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Our president is a Russian agent
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He spot on about ATT. From CNBC.
“Telecommunications giant AT&T said Tuesday night that it had paid President Donald Trump’s lawyer Michael Cohen for “insights” about the Trump administration.”
So what insight was ATT paying for. I know they have a merger on the table that has been unsuccessful. Also flies againt the whole “Michael? I barely know the guy” narrative
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I’m sure Trump had no idea Cohen was collecting bribes for him.
So many nothing burgers I’m about to explode.
Maybe theres nothing untoward about it, but it does seem moronic for the presidents personal attorney to be accepting half a million dollars from this Russian oligarch, Cooper said. Moronic is the only word that comes to mind. Or nefarious.
Theyre not mutually exclusive, [link=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/preet-bharara]Preet Bharara[/link], CNN analyst and former U.S. attorney, replied. There are nefarious morons as well.-
Nice try, nice guy.
Try another 30 pages of nothing burger. I’ll post again when you’re still whining about nothing. Again.-
Slush fund used to pay off a porn star to prevent the public from finding out about Trump’s extra-marital affairs before the election of the favorite Russian candidate for POTUS. Trump Jr. also said Russian money is a major part of their portfolio and since getting Russian money ‘funneled’ into his portfolio, the self-proclaimed “King of Debt” doesn’t seem to need to borrow money for American banks anymore & pays for things in cash.
No, no, nothing to see here.-
Brennan and the FBI spied on congress, hacked its computers. The prior administration spied on The Trump campaign, hired moles into it, and bugged and tapped them.
No, nothing to see there either.
Trump isn’t the problem — the gargantuan gov’t you love (but only when your guy is in power) happens to be. But you aren’t honest enough to admit anything based in reality, so another 30 pages of nothing burger it is
Good Day Sir! Or should I say, ma’am-
Why would you say maam?
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[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/us/politics/john-mashburn-trump-russia-email-papadopoulos.html]New York Times[/link]:[b]Testimony sets of search for missing Russia/Trump tie-in email[/b]
Testifying behind closed doors on Capitol Hill in late March, the official, John K. Mashburn, said he remembered the email coming from George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy adviser to the campaign who was approached by a Russian agent, sometime before the party conventions and well before WikiLeaks began publishing messages stolen in hackings from Democrats. Such an email could have proved explosive, providing evidence that at least one high-ranking Trump campaign official was alerted to Russias meddling, raising questions about which advisers knew and undercutting President Trumps denials of collusion. But two months after Mr. Mashburn testified, investigators for the Senate Judiciary Committee have not found any such message.
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[b]Crossfire Hurricane[/b]
Within hours of opening an investigation into the Trump campaigns ties to Russia in the summer of 2016, the F.B.I. dispatched a pair of agents to London on a mission so secretive that all but a handful of officials were kept in the dark, the [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/us/politics/crossfire-hurricane-trump-russia-fbi-mueller-investigation.html]New York Times[/link] reports.
Their assignment, which has not been previously reported, was to meet the Australian ambassador, who had evidence that one of Donald J. Trumps advisers knew in advance about Russian election meddling. After tense deliberations between Washington and Canberra, top Australian officials broke with diplomatic protocol and allowed the ambassador, Alexander Downer, to sit for an F.B.I. interview to describe his meeting with the campaign adviser, George Papadopoulos.
The agents summarized their highly unusual interview and sent word to Washington on Aug. 2, 2016, two days after the investigation was opened. Their report helped provide the foundation for a case that, a year ago Thursday, became the special counsel investigation. But at the time, a small group of F.B.I. officials knew it by its code name: [link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFXVHu0vdI8]Crossfire Hurricane[/link].
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Awesome name. Some Agent likes Rolling Stones.
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Here fw, TrollBot F@Gan is the perfect example of Russian bots. He does nothing to or for me but he’s the tool that keeps on giving the verification the Trumpets need.
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Wait
Is he talking about Steve Kerr the basketball coach?
WTF?
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Anyone read either of Malcolm Nance’s books regarding Russia’s plots working to undermine America and our influence in the world & break up our alliances using their apparent agent?
[link=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/entertainment/books/2018/03/28/kentuky-author-forum-book-review-plot-hack-america-malcom-nance/457421002/]https://www.courier-journ…alcom-nance/457421002/[/link]
[link=http://booksandbookskw.com/the-plot-to-destroy-democracy-malcolm-nance/]http://booksandbookskw.co…mocracy-malcolm-nance/[/link]
Good reads and extremely scary, explains how Russians destabilize governments. Especially knowing that Trump’s supporters think breaking up our alliances is a good idea and that Putin is someone to admire.-
What is becoming clear is Russia won big in 2016
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Hmmm, another law passed under Obama. How long after Trump meets with Putin will the Magnitsky Act remain in force? This is what the Russians wanted repealed. And considering Trump’s vast skills at negotiating, we are sure to get something in exchange I’m sure? like giving Syria to Putin?
I mean, let’s look at how well Trump negotiated the pants off of Kim Jong-un. We stopped military exercises at Putin’s & China’s request & in exchange Kim gave up all nuclear weapons making the world safe again as Trump announced. “Mission Accomplished!”
What will Trump give to Putin directly these talks in his tough negotiating “winnningggg” way? Will we exit NATO? Or merely go with what Trump thought was an excellent idea, be like Sweden regarding NATO?
As President Trump heads to Europe next month for the NATO summit and then a historic meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, his personal attacks on the European Union and other pillars of the Western order are overshadowing his own administrations attempts to reassure allies that the United States still believes in the transatlantic project it has led since the 1940s.
