Putin wanted to upend the US political system. Comeys testimony shows he succeeded.

[applegrove]

by Yochi Dreazen at Vox

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/6/8/15762966/comey-trump-fired-hearing-russia-2016-meddling-campaign

SNIP.............

We're talking about a foreign government that, using technical intrusion, lots of other methods, tried to shape the way we think, we vote, we act. That is a big deal. And people need to recognize it.

It's not about Republicans or Democrats. They're coming after America, which I hope we all love equally. They want to undermine our credibility in the face the world. They think that this great experiment of ours is a threat to them. And so they're going to try to run it down and dirty it up as much as possible.

That's what this is about, and they will be back. Because we remain — as difficult as we can be with each other — we remain that shining city on the hill. And they don't like it.

Comey, like other top US officials, has said that it’s impossible to definitively say whether the Russian interference is the reason why Trump won the White House — a point Trump’s personal defense lawyer stressed shortly after the hearing ended.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. As we thought last October,yes.

[applegrove]

2. I liked this quote:

It's not about Republicans or Democrats. They're coming after America, which I hope we all love equally.

He did not say that Republicans definitely do love America rather than themselves and money. I thought that was worth posting.

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Many thanks for the post.

We both agree. Remember it was Party over Country.

[Golden Raisin]

4. Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev and

all the others are laughing. They have finally won the Cold War.