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Kimmel writer quotes every GOP lawmaker's post-Florida 'thoughts and prayers' tweet — and how much money they took from the NRA
As Republicans begin heaping “thoughts and prayers” on the families of the 17-plus people killed in Wednesday’s deadly shooting at a high school outside Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live! made sure to note how much each had taken from the National Rifle Association. “He...
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“Heartbreaking news out of Florida,” Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) tweeted. “Jane and I send our prayers to the school, the community, and the victims of this tragedy.”
“$3,061,941.00 from the NRA to make sure Americans buy guns,” Kimmel writer Bess Kalb tweeted, quoting the Texas Republican.

“In the 2015-2016 election cycle alone, GOP candidates took $17,385,437 from the NRA,” Kalb noted, quoting a tweet from Republican National Convention chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel.
“This is NOT counting the $21 million given to President Trump,” she added.
Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) was “devastated” about the news — and also took over $800,000 from the NRA.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) asked his followers and constinuents to keep the “victims, their families, first responders and the community” in their thoughts and prayers. Kalb noted that he took nearly $4.5 million from the NRA.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) also said he’d be “praying for the students, teachers and first responders” caught up in the “tragic” shooting. He took nearly $3 million from the NRA, Kalb detailed.
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) was “heartbroken,” and also accepted over $3 million from the organization.
“God have mercy on your NRA-kept souls,” she said, listing off each Republican congressperson with their large donations from the gun-rights organization.




https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/kimmel-writer-quotes-every-gop-lawmakers-post-florida-thoughts-prayers-tweet-much-money-took-nra/



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98-Page Document Shows Trump Took Money From Russian Money Laundering Bank During Election
The United States Office for Government Ethics has now released a 98-page…

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http://www.bluedotdaily.com/almost-100-docs-show-trump-took-money-from-russian-money-laundering-bank-during-election-ytr/

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Russia Attacked U.S. Troops In Syria And Trump Kept It Quiet, Gen. Mattis Reveals
Under Donald Trump watch, Russian president Vladimir Putin launched an attack…

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The U.S. Secretary of Defense is admitting that Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on American troops and the Trump administration decided to keep it quiet and give Putin some room for deniability. That should be ground for impeachment!
“There is no doubt that the Russian military knew all about the attack in Deir Ezzor,” U.S. officials who monitor Syria told Bloomberg.
“Any Russian mercenaries, whether they are in Ukraine or Syria, work for the Russian government,” said Evelyn Farkas, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia during the Obama administration.
The report added: “For a cynic like Putin, whose air force has bombed other enclaves of U.S.-supported rebels in Syria, the inability of the U.S. to stop a NATO ally, Turkey, from attacking another ally in Afrin is a sign of weakness. The assault last week on Deir Ezzor with mercenaries was a chance to again probe for a U.S. response.”
What is truly perplexing is Trump’s decision to keep the incident under wraps and shy away from directly blaming Russia for the incident.
Russia needs to be held accountable and be told that an attack by its mercenaries will be treated as an attack by its armed forces.


https://politicaldig.com/gen-mattis-just-revealed-russia-attacked-u-s-troops-syria-trump-nothing/


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The thirteen Republican Senators who worked behind closed doors to rewrite the House’s American Health Care Act, received a combined $2,776,012 in campaign contributions from the health insurance and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries between November 2010 — the year Obamacare was passed — and November 2016, according to nonprofit journalism outfit MapLight.
The 13 lawmakers drafting the Senate legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act received an average of $214,000 in campaign contributions – nearly double the amount received by colleagues excluded from the process, according to a MapLight analysis.
Orrin Hatch topped the list, bringing in nearly half a million dollars, followed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who brought in $433,400.
Here’s a list of campaign contributions from insurance and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries to the senators drafting the secret health care bill:
  1. Orrin G. Hatch – $471,560
  2. Addison “Mitch” McConnell – $433,400
  3. Rob Portman – $382,100
  4. Patrick J. Toomey – $354,616
  5. Andrew Lamar Alexander – $228,100
  6. John Cornyn – $180,050
  7. Cory Gardner – $151,850
  8. John Barrasso – $149,750
  9. Mike Enzi – $146,600
  10. John Thune – $123,400
  11. Mike Lee – $66,750
  12. Ted Cruz – $58,895
  13. Tom Cotton – $28,941
Maplight notes:
Four of the senators working on the bill have received more than $300,000 from the insurance and pharmaceutical industries. Senators excluded from the process received an average of $115,000 from the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.
http://thingsdaily.net/the-13-gop-senators-who-wrote-secret-obamacare-repeal-bill-took-2776012-from-pharma-insurance-lobbyists/




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