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[CLEEK]

When it surfaced that Russia had actively influenced a foreign election to support their favoured candidate, I wasn't shocked as I assume all the major nations do this. Especially the US, which has a long history of it.

It would only be damaging to Trump if it was found that he colluded with Russia to smear Hillary and leak confidential data, or it was found that Russia favoured Trump because that had already compromised him. This suggests both are true, which in a sane world would be the beginning of the end for a Trump presidency before he's ousted. But with the Republicans controlling both houses, who the fuck knows.

 

[~Kinggi~]

The golden showers stuff is amusing, but the important takeaway here is collusion with and/or blackmail by Russia, correct?

absolutely, you cant do that shit running for president.

 

[Mattenth]

It's bad but is it bad enough?

 

[ReAxion]

It's easy to get carried away but I honestly think this is the end of Trump.

The GOP can not and will not ignore it. If he doesn't resign before inauguration he will be impeached soon after.

Or am I just high on Hopeium?

Repubs have proven over and over they are completely shameless. They'll go along with anything so long as they get power.

 

[jelly]

yup

Please happen.

 

[Vena]

Who's going to stop him? The Republican congress who wants to use him to enact all of their legislation?

Obama is still president.

 

[Phreaker]

WOW! Predicting the future

https://twitter.com/DannyZuker/status/714863076609101824

 

[superdeluxe]

The golden showers stuff is amusing, but the important takeaway here is collusion with and/or blackmail by Russia, correct?

Chinese Corruption as well as hacking/spying on Russians in America and The DNC

 

[Jigorath]

Obama is still president.

We got ten days.

 

[RumblingRosco]

The facts so far are essentially :
- the report has been floating around (media, government) for quite some time.
- given how implicating and difficult to corroborate it is, no one ran with it.
- Obama and Trump received an intel brief about the report last week, which is a major development in itself, as it implies it holds some relevance to the current climate wrt Russia. This was today's CNN exclusive news.
- as a result, buzzfeed decided to leak the report.

Thanks. I'll check out of here and come back in a few hours/tomorrow to see what has been confirmed. I fear this is on some level equivalent to a lot of fake news we see these days. I mean, I hope it's true because Trump is a jerk, but I'll remain skeptical for now.

 

[valkillmore]

"America, we've been handed a golden opportunity..."

OMG he should TOTALLY do wordplay throughout and just fucking plow on.

 

[Syriel]

Twitter usually defaults to a blue theme.

Twitter was explicitly left out of Trump's tech summit due to a grudge by his team.

If you go to Twitter.com right now (incognito, or without logging in) the homepage is a nice golden shade of yellow.

High tech trolling? Or just a mere coincidence?

I post. You decide.

Spoiler

 

[ryan299]

is there really a part in the report where The Russians had Trump dress in kids pajamas on Christmas then open a bunch of Hentai dvd's? lol

 

[GoldenEye 007]

Obama is still president.

Action would have to come from the courts or possibly Congress. Obama can't do anything here.

 

[Loxley]

Even if nothing substantial becomes of this, I think at this point it's same to assume that Trump's presidency and his administration will perpetually be swimming on controversies for as long as they're around.

 

[kittenbreath]

No. If they Incorporated this in the intelligence report it means they already did.

The CIA has a better network for information and way more resources. Impossible for a journalist doesn't mean that's impossible for a government agency with an undisclosed budget.

Maybe this was why Trump was avoiding the intelligence briefings? Interesting.

Actually, the original CNN report said that the intel chiefs had not verified the claims in the 35 page memo but included it in their report to Trump because knowledge of them was so widespread, including by the intel agencies of other nations.

However, the report also said that the intel community considers the source, and at least some of the claims, to be credible.

 

[ArchedThunder]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

 

[How About No]

.

KOJIMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

 

[LiK]

WOW! Predicting the future

https://twitter.com/DannyZuker/status/714863076609101824

that is way too accurate

 

[Mortemis]

Can't wait for Joe Biden to run in 2020, with the slogan "Joe the Plumber, cleaning up America's golden mistake".

 

[icespide]

is there really a part in the report where The Russians had Trump dress in kids pajamas on Christmas then open a bunch of Hentai dvd's? lol

hentai fake, hooker piss real

 

[Stinkles]

How does Obama make a speech tonight with this stuff breaking?

"President Elect Trump did promise to make America Number One again..."

Can't wait for Joe Biden to run in 2020, with the slogan "Joe the Plumber, cleaning up America's golden mistake".

