WASHINGTON — American intelligence officials’ determination that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to assist Donald J. Trump’s candidacy was fundamentally sound and untainted by politics, according to a key Republican-led Senate review released on Tuesday. The findings undercut longstanding allegations by Mr. Trump and his allies that the officials were biased against him.
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"The committee is expected to release a final bipartisan volume in the coming months evaluating possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. A draft, already approved by the committee, runs over 900 pages but has yet to be submitted for classification review by intelligence agencies, a process that could take weeks or months. More recently, Mr. Burr, who slowly pushed his bipartisan investigation forward despite calls from Mr. Trump to disband it, has come under intense scrutiny for a decision to liquidate much of his stock portfolio in February, before the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the financial markets. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Justice Department have taken preliminary steps to investigate whether the sales had been based on nonpublic information Mr. Burr received on the Intelligence Committee or through other Senate work, a potential violation of the law.
Mr. Burr noted that Russia had continued efforts to interfere in American politics, and he said the warnings of three years ago still must be heeded.
“Russia and its imitators increasingly use information warfare to sow societal chaos and discord,” Mr. Burr said. “With the 2020 presidential election approaching, it’s more important than ever that we remain vigilant against the threat of interference from hostile foreign actors.”
Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the committee’s top Democrat, concurred and warned that Russia’s success in 2016 would embolden the Kremlin to continue to interfere in American democracy."
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THE PRO-LIFE AND "ALL LIVES MATTER" PARTY WANT TO SACRIFICE AMERICAN LIVES FOR COMMERCE!
U.S.GOP TEXAS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SAYS WE NEED TO TAKE RISK TO GET BACK TO WORK: 'THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN LIVING'
Everything the Trumpublicans have ever said about "All Lives Matter," and being "Pro-Life" is a damnable lie. Never believe them, ever again.
The Lt. Governor of Texas is on record saying "THERE ARE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS THAN LIVING!"
The Republican Party is not the party that supports the idea of all life being precious. The current Trumpublican Party believes ALL COMMERCE THAT PRODUCES MONEY IS PRECIOUS AND MORE IMPORTANT THAN LIFE.
Never believe them when they talk about Democratic "baby killers." They're lying. They don't believe in the preservation of life. (And my opinion is that they never did.)
BREAKING NEWS FOR APRIL 22:
America's idiot president gives order to "shoot down" Iranian boats. Who knew Iran had flying boats!
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Maybe now we can keep the borders closed and not allow those bus loads of Russians in to vote. Better yet maybe we can demand identification to vote.
Ah, so you're on board with voter suppression efforts then eh skud?
Mail in ballots or voting on line may just be the wave of the future. Of course the rethug cons will bring iut all the ammo they can muster to prevent it. Vite suppression is critical to the republiscums success at the polls.
out ... not iut
vote... not vite
WHO VOTES FOR THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN SAVING LIVES???
JHC!
Ray, The FAKE right-to-lifer GOPers vote for these clowns, that's who.
The GOP led Senate committee is releasing their unanimous findings that Russia worked to influence the 2016 election for Donald Trump and that there was no political influence present from the Obama Admin.
And conservatives care to comment on this???
I remember Terri Shiavo and the lengths the GOPers went to "save" that poor woman in a vegetative state. They're against people and their families making end of life decisions, now they'll make it for you. Sorry, it's the end of the line for some of you, I need a haircut.
Oh Shaw, are you still on that BS train to No Where!
Do you know a single Trump supporter who has been swayed? I don’t know of Any!
The Socialist Democrats have tried to push one Hoax after another, one jackass, after another has come forward with some nonseasonal accusation after another from Russia, Russia, Russia, the the Jessie Smollett Hoax and it seemed to do was to strengthened the Presidents base.
I’ve never seen so many MAGA hats, Trump flags and Bunper stickers before in years. ....nobody here is talking about Covid-19....the discussion allover is all about the ass-whooping Trump will give to the Senile Groper, “Creepy Uncle Joe.”in November.
