Mitch McConnell Hospitalized
Well, it's happened again. Moscow Mitch McConnell has taken another fall. Doctors believe his shell protected him from serious injury. Several onlookers helped roll him off of his back butt he was unable to walk.
There was an anxious moment when McConnell was initially pronounced DOA in the Emergency Room. Fortunately, his outstanding physician, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, rushed in and after several attempts using a defibrillator, McConnell's heart started beating again. Here is that dramatic moment caught by an ER video surveillance camera:
Dr. Frankenstein said, "We are carefully examining his shell for damage and we will have to perform a CT scan and an MRI to be sure. Fortunately, the Minority Leader has no spine butt we have to take every precaution because at his age his shell is very brittle. If for any reason Mitch McConnell passes away, I'm sure my new procedure can restore his life again."
As you know Mitch McConnell's major accomplishments include:
Packing the Supreme Court with White-wing extremists who lied about their opposition to Roe v Wade.
Passing Trump's tax cuts for millionaires that created record federal deficits.
Filibustering all sensible gun safety legislation.
Opposing everything Democrats tried to accomplish.
We should pray that Moscow Mitch has a long and extremely painful recovery.
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If you are a fan of Moscow Mitch,
FUCK OFF!!!
that POS GOPer relic is well beyond his expiration date...
I can't believe that the knuckle draggers haven't attacked me for being cruel to reptiles.
their POS demigod trump has declared the turtle is a rino...
Turtle Mitch was wandering through a park where he was sexually assaulted by a horde of snails. When asked for a description of his assautlers he replied, "I can't, it happened so fast!"
I love it!
Nobody gives a fuck about Moscow Mitch.
He is in a no man's land situation. The left dislikes him for his policies and his manipulation of the senate, and the right dislikes him because he is not MAGA enough.
I'm not going to berate his physical condition though. We all go through it at some point.
But Kentucky loves him because he brings in the pork like nobody else!
Doesn't Robert Byrd hold the record for pork?
This article is about Moscow Mitch McConnell, not Robert Byrd (who died in 2010).
Your deflection is fucking stupid.
Please troll someone else's content.
Can you at least learn to be consistent?
If I am off topic, a smart person would say what I responded TO is off topic, also.
I don't suppose that is in your ability to see.
You responded to comment #3.1.1 which was:
"But Kentucky loves him because he brings in the pork like nobody else!"
Moscow Mitch IS the topic of this fucking article. He is also a Senator from Kentucky.
You deflected to Robert Byrd, who is NOT the topic of this article.
Butt as you said, "I don't suppose that is in your ability to see."
That's just stupid meta because you are a fucking troll.
FUCK OFF!
Oh boy!
You stated this article is NOT about Byrd.
So you are just fucking troll posting another off topic comment about Byrd anyway.
Please, FUCK OFF!
but, but, but, what about...
Shouldn't it be Beijing Mitch given his wife's background and Moscow Donny for his love affair with Putin?
Now don't go getting all rational here.
Moscow Mitch made out like a bandit when a Russian oligarch put an aluminum plant in Kentucky. It's an old story.
A Kremlin-Linked Firm Invested Millions in Kentucky. Were They After More Than Money?
After months of searching, the only option was problematic. Rusal, the Russian aluminum giant, was tailor-made to join forces on the project. But it was under sanctions imposed by the U.S. Treasury Department. Its billionaire owner, Oleg Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s, was being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for his potential involvement in the effort to swing the 2016 presidential election. The Treasury sanctions—punishment for the Kremlin’s “malign activities” around the world, including “attempting to subvert Western democracies”—made it illegal for Americans to do business with Rusal or its boss.
I guess you have numbers to show us how much he benefitted, right?
surely you just didn't make it up!
Derp.
Is 'derp' liberalese for "ain't got shit"?
Sounds like yet another weird conspiracy theory-------and of course you have zero proof for your allegations.
"Derp" is a response used to answer conservatives who "don't know shit."
For instance, why do you think anyone would provide the numbers of their income from a Russian oligarch who has been sanctioned by the US government?
If Moscow Mitch was doing business with Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
Department of Justice
U.S. Attorney’s Office
U.K. Businessman Arrested For Sanctions Evasion Benefitting Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), announced the unsealing of an Indictment charging GRAHAM BONHAM-CARTER, a citizen of the United Kingdom, with conspiring to violate United States sanctions imposed on Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska and wire fraud in connection with BONHAM-CARTER’s funding of U.S. properties purchased by Deripaska and efforts to expatriate Deripaska’s artwork in the U.S. through misrepresentations. BONHAM-CARTER was arrested today in the United Kingdom, and the United States Government will be seeking his extradition to the United States. Deripaska was previously charged with U.S. sanctions violations in an Indictment unsealed on September 29, 2022 (the “Deripaska Indictment”).
