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riversedge's JournalReid: FBI director's letter cost Democrats the election, Senate
Source: cnn
Updated 12:40 PM ET, Mon December 12, 2016
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Retiring Sen. Harry Reid said he urged FBI director James Comey to address Russian hacking
The President-elect has brushed off the CIA's conclusion that Russia hacked
(CNN)Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Monday FBI Director James Comey was "heavily involved as a partisan" in the weeks leading up to the election and that Comey's actions handed the presidency to Donald Trump.
The retiring Nevada Democrat said Democrats "would have won the majority in the Senate and would have won the presidency but for Comey."
"It's obvious he was a partisan in all this," Reid told CNN's Manu Raju in an interview. "There's information out there. He had it, I'm confident. And he ignored it."
He said Comey "significantly" helped make Trump the President-elect, faulting his failure to condemn Russian hacking of Democratic operatives and his handling of the investigation into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's email server.
Reid said he urged Comey to address the hacking, which intelligence agencies have concluded was the result of Russian efforts to tilt the election toward Trump.
"I am saying the FBI did nothing -- did nothing....................
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/12/politics/harry-reid-james-comey-election/index.html
There really is a void in the media. It is wall to wall Trump for the most part. Dem Leaders should be out there NOW!
Gabriel Debenedetti ?@gdebenedetti 9h9 hours ago
Dems—sans WH & w a DNC in transition—sounding alarm over their ability to respond to opening days of a Trump admin ?
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"Maybe an emergency meeting of the party needs to happen...something needs to be done." - @
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Pelosi Statement Calling for a Bipartisan Investigation on Russian Interference in U.S. Elections
Nancy Pelosi ?@NancyPelosi 4h4 hours ago
Americans deserve to know the truth. Congress has a responsibility to investigate Russian hacking into our election. https://goo.gl/pYtqa5 pic.twitter.com/WyoN3DF5W0
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https://twitter.com/NancyPelosi/status/808379675890372609
Press Releases 12.12.16
Pelosi Statement Calling for a Bipartisan Investigation on Russian Interference in U.S. Elections
San Francisco – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement calling for a bipartisan Congressional review following the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia interfered in U.S. elections for the purposes of affecting the outcome. Pelosi, the longest serving Member of the House Intelligence Committee, is a former Ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
“The U.S. intelligence community has determined that Russia interfered in U.S. elections. There must be no equivocation or ignoring the seriousness of the intelligence community’s conclusion about Russia’s actions. Regardless of the outcome of the election, the American people deserve to know the truth and a commitment to protect our democracy from foreign meddling.
“Congress has a responsibility to investigate Russian hacking into our election. I also support the proposal by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings and Intelligence Committee Member Eric Swalwell to establish a bipartisan, independent commission.
“Speaker Ryan must join the bipartisan call for a formal investigation into Russia’s unprecedented assault on our democracy.”
podesta says Clinton campaign backs effort to get Electoral College voters intel briefing on Russian
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BREAKING: @johnpodesta says Clinton campaign backs effort to get Electoral College voters intel briefing on Russian interference
https://twitter.com/gdebenedetti/status/808368390402408448
Geert WildersFar-Right Leader, Islamophobe, and Trump FanConvicted of Inciting Discrimination
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/09/geert_wilders_convicted_of_inciting_discrimination.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
Lets hope that the level-headed folks in the Netherlands pay very close attention to what is happening here in the US !!
Geert Wilders—Far-Right Leader, Islamophobe, and Trump Fan—Convicted of Inciting Discrimination
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2016/12/09/geert_wilders_convicted_of_inciting_discrimination.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_top
By Osita Nwanevu
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Dutch far-right politician and leader of the Party for Freedom, Geert Wilders.
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Geert Wilders, the head of the Netherlands’ far-right, anti-immigration Party for Freedom and a legitimate contender for prime minister, has been convicted of inciting discrimination for remarks he made at a campaign rally in 2014, when he said the country would be safer with fewer Moroccans. From the New York Times:
Mr. Wilders was found not guilty of hate-speech charges in connection with comments he made about Moroccans in a nationally broadcast TV program filmed at a public market a week earlier, but he was found to have violated laws on inciting discrimination when he led a crowd at a political rally in chanting “fewer, fewer” to the question, “Do you want more or fewer Moroccans in this city and the Netherlands?”
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Trump’s campaign and victory have been invigorating for Wilders, who has adopted the slogan “Make the Netherlands Great Again.” “We are witnessing the same uprising on both sides of the Atlantic,” he wrote in a Breitbart op-ed the day following Trump’s election. “The Patriotic Spring is sweeping the Western world. People are standing up and liberating themselves.”
Laughing stock Trump tweets: Why wasn't this [hacking] brought up before election?