During a private meeting at the White House in late April, Trump was discussing trade with French President Emmanuel Macron. At one point, he asked Macron, Why dont you leave the E.U.? and said that if France exited the union, Trump would offer it a bilateral trade deal with better terms than the E.U. as a whole gets from the United States, according to two European officials. The White House did not dispute the officials account, but declined to comment.
Trump recently told Group of Seven leaders that [link=https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-foreign-policy-europe-nato-allies-worried-bd1e143a-e73a-415b-b688-d18ab2d902e7.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twsocialshare&utm_campaign=organic]NATO is as bad as NAFTA[/link], suggested to the Swedish prime minister that [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/josh-rogin/wp/2018/06/26/biden-european-leaders-reeling-from-trumps-hostile-behavior/?utm_term=.ddb96e783138]America should leave the NATO alliance[/link]… Trump doesnt believe in the continued sanctity of the European Union and NATO, as well as the United States commitment to both.
Trumps opinions closely track those of Putin, including on [link=https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/trump-russia-crimea?utm_term=.nwe8GVDva#.ty9pd18bX]the status of Crimea[/link], aid to Ukraine and [link=https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1012295859072126977]Russias interference [/link]in the U.S. elections. Overall, Trumps attack on the E.U. and the U.S.-Europe relationship is a huge strategic windfall for Russia.-
Now Trump is considering pulling American troops out of Germany.
American retreat. SOUND THE RETREAT!
Trump step by step undoing NATO. “Putin’s Puppet” was a better investment than even the Russians realized.
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Trump sides with Putin & Russia against our own FBI, CIA and Justice Dept. The Party of McCarty has joined the enemy.
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So Trump and Bolton and Rand Paul and a host of other Republicans are all giving Putin a hall pass about interfering with the elections here and in Europe. Their rationale? “Everyone does it!” meaning we have and are doing it right now.
And then in the next breath Trump & the Trumpet Minions say Putin actually didn’t do that because Putin says he didn’t and wouldn’t do any such thing.
So that means Putin and Republicans have not only given the hall pass to Putin but publicly admitted that America does things that Russia should not stoop to do. We are in fact worse than Russia.
How low can they go? I still don’t think they are close to the bottom yet, I think they plan on going way deeper.
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Time for republicans to choose whose team they are on
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Time for republicans to choose whose team they are on
Trump’s performance was literally sickening to me. He is actively subverting American democracy.
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U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee:
Todays press conference in Helsinki was one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory. The damage inflicted by President Trumps naiveté, egotism, false equivalence, and sympathy for autocrats is difficult to calculate. But it is clear that the summit in Helsinki was a tragic mistake.
President Trump proved not only unable, but unwilling to stand up to Putin. He and Putin seemed to be speaking from the same script as the president made a conscious choice to defend a tyrant against the fair questions of a free press, and to grant Putin an uncontested platform to spew propaganda and lies to the world.
It is tempting to describe the press conference as a pathetic rout as an illustration of the perils of under-preparation and inexperience. But these were not the errant tweets of a novice politician. These were the deliberate choices of a president who seems determined to realize his delusions of a warm relationship with Putins regime without any regard for the true nature of his rule, his violent disregard for the sovereignty of his neighbors, his complicity in the slaughter of the Syrian people, his violation of international treaties, and his assault on democratic institutions throughout the world.
Coming close on the heels of President Trumps bombastic and erratic conduct towards our closest friends and allies in Brussels and Britain, todays press conference marks a recent low point in the history of the American Presidency. That the president was attended in Helsinki by a team of competent and patriotic advisors makes his blunders and capitulations all the more painful and inexplicable.
No prior president has ever abased himself more abjectly before a tyrant. Not only did President Trump fail to speak the truth about an adversary; but speaking for America to the world, our president failed to defend all that makes us who we area republic of free people dedicated to the cause of liberty at home and abroad. American presidents must be the champions of that cause if it is to succeed. Americans are waiting and hoping for President Trump to embrace that sacred responsibility. One can only hope they are not waiting totally in vain.
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[b]This x100[/b]-
Worst President ever, bar none.
Best Manchurian/Moscovian Candidate ever, bar none.
Our 1st BLAME AMERICA FIRST, PRESIDENT!
Trump/Putin – The Apology Tour!
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Even Pauly ‘cool workout photos’ Ryan said something
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Make America great
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[b]The question of Trump and treason is now a legitimate one to ask[/b]
[link=https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/07/16/donald-trump-committing-treason/IwvTjJW4rvDdZD1vhvYMlI/story.html?s_campaign=breakingnews:newsletter]John Shattuck[/link]: According to the law, the federal crime of treason is committed by a person owing allegiance to the United States who adheres to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. Misprision (abetting) of treason is committed if a person having knowledge of the commission of treason conceals and does not disclose the crime.
Today the evidence of Russian cyberattacks against the US democratic process is overwhelming The presidents hostility to the US investigation of Russian cyberattacks, his failure to impose a cost on Russia for the attacks, his denigration of US alliances, and his eagerness to have an extraordinary relationship with the Russian leader all point toward giving aid and comfort to an enemy.
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/07/16/we-just-watched-a-u-s-president-acting-on-behalf-of-a-hostile-power/?utm_term=.303d25ae2cca]Max Boot[/link]: In the past, the only people who questioned the loyalty of U.S. presidents were crazy conspiracy theorists such as the John Birchers, who accused President Dwight Eisenhower of being a Russian agent or the birthers, including Trump, who questioned whether President Barack Obama was really born in the United States. But today the question of where the presidents loyalties lie is a legitimate one, and it will only grow in urgency after Putin deflected the question about [link=https://politicalwire.com/2018/07/16/putin-wont-deny-he-has-comprising-info-on-trump/]whether he had kompromat on Trump[/link].
