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Reports on Russian connections to Trump [Summaries in OP] #GoldenShowers
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There's a very, very wide gulf between deranged, pro trump shitposts and thoughtful questioning of media.
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All you'd have to do is prove Cohen wasn't in Europe in the summer.
But you can't, because he was.
But you can't, because he was.
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I assume it's being handled by top men?
jellies_two
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Spare a thought for Mr Steele
According to the daily telegraph he has had to go into hiding since he was outed by the WSJ(?) in my view that's pretty shitty to have put his name into the public domain assuming that he could have remained on the down low.
His life is definitely at risk now and of course his career/company is toast. I don't imagine he would feel to comfortable even visiting the USA after inauguration..
According to the daily telegraph he has had to go into hiding since he was outed by the WSJ(?) in my view that's pretty shitty to have put his name into the public domain assuming that he could have remained on the down low.
His life is definitely at risk now and of course his career/company is toast. I don't imagine he would feel to comfortable even visiting the USA after inauguration..
Holy crap
That was proven false, wasn't it?
I'm going bankrupt renting out this warehouse tbh pls support my patreon
BronsonLee
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Haha this is pretty funny. I love it.
This is terrible.
Not to make light of his situation, but it does speak to how credible he believes his information to be.
If it is just a farce, most likely the worst he has to worry about is deranged Trump fans calling his company.
Because he is a fucking real deal spy and knows his shit is legit, he is afraid of the fucking russians assassinating him.
I agree, but I do wish we'd stop with the insults - calling people pieces of shit helps nobody and we have mods to ban shitposters, if they are seen as such. Just don't respond and report, IMO.
Killer Queen
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No.
Jake Trapper has a govt source saying it was a different Michael Cohen with same birth year in Prague in August.
Which does point to US intel vetting this report.
Doesn't mean Cohen meeting didn't happen in a different location or different date (as the dossier points out timing and location of meeting not a good confidence level).
Could mean there was no Cohen meeting at all, but a lack of a Cohen meeting doesn't debunk the allegations in the rest of the report (although it sort of is the ultimate smoking gun of collusion that Trump would have known about).
Especially with BBC saying there are other sources corroborating the ex mi6 intel, and multiple sources saying there are multiple video and audio tapes of Trump's blackmail compromise material.
However, there are still alleged financial ties (payments going back and forth), or if the tapes come out, or if they can uncover any electronic or telephone communication between Trump/Trump staff and Russian officials detailing Russians directing Trump to do the things alleged in the dossier.
Beer Monkey
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It's to be expected. They aren't just on Twitter, FB, and Reddit. NeoGAF is a large forum and drives a lot of traffic to (D) sites, I'd be more surprised if it weren't a target.
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Last I checked it was not refuted that he was not in Europe.
Saying his passport doesn't have a Czech stamp on it, doesn't mean anything.
He did go to Italy earlier in the year. There is nothing to say he didn't go to Prague from there onward.
One thing I'm learning from this AMAZING CNN Anderson Cooper interview with Conway is that CNN had multiple sources as well, not just BBC.
I mean that 2-page memo is all but confirmed. So we good at this point. Journalists seem confident that the briefing with the 2-page memo part is true, built based on the 35-page dossier.
Which was in turn built by apparently a fucking badass ex-MI6 spy man who helped take down FIFA.
The main sticking point it seems is that Buzzfeed released the file, especially now, during this crazy political insane week, instead of letting more verification happen. The reveals about the MI6 agent would have been made regardless of whether the dossier was released, seems to be the consensus. And an investigation by IC was already underway so why go to such lengths now, they seem to ask.
In-fighting within the journalism community is the very definition into playing to the hands of Trump (and potentially, it seems, Russia). This cannot happen.
I mean that 2-page memo is all but confirmed. So we good at this point. Journalists seem confident that the briefing with the 2-page memo part is true, built based on the 35-page dossier.
Which was in turn built by apparently a fucking badass ex-MI6 spy man who helped take down FIFA.
The main sticking point it seems is that Buzzfeed released the file, especially now, during this crazy political insane week, instead of letting more verification happen. The reveals about the MI6 agent would have been made regardless of whether the dossier was released, seems to be the consensus. And an investigation by IC was already underway so why go to such lengths now, they seem to ask.
In-fighting within the journalism community is the very definition into playing to the hands of Trump (and potentially, it seems, Russia). This cannot happen.
