How about taking down Moscowās electrical grid in retaliation?
Trump himself has been skeptical of the election accusations.
No, he has expressed skepticism of the election accusations. Itās hard to be skeptical of someone for doing something he helped them do.
It is a bit heartening to see that officials in the government, including some appointees, actually have the nerve to do their duty for the country even though their boss thinks that Putin is a great guy and that we should move closer to the Russians.
Wow Vlad this news along with Trumppās decision to impose sanctions musk make you think urine some kind of trouble. It looks like Trumpp and the UK are really taking the piss out of Russia today. I bet you are pretty pissed about itā¦
The Bromance is over ? Wow that was short. Or fake. Maybe Putie will release the donny tapes.
Russiaās bad behavior finally reached the point that even Trumpās enablers canāt ignore it anymore.
In the meantime, Don Jr. is calling his āfriendsā in Russia to say Daddy doesnāt really mean it, heās being forced to impose the sanctions, and heāll make them all go away as soon as the heat is off.
Following, not leading. Typical Trump bullshit, and too little, too late. Wouldnāt it be nice if the leader of our country actually made a speech about this, instead of sending childish tweets? I guess Iām asking for too much.
Still weak sauce, the sanctions target the hacking group itself instead of the people doing the ordering of said hacking.
We are talking about a nation trying to give itself the power to shut off our energy grid, this is no small potatoes and should be treated with a much stronger reaction.
Before leaving office Obama admin gave a large report about this threat, has the drump admin done anything to address the findings?
WTF! These are acts of war.
And Russia controls the WH.
When will the US get serious about retaliation?
Interesting that this AP article actually gave more details about the sanctions than the last one, about those 6 that were not listed by the Mueller indictments.
Still, we seem to not be getting much information.
And BTW Iām not particularly convinced T-rumpus had anything to do with any of these moves.
āThe sanctions also affect the Russian Federal Security Service, or FSB, and six of its employees for cyberattacks more broadly, including those targeting Russian journalists, opposition figures, foreign politicians and U.S. officials. The Americans include members of the diplomatic corps, the military and White House staffers.ā
American oligarchs / big R donors are getting concerned for their bottom lines and may be putting some pressure on.
āto hold Russian government officials and oligarchs accountable for their destabilizing activities.ā
Watch out Stevie, donāt want to use the name Putin or suggest this is a concerted Russian GOVERNMENT effort. That wouldnāt give Putin the ability to find a straw man to punish, āwhat!? Another oneski doing this? What is, an animal? Donāt worry, Iāve reopened Gulag and all problems will be solved. Now, Iāve made friendship bracelet for daughter Ivanka, that make everything better.ā
Well, when you say it like that, I think you have some cognitive dissonance about the issue. Trump is The Executive. Lack of action to protect the country when we have actionable intelligence is the equivalent to complicity. This isnāt the Churchill and Coventry legend, Trump has had the information and refused to give direction.
Dipshit Junior has friends?
Someone reported here last night (in the discussion threads) that he may be losing his wife and 5 kids. (The five kids part creeps me out. Not the kids themselves. The fact that he has a wife who had five kids with him, disgusting creature that he is.)
So, DT just isnāt very good at choosing his friends. And, why not? Apparently, he needed help putting up a building in Moscow. Donāt you look for help when youāre trying to do something?
Really, though, how do we know this was the Russians? Couldnāt it have been anyone? The Chinese? The Koreans? A 400 lb bed sitting on a man in its motherās basement?
I think the five kids were by three separate women.
It goes to your point, however.
āRussians deliberately chose U.S. energy industry targets, obtaining access to computer systems and then conducting ānetwork reconnaissanceā of industrial control systemsā¦ā
Try not to think about the cockpit software the next time you fly.
Or the computer systems in your car ā and everyone elseās ā the next time you drive.
Or the control systems in those 439 nuclear reactors around the world.
Or critical to every payment system, in every store and bank, on the entire planet.
Or running every hospital, water works, and communication system on the globe.
Try not to think about it.
(Did I mention our Commander-in-Chief has never publicly said a single bad word about Putin?)
No, Dishit Junior. And hereās the link, h/t @marymaryquitecontrary
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/donald-trump-jr-getting-divorced-wife-report/
The nerve gas pushed it over the edge. Zapping that spy and his daughter, the spyās direct connection to the Steele Dossier, England, France and Germany pointing at Putin while screaming āMURDERERā. Just not a good look.
Plus there have got to be quite a few people, the Dotard included, with compromising dirt on Putin and mother Russia that has them quietly fearing for their lives. They have to at least put Putin on notice, not to mention try to keep the asssasins out of the country.
The tariff thingyās a bust, the tax thingy has no traction, LAMB WON, Mueller is winding things up. Time for Benedict Donald to spin in circles, contradict himself, lie through his teeth, and pray the resultant chaos will cover his ass. And keep it alive.