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Rather obvious the alpha male in the room was decidedly NOT Trump!
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Obsequious Trump quietly saying, thank you to Putin.
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Cant wait to hear Sarah spin this one ! Prolly call reporters treasonous for even asking.
& Chris Wallace asking an annoyed defensive Putin tough questions.
Things are really getting interesting.
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Chris did it right. Good interview. You can see it on YouTube.
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We still don’t know what Trump and Putin said in private. I still don’t know why it was stipulated that no American be present.
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interesting fallout. Not that this is like a high profile person but we’re looking at a Trump Red part of the state of OH.
A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Belmont County Republican Party Chairman Chris Gagin announced his resignation in a pair of Twitter messages.
[link=https://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/07/southeast_ohio_republican_part.html#incart_m-rpt-1]https://www.cleveland.com…rt.html#incart_m-rpt-1[/link]-
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interesting fallout. Not that this is like a high profile person but we’re looking at a Trump Red part of the state of OH.
A county Republican Party chairman from Southeast Ohio resigned on Monday, citing President Donald Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Belmont County Republican Party Chairman Chris Gagin announced his resignation in a pair of Twitter messages.[link=https://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2018/07/southeast_ohio_republican_part.html#incart_m-rpt-1]https://www.cleveland.com…rt.html#incart_m-rpt-1[/link]
Just wait. The shock and noise will die down & these resignees will be known as “Never Trumpets” who were never loyal in the 1st place & the Right will get in line & march in lock-step.
PUTIN FOR POTUS! He is the strongest as we just saw. Trump is the beta-man.-
[b]Former GOP governor calls on Trump to step down over working “in favor of a foreign leader”[/b]
Former New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R) [link=https://twitter.com/GovCTW/status/1018915348098187264]called on[/link] President Trump to resign after he refused to stand up to Russian president Vladimir Putin over election meddling.
Said Whitman: Mr President, you should be ashamed. To deny your own country and government in favor of a foreign leader whose country has, for decades, tried to undermine the United States is irrational and dangerous. Please step down, you are not fit to lead this great nation.
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Trump to Sean Hannity: “[Putin] said there’s absolutely no collusion, which you know, and everybody who watches this show knows… And I tell you, I thought it was a really amazing time … I thought that President Putin was very, very strong.”
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Trump gave Putin a Blow job seen another world
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Further tightening the screws …
[b]5 Witnesses to be granted immunity in Manafort trial testimony[/b]
The special counsel prosecuting Paul Manafort is seeking to give immunity to five potential witnesses in advance of his trial in Alexandria federal court next week, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/special-counsel-offers-immunity-to-five-witnesses-for-paul-manafort-trial/2018/07/17/c52f3774-89f5-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0b_story.html?utm_term=.e90c1a52e28a]Washington Post[/link] reports.
All five have said they will not testify so as not to incriminate themselves and so prosecutors are asking Judge T.S. Ellis III to grant them immunity and compel their testimony.
The motions are sealed, and the government will not reveal the names of the witnesses unless they are actually called to testify.
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Listened toNPR just now interviewing some Administration twerp arguing for neutering ourselves because we NEED Russias help in the world in places like Ukraine & Syria & other places.
Seems to me the problems in these areas are either instigated by Russia or Russia is throwing gasoline on the fire. And the argument from the Right is we suddenly cant function unilaterally because of our need for Putin & Russia. Like their very generous offer to help with Muellers investigation.
The Administrstion is neutering us in deference to Russia because they need to support Trumps obeisance to Putin.
GO AMERICA! MAGA!
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We still don’t know what Trump and Putin said in private. I still don’t know why it was stipulated that no American be present.
No witnesses. No recording of the meeting except what GRU recorded.
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Nice article discussing the culpability of the republican party:
[link=https://www.thenation.com/article/russiagate-far-wider-trump-inner-circle/]https://www.thenation.com…er-trump-inner-circle/[/link]
and for icing on the cake russian oligarchs financing the top republicans:
[link=https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/05/08/putins-proxies-helped-funnel-millions-gop-campaigns]https://www.dallasnews.co…millions-gop-campaigns[/link]-
The New York Daily News Twit feed showing front page & other images about Trump’s Putin lovefest.
[link=https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/1018994921796194304]https://twitter.com/NYDai…us/1018994921796194304[/link]-
Follow the money. It’s all about the money. Trump had been broke declaring multiple bankruptcies & walking away from the messes leaving the bill for others to pay (That makes him smart he said). Banks would no longer lend him money until the Russians “funneled” (that word Giuliani used) large amounts of cash to him.
There might be a “pee tape” but that’s small potatoes compared to considering selling out your country for money. Our POTUS!
MAGA!
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Follow the money. It’s all about the money. Trump had been broke declaring multiple bankruptcies & walking away from the messes leaving the bill for others to pay (That makes him smart he said). Banks would no longer lend him money until the Russians “funneled” (that word Giuliani used) large amounts of cash to him.
There might be a “pee tape” but that’s small potatoes compared to considering selling out your country for money. Our POTUS!
MAGA!
Well, Trump demanded that no American be present during his meeting with Putin, but Russians were allowed. That means that Trump is trying to hide something from somebody. From whom? From Americans, apparently. He felt no need to hide it from Russians. Probably because the Russians already know what they have on him. What Trump not want Americans to know that Russia already knows?
America’ security is being compromised. Like in most sketchy goings on, follow the money. When are we going to see his tax returns? When are we going to know exactly what he and Putin exchanged in their 2+ hour private meeting where only Russians were present?-
So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki” from a Trump tweet. Really DJT?
This is the latest news blurb/clip I’ve seen. He seems to say Russia is no longer hacking our election.
