when they offer Jesse Ventura his own tv show on a Russian funded network at his age when he's washed up here ..well you know they are just doing it to pump the dude for info

http://www.salon.com/2017/06/08/jesse-ventura-launches-show-on-russian-state-funded-television-network/

His head is all full of conspiracy theories and rank excrement, I believe.

Especially if it gets past the house by a similar margin.

They seem to be toeing the Russian Line a lot these days.

Hoping they can get their bucket list ticked off

If they dump him they get one of their own in Pence, Ryan, Hatch so why are they fighting for him? Yeah I know about the authoritarian mindset and tribalism but that doesn't quite explain it for me. It could be compromising material by the Russians but I think another reason could be the money laundering that many of them, including repub leaders, are caught up in along with drumpf.

Could be that the Russians are helping some folks out with financial problems in that way, creating the very compromising information they're using against them. Sneaky, huh? I suspect that is the case with Trump, as well. The Russians bailed him out of financial disaster, and now expect loyalty from him...or else...

between online information, hacking, and photoshop, they can fabricate whatever they need.

that experts can distinguish photoshop from a real picture doesn't always help the victim.

for a politician, the damage might be big enough to worry about even if they can prove the pic was fake.

alternatively, they can go after a family member.

or they can hint how they'll plant drugs or kiddie porn or something.


of course it's more likely to be effective if the politician already feels they have something to hide, but it's not a requirement.