The Dimsocialist’s may refuse accept it but they pulled out ALL of their front runners so as not to waste them on a sure Republican Victory, and put a sure loser in there instead. Like they were already accepting to lose.
Sam P. "Oh Shaw, are you still on that BS train to No Where!
Do you know a single Trump supporter who has been swayed? I don’t know of Any!"
S.K. That's because you're cultists and facts matter not to people who are in a cult. I don't care if no Trump cultists are swayed. I'm just happy to get the facts -- TRUTH -- out there for non-cultists to understand. TRUMP BECAME POTUS WITH HELP OF RUSSIA. PERIOD.
That's the truth whether or not you're "swayed."
Sam P. "The Socialist Democrats have tried to push one Hoax after another, one jackass, after another has come forward with some nonseasonal accusation after another from Russia, Russia, Russia, the the Jessie Smollett Hoax and it seemed to do was to strengthened the Presidents base."
S.K. Um. That statement is incoherent. "nonseasonal accusation?" What has Jessie Smollett have to do with the Russia investigation? Nothing. Your problem, Sam P. is that you can't handle the truth. RUSSIA INTERFERED WITH THE 2016 ELECTION AND HELPED TRUMP TO GET ELECTED. A REPUBLICAN-LED SENATE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATED THAT ALLEGATION AND FOUND IT TO BE TRUE.TRUE. TRUE. Your problem is you don't want to face the truth.
Sam P. "I’ve never seen so many MAGA hats, Trump flags and Bunper stickers before in years. ....nobody here is talking about Covid-19....the discussion allover is all about the ass-whooping Trump will give to the Senile Groper, “Creepy Uncle Joe.”in November."
S.K. The fact is, Sammy m'boy, that Trump's approval numbers are in the toilet again. But as a cultist, you refuse to let that reality bleed into your delusion. Here's another fact: The Democrats had a Blue Tsunami in 2018, took back the House, and more Americans voted for Dems than voted for Repubs. The Dems will do even better in 2020. Count on it.
The American people have watched a weak, stumbling, lying, incompetent, narcissist Trump during a time when we needed real leadership. What the American people got was a disaster. 40,000+ DEAD!
This is all on Trump. He's the one who said "Only I can fix it." And that this would be all gone by April. As of April 22, we have 40,000+ dead Americans, an inefficient response to the pandemic in the richest country in the world, all thanks to a bloviating jackass, DJT.
Millions of Americans are hurting, angry, and ready to vote the imbecilic Trump out of office in November.
Unknown @6:46, The current Trumpublican Party isn't pro-life, it's pro-commerce. Commerce above life. The Republican-led states are forcing people back to work, tested or not, and they will pay the consequences. I am so fortunate to live in a blue state led by a normal Republican governor who values life and safety above everything. I feel sorry for those who have the misfortune to live in those states where governors don't care about their constitutents and will force them back to work -- and possibly their deaths.
Here's something that trolls like Samuel Patterson may be able to read, but they will never understand:
"In addition to truth and hope, what people actually want in a leader, even a charismatic one, is humility. I feel more certain in the face of uncertainty when a leader says to me, “I don’t know, but here are the wise experts I am going to turn to for answers, and here is how we are going to hunt for the answers together.” The more I hear Dr. Fauci say that he does not know something, the more closely I listen to him discuss what he is sure of.
Humble leaders actually make themselves smaller than the moment. They know that they alone cannot fix everything. So they create the space for others to join them and to rise to do big things — together."
What America has for a "leader" is a clown who talked about how high his daily briefing ratings on the Covid-19 are. Seriously? Trump is broken man in every way and the worst possible leader to have at this terrible time in our history.
Alexander de Tocqueville said, America is great because she is good. America will cease to be great when she is no longer good.
Ever since Newt Gingrich destroyed Congress, America has been on a downward path and culminated in the horrible election of the worst president in our short history.
Voters who Trump has lost in huge numbers:
1. Health Care workers
2. People with lupus or rheumatoid arthritis (couldn't get their meds because Trump kept falsely hawking hydroxychloroquine as miracle cure.)
