I’m sure this is totally fine

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2003

I feel like that’d be important to note right away. That’s two decades ago. Not mentioning that makes it sound a lot more recent. Though I guess he was working the same job back then too.

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“Putin’s hometown” is one of largest city. Saint Petesburg.

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It was a big tourist destination for anyone visiting Russia when that was a desirable thing.

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Yes. Also it is former capital.

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Also it is just next-door to the Baltic states, so it makes sense to book a short trip to there (for whoever was bribing Thomas with trips back then)

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I am willing to bet the majority of the MAGA movement is funded by Russia. Everything goes back to Putin every fucking time.

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It was funded by oligarchs, and Russia is a playground for oligarchs (until they cross Putin).

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Well some of them, others went to London and started to cross Putin.

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And got a fucking polonium pin prick for it… While in London.

Unless we’re talking about different people.

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Hard to get any more corrupt than this.

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Fun fact: the constitution talks about supreme Court justices having immunity just as much as it talks about presidents having immunity

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Section 1983 of the federal code as written and passed by Congress implicitly says that neither have immunity for official acts that violate the rights of citizens. Someone illegally “amended” the law in 1874 when it was copied from the Congressional Record, to the Federal Register.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/15/us/politics/qualified-immunity-supreme-court.html

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What the actual fuck. This country is a joke. I’m shocked we lasted this long to be honest.

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Right, but the supreme Court would just find that law unconstitutional. Or ignore the implicit meaning.

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Assuming everyone is 100% corrupt, yes

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