How utterly stupid can Donald get???
Donny boy tweet a but ago!
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Unless you catch "hackers" in the act, it is very hard to determine who was doing the hacking. Why wasn't this brought up before election?
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Emma Kennedy ?@EmmaKennedy 12m12 minutes ago
@realDonaldTrump It was. You knew about it, the RNC knew about it, the CIA knew about it, the FBI knew about it. #CrookedDonaldski
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Brett Mac ?@TweetBrettMac 10m10 minutes ago
@EmmaKennedy @realDonaldTrump your proof?
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Emma Kennedy ?@EmmaKennedy 7m7 minutes ago
@TweetBrettMac @realDonaldTrump oh dear
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http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-was-told-russia-was-blame-hacks-long-debate-n663686
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Oct 10 2016, 1:53 pm ET
Trump Told Russia To Blame for Hacks Long Before Debate
by Robert Windrem and William M. Arkin
[Clinton: 'We Deserve Answers' on Russian Involvement]
Clinton: 'We Deserve Answers' on Russian Involvement 0:46
During Sunday's debate, Donald Trump once again said he doesn't know whether Russia is trying to hack the U.S. election, despite Friday's statement by the U.S. intelligence community pointing the finger at Putin -- and despite the fact that Trump was personally briefed on Russia's role in the hacks by U.S. officials.
A senior U.S. intelligence official assured NBC News that cybersecurity and the Russian government's attempts to interfere in the 2016 election have been briefed to, and discussed extensively with, both parties' candidates, surrogates and leadership, since mid-August. "To profess not to know at this point is willful misrepresentation," said the official. "..................
On Sunday, Trump disputed the idea there was any hack at all. "I notice, anytime anything wrong happens, they like to say the Russians are — [Hillary Clinton] doesn't know if it's the Russians doing the hacking. Maybe there is no hacking," Trump told moderator Martha Raddatz of ABC News. "But they always blame Russia. And the reason they blame Russia because they think they're trying to tarnish me with Russia. I know nothing about Russia."
[Trump: 'I Don't Know Putin']
Trump: 'I Don't Know Putin' 2:12
It's the second time in two debates that Trump has declined to acknowledge that the hacks, mostly on Democratic targets, are real, much less that Russia is behind them.
"I don't think anybody knows it was Russia that broke into the DNC. She's saying Russia, Russia, Russia, but I don't -- maybe it was. I mean, it could be Russia, but it could also be China," he told NBC's Lester Holt on Sept. 26. "It could also be lots of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds, OK?"
But weeks prior to the first debate, Trump had already been told privately by the intelligence community that the Russians were implicated. ..........................
John Bolton suggests DNC hack was potentially a false flag operation by the Obama administration
This sack of shit is just what Trump wants in his administration!
Ben Jacobs ?@Bencjacobs 1h1 hour ago
John Bolton suggests DNC hack was potentially a false flag operation by the Obama administration pic.twitter.com/3rHLwHawR8
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Where Trump Critics See Conflicts, Partners See Golden Opportunities
Source: abc
Dec 11, 2016, 9:27 AM ET
For President-elect Donald Trump’s global business partners, the deals that some have called a conflict of interest are looking a lot like money in the bank.
“His brand has become stronger, more global,” said Hussain Sajwani, the chairman of a Dubai company that is preparing early next year to open the clubhouse for the first of two 18-hole Trump golf course developments. “We definitely are benefiting from that – the strength of that brand.”
In the days after Trump’s electoral victory, Sajwani told ABC News he announced an expansion of the Dubai development, and on a trip to New York he met with Trump’s daughter Ivanka to discuss the ongoing ventures. The Dubai company is in the midst of marketing memberships to Trump International Golf Club, Dubai, and selling the luxury villas that surround the course.
At the same time they are planning construction of a second course designed by Tiger Woods. ...................................
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-critics-conflicts-partners-golden-opportunities/story?id=44122169
This is so morally wrong. so so wrong.
PHOTO: Hussain Sajwani, seen in a photo from Dec. 8, 2016, is the chairman of a Dubai company that is preparing early next year to open the clubhouse for the first of two 18-hole Trump golf course developments.ABC NEWS
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ABC News ?@ABC 5h5 hours ago
Where Trump's critics see conflicts of interest, his global business partners see opportunities. @brianross reports: http://abcn.ws/2hcYzyv
"Push back and push Back HARD" was how the NC Gov race was won
Segment now on Joy am msnbc.
Trump on Fox says he doesn't need daily intelligence briefings as POTUS because he's "smart"
Trump shows he is dumber than dumb as the days go by!
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Trump on Fox News Sunday says he doesn't need daily intelligence briefings as POTUS because he's "smart"
https://twitter.com/abbydphillip/status/807949237820465152
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