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kpete

(72,018 posts)
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:26 PM Feb 2018

Everyone saw that happen & the people pretending to believe otherwise don't deserve the time of day.

@mattyglesias

The FBI kept an open counterintelligence probe of the GOP nominee secret at McConnell’s behest while the Director twice violated DOJ guidelines to hit Clinton’s campaign.

Everyone saw that happen and the people pretending to believe otherwise don’t deserve the time of day.

You can mount a plausible defense of each of the Bureau’s choices in isolation.

You can mount a less plausible defense of the consistency between them.

But there’s no plane of reality in which they were out to stop Trump. If they had been, he’d have been stopped!

Never forget, the conclusion of the Clinton email probe was that she had been ...

... extremely careless.





https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/960194008319488002.html


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-russia-obama-joe-biden-359531
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Everyone saw that happen & the people pretending to believe otherwise don't deserve the time of day. (Original Post) kpete Feb 2018 OP
Many of us here,have wondered why Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #1
I can only guess MontanaMama Feb 2018 #2
Could be. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #4
That's awful! MontanaMama Feb 2018 #6
Really! What was personal information doing in ... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #7
When the DNC hack was happening, Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #11
Yes in the DNC Hack. Wellstone ruled Feb 2018 #8
Wow... SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #18
It used to be that you only had to worry about right-wing nuts attacking you. Of course, the RW kerry-is-my-prez Feb 2018 #12
Mueller knows about McConnell/Ryan et al kpete Feb 2018 #5
+1. Well said. And impatience, given the stakes, is a perfectly logical mindset. (n/t) FreepFryer Feb 2018 #15
Hillary could not do ANYTHING Skittles Feb 2018 #9
POLITICO is working hard lately. Amazing journalism. OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #3
They were out to get Hillary. Are they Cha Feb 2018 #10
what 1500 radio stations say makes the difference certainot Feb 2018 #13
Yes, McConnell and Ryan both were aware that this was happening. mjvpi Feb 2018 #14
The proof is right there - they can't walk away now FakeNoose Feb 2018 #20
Yep! calimary Feb 2018 #16
Once again, the dems were out played by the repubs. CrispyQ Feb 2018 #17
The new terrorist party of America SWBTATTReg Feb 2018 #19
 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
1. Many of us here,have wondered why
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:29 PM
Feb 2018

Hillary Clinton or Members of the Clinton Campaign have not gone to Federal Courts to seek resolve of their personal info as well as Federal Campaign Rules being violated.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
2. I can only guess
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:38 PM
Feb 2018

that the reason they haven't sought justice in this case is the ever present Clinton Derangement Syndrome and associated viral backlash. Not to mention just wanting some peace and distance from these sick mofos. Hillary probably just wants her life back.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
4. Could be.
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:45 PM
Feb 2018

There were Lawsuits filed in D.C. with a couple of Campaign Staffers who's info was hacked by the Russian Hackers. They had their Bank Accounts drained,one fellow had his Mortgage Canceled,another ended up living with his parents as the result of his info being used by someone.

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
6. That's awful!
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 03:49 PM
Feb 2018

I didn't know that. I'm curious, was that info taken in the DNC hack? Banking and mortgage details? Yikes.

SWBTATTReg

(22,166 posts)
7. Really! What was personal information doing in ...
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 04:01 PM
Feb 2018

the DNC database, and then was sucked up into the hack? Either these persons put out personal information that they should not have (as a result got sucked up by the hackers). Seems extreme, but perhaps also goes to show be very careful about posting anything personal online, period.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
11. When the DNC hack was happening,
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 05:07 PM
Feb 2018

if your were a donor or Employee,chances were,your vitals were picked up by the Hackers. People used their Credit Cards or Debit Cards to make contributions ,and this material was swept up by the Hackers. And later sold .

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
8. Yes in the DNC Hack.
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 04:03 PM
Feb 2018

Bank Accounts were canceled in the Mortgage Case. And because of the Hacked info being used,the fellow defaulted on his loans because he had lost access to his Direct Deposit Payroll as well as his Savings and his Credit Cards were canceled as well.

kerry-is-my-prez

(8,133 posts)
12. It used to be that you only had to worry about right-wing nuts attacking you. Of course, the RW
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 05:23 PM
Feb 2018

is now teamed up with the Russians and Putin. I'll bet if you did a poll, Putin would come out waaay ahead of Hillary amongst the RW and probably even Republicans.

mjvpi

(1,389 posts)
14. Yes, McConnell and Ryan both were aware that this was happening.
Sun Feb 4, 2018, 05:57 PM
Feb 2018

It was politically untenable for anyone other than the Republicans to bring this forward. They put party and power ahead of country.

CrispyQ

(36,518 posts)
17. Once again, the dems were out played by the repubs.
Mon Feb 5, 2018, 11:42 AM
Feb 2018
“Can you imagine if the president called a press conference in October, with this fella, Bannon, and company, and said, ‘Tell you what: Russians are trying to interfere in our elections and we have to do something about it,’” Biden said. “What do you think would have happened? Would things have gotten better, or would it further look like we were trying to delegitimize the electoral process, because of our opponent?


What's with the word further? What else had the dems done that made it appear that they were delegitimizing the process? Cuz I don't recall anything like that. I recall the non-stop Bengazi/email/Foundation hysteria. I recall a SCOTUS nominee being deliberately stalled by the repubs for political purposes. What I don't recall is the dems being accused of delegitimizing the process. And even if McConnell threatened to go that route, who the fuck cares? At what point are the dems going to tell the repubs to go pound sand? Ever? How much of a fucking majority do we have to get for them before they grow a fucking spine & deal with the GOP in kind?
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