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Trump's competitor promises to give part of Ukraine to Russia and block Kyiv's accession to NATO (www.pravda.com.ua)
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Vivek Ramaswamy, a candidate for the presidential nomination from the Republican Party of the USA, who is in the top three in terms of popularity among Republican supporters, promises to recognize the Russian occupation of Ukraine and block its path to NATO if elected president.

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[–] Cerbero 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Up to most of 2010s. Then the money started rolling in.

[–] Poayjay 26 points 1 year ago

Exactly when the Citizens United Supreme Court decision legalized unlimited dark money in politics.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basically all the way up until Obama laughed at Romney about it during the debates.

Bit of an oof tbh.

[–] MataVatnik 4 points 1 year ago

I started seeing the shift when I was in liveleak early 2010s, that's when their propaganda machine started spooling up and targeting conservative corners of the internet.