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Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts)
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 11:30 PM Sep 20

Lev Parnas tells his story, seeks redemption in new Maddow documentary, "From Russia with Lev" - The 11th Hour MSNBC



On this special edition of The 11th Hour, Rachel Maddow joins host Ali Velshi to discuss her first documentary film, "From Russia with Lev," an examination of Lev Parnas' convoluted journey from small-time hustler to the center of Donald Trump's inner circle. - Aired on 09/20/2024.
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Deuxcents

(19,872 posts)
1. Wow. This was something everyone should see. TSF should never be allowed to even dream of another term.
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 11:35 PM
Sep 20

We’re not going back is much more than a campaign slogan. We just cannot go back

riverbendviewgal

(4,322 posts)
3. It is so well done that it deserves an award
Fri Sep 20, 2024, 11:56 PM
Sep 20

An Oscar or Emmy. I was blown away. It is real and absurb to the point of being funny sometimes because it factual. Not boring. This is not fiction. There are receipts. You really see the Republicans as they really are. Watch it.

Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts)
5. I totally agree! It was completely amazing - and with the main participant, no actors!!!
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 12:02 AM
Sep 21

This deserves many awards - and is an important part of our history come to life!

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
4. I think the bottom line here might be that Parnas doesn't want
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 12:00 AM
Sep 21

to be deported either to Ukraine or to Russia. He'd throw himself out of a window if that ever came to pass.

Warpy

(113,131 posts)
9. You sure about that?
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 12:53 AM
Sep 21
https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-l-chapter-2

He ticks a couple of those boxes and had he not bared enough of his soul to put himself into jail and maybe put the Feds onto a few more just like him, he'd be out of here.

Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts)
7. Oh, absolutely! And, like many immigrants, he grew up here - besides having a wife and children
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 12:12 AM
Sep 21

And I have to give him credit for waking up and deciding he had to give back - and that includes being determined to find and apologize to Hunter Biden!

Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts)
10. My take on him is that he enjoys boasting about all he did - and he really enjoys the attention and being in the limelight
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 01:02 AM
Sep 21

FemDemERA

(408 posts)
11. I just finished watching it. Well done. I was impressed
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 02:13 AM
Sep 21

By his wife all the way through, and by Hunter Biden’s incredible ability to forgive and embrace a man who tried to distroy him and his father.

However, every time they showed Kevin McCarthy, Bill Barr, Matt Gaetz, Steve Bannon, Sean Hannity, Rudy Giuliani, Trump, and so many others… When I think of them all walking around free and living the high life. And Hunter Biden is the one actually facing jail time? I think I might need to vomit.

Rhiannon12866

(222,887 posts)
13. I agree with you completely, his wife was certainly awesome, but the corruption and skulduggery was overwhelming
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 02:53 AM
Sep 21

And we know that what they did led to the first impeachment and if only TFG had been removed at that time - which he certainly should have been - how much additional criminality, which also has yet to be dealt with, could have been prevented. And I also find it horrifying that, after all this time, the perpetrators still walk free.

Envirogal

(175 posts)
12. Everyone needs to see this!
Sat Sep 21, 2024, 02:36 AM
Sep 21

Incredibly powerful connecting of the dots on what Trump and his enablers were doing and what Bill Barr helped to allow with his meddling.

Another example of how Republicans know they can’t win unless they cheat, rig, and lie. What happened to Hunter Biden is disgusting. I am glad that Parnas is making amends by his dillegence and determination to expose it and all the corrupt players that made it happen.

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