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Tulsi Gabbard’s history with Russia is even more concerning than you think
(www.independent.co.uk)
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Given how things have been going with the republicans recently, I'm not entirely convinced that "kompromat" would even be garunteed to work on them anymore. If they can seemingly get away without serious consequences for virtually anything, what kind of threat does releasing incriminating information even become?
Blackmail is the first step, to get them to comply.
Next comes the bribes and money. That's what the Republicans are addicted to and afraid of losing. Russia spends a LOT of money on a LOT of politicians, and they step out of line, the faucet gets turned off.
After the bribes come the subtle threats and constant low-key demonstrations of power. This is where Russia notices someone is toeing the line or stepping out of control and they reign them back in with a well-placed threat delivered in a way even Boebert can understand. This is the "we picked your kids up at school and dropped them off at their grandparents house today" kind of thing.
They're in deep and can't get out without serious harm to themselves and probably their families. I'd feel sorry for them, but they're all a bunch of shithead traitors who did this to themselves, and are now destroying our country.
Yeah it’s less fear of kompromat and more fear of the machine they’ve created that feeds millions of idiots.