3. Elderly folk who dont like being told "Just go die. Because economy."
4. Non-sociopaths
5. U.S. Navy
Trumpistas on the unanimous report... CRICKETS
RN... you got that right. Even their party leaders agreed with the report. So we must ask the following...
Are all the GOP members of the committee part of the "Deep State"?
Are all of the GOP members of the committee RINOs?
Are all of the GOP members of the committee lying?
Because if not, the Houston, we have a problem.
The last question is what will happen. The answer is sadly, nothing.
Dave The following comment was left by a WYD troll. He comes here every day, reads my blog, then complains about what I write. It's beyond nutty, it's pathological. Here's his latest addressed to you:
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Oh,quit your crying Rev.
Things must be quiet over at WYD. Did Lisa shut down her blog again?
PS Rusty has called me the most filthy and vile names and then expects to get published here? I mean, those folks are really, really dumb and disturbed.
Yeah, that WYD troll, Rusty is pathological, and here the definition:
Pathological: You describe a person or their behavior as pathological when they behave in an extreme and unacceptable way, and have very powerful feelings that they cannot control. He experiences chronic, almost pathological jealousy.
Les, I lived in Chicago for a number of years so very familiar with voter fraud and why is it OK to ID to cash a check but not to vote. I have never understood why the democrats are so against honest elections where only qualified voters can vote. Explain how asking people to prove who they are is voter suppression and why is only republicans who are suppressing the vote. Are you saying that democrats commit more voter fraud than republicans so they are adversely affected.
If you are against russia influencing elections then you should be for requiring identification to vote. If they are russian citizens with a russian address they should not be allowed to vote. In Chicago it was vote early vote often even if you are dead and that is a democrat city so I can understand them not wanting ID.
Rev, I believe the report to be true but my question is how. Other than pay Americans to vote for trump or bring buses full of russians across the Bering sea, which voter ID would stop, how did russia influence the election? BTW, it has also been reported that The Swell Guy knew about it but was instructed by valarie to just sit this one out because he was a short timer and -H- had the election in the bag against yellow hair.
Shaw... it's a typical comment from the great majority of what passes for conservatism these days. No facts, short on evidence and a personal attack. exactly how Pres trump responds when he gets a question he doesn't like.
But facts are facts. Donald Trump was elected with help from Russia. Whether he was aware of that or not is a somewhat open question. But there can be no doubt now that Russia was working on his behalf. The GOP dominated committee settles that question.
But just like the "Miracle Drug" that has been proven to be ineffective in treating Covid-19, they will not enter into a discussion on the facts. Because the facts are not good for them.
More on point, I've never attacked the WYD crowd personally. I've never used offensive language with them, never maligned their career or their jobs. Sadly, that crowd chooses to call people names, slander them and use foul language when they disagree with your politics.
Why is that?
They are not the avatars of all things American. Those who disagree with them have just as much as much right to claim the mantle of American as they do. Even if that crowd disagrees.
Rev, Facts are a funny thing and it is not just republicans who obscure facts.
Fact January 21: The first American case of coronavirus is confirmed
Fact January 31: President Trump declares a national health emergency and imposes a ban on travel to and from China.
Fact January 31: Former Vice President Joe Biden calls Trump’s decision “hysterical xenophobia … and fear-mongering.”
Fact February 4: President Trump talks about coronavirus in his State of the Union address; Pelosi rips up every page
Fact February 5: House Democrats finally take up coronavirus in the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia.
Fact February 24: Pelosi invites people to visit Chinatown "Come because precautions have been taken. The city is on top of the situation."
The democrats were only concerned about one thing and that was impeaching trump. They had meetings about the virus, trump mentioned it in his state of the union address and botox Nan tore it up because it was all lies.
Should trump have shut the country down around Christmas and taken it seriously, sure but you know that wouldn't happen because it was unknown what the virus was all about. Was trump distracted by the impeachment proceedings, absolutely, were the democrats, absolutely.
Well Skud, your understanding of what Pres Obama knew is correct. Your understanding of why it was not brought forward is wrong however. The facts are, and they've been confirmed by ppl on both sides of the aisle, is that President Obama went to Sen McConnell and McConnell said if Obama went public, he [McConnell] would claim Obama was trying to influence the election.
