and that just barely scratches the surface....

The Republican Party is an unpatriotic, despotic criminal enterprise of people consumed with greed and ultimate power. The situation is is no different then the tyrants that ruled civilization until the advent of democracy and the enlightenment. They are determined to destroy the constitution and enslave the working class just as the nobility did throughout Europe to the serfs. They just have different titles but are cut out of the same rotten bolt as kings, princes, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot thrown in.

As long as democrats get away from the malpractice of eating their own, Gillibrand -> Franken, some democrats voicing concerns against AOC and giving fuel to repubs, so as long as that stops and they start uniting more, then all those things can happen.

As I have said in the past, it is actually very easy to do, Democrats meet in closed quarters, they discuss their agenda, agree by majority on a message and they all send the same message. I know some people think that the individuality Democrats have shown in the past is great, but ignorant voters don't see it that way, they become confused with what they perceive as in-fighting, unity has worked for repubs, no matter how childish and stupid their ideas are.

UNITY, extremely important in this times.

and be willing to come out and vote in record numbers to make any difference at all....always a first time

I’m keeping it dull and slightly rusty for the right occasion.

Let’s hope we don’t have to resort to the same tactics that brought about change in 18th Century France. But those with “too much power and money” haven’t always prevailed when confronted with people in desperate circumstances.

Just sayin’

That is exactly what needs to happen. As much as possible, we need to speak as one voice.

The odds are not insurmountable but there is some tough climbing to do.

Yet we did it.

I believe there's little we cannot do if we all work together to address the very real and very basic concerns most Americans have and offer a unified message and plan of action that emphasizes fairness and an absolute dedication to representing all working class Americans and not the corporatocracy and 1%.

oh what a tangled web we weave ....... McTurtle gotta get his karma - and soon (we pray)!

What a spider's web.

This should get to every news outlet in the country, as if it would do any good, eh.

Get him on a 'Sunday Show.' with somebody good and pump him...

It's amazing...
Mr. McConnell... Is it true that your wife's family is on the same bank's board of directors as Oleg Deripaski's? It's such a small world, isn't it? So, is it the Illuminati we need to fear, or the Russian/Chinese mafia???

McConnell's in this up to the tip of his ears.

Seems the Republican party is being run by Communists... No wonder they hate true socialism so much...

He is smarter than Trump because he keeps his mouth shut

the Russians have donated millions of dollars to McConnell

I hope that their ships arriving in US port get special attention from Homeland security.

Of course the Chao's weren't involved the stuff was loaded by someone else.

Most of the Fentenyl comes from China, maybe instead of a wall we should start inspecting Chao's cargo ships?

for large shipment of cocaine. No one arrested that I know of.

...passing out the illegal Russian* money to other GOP* members of Congress, via his own PACs.

passed out those tobacco checks right on the House floor.

Everyone needs to know more about the turtle.

Are you saying the nut job who made that accusation was right?

He's holding the gutless GOP hostage and thereby holding all of US hostage, for personal gain in power and money.

If they weren't the gutless GOP, they'd elect a new leader.

I wonder if James Chao also has ties to financial institutions in Taiwan, since he fled China to Taiwan during the Chinese Civil War.

Never realized how bad this really was; this article lays it all out in its full sickness. This administration will go down in history as the most corrupt *ever* if we still have a democracy left after we get rid of them.

Just move on!

that ends with Vladimir Putin.

https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/08/03/tangled-web-connects-russian-oligarch-money-gop-campaigns

This is good information. Adds context and perspective.

basis of it. Lock him up!

"Someone needs to ask McConnell why he only served in uniform for 37 days and was mustered out for "medical reasons". But get this, his service "record" has been totally sealed. Hmm.

I'm not familiar with the military protocols on what's open for discovery or not, but maybe someone else is and might be able to provide some possible reasons.

from a Russian oligarch without expecting something from it. Traitor.

thank you for posting.

And has been since WW2. it has been distilled to the extreme corruptness we have today. The 1% is thrilled with this. This is how the roll.

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Look what he did to Obama.

Tiananmen Square, when they were terrified of possible U.S. sanctions and were referred to him. It's been an extremely mutually beneficial relationship ever since. He craves power, they crave increased wealth, and of course he went on to marry one of their daughters.

McConnell could have passed the TPP in the senate when Obama asked him to and refused, saying future presidents could take it up. As a result, although China's ambitions had previously been thwarted by America's control (the other nations wanted America's protection and business), this basically ceded our control over Pacific Rim business to China.

Btw, I don't for a minute believe Hillary would have done that insanely irresponsible thing. She would have used the leverage populist antagonism gave her to improve some terms and signed back on.

So I do wonder what ALL was behind McConnell's actions. This furthered China's ambitions to replace us as the world's leading power just as blatantly as Trump's Syria and NATO benefit Russia.

If the GOP and people like McConnell survive this, then our democracy won't.

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he is hiding inside his shell.

culture. I just want to vomit.

and kudos to Daily Kos.

Congressional Democratic Senators and Reps know about this. Do you think Ms. Pelosi is aware of this???