Thread by @malinablue

When will we stop pretending this is "partisan politics" & acknowledge the whole damn GOP is compromised by Russia?

I mean it's so fucking obvious even a 4th-grade intellect like Trump's can see it.

That’s how Putin does it, folks. It’s how he did it in Ukraine & Georgia - goes in years beforehand & compromises political party so they’re in place to protect puppet he’ll install later. Rubles in their campaign coffers, hacked RNC emails, cozying up to NRA & Evangelical groups

Out intel services MUST know this. It's been reported on for decades. Our MEDIA knows it. Yet we're all gonna go on playing like it's impossible it could happen here.

Here was a big clue - when Roy Moore, Alabama state pedophile, praised Putin in perfect Russian during interview w/ The Guardian.

How many pedophile hicks you know who speak flawless Russian? Hell, he speaks Russian better than Melania speaks English.

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Another big indicator was when Putin called GOP Congress to come visit him on July 4 - Independence Day - & THEY DID. Think this wasn't Putin's way of boasting to the world - "look who I own! They come on their Independence Day when I demand it!" npr.org/2018/07/06/626…

How did Putin do it? Well, if his past puppet presidents are any indicator, it's pretty simple. He put rubles in GOP campaign coffers. When they accepted, they were compromised because now he could blackmail them with that info alone.

Of course, his hacking of RNC emails (remember...he hacked BOTH parties, but only released DNC stuff to help Trump) likely also provided plenty of kompromat. Then, I'm sure, he used his crackerjack hacking teams to get more from personal emails & texts.

His easiest trick, tho, was cozying up to them to convince them they're best buddies. Maria Butina wasn't hanging out w/ gun nuts & religious fanatics for fun. She - & likely other Russian spies - were letting GOP know Putin was a pal. Just like them, he hates gays, non-whites...

Then there's Epstein.

Fun fact: grandson of a murdered Soviet official alleged Soviets set up & ran pedophile rings in the West in 70s & 80s to seduce politicians & business leaders for blackmail.

At Epstein's trial, it was revealed he had cameras to videotape his guests.

Epstein's girlfriend Ghislaine, who lured teens, is daughter of publishing tycoon/conman Robert Maxwell. British Foreign Office alleged Maxwell was secret agent of a foreign govt, possibly double or triple agent & "a thoroughly bad character & almost certainly financed by Russia"

In another bizarre coincidence, he, too, died a mysterious death, falling off his yacht naked & drowning. Inquest ruled it a heart attack, but speculation at time was either a suicide or murder, possibly by Mossad because he was about to go public with something.

I mean you can't look at Graham & Dershowitz & not KNOW they're compromised. In Lindsay's case, we can narrow it down to exact day. Trump meets Putin at world summit, talks w/out translator, comes back & golfs w/ Graham & he does complete 180 from Trump critic to Trump sycophant.

He literally walked off that golf course & reversed course on every previous belief & principle.

Interesting how many of Trump's men are associated w/ Epstein, isn't it? Dershowitz hung out w/ Epstein. Barr's Dad hired him. Acosta pretend prosecuted & fake punished him.

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman visited Epstein often & Epstein had a framed photo of the prince hanging on his wall.

Bet you didn't know that one!
businessinsider.com/famous-people-…

Interestingly, no one knows source of Epstein's vast wealth. He claimed to manage money for billionaires, but we know of only one client - Victoria's Secret founder Les Wesner. His firm produced no public records, no client list & he turned away interested investors.

"He’s supposed to run an enormous FX [foreign-exchange] trading firm,” said Enrique Diaz-Alvarez, chief risk officer at Ebury. “But I never once heard of him or his firm or anyone who worked or traded with him."
nymag.com/intelligencer/…

Here's another way Putin compromised GOP & a trick he's used on other nations: Invest in them.

Oligarchs investing billions in Florida, Kentucky, other GOP states. Buying up farms, building factories, mining. These states grow dependent on rubles.

https://twitter.com/kelly2277/status/1222015470930472960

Can we please dispense w/media fiction GOP don’t want witnesses because they don’t want to piss off their base? Polls show 1/2 of REPUBLICANS want witnesses. If evidence shows Trump’s guilty, then their base will know.

So if it’s not their base they protect Trump for, who is it?