[i][b]Thank you very much, no, Trump said in response to a question about whether Russia is still targeting the United States.[/b] [/i]
[i][b]Last week, Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats said that Russia and other countries are continuing to target American businesses, the government and other institutions and that the warning lights are blinking red.[/b][/i]
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Trump was shown emails and texts that had Putin personally ordering the election attack before he was inaugurated. He has been running a disinformation campaign since
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news]https://www.nytimes.com/2…ws&WT.nav=top-news[/link]-
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Trump was shown emails and texts that had Putin personally ordering the election attack before he was inaugurated. He has been running a disinformation campaign since
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/18/world/europe/trump-intelligence-russian-election-meddling-.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news]https://www.nytimes.com/2…ws&WT.nav=top-news[/link]
Yep. He has know the whole time. He has been shown repeatedly. He intentionally has orchestrated a massive misdirection campaign that has shaken faith in US intelligence agencies and our very democracy in order to blunt that one reality.
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So many people at the higher ends of intelligence loved my press conference performance in Helsinki” from a Trump tweet. Really DJT?
Well… a lot of Republicans did apparently ….
A new [link=https://www.axios.com/republicans-say-trump-did-fine-in-helsinki-5776322f-a483-4e21-b50c-028799b08367.html]Axios/Survey Monkey poll[/link] finds 79% of Republicans approve of President Trumps performance during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin while just 18% disapprove.
This poll foreshadows the coming national drama. Every piece of data, and virtually every public action of elected Republican officials, shows Trump will have overwhelming and probably unbreakable party support, regardless of what Robert Mueller finds with his Russia probe.
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I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldnt lose voters.
Not surprising at all. Also looks like he could sell out the Country and not lose any of his voters.
First, where else are Republicans going to go? And to admit their man is a Russian “useful idiot” is also something the supporters aren’t prepared to do. Selling out the country is beside the point anyway to them. Trump is “governing” as a religious Conservative to them. They got their tax cut & a lot of verbal support for their religious values, such as they are considering the man defending their values. He is giving them their 2nd Conservative judge on the Court. He’s opposed to all the non-white people “taking over the country” and taking away the supporters’ benefits in zero-sum thinking, whether immigrants, legal and not legal and refugees or actual citizens. And most importantly, he trolls Democrats and Liberals feeding the supporters’ fears and anger.
No one is satisfying their needs like Trump. Trump is performing just as his supporters want in the areas they deem most important. His behavior with Putin can be ignored especially since the White House’s revision of what happened. It’s not facts that matter, it’s the story. As Karl Rove pointed out over a decade ago, Republicans aren’t burdened living in a reality-based world.
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I wonder what “verbal agreements” Russia is claiming that Trump made with Putin? At this point, even if Trump made no such agreements, is Trump going to refute that claim? The Russians can claim virtually anything and at this point most any claim is at least plausible. Trump denials? Not yet. Can we imagine the Russians unilaterally claiming getting secret verbal agreements with Obama or Bush? Or Hillary?
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And now it seems Trump & his supporters want to award Montenegro to Putin. Montenegro has been suffering Russian interference & cyber sabotage and even an attempted coup after having joined NATO. Suddenly Montenegro’s existence and membership is of high interest to Fox News and it’s personalities like Hannity and Tucker Carlson not to mention Trump who ask if Montenegro would be attacked, why should their “sons” have to defend “tiny” Montenegro? Suddenly Fox & Trump are speaking that defending Montenegro would be the start of WWIII.
WTF! WWIII. Looks like we have to sacrifice Montenegro to Putin in order to avoid the next World War! Thank you Montenegro for your sacrifice for World Peace.
Chamberlain has returned and we have the arguments for a redux of the Sudetenland all in defense of Putin and Russia. Maybe I’ve got it wrong accusing Fox of being State Media being the voice of the Trump Administration.
Maybe it’s really an organ of Russian propaganda.
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/07/19/ukraines-not-a-country-putin-told-bush-whatd-he-tell-trump-about-montenegro]https://www.washingtonpos…trump-about-montenegro[/link]
Eighteen months into his presidency, Donald Trump continues to display near-complete ignorance about how NATO works and why the alliance matters…He sees NATO as a charity project for Europeans rather than a cornerstone of U.S. national security. And, as we learned from his Fox News interview with Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night, he is willing to call into question Article 5 the alliances mutual defense provision.
In his interview, Carlson didnt evoke Article 5 with respect to Germany or France. He chose to pick on tiny Montenegro. Despite Montenegros having joined NATO only last year, during Trumps presidency, Trump readily agreed. He bizarrely characterized Montenegrins as aggressive and suggested that our commitment to defend them might ensnare us in [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-defending-tiny-nato-ally-montenegro-could-lead-to-world-war-iii/2018/07/18/f7a09276-8a80-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html?utm_term=.157d38f2ada5]World War III[/link].
Most commentators seized on the fact that by publicly questioning Article 5, which has been invoked only once in defense of the United States after the 9/11 attacks Trump had done further damage to NATO and, no doubt, elicited more glee in the Kremlin. But Carlson and Trumps example was also curious because Montenegro is exactly where Putin himself might start if he were seeking to undermine NATO solidarity. In 2008, Putin told a surprised George W. Bush that [link=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/07/the-victory-of-ukraine/]Ukraine is not a country[/link]; during their one-on-one meeting on Monday, did Putin tell Trump in one way or another that aggressive Montenegro shouldnt be in NATO?
The reason the Russians cared so much about blocking NATO membership is that they knew it would reduce their ability to manipulate Montenegro and would remove a chess piece from a board on which they sought to challenge Europe. Indeed, in the months after NATOs invitation, Russia continued its attempts to stymie Montenegros path by stirring up internal unrest through propaganda, paid protesters and even an attempted [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/world/europe/finger-pointed-at-russians-in-alleged-coup-plot-in-montenegro.html]coup[/link]. They failed.
