birdeatingspider said:

Well, after decades of fighting back and forth, Trump got his way. He has asserted his 'energy dominance' and open drilling to Alaska's vast wildlife refuge.

As a long-term member of NRDC, I cannot convey how big of a deal this is. Very unfortunate, talk about regression.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/climate/alaska-oil-drilling-anwr.html

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birdeatingspider said:

RIP.. But I'm not following your post, maybe its me.

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koods said:

Hey look. Turns out there was collusion.

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koods said:

Paul Manafort: The report found that the former Trump campaign chairman began working on influence operations for the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and other pro-Russia Ukrainian oligarchs in 2004.

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More specifically, "From approximately 2004 to 2009".  So tell us more about these "influence operations".    Do you mean Oleg hired Manafort as a consultant for his Ukrainian aluminum company to influence the aluminum company's international operations?  That's what consultants are typically paid to do.

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Manafort hired and worked closely with Russian national Konstantin Kilimnik, whom the committee definitively calls a "Russian intelligence officer" that served as a liaison between him and Deripaska.
On numerous occasions, Manafort sought to pass sensitive internal polling data and campaign strategy to Kilimnik. The committee was unable to determine why or what Kilimnik did with that information, in part due to the pair's use of encrypted messaging apps.

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koods said:

The committee did, however, obtain "some information" suggesting Kilimnik "may have been connected" to Russia's hacking and leaking of Democratic emails.

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koods said:

The bottom line: "Taken as a whole, Manafort's high level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services, particularly Kilimnik and associates of Oleg Deripaska, represented a grave counterintelligence threat," the committee wrote.

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koods said:

Roger Stone/WikiLeaks: The committee found that then-candidate Trump and senior campaign officials attempted to obtain advance information about WikiLeaks' release of damaging emails from Roger Stone, who they believed had inside information.

It also assessed that Trump spoke with Stone about WikiLeaks on "multiple occasions," despite the fact that the president said he did not recall doing so in written answers to special counsel Robert Mueller.

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koods said:

In July 2016, Stone drafted tweets for Trump — at his request — that "attacked Clinton for her adversarial posture toward Russia and mentioned a new peace deal with Putin."

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Oh no!  Trump wanted better relations with Russia?  How dare him!  Impeach!!! 

koods said:

The committee also found "significant evidence" to suggest that WikiLeaks was "knowingly collaborating with Russian government officials." WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has long denied that the source of the hacked emails was Russia.

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Wikileaks takes juicy information from any country, not just the US. 

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Steve Bannon was arrested this morning for fraud. Why is everyone trump surrounds himself with a criminal?

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Psilynut2 said:

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Steve Bannon was arrested this morning for fraud. Why is everyone trump surrounds himself with a criminal?

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Wow I can’t believe a Trumps supporters were dumb enough to give Bannon money for their racist wall.
    Lol, just kidding , they are All obviously that fucking stupid .

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Walls are racist? 

koods said:

You’re fake news

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Walls are racist?

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Psilynut2 said:

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Walls are racist?

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          No 99.9 % of the people who voted for Trump are . They also foolishly  give their money away to crooks .

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