Twardlow wrote:
Despite what you say, illogical, uninformed and perhaps dishonest it is, or at least as misguided as you say it, changes to Obamacare required votes from both parties, and the Republicans wouldn't even vote for their own bills if Obama approved of them.
Republicans Bear Responsibility.
Trump has been elected for just over two months, a n d. H a s n ' t. P a s s e d. A. S i n g l e. B i l l.
He was in total control in both houses, and he couldn't get it done. More failure. The Republican plan didn't fit your "not much better" slogan, as it would--by Republicans own numbers--deprive 26,000,000 people their coverage--and rates were to go up more than Obamacare, and coverage would suffer.
The Democrats are trying to destroy Trump--I admit that, I support it, and I hope fervently that it happens soon--as he is incompetent, in violation of the law and constitution, corrupt, dishonest, and quite likely a traitor to this country. I have no embarrassment or guilt in wishing him ill, and wish I had a better vocabulary and legal background and more detailed knowledge of the facts so that I could do more to his disadvantage.
Most interesting of all, Democrats aren't "sniveling and whimpering" about Hillary losing the election, but Conservatives fill that bill. They can't forget her and still--even as we speak--find her dominating their memories, probably their dreams, too, while the victor, who lost the popular vote I remind you, fails in every event, with no prospect for a successful term.
Republicans bear Responsibility.
Rumor on the internet claims he is already considering resigning, and the facts are he may be impeached or indicted or forced from Office by the end of the summer. The sooner the better, and soonest is best.
Our nation faces a constitutional crisis, and the possible loss of our form of government because of his collusion with Russia, something no one, including the founding fathers, ever anticipated.
Enough Incompetence! Enough Dishonesty! Enough Corruption! Enough Lying! Enough Donald Trump!!
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6 different agencies have come together to investigate Trump's possible Russia tiesNew reports indicate it’s been going on since last spring.Here’s a quick rundown of what we know so far, what we don’t, and how Trump could shut down the whole investigation.
The intelligence community is concerned about Trump-Russia links
It’s worth stepping back and noting that at this point there’s a consensus in the intelligence community that the Kremlin was behind the email hacks of the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta.
Earlier in January,
the Office of the Director of National Intelligence declassified a report that concluded with “high confidence” — based on intelligence gathered by the FBI, CIA, and NSA — that Russia’s Vladimir Putin oversaw an “influence campaign” designed to interfere in the 2016 election. The report explicitly stated that the intention was to denigrate the US electoral process, hurt Clinton’s chances, and raise Trump’s.
What these emerging reports suggest, though, is that officials in several US intelligence agencies have evidently decided that it’s worth investigating the possibility of links between Trump’s campaign and Russia.
The BBC report, published on January 12, claims that after the CIA was allegedly shown a tape with a compromising conversation about money being funneled from the Kremlin to Trump’s campaign, a joint task force was formed.
Personnel from the FBI, CIA, National Security Agency, Justice Department, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and representatives of the director of national intelligence formed an interagency working group to look into the matter.According to the BBC, the interagency group obtained a warrant from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the highly secretive US court that overseas warrants related to national security investigations, to intercept electronic records from two Russian banks. A lawyer familiar with the case told the BBC that three of Trump’s associates were the primary targets of the inquiry, but that ultimately
“it's clear this is about Trump.”The McClatchy report, published on Tuesday, claims that the joint task force’s investigation looked into, among other things, “how money may have moved from the Kremlin to covertly help Trump win.” This includes looking into whether the Kremlin may have sent money to the hackers of the DNC servers and Podesta’s email address to help get Trump elected.
According to the report, “One of the allegations involves whether a system for routinely paying thousands of Russian-American pensioners may have been used to pay some email hackers in the United States or to supply money to intermediaries who would then pay the hackers.”
The Times report says the working group is analyzing “intercepted communications and financial transactions” as part of a larger inquiry into links between Russian officials and Trump’s associates.
The Times piece also specifically names three former Trump advisers in particular who its sources say are under the magnifying glass:
Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign chair; Carter Page, a former foreign policy adviser for Trump; and Roger Stone, a former key adviser for Trump. Trump’s camp and the former advisers denied the possible links discussed in the New York Times report.
So far the reports all indicate that these links are possibilities that are being investigated. We don’t know that any of these connections this interagency group is reportedly investigating will actually materialize — or how well-grounded the concerns are. It does appear, though, that
they’re substantial enough to merit the sustained attention of a six-agency task force.The crucial question now is whether they’ll continue their investigations, or if the new Trump administration will take measures to disband the group, as some of its members seem to think they will.
Emphasis was added by you know whom.http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/1/21/14335112/trump-russia-intelligence-fbi