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kpete
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March 31, 2017
Maxine Waters op-ed:"Repubs who continue to turn blind eye must reassess their duty to Constitution"
https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/847949341578940416
March 31, 2017
Schiff after WH visit: "Nothing I could see today warranted departure from normal review procedures"
https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/847938629729218560
March 31, 2017
When you're a star, they let you do it.
https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/847912906335322112
March 31, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39435786
Of course the last sentence is critical. It ties in to the testimony today of former FBI special agent Clint Watts who discussed Russias active measures, a technique dating back to the days of the KGB and the Cold War of dispensing disinformation and propaganda in order to influence events within another country, particularly the United States. Watts said that the reason Putins efforts were so prevalent and effective in the 2016 presidential election is simple because the Commander-in-Chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.[/b]
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/03/30/why-did-russia-hack-the-voter-rolls/
WHY Did Russia Hack the Voter Rolls?
This is a three-headed operation, said one former official, setting out the case, based on the intelligence: Firstly, hackers steal damaging emails from senior Democrats. Secondly, the stories based on this hacked information appear on Twitter and Facebook, posted by thousands of automated bots, then on Russias English-language outlets, RT and Sputnik, then right-wing US news sites such as Infowars and Breitbart, then Fox and the mainstream media. Thirdly, Russia downloads the online voter rolls.
The voter rolls are said to fit into this because of microtargeting. Using email, Facebook and Twitter, political advertising can be tailored very precisely: individual messaging for individual voters.
You are stealing the stuff and pushing it back into the US body politic, said the former official, you know where to target that stuff when youre pushing it back.
This would take co-operation with the Trump campaign, it is claimed.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39435786
Of course the last sentence is critical. It ties in to the testimony today of former FBI special agent Clint Watts who discussed Russias active measures, a technique dating back to the days of the KGB and the Cold War of dispensing disinformation and propaganda in order to influence events within another country, particularly the United States. Watts said that the reason Putins efforts were so prevalent and effective in the 2016 presidential election is simple because the Commander-in-Chief has used Russian active measures at times, against his opponents.[/b]
http://washingtonmonthly.com/2017/03/30/why-did-russia-hack-the-voter-rolls/
March 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/847790067716427780
Rep. Adam Schiff's response to Donald Trump's tweet - this a.m. - will make POTUS shit his pants.
https://twitter.com/RepAdamSchiff/status/847790067716427780
March 31, 2017
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/after-just-ten-weeks-trump-teeters-brink-n740976
After Just Ten Weeks, Trump Teeters on the Brink
10 weeks
13 golf course trips
1 blocked travel ban
1 AHCA fail
1 FBI probe
1 Nunes
1 ex-aide seeking immunity
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/after-just-ten-weeks-trump-teeters-brink-n740976
March 31, 2017
"We The People" Trump Version
March 31, 2017
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-30/devin-nunes-and-the-tragedy-of-the-russia-inquiry
Nunes now openly admitting he conspired with White House
https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/847618114426617858https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-30/devin-nunes-and-the-tragedy-of-the-russia-inquiry
March 31, 2017
Former Chairman of RNC Steele told WWR at lunch that Trump will not finish his term
RNC Steele told WWR at lunch that Trump will not finish his term;
https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/847635937995612160
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