US President Neville Chamberlain giving the world to Putin. Maybe Putin will allow a Trump-branded hotel in Moscow after Trump leaves office & Trump will be able to hang with the Big Boys in Russia who will thank him for his assistance in returning global influence to Russia, just like the good old days of the Soviet Union’s spreading war & insurgencies. -
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Even Russian media says Trump is a useful idiot, a Russian agent. The only question in their view is whether he’s willing or unaware.
[link=https://twitter.com/juliadavisnews/status/1019389905020051456?s=11]https://twitter.com/julia…19389905020051456?s=11[/link][link=https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews] @JuliaDavisNews[/link] [link=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash]#Russia[/link]’s state TV host: “It is very bizarre, you can’t bash your own country like that – especially when you’re the President.” Female host: “When Trump says our relations are bad because of American foolishness and stupidity, he really smells like an agent of the Kremlin.”
Yours truly for the [link=https://twitter.com/washingtonpost]@washingtonpost[/link]: On Russian state TV, Putin has already won the summit with Trump
Discussing Maria Butina’s arrest, one by one, pro-Kremlin panelists reveal they “just happen to know her”: MP Alexei Zhuravlev, Political scientist Boris Mezhuev and Director General of the Centre for Political Information, Alexey Mukhin. How coincidental.
#Russia's state TV host:
"It is very bizarre, you can't bash your own country like that - especially when you're the President."
Female host: "When Trump says our relations are bad because of American foolishness and stupidity, he really smells like an agent of the Kremlin." ©️ pic.twitter.com/8fRLrZbUul— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) July 18, 2018
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[b]Russia claims “important verbal agreements” made at Trump Putin meeting[/b]
Two days after President Trumps summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Russian officials offered a string of assertions about what the two leaders had achieved, the [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/as-russians-describe-verbal-agreements-at-summit-us-officials-scramble-for-clarity/2018/07/18/8bb1e96c-8aa7-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html?utm_term=.ab521ba720e3]Washington Post[/link] reports.
Important verbal agreements were reached at the Helsinki meeting, Russias ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, told reporters in Moscow Wednesday, including preservation of the New Start and INF agreements, major bilateral arms control treaties whose futures have been in question.
But officials at the most senior levels across the U.S. military, scrambling since Monday to determine what Trump may have agreed to on national security issues in Helsinki, had little to no information Wednesday.
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All of this news about Maria Butina being arrested due to Mueller investigation as a Russian spy infiltrating Republican prayer breakfasts and NRA events and allegedly using sex to gain access and information.
So while other Russian military were busy hacking DNC computers she was actually hacking Republicans and Republican groups like the NRA.
Sounds like a real life Red Sparrow.
For four years, a Russian accused of being a covert agent pursued a brazen effort to infiltrate conservative circles and influence powerful Republicans while she secretly was in contact with Russian intelligence operatives, a senior Russian official and a billionaire oligarch close to the Kremlin whom she called her funder, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
The woman, Maria Butina, carried out her campaign through a series of deceptions that began in 2014, if not earlier, prosecutors said. She lied to obtain a student visa to pursue graduate work at American University in 2016. Apparently hoping for a work visa that would grant her a longer stay, she offered one American sex in exchange for a job.
Over all, they described what appears to be another arm of the Russian governments attempts to influence or gain information about the American political process. While Russian military intelligence officers were hacking into the computers and email accounts of the Hillary Clinton campaign and Democratic Party organizations, Ms. Butina was building connections on the Republican side under the direction of an official believed to be Alexander Torshin, the deputy head of the Russian central bank, who has established ties to Russian security services, according to the court filings.
Secretly, she and others laid the groundwork for a $125,000 operation to connect with Republican leaders through a network of contacts with the National Rifle Association and conservative religious groups, including the organizers of the National Prayer Breakfast, prosecutors said. The defendants covert influence campaign involved substantial planning, international coordination and preparation, they said.
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Hilarious. Please side with the unelected intelligence apparatus that illegally collects information on civilians, lies about it, misleads us into massive global conflicts and acted as nothing more than political hitmen under Obama.
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Trying to figure out if you are trying to make a point about something. I believe the massive global conflicts were years before Obama in case you forgot. If anything, Obama was being criticized for not being adventurous enough by Republicans.
And I’m trying to figure out who has “elected” intelligence apparatus in the world. Russia?
So what are you talking about mr4523?
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1. The intelligence apparatus has developed into a permanent unelected government, this is not new and John F Kennedy even warned us about its power and abuse.
2. These intelligence organizations have been increasingly politicized and used against domestic political opponents as well as to spy on allies as Obama did with Merkel. Their abuses and crimes are too many to list here. These abuses did not start with Obama.
3. These same organizations are now suddenly beyond reproach and unassailable according to some on the left now that Trump has publicly criticized prior members such as Clapper (he specifically should be in prison).
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1. The intelligence apparatus has developed into a permanent unelected government, this is not new and John F Kennedy even warned us about its power and abuse.
2. These intelligence organizations have been increasingly politicized and used against domestic political opponents as well as to spy on allies as Obama did with Merkel. Their abuses and crimes are too many to list here. These abuses did not start with Obama.
3. These same organizations are now suddenly beyond reproach and unassailable according to some on the left now that Trump has publicly criticized prior members such as Clapper (he specifically should be in prison).
Please excuse any typos as I used google translate to convert from my native russian bleep bloop
Finally a sane poster with cogent points, clearly easily verified as well, that are thus, [b]indisputable[/b].
