Tiberius Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Oh, is this why Trump is so angry with Dan Coats? No wonder more than a few of you guys disappeared that day! Busted! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cyber-command-operation-disrupted-internet-access-of-russian-troll-factory-on-day-of-2018-midterms/2019/02/26/1827fc9e-36d6-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.4539d3566202 Quote The U.S. military blocked Internet access to an infamous Russian entity seeking to sow discord among Americans during the 2018 midterms, several U.S. officials said, a warning that the Kremlin’s operations against the United States are not cost-free. The strike on the Internet Research Agency in St. Petersburg, a company underwritten by an oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin, was part of the first offensive cyber campaign against Russia designed to thwart attempts to interfere with a U.S. election, the officials said. “They basically took the IRA offline,” according to one individual familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss classified information. “They shut ‘em down.” The operation marked the first muscle-flexing by U.S. Cyber Command, with intelligence from the National Security Agency, under new authorities it was granted by President Trump and Congress last year to bolster offensive capabilities. Whether the impact of the St. Petersburg action will be long-lasting remains to be seen. Russia’s tactics are evolving, and some analysts were skeptical of the deterrent value on either the Russian troll factory or on Putin, who, according to U.S. intelligence officials, ordered an “influence” campaign in 2016 to undermine faith in U.S. democracy. U.S. officials have also assessed that the Internet Research Agency works on behalf of the Kremlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 On Michael Cohen and our times: How often do we see someone, fresh from pleading guilty to lying to Congress, receive such a welcome by Congress? To be believed by the very lawmakers he pleaded guilty to lying to? Michael Cohen has been disbarred By Emily Saul February 26, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/michael-cohen-has-been-disbarred/ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedge Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, Tiberius said: Oh, is this why Trump is so angry with Dan Coats? No wonder more than a few of you guys disappeared that day! Busted! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cyber-command-operation-disrupted-internet-access-of-russian-troll-factory-on-day-of-2018-midterms/2019/02/26/1827fc9e-36d6-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.4539d3566202 You did it Tibs! I'm sure you are right! You figured out the secret key to it all. I guess Mueller can wrap it up, toss Trump in jail, and we can all go home and forget about anything else. I'm relieved it's finally over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 2 hours ago, B-Man said: Michael Cohen has been disbarred By Emily Saul February 26, 2019 https://nypost.com/2019/02/26/michael-cohen-has-been-disbarred/ That's not unexpected. Being convicted of a felony is automatic disbarment. The decision to disbar him will be retroactive to the date of his plea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, Hedge said: You did it Tibs! I'm sure you are right! You figured out the secret key to it all. I guess Mueller can wrap it up, toss Trump in jail, and we can all go home and forget about anything else. I'm relieved it's finally over. Lol, this is going to go on for years. You guys put this criminal into the executive office. So you won't be relieved for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 Looks like another 6 years of Trump! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 4 hours ago, Tiberius said: Oh, is this why Trump is so angry with Dan Coats? No wonder more than a few of you guys disappeared that day! Busted! https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-cyber-command-operation-disrupted-internet-access-of-russian-troll-factory-on-day-of-2018-midterms/2019/02/26/1827fc9e-36d6-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html?utm_term=.4539d3566202 whack-a-mole. We'd be a lot better of if people followed the old Ben Franklin saying “Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 10 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: He's just doing that so it looks like he's not a Russian asset. It's like the old Nazi trick, shoot one of your own to prove you're not one of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Meanwhile at the House meeting with Roy Cohen......... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 47 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: And now NBC has informed the Russians of such. Who's the Russian asset, again? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Brown Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 10 hours ago, B-Man said: Jordan & Meadows: Democrats put out welcome mat for a liar. We can't trust Michael Cohen. The Cohen hearing will be a partisan circus meant to destroy Trump. We'll ask about Cohen's crimes and why he's getting a forum to avenge his grudge. