Friday, July 20, 2018

All the Democracy Money Can Buy

by Pa Rock
Citizen Journalist

This past Monday, a mere five days ago, federal authorities arrested a Russian citizen, 29-year-old Maria Butina, on charges of conspiracy and being an undeclared agent of a foreign government operating on American soil.  The charges are so serious that poor Maria has been denied bail.

Ms. Butina, who had for the previous two years been active in Republican political circles and events, had reportedly been instrumental in moving large sums of money to the coffers of the National Rifle Association.  The NRA poured more than $30 million into the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, and, according to a recent investigative article in Rolling Stone, the FBI is investigating whether some or all of that money may have originated in Russia.

Coincidentally this past Monday, a mere five days ago, the U.S. Treasury Department under the control of the Trump administration, issued a new rule that said that certain groups, including the National Rifle Association, no longer had to reveal their "dark money" donors.

How convenient.

The NRA, a well known terrorist organization that is hell-bent on arming every white malcontent in America,  can now launder money from despots, spread it around to Republican political operatives, and never have to bothered with letting the world know where the money originated - but if this old farmer misplaces a receipt, it's pack a bag and head to jail!

Ca-ching!  Ain't democracy grand!


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