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Trump is the opposite of the hero to save us from an authoritarian police state, it IS the state he would just LOVE to have & totally under his control. This is why he admires Putin so much. And Kim Jong-un and Xi.
If you believe otherwise you are a damned fool. Trump is not a supporter of Democracy in any sense, he is the enemy of Democracy.
So Comrade, get your head on straight & don’t pass that drivel here.-
“Trump is like, totally hitler dude” Sorry, I didn’t realize this was a safe space. I will take my facts somewhere else.
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And who said anything about Hitler except you? “Safe space?”
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“Trump is like, totally hitler dude” Sorry, I didn’t realize this was a safe space. I will take my facts somewhere else.
They aren’t interested in facts here. Just like MSNBC, they love a narrative that at its end, attempts to de-legitimize President Trump solely because they hate the fact that he won, beat the establishment, upended the Clinton and global cabal, and restored sanity to the USA. They do not want the uncomfortable facts, that you (as above) have spelled out: For example:
– John Brennan, head of CIA, admitted to treasonous acts, having spied on the oversight committee (led by Feinstein) that reviews the CIA and intel behavior. This proves that unelected officials indeed have more power than our elected ones and this is a sham government/deep state. Shall I post the Schumer interview where he states as much (“Intel will always get you back”)
– The Clinton Foundation took millions in foreign contributions, including Russian foreign contributions. And Saudi. Obama told Medvedev he would be more flexible on a hot mic when elected again. Just as “treasonous” as anything I’ve seen recently, if there is any basis to that term (of course there isn’t).
– The USA under Obama paid for protesters and coup attempts, ultimately constituting the overthrow of a democratically elected president of Ukraine in 2014. And admitted to it. This is just the beginning to a super complex Ukraine/Russia/Crimea situation which none of you on this board knows 1% about. Just talking points and bogeyman garbage because it fits your lemming like narrative.
– Most acts by the top of the line US “intel” service (Comey and FBI to start) heads has been treasonous and directed against Mr. Trump, in the most obvious outright conspiracy.
There is no wonder why the American people don’t buy the media lies for a second, and don’t consider Russia anything as any real threat to the USA. Good try, but there is a LOT of support for President Trump and he will win again.
[b]You will lose again[/b], and you will keep posting. The only pleasure I see in it is that from this pain in your posting you [i]might [/i]finally find a clear mind and start looking at things with a scope of humility and reality. I’m sad to say that I doubt this, given what I’ve seen for years here. But here’s to hoping.-
Ah, the Black Knight speaks!
Stop biting my ankle, I have things to do.
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Those are all Kremlin talking points. Just post links to the information. Likely links are to RT.
And nothing you post explains the squeaky mouse performance by Trump when standing next to Putin. To quote Trump speaking of another Republican critic, “He was on his knees and would have done anything I asked,” except this time this could be a quote by Putin about Trump.
You are a Russian troll, F@gan.
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Whataboutism (also known as whataboutery) is a variant of the tu quoque logical fallacy that attempts to discredit an opponent’s position by charging them with hypocrisy without directly refuting or disproving their argument,[1][2][3] which is particularly associated with Soviet and Russian propaganda.[4][5][6]
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“Whataboutism” has a long history in Russian propaganda as a common tactic to deflect. This has also been very common in US for years now from the Right. It creates the final ridiculous conclusion of being powerless as everything is corrupt and everyone is corrupt. The “both sides do it” argument without ever showing how it is “both sides.” Ergo, “both sides” were at fault in Charlottesville.
It also provides the outlet for trolls like mr and f@gan to make conspiratorial statements with no attribution. And if you actually are able to create a search you find the facts are 180 degrees from the complaint made.
[link]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism[/link]
The term “whataboutery”
[i][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guardian]The Guardian[/link][/i] deemed whataboutism, as used in Russia, “practically a national ideology”.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-lukeharding-22][22][/link][/sup] Journalist [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Ioffe]Julia Ioffe[/link] wrote that “Anyone who has ever studied the Soviet Union” was aware of the technique, citing the Soviet rejoinder to criticism,
In contrast, [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Umland]Andreas Umland[/link], a political scientist and historian of Russia and Ukraine, said the term was used during the Soviet Union period, writing: “what was known during Soviet times, as ‘whataboutism'”.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-umland-14][14][/link][/sup]Neil Buckley wrote for [i][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Times]Financial Times[/link][/i], “Soviet-watchers called it ‘whataboutism’. This was the Communist-era tactic of deflecting foreign criticism of, say, human rights abuses, by pointing, often disingenuously, at something allegedly similar in the critics own country: ‘Ah, but what about?'”[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-buckley-20][20][/link][/sup]
During the Cold War, Western officials responding to [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda_in_the_Soviet_Union]Soviet propaganda[/link]’s usage of the tactic referred to it as “whataboutism”.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-Econ080131-7][7][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-doughertykettle-28][28][/link][/sup] Due to its frequent use by Soviet officials, the term emerged during the Soviet era.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-whythewhat-50][50][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-umland-14][14][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-jheadley-51][51][/link][/sup] The technique became increasingly prevalent in Soviet public relations, until it became a habitual practice by the government.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-saradzhyan-52][52][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-powermoney-29][29][/link][/sup] [b]Soviet media employing whataboutism, hoping to tarnish the reputation of the US, did so at the expense of journalistic neutrality.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-53][53][/link][/sup] According to the [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Citizen]Ottawa Citizen[/link], Soviet officials made increased use of the tactic during the latter portion of the 1940s, aiming to distract attention from criticism of the Soviet Union.[/b][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-glavin-54][54][/link][/sup]
