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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#176476: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:00:25 PM

Paul Manafort’s family expressed misgivings about the political consultant’s work for both Russia-aligned Ukrainian strongman Viktor Yanukovych and Donald Trump, according to text messages allegedly hacked from one of his daughters' phones.

The texts, posted on a darknet website run by a hacktivist collective, appear to show Manafort’s family fretting about the ethics, safety and consequences of his work for Yanukovych. And they reveal that Manafort’s two daughters regarded their father’s emergence as a key player on Trump’s presidential campaign with a mixture of pride and embarrassment.

In one March 2015 exchange that appears to be between the two sisters, Andrea Manafort seems to suggest that their father bore some responsibility for the deaths of protesters at the hands of police loyal to Yanukovych during a monthslong uprising that started in late 2013.

“Don't fool yourself,” Andrea Manafort wrote. “That money we have is blood money.”

In another hacked exchange a few months later with someone else, Andrea Manafort wrote that her father’s “work and payment in Ukraine is legally questionable.”

Hmmmm.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/manaforts-ukrainian-blood-money-caused-qualms-hack-suggests-235473

CaptainCapsase from Orbiting Sagittarius A* Since: Jan, 2015
#176477: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:00:39 PM

[up][up] Or we'll get a CIA spook running the place who likes to do ridiculous hypermasculine photo ops and is only slightly less of an ass than Trump while also being infinitely more intelligent than he is.

edited 28th Feb '17 5:01:10 PM by CaptainCapsase

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#176478: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:09:30 PM

[up]One Putin in the world is more than enough, plzkthx.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#176479: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:17:19 PM

She texted another friend that someone from the firm called and “had to ask if I have any connection to my dad on paper. Like if I have worked for him or if I could be tied to this Ukraine stuff in any way. Like the money trail.” She continued “there’s no connection. But like, obviously the article is making them nervous about me.”

She added “I hate my name. This is so unfair. And I HATE Hillary. She hired someone to do this to my family. I'm so upset. All this fucking press. It's so unfair.”

  1. First World 1 percenter problems

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#176481: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:23:32 PM

401. Sympathy not found.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176482: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:25:12 PM

There isn't a violin small enough.

Disgusted, but not surprised
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#176483: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:26:57 PM

Yes, Hillary totally hired someone to find out about something that Manafort did pretty openly. It couldn't be that the press found this interested and reported on it because people wanted to know.

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#176484: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:32:37 PM

[up][up]That one is going into my personal vault. grin

Do not obey in advance.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#176485: Feb 28th 2017 at 5:59:36 PM

So, there were 3 special elections in Connecticut today. Dems won 2 and got an extremely close result in the third, in a place that has been GOP for a century.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176486: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:07:33 PM

If Dems want to win more elections, they ought to replay footage and share pics of GOP reps and senators bravely, bravely hiding and running away from town halls.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:08:17 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#176487: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:08:44 PM

Well, the dreaded media has already been doing that. I feel as though it's partly out of spite for being badmouthed, but also because it's true and happening right now. And likely to continue happening, until Republicans just decide to stop having these events.

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#176488: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:11:36 PM

Who's actually buying this crap coming out of Trump's mouth right now?

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176489: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:13:34 PM

[up][up]At this rate, finding a GOP senator and/or rep in a public forum will be harder than finding Waldo.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:16:08 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#176490: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:13:35 PM

I'm at work. Can someone summarize the highlight (or lowlights, as the case may be).

I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#176491: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:15:02 PM

[up][up][up] Which pile of crap? There's so much to choose from these days.

If you're talking about the "Jewish false flag" bullshit, I assume the anti-semitic Trump supporters are buying it. YMMV of course on how much the groups "Anti-semites" and "Trump supporters" overlap.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:15:23 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#176492: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:24:28 PM

@Conneticut Special Elections: From what I can gather, all three seats were considered safe for the party that won. So what here isn't the results, but the margins. I can't find really good information on what those margins are, but apparently the GOP margin shrunk by 22 points in the district they won. Which is pretty enormous, and would've been more than enough to swing any race that was even vaguely competitive.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#176493: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:34:58 PM

Is anyone actually watching Trump's thing on TV?

i'm tired, my friend
kkhohoho (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#176494: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:40:01 PM

[up]I didn't even know he had a thing on TV. That shows you just how much I don't give a shit.tongue

rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#176495: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:44:19 PM

I am.

Quoting myself:

"Our allies will find that America is once again ready to lead"

That's why there's no ambassadors, right? "Dying industries"

Coal's never coming back

"Veterans"

Who you've screwed over.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:45:46 PM by rmctagg09

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#176496: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:44:43 PM

It's the Presidential Address to Congress, so it's a pretty regularly scheduled event. I didn't feel like listening to a hour or two's worth of his bullshit so I changed the channel to crime TV.

PhysicalStamina i'm tired, my friend (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Coming soon to theaters
i'm tired, my friend
#176497: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:45:10 PM

[up]Rundown so far? I don't think I could stand to watch more than five seconds.

edited 28th Feb '17 6:45:16 PM by PhysicalStamina

i'm tired, my friend
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#176498: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:46:07 PM

Edited my last post to add some of my commentary.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#176499: Feb 28th 2017 at 6:59:27 PM

I didn't even know he had a thing on TV. That shows you just how much I don't give a shit.

Same here. Didn't know, couldn't have cared any less if I had. The Great Pumpkinhead doesn't deserve my attention.

This Space Intentionally Left Blank.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#176500: Feb 28th 2017 at 7:04:50 PM

"A safe place for displaced people"

Then why are you trying to kick them out?

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.

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