the unsecured computers that are connected to the internet that also upload ballot designs into our voting machines, and installed Trump.

And NO Democrat - and NO Republican - has come out to stop him, paralyzed by their partisanship and fear of looking partisan.

And so we're stuck with Putin's puppet who is going to destroy this country in his first year while gearing up for a new war, this time against Iran. I say this with confidence because when a Republican is president, we always seem to launch new wars.

After a disastrous eight years (and make no mistake, when Trump is inaugurated, we're looking at a full eight years of a Republican president, either Trump or Pence if they successfully impeach and remove him), when the economy is on the verge of collapsing again and we're mired in yet another war in the M.E., then we'll be allowed to have another Democratic president to clean up the Republicans' mess...and the cycle starts all over again: Republicans fuck up this country and economy and a Democrat miraculously wins the EC and popular vote and is elected to clean up their country-destroying shit, then a Republican is elected again (the M$M propagating that people don't want the same Party and will choose the other Party just for shits and giggles), and so forth and so on.

It takes a lot of effort to stay in power in Russia. And he certainly managed.

These bullies lied, cheated & stole to get in power & they aren't giving up that power easily. They control all houses of government, close to a majority of the state legislators & they get a SCOTUS nom right out of the shoot, while the dems stand around claiming the high ground & that they won the popular vote. The damage Pence/McConnell/Ryan will do in 2-4 years is going to be monumental. Personally, I think we are fucked beyond Pluto & my anger toward the democratic party is almost apocalyptic. The dems have been doing the shit in this cartoon for 35 years. Vote for the lesser of two evils, we were told & look where the fuck it got us.

be no "Democratic" Party or any other party....

The one thing I was lacking.

Russia isn't happy with a lot of things US had been doing.

to help us all. It's hard to pick and choose what to paste here. The ENTIRE article is a must read. It explains alot about the mindset of our government and why there has been no push for an audit/recount. FEAR.


The Russian Expat Leading the Fight to Protect America

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a49902/the-russian-emigre-leading-the-fight-to-protect-america/
Oct 24,2016
In a war against hackers, Dmitri Alperovitch and CrowdStrike are our special forces (and Putin's worst nightmare).

snips -

Alperovitch initially thought that the leaks were standard espionage and that Guccifer's attacks on CrowdStrike were just a noisy reaction to being busted. "I thought, Okay, they got really upset that they were caught," he said. But after documents from the DNC continued to leak, Alperovitch decided the situation was far worse than that. He concluded that the Russians wanted to use the leaked files to manipulate U. S. voters—a first. "It hit me that, holy crap, this is an influence operation. They're actually trying to inject themselves into the election," he said. "I believe that we may very well wake up on the morning the day after the election and find statements from Russian adversaries saying, 'Do not trust the result.' "


Days later, Alperovitch got a call from a Reuters reporter asking whether the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had been hacked. CrowdStrike had, in fact, been working on a breach at the DCCC; once again, Alperovitch believed that Russia was responsible. Now, however, he suspected that only Fancy Bear was involved. A lawyer for the DCCC gave Alperovitch permission to confirm the leak and to name Russia as the suspected author.


"I remember getting off that call feeling completely outraged," he said. "I called up Shawn. I'm like, 'I can't believe the Russians are getting away with it. These are congresspeople. I can't believe that there's still no response from this government.' "

Alperovitch's friends in government told him privately that an official attribution so close to the election would look political. If the government named Russia, it would be accused of carrying water for Hillary Clinton. The explanations upset Alperovitch. The silence of the American government began to feel both familiar and dangerous. "It doesn't help us if two years from now someone gets indicted," he said. After Michelle Obama's passport was published online, on September 22, Alperovitch threw up his hands in exasperation. "That is Putin giving us the finger," he told me.

Do you really think Putin cares about that in particular? Only if he can use that issue to divide the party. And what exactly is propaganda if not manipulation of public opinion? So all of the sudden you think Putin would be upset about manipulation of public opinion by DNC?

He found it amusing and self-serving.

Putin is upset at US foreign policy toward Russia, not DNC supposedly preferring one candidate over the other.

I like the way Dmitri thinks -

For Alperovitch, a Russian-born American citizen, calling out hackers, and the nation-states that sponsor them, isn’t just part of the job. “When I see something like Russian intelligence services interfering with our electoral process, I find that incredibly offensive,” Alperovitch says. He sees defending his clients from foreign cyber threats as synonymous with defending Western values like private property and freedom of speech. But the groups and governments behind those threats are becoming increasingly adept at cyberwarfare, Alperovitch warns, and the United States is vulnerable. Only by adopting a muscular policy, Alperovitch says—by chasing down hackers and applying sanctions—can America win the war online.

Putin now has a useful fool in Trump.

And for those against the TPP - Trump's position on the TPP will now give Russia and China room to impose greater influence in the pacific region and latin america. And Bannon's bullshit American Nationalism clap trap and anti-trade hysteria could see us become isolationist and obsolete on the world stage.

Good job America.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/23/news/economy/tpp-trump-america-china-russia/

where was the outrage when the USG interfered in other countries' elections
(including those of Ukraine) with tactics up to and including murder.

The USG has done this dozens of times - just ask the Chileans, Brazilians,
and many others.

This is what American "exceptionalism" really means, you get all hissey when
other countries do what you have done forever.

Veterans For Peace

going to help the bastard president's claim to legitimacy