[b]One of the earliest uses of the technique was in 1947, after [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Averell_Harriman]William Averell Harriman[/link] criticized “Soviet imperialism” in a speech.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-Atlantic-55][55][/link][/sup] [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Ehrenburg]Ilya Ehrenburg[/link]’s response in [i][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravda]Pravda[/link][/i] criticized the United States’ laws and policies on race and [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group]minorities[/link], writing that the Soviet Union deemed them “insulting to human dignity” but did not use them as a pretext for war.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-Atlantic-55][55][/link][/sup]Whataboutism saw greater usage in Soviet public relations during the Cold War.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-akyol-56][56][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-adamtaylor-57][57][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-58][58][/link][/sup][/b]
Throughout the Cold War, the tactic was primarily utilized by media figures speaking on behalf of the Soviet Union.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-59][59][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-60][60][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-foxall-61][61][/link][/sup] By accusing critics of hypocrisy, the Soviet Union hoped to deflect attention away from the original criticism itself.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-adamtaylordecember-62][62][/link][/sup] The term whataboutism was known locally the Soviet Union as a way to draw attention from criticism of Moscow.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-63][63][/link][/sup] [b]As the tactic became ubiquitous in the Soviet Union, whataboutism became known as a Soviet [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clich%C3%A9]cliché[/link].[/b][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-64][64][/link][/sup]
When criticized or asked to defend his behavior, Trump has frequently changed the subject by criticizing [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton]Hillary Clinton[/link], the [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Barack_Obama]Obama Administration[/link],[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-howmueller-89][89][/link][/sup] and the Affordable Care Act.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-npr-4][4][/link][/sup]When asked about Russian human rights violations, Trump has shifted focus to the US itself,[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-starkcontrast-88][88][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-fp317-78][78][/link][/sup] employing whataboutism tactics similar to those used by Russian President Vladimir Putin.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-npr-4][4][/link][/sup][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-leveille-90][90][/link][/sup]
[b]Writing for [i]The Washington Post[/i], former [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Ambassador_to_Russia]United States Ambassador to Russia[/link], [link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_McFaul]Michael McFaul[/link] wrote critically of Trump’s use of the tactic and compared him to Putin.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-mcfaul-124][124][/link][/sup] McFaul commented, “That’s exactly the kind of argument that Russian propagandists have used for years to justify some of Putin’s most brutal policies.”[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-mcfaul-124][124][/link][/sup] [i]Los Angeles Times[/i] contributor Matt Welch classed the tactic among “six categories of Trump apologetics”.[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-mattwelch-125][125][/link][/sup] [i][link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)]Mother Jones[/link][/i] called the tactic “a traditional Russian propaganda strategy”, and observed, “The whataboutism strategy has made a comeback and evolved in President Vladimir Putins Russia.”[link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism#cite_note-deniseclifton-77][77][/link][/sup][/b]
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Welcome to the Soviet States of America, AKA the Trump Party AKA the GOP.-
Romance warms my heart, especially with a bare-breasted real man and his Ol Lady in back on horseback.
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It is too possible that Putin will regret Trump and this whole escapade like Helsinki. It’s shone a bright light on Russia and their “involvement” in our elections & molding Republican opinion for anger & discord but it’s also shown Trump for the subservient idiot he is. And THAT is in BRIGHT LIGHTS! Note the stunned silence by the Trumperati.
[link]https://twitter.com/SSestanovich[/link]It’s dawning on them that an idiot who’s too big an idiot can’t be a useful idiot. (They still don’t get that they’ve made the problem worse, but that may come…)
I am actually looking forward to Putin’s visit in the Fall, just before the elections so the voters can see brilliant intelligence and dominance of the man in office – which office being Russian, not the “useful idiot.”-
Max Boot believes that Trump could not have won without Russian assistance.
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/editorial/opinion/opinion–heres-why-trump-wouldnt-have-won-without-russia/2018/07/30/e4098f1e-93ff-11e8-818b-e9b7348cd87d_video.html]https://www.washingtonpos…9b7348cd87d_video.html[/link]-
OMG! Christine Todd Whitman just announced her opinion that Trump should resign based on his erratic behavior and too too friendliness with Putin, and his general unfitness for the Office.
[link=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/former-gop-governor-republicans-need-to-call-on-trump-to-step-down-from-office]https://www.washingtonexa…-step-down-from-office[/link]-
Notable that we’re still holding Canada to to aluminum import tariff due to national security but this week they have let up on Russia’s largest aluminum company Rusal. nothing to see here other than the appearance of a concession to a Putin buddy/oligarch.
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Trump does not like or believe in “friends.” To him they are trouble & an obligation. He does like strongmen like Putin & he is doing his best to impress Putin. I’m sure it has nothing to do with Russian money, past & hopefully, future, in Trumps portfolio, not at all.
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The only other thing I am going to add is that General Radiology is no paradise for discussion. No polite discussions over the samovar. This only happen with no controversial topics. Pointing out corporate partnerships that are signing your soul away, advice on career or readings, concern about jobs – like most everyone else. But as soon as a sensitive topic is hit – like AI, the samovars get pounded into swords. Or daggers.
Almost every topic here is sensitive so it is noisy.
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[link=https://www.newsweek.com/russia-says-it-will-know-us-military-plans-they-happen-1048779]https://www.newsweek.com/…ns-they-happen-1048779[/link]
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[link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=9&v=xEh-jF8CHEQ]https://www.youtube.com/w…ue=9&v=xEh-jF8CHEQ[/link]
Ex-Fox News analyst: Trump is a danger to the US[/h1]
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This is bad stuff. I thought it was bad enough Obama was born is Kenya and is an Iranian agent. Now TWO presidents in a ROW! This is indeed serious.
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Trump’s supporters in the US and around the world are afraid of the mid-term elections and what it would mean for TRump’s Administration if Democrats win majorities. And Russia is doing it’s best to interfere with all of Trump’s critics including Republican “turncoats.”