As for what Russia did, perhaps with Dem leadership in the Senate, we will be able to get that answer. The GOP has a history of stonewalling when it comes to information that is damaging to the admin's narrative.
But at least you are willing to admit that yes indeed, Russia was working to influence our elections, something the president, and many Republicans refuse to acknowledge.
Now guys... how about this. It seems that the person HHS Secretary put in charge of managing the response to the coronavirus pandemic was recently, wait for it, a labradoodle breeder. He has almost the same level of qualifications to manage a pandemic response as an Arabian horse dealer has to manage the government's response to a deadly hurricane.
GOP Presidents seem to have a penchant for hiring non qualified people to manage important governmental efforts. If I didn't know better, I'd swear that was the plan... put unqualified ppl in positions of power, let them flounder, then say see! Government is the problem.
But even I'm not that cynical. Seriously though... a dog breeder. Only the best from Pres Trump.
skud: "Fact January 31: President Trump declares a national health emergency and imposes a ban on travel to and from China."
Trump imposed a ban ONLY CHINESE NATIONALS ONLY. Thousands of non-Chinese nationals were coming into the country, including Americans who had recently been in Wuhan. What he did helped, but just a tiny bit.
What Joe Biden said has no bearing on Trump's incompetent handling of the pandemic here in the states. Biden's words had no influence on what Trump did or did not do. So what Biden said does not matter. Trump is the POTUS, not Biden. He's a private citizen.
You've listed a litany of BLAME SOMEONE ELSE, just like Trump does! No wonder you and the other Goopers like him. He shifts the blame to other people.
Trump is the POTUS, and as such, he has all the power at his fingertips to handle this pandemic. He failed. Miserably.
Nancy Pelosi's tearing up a copy of Trump's speech has NOTHING to do with Trump's incompetent response. NOTHING.
I was under the impression it was Pence who was in charge of managing the response.
All administrations give people positions who assisted in the election. I will qualify that because I am sure the swell guy didn't do that.
Wagner, Barzun, Gilbert were all over a million dollar contributors who were treated well for their contributions.
Sebelius was far more qualified to head HHS because she was a proponent of abortion.
The democrats put H Truman in power even through he didn't have an advanced education and was a haberdasher, he turned out pretty well.
Government should not be left in the hands of politicians because most of them are not qualified and are corrupt. I did say most not all because I'm sure there is one or two honest ones out there.
Skud... let's accept you timeline, which is essentially trump's timeline, including Biden's response.
What is missing in your line of "facts" is anything Trump did, or said during the month of February when we might have slowed the rate of infection. Certainly the Dems did not offer much either, but they had no way of knowing or having the info President Trump had. Which we now know was devastating.
Why did he not share that with the American people? Worse, why did he choose to knowingly lie to the American people even as his own people within the Admin were sounding alarm bells?
This is not the job of the Speaker of the House, or the opposition party because they lack the facts the Pres at his disposal.
Face it Skud... President Trump left America woefully unprepared for Covid, lied and minimized the danger at every turn, took February basically off to golf and hold campaign rallies. This from the president who said before the election that he would be too busy to golf.
“ Sebelius was far more qualified to head HHS because she was a proponent of abortion.“
She was also a member of the Kansas House of Representatives, the State of Kansas Insurance Commissioner, oh, and Governor of Kansas...
A bit more qualified than a dog breeder...
Rev,
Sorry to disagree but on January 31 it was reported by the to congress by congressional research. You give a pass to the incompetent congress and blame it all on the incompetent trump. Face it rev the world was left woefully unprepared for Covid. Our incompetent politicians and their focus on seeing an impeachment or prevent one caused this. Now there is growing support from the left for the W.H.O who first new about this in December 2019.
How do you prepare for something like this which was the unknown. Is it trumps fault, W.H.O fault or congress fault. The correct answer is all three share the blame. There was one way for the left to win the election and that was take down the economy and they got it from a little bug, who wodda known.
Hope you are well and how does closing the borders affect your mission?
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