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “As alleged, Graham Bonham-Carter provided property management and other services to his employer, sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Bonham-Carter obscured the origin of funding for upkeep and management of Deripaska’s lavish U.S. assets, in violation of the international sanctions. OFAC sanctions preclude supporters of the brutal and unjust Russian war regime from using U.S. dollars in any financial transactions, and we thank our international partners for their continued partnership in enforcing this critical sanctions program.”
Andrew C. Adams, Director of Task Force KleptoCapture said: “The international real estate market, and its infamous opacity, afforded Bonham-Carter no shelter from the diligence and expertise of U.S. law enforcement and our partners. Others who would attempt to move illicit money through international markets should take notice: neither powerful connections nor sophisticated deceptions succeeded in hiding Bonham-Carter’s efforts to illegally service a sanctioned oligarch.”
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Michael J. Driscoll said: "With each new action we take, we shine a light on the vast network of individuals willing to work with Russian oligarchs who brazenly break our laws and abuse our financial systems. Bonham-Carter allegedly hid Deripaska's money and assets from federal authorities, and continued to do so even after Deripaska was sanctioned by the U.S. Our work would not be possible without the ongoing and dedicated partnerships with our international counterparts, all of whom are strategically focused on stopping the Russian oligarchs and their criminal kleptocracy."
According to the allegations contained in the Indictment unsealed today in Manhattan federal court and the Deripaska Indictment: [1]
In 2014, the President issued Executive Order 13660, which declared a national emergency with respect to the situation in Ukraine. To address this national emergency, the President blocked all property of individuals determined by the U.S. Treasury to be responsible for or complicit in actions or policies that threatened the security, sovereignty, or territorial integrity of Ukraine, or who materially assist, sponsor, or provide support individuals or entities engaging in such activities. Executive Order 13660 and regulations issued pursuant to it, prohibit making or receiving any funds, goods or services by, to, from, or for the benefit of any person designated by the U.S. Treasury.
On April 6, 2018, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) designated Deripaska as a Specially Designated National (“SDN”), in connection with its finding that the actions of the Government of the Russian Federation with respect to Ukraine constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to U.S. national security and foreign policy (the “OFAC Sanctions”). According to the U.S. Treasury, Deripaska was sanctioned for having acted or purported to act on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation, and for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy.
From approximately July 2003 through the present, BONHAM-CARTER worked for entities controlled by Deripaska. Among other things, BONHAM-CARTER manages Deripaska’s residential properties located in the United Kingdom and Europe, including a house in Belgravia Square, London. Even after OFAC designated Deripaska, BONHAM-CARTER continued to work for Deripaska and refer to Deripaska as his “boss.” For example, in an email dated on or about June 18, 2018, BONHAM-CARTER wrote: “Times a bit tough for my boss as sanctions have hit him from the USA so not an ideal time.” In an e-mail dated on or about October 13, 2021, BONHAM-CARTER wrote: “It[’]s all good apart from banks keep shutting me down because of my affiliation to my boss Oleg Deripaska.... I have even been advised not to go to the USA where Oleg still has personal sanctions as the authorities will undoubtedly pull me to one side and the questioning could be hours or even days!!”
As alleged in the Indictment, after Deripaska’s designation, BONHAM-CARTER engaged in over a million dollars of illicit transactions to fund real estate properties in the United States for Deripaska’s benefit. Between in or about 2005 and in or about 2008, Deripaska purchased three residential properties in the United States, two in New York, New York, and one in Washington, D.C. (the “U.S. Properties”). The properties were managed by a company named Gracetown, Inc. After OFAC imposed sanctions on Deripaska on or about April 6, 2018, Gracetown, Inc. continued to manage the properties for Deripaska’s benefit. Shortly after Deripaska’s designation, Deripaska instructed BONHAM-CARTER to set up a new company for managing Deripaska’s properties. On or about May 25, 2018, BONHAM-CARTER wrote in an email that “OVD [i.e., Deripaska] wants me to set up my own company to run the [Belgravia Square] house and to possibly include Japan, Italy, China and more.” Less than two months later, on or about July 17, 2018, BONHAM-CARTER incorporated GBCM Limited.