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/02/26/michael-cohen-testimony-democrats-platform-destroy-donald-trump-column/2978144002/ A proven liar providing testimony against a proven liar. Just pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxx Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 today should be interesting. Cohen is scheduled to testify in public and the word is that he is going to accuse Trump of crimes and misdemeanors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeginnersMind Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 (edited) 21 minutes ago, Foxx said: today should be interesting. Cohen is scheduled to testify in public and the word is that he is going to accuse Trump of crimes and misdemeanors. It will only be meaningful if there’s corroboration. He may not be lying but his credibility is crap. Is Trump a boor? Does he lie? Did he commit some election campaign violations? Yes to 2 of 3 but for the third, it will take more than liar Cohen’s words to make this worth much. Still, it will make for an entertaining ring in the circus. His corroboration based on his written remarks is pretty weak and if this is his best punch, Trump will be fine. Trump lies all the time and his base doesn’t care. Edited February 27, 2019 by BeginnersMind 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snafu Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 15 hours ago, Koko78 said: That's not unexpected. Being convicted of a felony is automatic disbarment. The decision to disbar him will be retroactive to the date of his plea. I wonder what that does to attorney-client privilege between Cohen and Trump. I’m sure the President hasn’t waived it. If privilege is in place, then much of the juicier parts of Cohen’s testimony is useless except to smear his former client. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 1 hour ago, snafu said: I wonder what that does to attorney-client privilege between Cohen and Trump. I’m sure the President hasn’t waived it. If privilege is in place, then much of the juicier parts of Cohen’s testimony is useless except to smear his former client. Privilege does not go away. However, if Cohen ignores it, what are they going to do, double-disbar him? Of course, if he ever wants to apply for readmission down the road, he'll behave himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 They really need to look up the meaning of words like anarchy and socialism. The Resistance is Everything They Accuse Trump of Being American Thinker, by Jim Daws Original Article The defining characteristic of today’s Democrats is that most unattractive of human failings, hypocrisy. Since Donald Trump’s improbable election, Dems and their media mouthpieces have been demanding that the rest of us recognize the existential threat he poses to the nation. Their demands are based on a litany of accused authoritarian character traits and fascistic conduct that Trump obviously doesn’t hold and in fact never committed. The reality is the Democrats are projecting -- accusing Trump of the very outrages that they themselves practiced in their obsession to prevent and then overturn his election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 hours ago, Foxx said: today should be interesting. Cohen is scheduled to testify in public and the word is that he is going to accuse Trump of crimes and misdemeanors. What's interesting is that the Dems finally get the House back, and the only thing they can do is embrace a guy who already lied to Congress, vote to kill babies who were born of botched abortions, promote socialism as the only way forward, and hold up a 29-year-old bartender as the leader of their bench. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Just now, LABillzFan said: What's interesting is that the Dems finally get the House back, and the only thing they can do is embrace a guy who already lied to Congress, vote to kill babies who were born of botched abortions, promote socialism as the only way forward, and hold up a 29-year-old bartender as the leader of their bench. Huh....well in the 2 years since the GOP elected a 74 year old con man as the leader of their party .....the GOP congress and DT managed to fix health care, balance the budget, fund infrastructure, finalize an immigration policy, renegotiate the Iran settlement, denuke the Korean peninsula, get the Russians from effing with elections, and all the while the GOP has held up gold standard of voting ethics in congressional elections....bravo GOP bravo... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 7 minutes ago, TH3 said: Huh....well in the 2 years since the GOP elected a 74 year old con man as the leader of their party .....the GOP congress and DT managed to fix health care, balance the budget, fund infrastructure, finalize an immigration policy, renegotiate the Iran settlement, denuke the Korean peninsula, get the Russians from effing with elections, and all the while the GOP has held up gold standard of voting ethics in congressional elections....bravo GOP bravo... Still waiting for your stunning legal and constitutional analysis, you coward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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