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Some IC people have pretty much come out and said so.

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"who uses his power and influence to get entire nations to create laws, and then personally use against those investigating his crimes? A man who expresses racist and sexist views..."

No, no, no, that's Trump, Brett.

What's the weather like in Novosibirsk this time of year?

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Fuck that bullshit, “Brett”.

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I read the article and it appears to be the path that our greedy AF Preznident is attempting to follow.

The disease or disorder or whatever it is, is being pushed to new depths by these two.

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You are correct- kleptomania actually refers to a person who has an insatiable desire to steal things for which they have no use, whereas pleonexia is the compulsion to steal things that rightfully belong to others. "Pleo" didn't have the same ring to it.

He desires power only insofar as it is what enables him to steal tens of billions of dollars from his own country. Remember, he was originally *appointed* to the office of Prime Minister by Yeltsin, who was seeking a successor who would let him and his inner circle evade prosecution. His own chosen career path was KGB, and profoundly resented it when he received a post to East Germany that would not allow him to cash in on sending illicit western goods (the proverbial blue-jeans) back home to be sold.

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I thought a klepto was a person that stole things uncontrollably?

I think he's a typical power and control freak that happened to get his greedy little hands on the levers that make all that happen. Sound familiar?

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Why would a progressive feminist support a shady billionaire who was convicted of tax fraud, who uses his power and influence to get entire nations to create laws, and then personally use against those investigating his crimes?

A man who expresses racist and sexist views such as “Russian girls would throw themselves at you - and into your bed - almost upon meeting, there was no sport to it at all, no chase” - from “Red Notice”

Michael McFaul is a different matter, but why support this obviously crooked con-artist Browder? He tells his story over and over, maybe 100’s of times but the one time when he is under oath, his memory fails him completely https://youtu.be/OBjO0TIb7p...

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*cough*SDNY is a federal court*cough*

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Interesting theory, I like it.

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LOL!! Right?! I hear that. I'm in the same boat.

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Doesn't Trump ALWAYS NEED money? And if the sanctions are gone, the Russians have all their monies again? I don't know I try to understand it, but I don't have money, myself, so it's confusing.

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Greetings, fellow left-leaning Demorcratics. What for you make special trouble innocent Russian tourists who wish experience glorious cultural of United States America? I am liberal just like you. I like gays people and I have a friend who is a black. Please keep brain open for to discuss better relations with other countries. USA! USA! USA!

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Dumping the T bills could also be telegraphing a coming cyber attack on our elections, and mitigating our ability to financially retaliate.

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The thing with Poots is that he isnt animated like traditional authoritarians by a Will to Power. He’s just a violent klepto. He’s fucking with the west in a deliberate negative-sum game, wherein everyone loses but Russia loses least.

His willingness to see Europe return to the state of affairs that started two world wars suggests he’s not actually very good at this grand strategy business. He’s just a klepto.

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I wish that baby would urinate all over Vlad.

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