Between in or about March 2021 and in or about December 2021, while in Deripaska’s employ, BONHAM-CARTER transmitted payments for the upkeep of the U.S. Properties. BONHAM-CARTER wired payments totaling $1,043,964.30 from a bank account in Russia held in the name of GBCM Limited, to bank accounts held by Gracetown, Inc. in New York, New York. Gracetown, Inc. used the funds from GBCM Limited to pay for various expenses associated with the U.S. Properties, including staff salaries, property taxes, and other services, and to maintain and keep up the U.S. Properties.
As alleged, BONHAM-CARTER also attempted to unlawfully transfer artwork purchased by Deripaska from an auction house in New York City to London through misrepresentations concealing Deripaska’s ownership of the artwork. In May 2021, when advised by the auction house that it had reason to believe that the artwork belonged to Deripaska, BONHAM-CARTER falsely stated that the artwork and a payment of $12,146 that BONHAM-CARTER had made to ship the Artwork do not belong to Deripaska. In fact, as BONHAM-CARTER knew, Deripaska had purchased the artwork, it remained his property, and the funds used to pay for shipping would be billed to Deripaska.
Probably for the exact reason why a US Senator/Vice President/President does not report income from payoffs and kickbacks of countries and relatives using your name as leverage for payoffs.
I have read your link.
I am wondering why you gave me that link.
not one thing in it about mc conell.
therefore it is useless to try to use it to prove dipshit theories about him.
you made a claim, I asked for proof, and as usual got bupkiss.
you claimed something you are unable to prove
I am not surprised.
There is no aluminum plant in Ashland. How much did Mcconnell make? What is Biden's US Treasury and DoJ doing about this?
just another stupid accusation sans a lick of proof for the bogus claim.
Derp.
The Treasury sanctions—punishment for the Kremlin’s “malign activities” around the world, including “attempting to subvert Western democracies”—made it illegal for Americans to do business with Rusal or its boss.
3.2.8 Offers proof that others (even in the UK) can be arrested for doing business with Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska.
Rusal ( Deripaska's Russian company) is also sanctioned butt Moscow Mitch conducted business with them anyway. He intervened to get them a multimillion dollar contract in Kentucky. Even if McConnell did it pro bono it's a fucking crime.
I'm not privy to McConnell's financial records, nor am I privy to any of his possible offshore accounts, so no I don't have proof that he received compensation from Rusal.
Maybe Moscow Mitch's favorite charities are sanctioned Russian companies owned by Russian oligarchs.
you said McConnell benefitted.
when pressed for proof, you have deflected.
if you didn't mean to say he benefitted, you should retract your statement.
why on earth is the Biden JD so damn inept?
And will continue to do so.
WTF?
You wanna dance the fucking "Texas two step"?
The Russians and the Governor broke ground In 2018. The Russians made multimillion dollar "contributions" to McConnell's PAC. If you have time please read the entire link. I have cherry picked some interesting shit below:
A Kremlin-Linked Firm Invested Millions in Kentucky. Were They After More Than Money?
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Back when Bouchard and Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin broke ground in June 2018 , they shared a bottle of Korbel and plenty of optimism. That October, Trump touted the new aluminum mill at a rally at Eastern Kentucky University, heralding it as a symbol of blue collar revival.
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As his empire grew, Deripaska enlisted U.S. lobbyists to support his interests. Among them was GOP political operator Paul Manafort , who offered Deripaska a lobbying strategy that he said would benefit “the Putin Government,” according to the Mueller report. Manafort and Deripaska fell out in 2009 over unpaid debts.
But in the summer of 2016, Manafort became the chairman of the Trump campaign. “He owed us a lot of money,” one of Deripaska’s close aides, the former Russian intelligence officer Victor Boyarkin, told TIME in 2018. “And he was offering ways to pay it back.” Through intermediaries, Manafort sent Deripaska internal polling data and offered “private briefings” about the campaign, according to Mueller. As the special counsel investigated their relationship, the Treasury Department announced sanctions against Deripaska and Rusal in April 2018. In explaining the decision to sanction Deripaska, the Treasury Department cited allegations that he had, among other alleged offenses, “bribed a government official, ordered the murder of a businessman and had links to a Russian organized crime group.”
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To free itself from sanctions, Rusal fielded a team of high-paid lobbyists for an intense, months-long effort in Washington. One of the targets was Kentucky’s own Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, who helped thwart a bipartisan push to keep the sanctions in place. Since May, two of McConnell’s former staffers have lobbied Congress on behalf of Braidy, according to filings. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, one of Rusal’s longtime major shareholders, Len Blavatnik, contributed more than $1 million through his companies to a GOP campaign fund tied to McConnell.
