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Old 10-18-2017, 11:58 AM
 
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But did you ever see so many people lawyer up, and so many people constantly change their stories, over something that wasn't true.
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The big questions yet to be asked are "What did the President know? And when did he know it?"
The first clue that Trump might have known from the get go was Manafort running his campaign for free. Who does that?

Then there was "Misha" Flynn, who was kicked out of the Army for inept oversight (lot of intelligence leaks on his watch), and fired from the Department of National Intelligence for "incompetence and poor judgment."

Not the time or patience to go into all Trump's Russian connections, but for those who are interested this interactive timeline was recently updated:

Interactive Timeline: Everything We Know About Russia and President Trump

 
Old 10-18-2017, 12:00 PM
 
Location: Salisbury,NC
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Ha ha. Tying Trump to Russia is so 9 months ago. Better check the newest news where we see that the Clintons are probably in much more trouble for the uranium sale / Russian connection / Clinton Foundation than the left could have ever dreamed.
It must be Nunes. Keep dreaming those right wing dreams.


POTUS staff now being questioned one at a time. The idea that the same story comes out every time is very remote.

I expect the POTUS to be hung out to dry very soon.
 
Old 10-18-2017, 12:00 PM
 
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Ha ha. Tying Trump to Russia is so 9 months ago. Better check the newest news where we see that the Clintons are probably in much more trouble for the uranium sale / Russian connection / Clinton Foundation than the left could have ever dreamed.
The best that you can come up with is the worn-out lie that Hillary Clinton sold uranium to Russia?

Do you really believe that insulting our intelligence with such inanities makes your case for you?

Or are you simply throwing red meat to the Trump faithful?
 
Old 10-18-2017, 12:01 PM
 
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There are really only two options here. Either Trump knew from the get go and was in on it, or he was a clueless moron who was duped by far more sophisticated folk.

Place your bets.
 
Old 10-18-2017, 06:12 PM
 
Location: U.S.A., Earth
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Originally Posted by BeerGeek40 View Post
Ha ha. Tying Trump to Russia is so 9 months ago. Better check the newest news where we see that the Clintons are probably in much more trouble for the uranium sale / Russian connection / Clinton Foundation than the left could have ever dreamed.
They tried to indict Hillary... was it 8 or 9 times, but failed!? Are you really thinking that if they investigate 9 to 10 more times that something might stick? You do realize that as president, Trump gets the heat? If there really was something going on, she'd be in jail.
Also, whereas the ENTIRE U.S. intelligence community insists there was Russian interference, Trump continues to deny this. I guess becoming president auto-magically makes you more qualified in matters of intel than them
 
Old 10-18-2017, 07:03 PM
 
Location: Canada
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A group linked to the Russian troll farm behind thousands of fake Facebook ads paid personal trainers in New York, Florida, and other parts of the United States to run self-defense classes for African Americans in an apparent attempt to stoke fear and gather contact details of Americans potentially susceptible to their propaganda.

"Be ready to protect your rights... Let them know that black power matters," the group, known as Black Fist, wrote on its website promoting the events.
In attempt to sow fear, Russian trolls paid for self-defense classes for African Americans - Oct. 18, 2017
 
Old 10-19-2017, 05:11 AM
 
Location: Great Britain
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Viewed this documentary last night - Oh Dear Mr President.

Trump and Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal -this US-Russia relations thriller’ still awaits its final act - Telegraph

Trump & Russia: Sex, Spies and Scandal review – Guardian
 
Old 10-19-2017, 05:29 AM
 
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"Some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent names and supporters, including Trump’s campaign manager, digital director, and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign."

For example, there are numerous instances of Trump's campaign staff retweeting posts from @Ten_GOP, an account posing as Tennessee Republicans.

"Fox News cited @Ten_GOP as its sole example of a “Trump fan” in an article titled “Trump fans call for Kellogg’s boycott after brand pulls Breitbart ads” last December."

However, this Twitter account claiming to be Tennessee Republicans twitter was set up with a phone number in country code 7, indicating the Russian Federation, not Tennessee and the account pushed the Kremlin’s talking points on issues like Syria and the French election.

The account was eventually closed when it stopped tweeting about Tennessee and started tweeting about nationalist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, then tweeted several links from Russian propaganda network RT.

Former FBI counterterrorism agent Clint Watts, who testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian cyberattacks, stated, “Basically, Russia loaded the gun. The Trump team fired.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-...e-the-election
 
Old 10-19-2017, 07:21 AM
 
Location: Pennsylvania
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Originally Posted by GotHereQuickAsICould View Post
"Some of the Trump campaign’s most prominent names and supporters, including Trump’s campaign manager, digital director, and son, pushed tweets from professional trolls paid by the Russian government in the heat of the 2016 election campaign."

For example, there are numerous instances of Trump's campaign staff retweeting posts from @Ten_GOP, an account posing as Tennessee Republicans.

"Fox News cited @Ten_GOP as its sole example of a “Trump fan” in an article titled “Trump fans call for Kellogg’s boycott after brand pulls Breitbart ads” last December."

However, this Twitter account claiming to be Tennessee Republicans twitter was set up with a phone number in country code 7, indicating the Russian Federation, not Tennessee and the account pushed the Kremlin’s talking points on issues like Syria and the French election.

The account was eventually closed when it stopped tweeting about Tennessee and started tweeting about nationalist French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, then tweeted several links from Russian propaganda network RT.

Former FBI counterterrorism agent Clint Watts, who testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Russian cyberattacks, stated, “Basically, Russia loaded the gun. The Trump team fired.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-...e-the-election
And please explain how Team Trump had time to be verifying Twitter ID's.
 
Old 10-19-2017, 07:56 AM
 
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And please explain how Team Trump had time to be verifying Twitter ID's.
Well, since they were working with the Republican party at that point, one way would be to contact the Tennessee Republicans to verify that the twitter feed they were reposting all over the place was actually one of theirs.

But this was only one example of Russian troll farm twitter posts they were reposting.

And, of course, their followers were reposting as well.

Hopefully, you didn't get caught up in this nonsense.



Thanks for asking. I was hoping you would.
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