Family trip to Rome makes a great cover for clandestine meetings. Will play great in the movie.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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I was away most of today. Can anyone recap what's happened? Is the story any more or less accurate? How'd the Trump press conference go?
Buzzfeed wanted to sink his press conference today, which was quite successful, so I applaud them for it.
BronsonLee
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Alright I'm not going to buzzfeed this shit up we need to droppo this oppo properly.
poppedcollar69
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i hope its just a coincidence that he has gone underground at this time
Literally Nazi Germany. Literally.
It was bound to happen at some point. Just not this early.
iRAWRasaurus
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So when is trump fleeing the country?
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When the CIA really gets serious...
Killer Queen
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Das Vi Dania, BronsonLee
Send me a PM with the deets and we'll expose this treacherous heathen the right way.
CadetMahoney
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This is how I see it too.
jellies_two
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Did the WSJ justify their shitty actions?
Galactic Specter
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It'll be an extended vacation.
Arguably, the Trump team sunk their own conference by solving a business ethics problem by.... not solving it at all and maybe making it worse.
Yep, the man is full of hypocrisy that it's a wonder they don't have his name cited in the dictionary under the definition of the word.
I think that was my favorite part of the Conway vs Anderson interview. Conway was whining about how CNN coverage of Obama 8 years ago was all glowing and how unfair it all was. Anderson was all, uhhhh we covered the birther shit multiple times, in fact, we had Trump himself come on here to talk about THAT piece of fake news. Conway looked highly annoyed. LOLOL
Best post in this whole thread. Puts everything in perspective.
Rebel Leader
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You have people in hawai searching?
Trump: Absolutely and they can't believe what they are finding
https://youtu.be/Blckpwk1voQ?t=96
Result: Nothing. \
An 'extremely credible source' has called my office and told me that @BarackObama's birth certificate is a fraud.
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/232572505238433794?lang=en
Result: Nothing
Prof. Bathtub
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You know, Russia wanted damning, compromising information about Hillary and the DNC, what's the most they found? An obvious question, some risotto recipes, and praise for Tony Kushner's screenwriting skills.
It still had all too big an effect, but if that's what we find on an oft-probed political figure, what are the depths of information to be found on the PEOTUS and the RNC?
It still had all too big an effect, but if that's what we find on an oft-probed political figure, what are the depths of information to be found on the PEOTUS and the RNC?
Isaac Otherworld
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What makes me said paid is that isn't never a variety of posters in various threads. I'm a big Bernie supporter and critic of Hillary and how her campaign was run. But whenever there's a thread where the whole Bernie vs. Clinton fight flares up, it's from a variety of posters all posting sporadically.
Whenever Russia comes up in a thread. You see one single drive-by poster infest and bog down that thread for as long as possible. They usually shut up when people go through their post history. At which point a new user who shows up and suddenly starts bogging the thread down with semantics and whataboutisms to defend and muddy the waters regarding Russia.
We also know for a fact that the Russian government do have paid propaganda agents who go out and troll all over the internet. There's probably one or two guys with dozens or more accounts committed to defending Putin in this forum at all times and cheering about his Beautiful Letters.
So, it's true?
He's narcissistic enough to stay. And he's gonna end up like Ronnie from The Shield.
Nemesis121
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This...
Trump got the racist, uneducated, rural voters to come out and vote for his BS, which gave the GOP full power, first time since the early 1900's GOP party controls all branches of Government, all thanks to the racist fuck, he's the hero, even if he sleeps with Putin..
No, Trump was pretty clearly shook and half of the conference focused on this report and Russia.
They brought up cameras everywhere in hotels, being a germaphobe (which he has also said he isn't a germaphobe), Cohen's passport (lol), etc.
They were pretty clearly shook.
Aaronology
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You know, it occurs to me that it doesn't even matter if Russia actually has something on Donald Trump. From this point onward, Russia could threaten to claim that they've conspired with him and it would be as politically damaging as any actual compromising data they have on the man.
Donald Trump is permanently at the mercy of Putin, because the latter can end his career with either the truth or a lie at any moment at no cost to himself.
Donald Trump is permanently at the mercy of Putin, because the latter can end his career with either the truth or a lie at any moment at no cost to himself.
rokkerkory
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Hope mr Christopher Steele is safe and OK
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