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The Russian Government
I find it difficult to wrap my head around why anyone would think the USA should in anyway work with a corrupt Oligarchy like this.
Yet they have their apologists, even on "our" side (Stein, Greenwald, etc...).
* No free press.
* Investigative reporting and political opposition is met with imprisonment or worse...death.
* No civil rights to speak of.
* No fair elections.
* No LGBTQ rights.
* No women's rights.
* An Oligarchy operating like a Mafia that uses the government as it's personal piggybank.
It's easy to see why rightwingers apologize for these criminals since they match up so well but from the Left?