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Ownership is the wrong test,” says Senator Mark Warner, a Virginia Democrat, arguing Deripaska maintains influence over Rusal. Led by Schumer, Senators from both parties moved to block Treasury from lifting the sanctions. Yet Rusal had a powerful ally in McConnell, who backed Treasury’s move.
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Critics also seized on McConnell’s links to Blavatnik, a dual U.S. and U.K. citizen who is one of Rusal’s biggest shareholders. Born in the Soviet Union and naturalized in the U.S. in 1984, Blavatnik earned most of his fortune, estimated by Forbes at $16.5 billion, as a partner to Deripaska and other Russian oil and metals tycoons. Blavatnik’s family has donated to both Republicans and Democrats. But in recent years, his companies have been especially generous toward the GOP. Those contributions have since included a total of $3.5 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC run by McConnell’s former chief of staff, according to Federal Election Commission data. The money helped Republicans keep control of the Senate in the 2018 elections, securing McConnell’s perch as the majority leader.
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But not everyone in Kentucky was excited about the Russians’ arrival. After Donets’ visit, a red billboard funded by a liberal group was erected on a busy stretch of I-75: “Russian mob money . . . Really, Mitch?” “The only reason Oleg is here is because Mitch McConnell opened the gate,” says Representative Kelly Flood, a Democrat from Lexington. “We are now all aligned with this criminal.” The deal created unease among some Republicans too. “I would not have taken the Russian money,” James Comer, the GOP Congressman representing Kentucky’s First District, said on the day the partnership was announced.
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Yes, McConnell did benefit:
To free itself from sanctions, Rusal fielded a team of high-paid lobbyists for an intense, months-long effort in Washington. One of the targets was Kentucky’s own Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, who helped thwart a bipartisan push to keep the sanctions in place. Since May, two of McConnell’s former staffers have lobbied Congress on behalf of Braidy, according to filings. Ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, one of Rusal’s longtime major shareholders, Len Blavatnik, contributed more than $1 million through his companies to a GOP campaign fund tied to McConnell.
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But in recent years, his companies have been especially generous toward the GOP. Those contributions have since included a total of $3.5 million to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC run by McConnell’s former chief of staff, according to Federal Election Commission data. The money helped Republicans keep control of the Senate in the 2018 elections, securing McConnell’s perch as the majority leader.
Derp.
I think your fucking crystal balls are unreliable.
They can't predict the future.
seems strange that the JD would turn a blind eye to all your evidence.
maybe it all wasn't as illegal as you thought.
OpenSecrets tells a somewhat different story on Blavatnik family donations with more going to Dems than Repubs. Maybe that's why Treasury and DoJ has been hands off.
Looks like my crystal ball is right on the money...
Derp
surprised?
Not at all.
The OpenSecrets link you provided reveals that Blavatnik and his wife donated $ to both Democrats and Republicans.
Blavatnik donated more to Republicans and his wife donated more to Democrats.
Here is the data (that you provided) about Leonard Blavatnik's donations:
However, that same spread sheet also reveals that the company (which donated far more than the family) only donated to Republicans. Look at the numbers for 2016. AIC gave the Republicans $4,300,000. Here are the numbers from the OpeSecrets spreadsheet that you provided:
Why did you pretend that they gave more to Democrats?
You must enjoy the fucking Texas two step.
I pretended nothing, if I had wanted to do that, I wouldn't have provided the link. The fact is, the Blavatnik family gaved more to Dems than Repubs. And that is what I said..
I do enjoy fucking in Texas or wherever I am, but my dancing isn't the best.
Derp.
It's not my evidence.
It is evidence from the Justice Department.
Here's the link I provided in my comment:
DERP!
Not according to the spreadsheet you linked,
Apparently, the data I copied from the spread sheet failed.
Here is a summary of the Leonard Blavatnik totals:
$1,500,091 donated to Republicans
$1.249,221 donated to Democrats
The Access Industries Corporate Contributions
in 2016 were:
$4,300,000 to Republicans $0 to Democrats
You should let a Texan led when you dance.
My math from OpenSecrets has:
Len and wife = $2.08M Dems $$1.6M Repubs
Son Alex = $140K Dems, $190K Repubs
Alex's wife = $1M Dems, $430K Repubs
Family total = $5.44M Dems, $2.22M Repubs
From the same fucking spreadsheet:
The Access Industries Corporate Contributions in just one year (2016) were:
$4,300,000 to Republicans $0 to Democrats
If I owned a cherry orchard, I would hire you for the fucking harvest.
