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so yer sayin' he's a douche....

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To be fair, his name is Tony Fabrizio, not Tony Febrezio.

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The Beggar's Opera made Gay rich and Rich gay.

The Grifter's Opera made Gay rich and Rick Gates.

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I couldn't believe he went with that. It wasn't piss on my leg, that was piss in our face.

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The rubes are so easy to fleece it makes me think we're missing a trick here and should simply dream up some new way to fleece them. It's like low hanging fruit, no not even, fruit just falling directly into waiting baskets. Oh my God, they're so, so stupid. I'd actually say they completely deserve being fleeced if their fucking idiocy wasn't doing so much damage to the rest of us.

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For an article with so many mentions of gay, it sure is gross and unsexy. The grifter monsters ruin ALL OF THE THINGS

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Well there was this thing called "Operation Wetback." https://allthatsinteresting...

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You just had to get your three cents in!

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Nobody knows.

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Ok, I really don’t get how this guy (not to mention other literal actual foreign agents) is under investigation as a lobbyist for Ukraine and not Russia. Does it count as for Ukraine when the lobbyist is lobbying for pro-Russia policies for Ukrainian factions?

I also really hope there’s a paper trail for this money going specifically to Manafort and it results in more charges somehow.

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His father was the Connecticut head of operations for (IIRC) the Gambino family.

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Me too.

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One of the great things about Mob shows like The Sopranos or Goodfellas is that they try to show us that these assholes aren't brilliant criminal masterminds, they are just thugs who got rich thugging. Like the Trumps.

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He also said he never hires someone smarter then him.

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I'm old enough to remember the IRS under Obama saying we should look a little closer at PACS to make sure there aren't scams and conservatives freaking the fuck out.

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Ooh, ooh, that smell!Can't you smell that smell?Ooh, ooh, that smell!Smell of squid around you!

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