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Starting to get some clues

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Apr 2019 05:21:05 +0000

In reply to Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A.

Starting to get some clues why the NRA, which pays gazillions of dollars to executives and consultants, has started leaking to journalists like a broken cup. https://t.co/1UF9bIpPQs pic.twitter.com/mj3ekkiO4m
— Matt Pearce (@mattdpearce) April 27, 2019

pictured clip is from the original article atop the thread

heh, Rep. Don Beyer being

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:04:04 +0000

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heh, Rep. Don Beyer being sassy:

If only there had been some kind of warning that Oliver North was untrustworthy https://t.co/2bD1Iu3R7p
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) April 26, 2019

is @ WSJ too:

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 22:01:36 +0000

In reply to In N.R.A. Power Struggle,

is @ WSJ too:

! NRA leader Wayne LaPierre has told the group's board he is being extorted and pressured to resign by NRA president Oliver North over allegations of financial improprieties, WSJ reports.https://t.co/WpSIqV7GjL
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 26, 2019

In N.R.A. Power Struggle,

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:59:36 +0000

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In N.R.A. Power Struggle, Insurgents Seek to Oust Wayne LaPierre

The National Rifle Association’s chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, was asked to resign this week amid a growing rift among the organization’s leaders.

By Danny Hakim @ NYTimes.com, April 26

INDIANAPOLIS — Turmoil wracking the National Rifle Association is threatening to turn the group’s annual convention into outright civil war, as insurgents maneuver to oust Wayne LaPierre, the foremost voice of the American gun rights movement.

The confrontation pits Mr. LaPierre, the organization’s longtime chief executive, against its recently installed president, Oliver L. North, the central figure in the Reagan-era Iran-contra affair, who remains a hero to many on the right.

Behind it is a widening crisis involving a legal battle between the N.R.A. and its most influential contractor, Ackerman McQueen, amid renewed threats from regulators in New York, where the N.R.A. is chartered, to investigate the group’s tax-exempt status. With contributions lagging, the N.R.A. is also facing an increasingly well-financed gun rights movement, motivated by a string of mass shootings.

Mr. North asked Mr. LaPierre to resign on Wednesday, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times. He said he had also created a committee to review allegations of financial improprieties that threaten the N.R.A.’s status as a nonprofit organization [....]

All together now . . .

artappraiser — Fri, 26 Apr 2019 21:56:28 +0000

In reply to Secrecy, Self-Dealing, and Greed at the N.R.A.

All together now . . . “Thoughts and prayers.” pic.twitter.com/zGdKQVbXwk
— Andy Slavitt (@ASlavitt) April 26, 2019