Mother Jones - documents point to illegal collusion between NRA and Trump Campaign

[NewJeffCT]

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/nra-trump-2016-campaign-coordination-political-advertising/

The National Rifle Association spent $30 million to help elect Donald Trump—more than any other independent conservative group. Most of that sum went toward television advertising, but a political message loses its power if it fails to reach the right audience at the right time. For the complex and consequential task of placing ads in key markets across the nation in 2016, the NRA turned to a media strategy firm called Red Eagle Media.

One element of Red Eagle’s work for the NRA involved purchasing a slate of 52 ad slots on WVEC, the ABC affiliate in Norfolk, Virginia, in late October 2016. The ads targeted adults aged 35 to 64 and aired on local news programs and syndicated shows like Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. In paperwork filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Red Eagle described them as “anti-Hillary” and “pro-Trump.”

[cilla4progress]

1. Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[NewJeffCT]

2. the problem is

that the shit hits the fan on a daily basis under Team Trump. Sometimes a few times per day. There is so much shit flying about that some of it gets lost/forgotten in the mix.

[C_U_L8R]

3. The NRA should be disbanded

At the very least, their tax-exempt nonprofit status should be revoked.
Such slimy crooks. They took an enthusiast's club and weaponized it
for political gain.

[Brother Buzz]

4. The NRA was free to spend as much money as it wanted on behalf of Trump in 2016.

But under federal election law, if an independent group and a campaign share election-related information, then the group’s expenditures no longer qualify as independent and are instead treated as in-kind donations, subject to a $5,000 limit.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/nra-trump-2016-campaign-coordination-political-advertising/

Put THAT in your pipe and smoke it!

[NewJeffCT]

5. In separate news

isn't the NRA also being investigated for laundering money on behalf of Russia?

[Brother Buzz]

6. That's what I hear

And there are a ton of dots that have yet to be connected, but it looks like that Maria Butina may be the conduit.

[TheRealNorth]

7. I probably wouldn't bet on this Supreme Court upholding that restriction

[pecosbob]

8. MJ is the second bookmark on my toobar...right after DU

[Amaryllis]

9. another totally shocking revelation that NONE of us saw coming!!