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  Unmasking Russia! Trump’s Mayflower Address Chapter 17 of our series on how Russia attacked the 2016 U.S. election to help Trump win. Olga Lautman Nov 17 President Trump meets with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (left) and Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak at the White House on May 10.  Russian Foreign Ministry/AP Share Last week, we wrote about Operation  Crossfire Hurricane , the FBI’s counterintelligence investigation into whether anyone connected to Donald Trump’s campaign had cooperated with Russia’s election attack, and how Carter Page , with his long trail of Kremlin entanglements, further deepened those suspicions. This week, we turn to Trump’s first major foreign-policy address. It was organized by Dmitri Simes , who would later be charged with funneling Kremlin funds and signaling an openness to Moscow, while quietly aligning Trump’s candidacy with Moscow’s strategic ambitions. On April 27, 2016, in the gilded ballroom of Washington’s Mayf...

    On Monday we wrote to tell you about the NRA’s baseless attacks on our campaign pushing credit card companies to flag suspicious purchases of guns and ammunition - patterns exhibited by the perpetrators of some of the worst mass shootings in our nation’s history.   Following our successful effort to create a merchant category code for stand-alone firearm and ammunition dealers, all three major credit card companies have pledged to integrate the code into their systems – a key step toward stopping mass shooters before they strike!   In response, the loudest right-wing voices in the Republican party have begun a coordinated effort to pressure the credit card companies to reverse course, sending Tweets and letters directly to the companies. Sen. Josh Hawley, his GOP colleagues, and the NRA are scrambling to protect a status quo in which mass shooters and gun traffickers continue to exploit the financial system and buy their deadly arsenals on credit. They’re placing...

  Omg. I failed a test. But I’m pretty sure you’ll be proud of me for failing it 😁 Yep, I got an F rating from the NRA’s Political Victory Fund. Unlike Dr. Oz, who is endorsed by the NRA-PVF. Our stark difference when it comes to gun violence prevention — the difference being that I support basic safety measures + Oz doesn’t — has made our race a flashpoint for the NRA. 🙄 They’ve already launched ads to support Oz + we know from experience the NRA has million$ to spend when it comes to buying elections. And, quite frankly, our country can’t afford another NRA-backed, bought-and-paid-for senator. When I talk about gun violence, I want you to know why this issue is so personal to me. On my right arm I have nine different dates tattooed.  These are the dates when people were killed through violence in Braddock while I served as Mayor, starting in 2006.  Seven out of nine were gun deaths. My first tattoo came after January 16, 2006. It was my second week on the job as mayor...