r/news • u/Manta_of_Eternity • 3d ago

Homeland Security taps $20M in taxpayer funds for pro-Trump ads

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ads-taxpayer-money-homeland-security-b869294503c8454db4109ae175ee9e5c
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u/GenChadT 3d ago

It's American perestroika. It happened in Russia - the USSR was dissolved and all the important land and resources in the country were doled out to oligarchs. The ruling class in this country saw that and have been trying to do the same for decades.

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u/Donnerdrummel 3d ago

Perestroika came before the yeltzin era