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Baltimike

(4,146 posts)
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:06 PM Dec 2018

Remember how Moscow Mitch McConnell had a weird 35 million $$ acct that he

"didn't want to tap into, but would if he had to"? during the 2016 campaign

I wonder where THAT came from.

Weird, right?

on edit: to add that this was the 2016 campaign

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Remember how Moscow Mitch McConnell had a weird 35 million $$ acct that he (Original Post) Baltimike Dec 2018 OP
Please post links. (n/t) FreepFryer Dec 2018 #1
It was all over the news, but here is a cursory link, talking about one oligarch Baltimike Dec 2018 #2
Turtle-human hybrid influenced the election with this one weird trick. tanyev Dec 2018 #3
This short article canetoad Dec 2018 #4
Here's my recent column on this subject WhiteTara Dec 2018 #5
Thanks for sharing that! K&R 2naSalit Dec 2018 #6
k&r BSdetect Dec 2018 #7

canetoad

(17,184 posts)
4. This short article
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:15 PM
Dec 2018

Mentions $35 mill. from the Adelsons. No mention of Russians in the article, and there are no mentions of $35 mill or the Adelsons in the link you posted. You really need to reference your posts properly.


https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2016/12/15/adelsons-give-15m-more-mcconnell-super-pac/95463758/
Adelsons give $15M more to McConnell super PAC

Published 9:50 a.m. ET Dec. 15, 2016 | Updated 10:03 a.m. ET Dec. 15, 2016

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam gave another $15 million late in the fall campaign to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s super PAC devoted to electing Republicans to the U.S. Senate.

That brought the Adelsons' total contributions to Senate Leadership Fund to $35 million – dwarfing even other billionaire donors who have given seven-figure amounts to the political causes of McConnell over the last eight years.

WhiteTara

(29,722 posts)
5. Here's my recent column on this subject
Thu Dec 13, 2018, 10:46 PM
Dec 2018

Here's a source of his money
http://eureka.news/free-parking-59/

Mitch enters the story through his brother-in-law, Jim Breyer, a global tech venture capitalist. Mitch is married to Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, and Jim’s married to her sister, Angela, CEO of the family’s shipping enterprise.

The story seems to begin in 2005 when Jim invested in Facebook and joined their board. At an international tech summit in 2009 he met Kremlin backed Yuri Milner, a Russian tech entrepreneur, along with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin-Salman (MBS).

Milner and Breyer began working together through Milner’s company, DST, and then circuitously, Milner bought stock and later a board seat at Facebook and Twitter. Consequently, Russia owns 8% of Facebook and 5% of Twitter with Putin’s agent on those social media boards.

more at link

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