the street from Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in New York. Len Blavatnik, considered to be one of the richest men in Great Britain, holds dual citizenship in the U.S. and the U.K. He is known for his business savvy and generous philanthropy, but not without controversy. In 2010, Oxford University drew intense criticism for accepting a donation of 75 million pounds from Blavatnik for a new school of government bearing his name. Faculty, alumni and international human rights activists claimed the university was selling its reputation and prestige to Putin's associates. Blavatnik's relationships with Russian oligarchs close to Putin, particularly Oleg Deripaska, should be worrisome for Trump and the six GOP leaders who took Blavatnik's money during the 2016 presidential campaign. Lucky for them no one has noticed. Yet. And we know that Graham’s email account was also hacked. An authoritarian expert, Sarah Kendzior (look her up on Twitter @sarahkendzior - she's brilliant), even suggested that Lindsey Graham is a compromised Russian asset after the hack. We don’t know what exactly was in those emails, but it’s safe to say it must have been pretty juicy to make the South Carolina senator go from anti-Trumper to one of the most staunch defenders of the president. why did Hillary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Jimmy Snacks Posted September 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 17, 2019 9 hours ago, Ez ryder said: why did Hillary? WGAF....last I saw she is wandering around in a mumu somewhere swilling wine. Graham is in The Senate influencing policy and banging war drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ez ryder Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said: WGAF....last I saw she is wandering around in a mumu somewhere swilling wine. Graham is in The Senate influencing policy and banging war drums. and she was running the state dept at the time . you think the manecunt gave a fuck about it then ? you alreay know the awnser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted September 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 17, 2019 18 hours ago, Stephen Hawking said: Don't see anything about a russian in that story. I dunno Well he did move here in 1978 so he's still Russian to MC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Highmark Posted September 17, 2019 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted September 17, 2019 (edited) Bias noted MC. In 2011, Blavatnik donated to both President Barack Obama and his GOP rival, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.[30] Blavatnik is a supporter of the US Republican Party, and in 2015–2016 donated a total of $7.35 million to six Republican political candidates, including South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, Florida Senator Marco Rubio and Arizona Senator John McCain.[31] In February 2016, Blavatnik donated over $1 million to an anti-Donald Trump GOP group.[32] He also donated $1 million to the committee for the inauguration of Donald Trump.[31] In August 2017, political scientist Bo Rothstein resigned from the Blavatnik School of Government out of opposition to Blavatnik's politics.[33] Blavatnik and his American wife, Emily, also donated to Democratic Party candidates Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, Andrew Cuomo and Hillary Clinton.[34] Edited September 17, 2019 by Highmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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