CIA: Senate briefed in September on Russian efforts to deliver a Trump victory

[Eddie Teach]

Yeah, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he sure ain't making it easy.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, I want to give him the benefit of the doubt, but he sure ain't making it easy.

  What benefit of the doubt? After all this time?  What is this, the bunker scene?  That artillery just has to be ours going out?

[Eddie Teach]

What is this, the bunker scene?

He hasn't even invaded Austria yet, let alone Poland.

[alfred russel]

What is this, the bunker scene?

He hasn't even invaded Austria yet, let alone Poland.

Had the previous iteration called it a day after invading france it might have all worked out, and lets just say that this version seems less likely  to invade Russia.

[CountDeMoney]

Trump also denied the importance of receiving the daily intelligence briefing, a tradition for presidents and presidents-elect. He has received the briefings only sporadically since winning the election.

"I get it when I need it," he said. "I'm, like, a smart person. I don't have to be told the same thing in the same words every single day for the next eight years."

Translation:  Because America would rather have an illiterate and ignorant white man in charge instead of an educated woman--and payback for a nigger that could sign his own name and didn't know his place.

[MadImmortalMan]

Next eight? So he plans to run again then.

[CountDeMoney]

Dunno, they cut off his quote, where he said maybe,  so it's a "maybe".  Told voters in Louisiana on Friday he didn't need their votes anymore, except maybe in 4 years, maybe. So who knows.  He certainly doesn't.

[grumbler]

The fact that Reid thinks Trump conspired with Russia is worthy whether he's wrong or not.

The fact that you would twist Reid's words into "Trump conspired with Russia" is worthy whether Reid is wrong or not.

[viper37]

So what's worse?

1) That Russia wasn't just acting in a mischievous manner to "sow doubt" in the entire process as a LOLmindfuck troll, but worked specifically for one candidate to win and the other to lose
2) That not only did Senate leadership know what was happening but they refused to do tell the American public, to the point that if we did find out, they would dismiss it as "an act of partisan politics"
3) That after 8 years, Obama still doesn't learn the lesson, and once again placed his faith in "bipartisanship" and gets bit in the ass

#3.

[Eddie Teach]

The fact that Reid thinks Trump conspired with Russia is worthy whether he's wrong or not.

The fact that you would twist Reid's words into "Trump conspired with Russia" is worthy whether Reid is wrong or not.

Ok, how does our resident sage interpret "explosive information about close ties and coordination"?

[Solmyr]

CIA complaining about a foreign intelligence agency installing a right-wing dictator: priceless.

[grumbler]

The fact that Reid thinks Trump conspired with Russia is worthy whether he's wrong or not.

The fact that you would twist Reid's words into "Trump conspired with Russia" is worthy whether Reid is wrong or not.

Ok, how does our resident sage interpret "explosive information about close ties and coordination"?

Unlike our more gullible residents, I certainly don't interpret it as a secret plan by that group to do something unlawful.  What is explosive is probably the extent to which Trump and his coterie are indebted to Russian (and other foreign) banks.  That may well be what Trump is hiding in his tax returns.  But being indebted isn't illegal.

Reid is right about Comey fiddling with the election for partisan purposes, though.  Comey may have had a good reputation coming into office, but his naked animus for HRC has robbed him of any semblance of professionalism.

[Admiral Yi]

I agree with the Weegro.  Harry shouldn't have put coordinate in that letter.

[grumbler]

I agree with the Weegro.  Harry shouldn't have put coordinate in that letter.

I'm open to being convinced.  Why not?

[jimmy olsen]

The fact that Reid thinks Trump conspired with Russia is worthy whether he's wrong or not.

Why is it worthy if he's not wrong?