I’ve never mentioned Access Industries. The original comment was about Len contributions to Mitch. How much of Access Ind contributions were Len’s money, I don’t know. Most of the reports on this aluminum plant never mention the sizable Dem donations. Probably just an oversight.
Wow.
Who'd a thunk the Biden JD was so damn inept and unwilling to prosecute criminals?
And how can anyone support such ineptness?
Surely there must be SOME competent people in the JD.
They must not have seen the same crimes as you since they haven't indicted McConnell.
I know, it doesn't fit your narrative. Butt the link to OpenSecrets (that you provided) had the Access Industries data.
Most of the reports on this aluminum plant never mention the sizable Dem donations. Probably just an oversight.
The OpenSecrets spreadsheet shows zero donations to the Democrats and millions of dollars to the Republicans.
Did you just learn of this word?
You seem overly fond of it.
I don’t have a narrative, I reported what OpenSecrets said about family donations. I don’t remember you originally addressing those. Does that mean that you have a narrative?
The DoJ does not discuss open cases.
Why yes, yes I do.
I wrote this article.
My narrative is spelled out by the tags on the article.
Tags
Why don't you contribute an article?
Isn’t this case now about four years old?
Because I don’t have a narrative.
I like to use the word "Derp" in response to ridiculous comments posted by trolls.
derp
The plethora of comments you post contradict that statement.
How so?
No, of course you don't.
narrative
Please describe what you think it is.
Nope.
That's something you should do.
Like I said, I don’t have one and you can’t discern one.
I won't describe your narrative, butt that doesn't mean I can't "discern one."
Yea, right,
The mere fact that McConnell has not been indicted tells me something. Maybe you think they are "still investigating" it all.
No indictments, no crime.
My guess is he has had that as a response to what he says outside of NT, so he decided to bring it here.
You have posted tons of comments on NT.
The comments reveal more about your "narrative" than you think.
Butt, you'll never have a place in future history unless you can articulate your narrative.
Derp!
news.yahoo.com /ex-trump-lawyer-posts-cruel-071930497.html
Ex-Trump Lawyer Posts Cruel Video Mocking Mitch McConnell’s Hospitalization
Lee Moran 2-3 minutes 3/10/2023
Jenna Ellis , an ex-legal adviser to former President Donald Trump, sparked anger on Thursday with another sick hot take .
The lawyer responded to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s hospitalization for concussion treatment after he fell at a dinner function with mockery.
Ellis, who earlier this week was censured for spewing Trump’s 2020 election lies, shared a video featuring a turtle falling downstairs. McConnell has for years been likened to a turtle from both sides of the aisle.
“BREAKING: Camera footage from last night’s McConnell dinner obtained,” she captioned the clip.
The post drew fierce condemnation on Twitter.
“The basic lack of humanity constantly displayed by these people is truly remarkable,” responded CNN’s Jake Tapper.
Others agreed:
She has always seemed like a slim step above white trash.
I think mocking McConnell is ok on a site like this, but a representative of a former president of the United States should have a little more dignity than we do.
I would never hit him while he's down.
Oh wait... I did.
I actually couldn't find out what his condition was yesterday and I was hoping this would stimulate some interest and someone would tell me when they were "telling me off."
If "only the good die young" then Moscow Mitch may never die.
You are so fucking funny.
Turtles All The Way Down
I find Al's satire very funny but McConnell is still in the hospital. I hope he recovers quickly
That's because you're such a nice person.
I'm an asshole.
I see you're still trolling.
You just aren't very good at it.
FUCK OFF!
Yes. This comment is just more proof of trolling.
This is a satirical article about Moscow Mitch McConnell.
Would you like to comment on Moscow Mitch of just spew more stupid fucking meta?
Please...I don't need your approval. I've never been nice to you and if anyone has ever said I was they're fucking liars
I too hope Mitch recovers speedily and completely. Just so he can go back to acknowledging the fucking nutjobs that have taken the GOP down the idiot rabbit hole. Oh yeah. And for his family. That too.
Damn girl, I found another version of you:
Cobalt is great piano player, butt she's a virtuoso on the organ.
Quintessential al. LOL
I was playing chess with a RWNJ.
I managed two advance a pawn to the last rank.
I said I wanted to promote it to a queen.
The asshole shot my pawn with his 9mm while screaming, "DIE YOU TRANNY BITCH!".
Does that indicate that he resigned?