Diamond Joe Bidet.

 

[D4Danger]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

R Kelly

 

[mo60]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

Pence or Ryan.

 

[jfkgoblue]

If it's true, the leaker is fucked. If it is fake they are still fucked.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

If it's after inauguration day, almost certainly Pence

 

[Teggy]

Make America Urinate Again trending.

 

[Michael F. Assbender]

Sadly, this will never be proven and he'll skate into office and fuck America in the mouth.

 

[Kayhan]

Kink-shaming?

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

Whoever's the loudest, angriest and has the biggest gun in the ensuing citizens revolt.

 

[xVaalbarAx]

Can't wait for Joe Biden to run in 2020, with the slogan "Joe the Plumber, cleaning up America's golden mistake".

holy shit

 

[Jenov]

A tidbit about the upcoming president of the United States paying prostitutes to piss on a bed his predecessor used before out of spite is so absurd I can't really blame anybody for being bewildered by it.

This is the same man that brought in Clinton's alleged rape victims to sit at the Presidential debate.... doesn't seem so far out there knowing his demeanor/pettiness.

 

[Travo]

If it's true, the leaker is fucked. If it is fake they are still fucked.

Leaker....*snickers*

 

[Bookoo]

So how sure are we about the validity of these documents?

I guess I am a little lost how these docs have been around since late October, but it was never brought up.

 

[Knuckle Sandwich]

So if this is legit and this stops him from becoming president and a lot of people end up jailed then who becomes president?

Pence.

Or Ryan maybe if they somehow throw the whole rats nest out.

Who the hell knows though.

 

[minor effort]

Action would have to come from the courts or possibly Congress. Obama can't do anything here.

I wonder if there's anything Obama could order declassified to force the congressional GOP's hand in the next 10 days.

 

[GoldenEye 007]

If it's after inauguration day, almost certainly Pence

If it's before, it'll still be Pence.

But enough info to even entertain such a thing. And it won't happen in general.

 

[Prompto]

WOW! Predicting the future

https://twitter.com/DannyZuker/status/714863076609101824

That's way too accurate. This must have been pretty well known among journalists but they never published it because it seemed too ridiculous.

 

[Guerrillas in the Mist]

Pence or Ryan.

The inevitable film adaptation twenty years from now will be called "The Keikaku Presidency".

 

[BrutishMrFish]

"There's a good chance I may have committed some light peeson."

I'm sorry.

 

[Kadin]

Can't wait for Joe Biden to run in 2020, with the slogan "Joe the Plumber, cleaning up America's golden mistake".

This is gold. Yeah sorry I had to.

 

[EatinOlives]

So how sure are we about the validity of these documents?

I guess I am a little lost how these docs have been around since late October, but it was never brought up.

Because they were confidential, they can't be brought up

 

[broncobuster]

Remember when Jill Stein asked for money for recounts and people obliged? Y'all got swindled.

 

[TheLostBigBoss]

That's way too accurate. This must have been pretty well known among journalists but they never published it because it seemed too ridiculous.

The Trump-Prostitute story has been circulating as rumor for a while now.

 

[tim.mbp]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

Crazy that Mother Jones reported on it on Oct and no one picked it up.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics...ging-russian-operation-cultivate-donald-trump

 

[smokeymicpot]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

One report, dated June 2016, claims that the Kremlin has been cultivating, supporting and assisting Trump for at least five years, with the aim of encouraging “splits and divisions in western alliance”.

That is the same date as the Buzzfeed report.

So can the goldenshowers be real now?

 

[nelchaar]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...-mccain-alleging-secret-trump-russia-contacts

"The Guardian can confirm that the documents reached the top of the FBI by December. Senator John McCain, who was informed about the existence of the documents separately by an intermediary from a western allied state, dispatched an emissary overseas to meet the source and then decided to present the material to Comey in a one-on-one meeting on 9 December, according to a source aware of the meeting."

Wow.

 

[kamineko]

who are we to kink shame a sophisticated man of the word

bwehehehehahaha

 

[GoldenEye 007]

I wonder if there's anything Obama could order declassified to force the congressional GOP's hand in the next 10 days.

Oh, that maybe. Sure. But it'd have to be damning evidence and real proof Trump's lawyers were meeting with people they should not have been meeting with.

 

[Lan Dong Mik]

If it's true, the leaker is fucked. If it is fake they are still fucked.

Shit man if true the leaker will go down in history as an American hero!

Please be true