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President Obama Threatens Retaliatory Actions Against Russia Over Hacks (nytimes.com)
An anonymous reader quotes the New York Times:
[President Obama] said he was weighing a mix of public and covert actions against the Russians in his last 34 days in office, actions that would increase "the costs for them." Mr. Obama said he was committed to sending the Kremlin a message that "we can do stuff to you," but without setting off an escalating cyberconflict... "Some of it we will do in a way that they will know, but not everybody will," he said...
[T]he president was clearly wrestling with what he said the hacking affair and the reaction to it revealed about the state of American politics. Citing a recent poll that showed more than a third of Trump voters saying they approved of Mr. Putin...the president appealed to Americans not to allow partisan hatred and feuds to blind them to manipulation by foreign powers. "Unless that changes," Mr. Obama said, "we're going to continue to be vulnerable to foreign influence because we've lost track of what it is that we're about and what we stand for."
President Obama pulled Putin aside at a September meeting of the G20 to discuss Russian hacking, according to the article, telling Putin "to cut it out, there were going to be serious consequences if he did not."
[T]he president was clearly wrestling with what he said the hacking affair and the reaction to it revealed about the state of American politics. Citing a recent poll that showed more than a third of Trump voters saying they approved of Mr. Putin...the president appealed to Americans not to allow partisan hatred and feuds to blind them to manipulation by foreign powers. "Unless that changes," Mr. Obama said, "we're going to continue to be vulnerable to foreign influence because we've lost track of what it is that we're about and what we stand for."
President Obama pulled Putin aside at a September meeting of the G20 to discuss Russian hacking, according to the article, telling Putin "to cut it out, there were going to be serious consequences if he did not."
Double down on 'Anybody I don't like is Hitler'. That's sure to work. After all every R candidate since Reagan has 'been Hitler'.
The fascist lost, get over it. You'll have another chance, but the SC is secure for at least another 30-40 years.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Because they lost everything in the election. Minority in both House and Senate, no presidential veto, and decimated at the state level. At this point, the Democrats are completely powerless, so they're trying to delegitimize Trump and foment civil unrest as their only means of opposing him.
The best data we have is Assange telling us where they got the emails from. We don't know for sure which DNC staffer it was, but we know it was a DNC staff member.
That the DNC killed Rich is unproven and, as yet, uninvestigated. Wait and see, I'll grant you it's unlikely there is a smoking gun, but the Ds were so overconfident this time they were sloppy. See also instigating violence at Trump events, they thought they were going to be running any investigations so didn't bother with decent cover stories, knowing that people in the sack for them would accept obvious nonsense.
John McAfee 'It was like that time I hired that Bangkok prostitute; to do my taxes, while I fucked my accountant'
Because the thief got spooked, and Wikileaks is full of shit.
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.