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Rad for radical, ish for sort of. The avatar is Agent Gates. . .
Comics I Follow
Two Party Opera
By Brian Carroll
Mannequin on the Moon
By Ian Boothby and Pia Guerra
Junk Drawer
By Ellis Rosen
Super-Fun-Pak Comix
By Ruben Bolling
Wizard of Id Classics
By Parker and Hart
That is Priceless
By Steve Melcher
Strange Brew
By John Deering
Speed Bump
By Dave Coverly
Ripley's Believe It or Not
By Ripley’s Believe It or Not!
Reality Check
By Dave Whamond
Pot-Shots
By Ashleigh Brilliant
Pearls Before Swine
By Stephan Pastis
Loose Parts
By Dave Blazek
Looks Good on Paper
By Dan Collins
Lay Lines
By Carol Lay
La Cucaracha
By Lalo Alcaraz
Frog Applause
By Teresa Burritt
Free Range
By Bill Whitehead
Eyebeam
By Sam Hurt
Dark Side of the Horse
By Samson
Buni
By Ryan Pagelow
Brewster Rockit
By Tim Rickard
Brevity
By Dan Thompson
In 2018, Mike Johnson received campaign contributions from “American Ethane” company, 88% of which was owned by three Russian nationals: Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev, and Andrey Kunatbaev.
Johnson received at least three checks from the company. Why does that matter?
At least one of the Russian partners, oligarch Nikolaev, had deep ties to Putin.
The sordid tale about the group of Russian nationals who circumvented U.S. political fundraising laws in order to deliver campaign contributions to a slate of MAGA-entrenched Congressmen somehow failed to attract the attention of the corporate media.
Johnson’s campaign claims the money was returned after the facts were first revealed. But why did he take it in the first place?
In 2018, while Donald was still in the White House, his FCC fined American Ethane for donating to GOP candidates — a grand total of $9,500 in civil penalties… That’ll show ‘em.
Nikolaev funded Russian national Maria Butina, who was deported back to Russia after spending 15 months in U.S. penitentiaries for acting as a Russian foreign agent, cozying up to Republicans in order to shape U.S. policy.
In addition to being part owner of Globaltrans, which according to Newsweek is Russia’s largest private rail operation, Nikolaev is also part owner of the Tula Cartridge Plant, a company “which has been supplying ammunition to Russian forces during its invasion of Ukraine.”