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Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:48 PM Jul 2018

Faux news favorite Sheriff Clarke tied to Russian spy!

"Russian foreign agent Maria Butina has been charged with operating as an undisclosed foreign agent, tasked with infiltrating the NRA and other conservative political organizations in the US on behalf of Russia. It turns out her gun rights front group, Right to Bear Arms, paid for Sheriff David Clarke’s trip to Moscow."

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/oh-no-its-sheriff-clarkes-turn-in-the-barrel

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Faux news favorite Sheriff Clarke tied to Russian spy! (Original Post) Va Lefty Jul 2018 OP
My oh my, what a surprise. BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #1
What did Trump pardon Clarke for, exactly? dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #9
??? he didn't shanny Jul 2018 #12
Yes, guess I was . dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #19
That was Arpaio, the "other" asshole sheriff... Wounded Bear Jul 2018 #13
So many to keep track of, eh? George II Jul 2018 #16
Kick dalton99a Jul 2018 #2
Very interesting Freethinker65 Jul 2018 #3
Yup BumRushDaShow Jul 2018 #4
I'm shocked, shocked! I tell you. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2018 #5
Who is surprised by this? Gothmog Jul 2018 #6
The far right white supremacist party here in the US (and around the world come to think of it) lapfog_1 Jul 2018 #7
Not sure when photo taken, but here's a shot of Clarke, Torshin, and other assorted BAD ACTORS Leghorn21 Jul 2018 #8
Well at least they are just having a meeting shanny Jul 2018 #14
Thanks for posting. Had not seen that Va Lefty Jul 2018 #15
The woman right above druidity33 Jul 2018 #20
Good catch, 33! - but I honestly don't think that's her - same hairstyle, definitely, but to me, not Leghorn21 Jul 2018 #21
Then we disagree... druidity33 Jul 2018 #23
Not clear shanti Jul 2018 #22
Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay C_U_L8R Jul 2018 #10
Is this the same Russian "Gun Rights" group Bolton gave a speech to? Midnight Writer Jul 2018 #11
Note the rest of the trip was paid for by the NRA, in other words RUSSIA dbackjon Jul 2018 #17
Better: "Faux News fav Sheriff Clarke took Russian Agent money" Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2018 #18

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
9. What did Trump pardon Clarke for, exactly?
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 08:10 PM
Jul 2018

Did Trump know at the time Clarke would be caught up in this investigation?

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
19. Yes, guess I was .
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 10:27 PM
Jul 2018


I just checked the back news...he tweeted praise of Clarke right after he pardoned Arsehole.

lapfog_1

(29,199 posts)
7. The far right white supremacist party here in the US (and around the world come to think of it)
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 07:55 PM
Jul 2018

has much in common with Putin's Russia...

at least Putin is making them THINK that.

Anti Muslim - check
Pro gun - check (but false in Russia)
Anti gay - check
Anti immigrant - check
Pro white - check
Anti democracy - check
Pro propaganda - check
Pro conspiracy theory - check (but false in Russia)
Pro kleptocracy - check
Pro theocracy - check (but false in Russia)

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
21. Good catch, 33! - but I honestly don't think that's her - same hairstyle, definitely, but to me, not
Tue Jul 17, 2018, 11:40 AM
Jul 2018

the same face...although of course I could be ever so wrong!!?

druidity33

(6,446 posts)
23. Then we disagree...
Thu Jul 19, 2018, 05:58 PM
Jul 2018

The chin and nose look right and they are her most prominent features. As a digital image of course it suffers lack of definition. Maybe if we knew who was to the left and right of her we could deduct?



C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
10. Yippie-yi-yo-ki-yay
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 08:12 PM
Jul 2018

Seems the phony cowboy's been caught colluding. Oh those cuffs go jingle jangle jingle.

Bernardo de La Paz

(49,001 posts)
18. Better: "Faux News fav Sheriff Clarke took Russian Agent money"
Mon Jul 16, 2018, 10:08 PM
Jul 2018

Maria Butina is an unregistered foreign agent, so she is a Russian Agent. He took her money for the trip.

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