[link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-friends-overseas-are-very-very-nervous-about-the-midterms/2018/08/21/fa31eb3a-a573-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html]https://www.washingtonpos…43eefab5daf_story.html[/link]
For foreign countries that have made big bets on Donald Trumps presidency such as Russia, China, North Korea and Saudi Arabia the U.S. midterm elections pose a significant problem: Trumps maneuvering room may be sharply limited if Democrats win control of the House.
Given the stakes, its notable that U.S. officials have been warning about the possibility of foreign election interference. Daniel Coats, the director of national intelligence, [link=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-stresses-its-focus-on-election-security-amid-criticism/2018/08/02/1e60c3ae-9675-11e8-810c-5fa705927d54_story.html?utm_term=.8a058f0e4800]cautioned[/link] Aug. 2 in a White House briefing: We continue to see a pervasive messaging campaign by Russia to try to weaken and divide the United States.
[link=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/us/politics/russia-cyber-hack.html]https://www.nytimes.com/2…russia-cyber-hack.html[/link]
The Russian military intelligence unit that sought to influence the 2016 election appears to have a new target: conservative American think tanks that have broken with President Trump and are seeking continued sanctions against Moscow, exposing oligarchs or pressing for human rights.
In a report scheduled for release on Tuesday, Microsoft Corporation said that it detected and seized websites that were created in recent weeks by hackers linked to the Russian unit formerly known as the G.R.U. The sites appeared meant to trick people into thinking they were clicking through links managed by the Hudson Institute and the International Republican Institute, but were secretly redirected to web pages created by the hackers to steal passwords and other credentials.
Daniel Twining, the president of the International Republican Institute, called the apparent [link=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/28/technology/hackers-hide-cyberattacks-in-social-media-posts.html]spear phishing[/link] attempt consistent with the campaign of meddling that the Kremlin has waged against organizations that support democracy and human rights.
It is clearly designed to sow confusion, conflict and fear among those who criticize Mr. Putins authoritarian regime, Mr. Twining said in a statement
After the 2016 vote, a number of cybersecurity companies discovered websites that had been created by Russian hackers to spoof, or mimic, those of well-known institutions. Among the think tanks targeted were the Council on Foreign Relations and the Eurasia Group, both based in New York; the [link=https://www.cnas.org/]Center for a New American Security[/link] in Washington; [link=https://www.transparency.org/]Transparency International[/link] in Berlin; and the London-based [link=https://www.iiss.org/]International Institute for Strategic Studies[/link].
A single letter, or even a punctuation mark, was often the only difference between the real and fake websites.
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Author of Trump-Russia Golden Shower dossier wins libel case in US court
[link=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/…stopher-steele]https://www.theguardian.c…news/…stopher-steele[/link]
On Monday, a judge in the District of Columbia, Anthony C Epstein, upheld a motion by Steele to have the oligarchs case thrown out. Epstein did not determine whether the dossier which Donald Trump has repeatedly dismissed as fake was accurate or not accurate.
But the judge concluded that it was covered by the US first amendment, which protects free speech. He ruled that the oligarchs had failed to prove a key part of their case: that Steele knew that some information in the dossier was inaccurate, and had acted with reckless disregard as to its falsity.
Epsteins judgment on Monday was, in places, withering. The oligarchs had argued Steele did not enjoy first-amendment protections because he was British rather than American. The judge said this was ironic given the fact the billionaires had Russian and Israeli citizenships, and had gone to a US court seeking redress for their grievances.
Of the dossier, the judge said it plainly concerns an issue of public interest whether the Kremlin interfered in the 2016 US presidential election. He wrote: The Steele dossier generated so much interest and attention in the US precisely because its contents relate to active public debates here.
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[link=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/15/politics/paul-manafort-russia-investigation-mueller-probe-help-know/index.html]CNN[/link]: [b]Manafort and the Steele Dossier[/b]
There are still many unanswered questions regarding the infamous dossier written in 2016 by former British spy Christopher Steele, which alleges widespread collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. CNN has reported that investigators corroborated some aspects of the dossier, but its still unclear whether any of the explosive claims in the memos have any merit.
The memos mention Manafort several times and accuse him of leading a collusion conspiracy. His lawyers have denied there was any collusion. But if Manafort can shed any light on the dossier memos, investigators would want to know. The FBI considered Steele a reliable source, but investigators can bolster any collusion case if Manafort can corroborate any of the claims.
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Russia’s useful fool was met by laughter at the UN when he touted his accomplishments.
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Trumps new career, stand up comedian. He can do Colberts character better because Colbert was merely acting.
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Trump Gave Russia Leverage Over His Presidency
The Atlantic: At the very beginning of Trumps presidency, as soon as he lied in that press conference, Vladimir Putin and Russian intelligence possessed the ability to unmask Trump as a liar to the American public, revealing damaging information to Congress and the public about which they had previously been ignorant. BuzzFeeds account of the negotiations involving a potential Trump Tower in Moscow hints at the wealth of documentary evidence that the Russians would possess to back up their claims.
As it would turn out, that was merely the beginning of their leverage. In September 2017, Donald Trump Jr. gave sworn Senate testimony that may be contradicted by Thursdays revelations, raising the prospect that the Russians have been in possession of evidence suggesting that the presidents son may have committed a felony. And once Cohen lied to Congress about the matter, the Russians were in a position to expose the unlawful behavior of Trumps personal attorney
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Could you imagine if a democrat did this????
What if Clinton did this?????
Benghazi on steroids and in warp speed with all the conspiracy theorists going ape-Sheet
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Individual 1 says it was all, “Very legal & very cool.”
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