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Julian Englis

(2,309 posts) Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:14 PM Apr 2018

NRA, In New Document, Acknowledges More Than 20 Russian-Linked Contributors

Source: NPR

The National Rifle Association has accepted contributions from about 23 Russians, or Americans living in Russia, since 2015, the gun rights group acknowledged to Congress.

The NRA said in a letter to Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., unveiled on Wednesday, that the sum it received from those people was just over $2,500 and most of that was "routine payments" for membership dues or magazine subscriptions.

About $525 of that figure was from "two individuals who made contributions to the NRA."

Wyden has been querying the NRA about its Russia connections following press reports that suggest the FBI is investigating whether Russians might have tried to use the NRA or other political organizations as part of their attack on the 2016 election.

Read more: https://www.npr.org/2018/04/11/601534305/nra-in-new-document-acknowledges-more-than-20-russian-linked-contributors

The NRA is a group of traitors and should be dissolved.

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NRA, In New Document, Acknowledges More Than 20 Russian-Linked Contributors (Original Post) Julian Englis Apr 2018 OP

The NRA is a terrorist organization UpInArms Apr 2018 #1

Ruskies, white wing racists, domestic terrorists, gun profiteers Hoyt Apr 2018 #2

I told my idiot cousin Kevin that NRA stands for National Rooski Association. thewhollytoast Apr 2018 #7

LOL. Yeah, I know a few of those too. Hoyt Apr 2018 #9

Dont forget to send him off with the two new meanings for MAGA! calimary Apr 2018 #16

In other news... as many as 5 users had their Facebook data stolen by Cambridge Analytica.. FreepFryer Apr 2018 #3

Yeah, I am pretty sure this list is as woefully incomplete as the initial FB revelations. deurbano Apr 2018 #5

Try $57 million + $2500. lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #13

good one, FF yonder Apr 2018 #17

The problem is The_jackalope Apr 2018 #4

I'm a gun owner and the nra can kiss my posterior. SonofDonald Apr 2018 #6

I wonder how many NRA, GOP, or Evangelical traitors thbobby Apr 2018 #8

Read this for an eyeopener: the NRA gave cheetolini $70,000,000..... marble falls Apr 2018 #10

+1 #NRAROUBLES lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #14

Rachel Madow has been on top of this. I bet she mentions this tonight. marble falls Apr 2018 #15

The real money would have been laundered. n/t Mr.Bill Apr 2018 #11

State-sponsored terrorist organization (#NRAROUBLES) - Putin's puppies lagomorph777 Apr 2018 #12

UpInArms

(51,284 posts)

1. The NRA is a terrorist organization

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:16 PM

Apr 2018

They should be dissolved and their nonprofit status revoked

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Ruskies, white wing racists, domestic terrorists, gun profiteers

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:18 PM

Apr 2018

Pretty much covers it.

thewhollytoast

(318 posts)

7. I told my idiot cousin Kevin that NRA stands for National Rooski Association.

Reply to Hoyt (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:46 PM

Apr 2018

I guess I won't be hearing from him for a few months.

Toast

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

9. LOL. Yeah, I know a few of those too.

Reply to thewhollytoast (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:49 PM

Apr 2018

calimary

(81,267 posts)

16. Dont forget to send him off with the two new meanings for MAGA!

Reply to thewhollytoast (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:03 PM

Apr 2018

1: My Attorney Got Arrested

2: Mueller Ain’t Going Away

FreepFryer

(7,077 posts)

3. In other news... as many as 5 users had their Facebook data stolen by Cambridge Analytica..

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:23 PM

Apr 2018

23 Russians made a total of ~$20,000 in contributions?

Expect these numbers to increase logarithmically once other forms of Russian financial interaction w NRA are identified.

deurbano

(2,895 posts)

5. Yeah, I am pretty sure this list is as woefully incomplete as the initial FB revelations.

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:29 PM

Apr 2018

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

13. Try $57 million + $2500.

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 03:45 PM

Apr 2018

What a crock. We already know about $57 million.

yonder

(9,666 posts)

17. good one, FF

Reply to FreepFryer (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 04:16 PM

Apr 2018

The_jackalope

(1,660 posts)

4. The problem is

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:24 PM

Apr 2018

The point of "dark money" is to conceal its source(s). Serious Russian money wouldn't advertise itself as such, it would flow through one or more cutout companies that look innocuous.

SonofDonald

(2,050 posts)

6. I'm a gun owner and the nra can kiss my posterior.

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:44 PM

Apr 2018

They have nothing for me to see or believe, they are what we think they are.

They hijacked what was at one time a decent group of gun owners but have always included foam at the mouth nutjobs.

And they've taken over it, it needs to pay the price for what they've become.

A footnote in history, nothing less.

thbobby

(1,474 posts)

8. I wonder how many NRA, GOP, or Evangelical traitors

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 01:46 PM

Apr 2018

Wake up with cold sweats after dreaming of Mueller?

marble falls

(57,084 posts)

10. Read this for an eyeopener: the NRA gave cheetolini $70,000,000.....

Reply to Julian Englis (Original post)

Wed Apr 11, 2018, 02:13 PM

Apr 2018

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-trump-russia-nra-connection-heres-what-you-need-to-know-w515615

The Trump-Russia-NRA Connection: Here’s What You Need to Know

Did the Kremlin funnel payments to help Trump's campaign through the National Rifle Association?
Donald Trump and Alexander Torshin Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images, Alexander Shalgin/TASS/Getty Images
By Tim Dickinson
January 18, 2018

Did a shadowy Russian banker close to Vladimir Putin illegally give money to the National Rifle Association to support the presidential campaign of Donald Trump? That's the subject of an active FBI investigation, according to an explosive report by McClatchy.

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The Case for Trump Campaign Collusion

How one journalist's chance interview led to a definitive account of the campaign's ties to Russia

Here's what you need to know:

Unprecedented Trump Support

The National Rifle Association spent tens of millions of dollars backing Trump's presidential bid in 2016. The NRA endorsed Trump in May 2016. And the NRA disclosed it spent at least $30 million on Trump's behalf and attacking Hillary Clinton. That level of support is unprecedented – more than twice what the NRA disclosed it spent on Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential run.

The true sum the NRA spent to install Trump in the White House may be far higher. Campaign finance disclosures do not cover spending on unregulated Internet advertising or voter mobilization; citing two sources close to the gun group, McClatchy suggests the NRA may have spent upwards of $70 million on Trump's presidential bid.

President Trump is clearly indebted: "You came through for me, and I am going to come through for you," Trump promised the NRA at its 2017 convention. "I will never, ever let you down."

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