Holy f****** crap

[Dem2]

Local station here in Boston just lead with a headline saying the CIA came out with a report saying that Russia interfered in our election to favor Trump? Seems like a bombshell if it's the lead story on local news.

[uponit7771]

1. An Agent Orange supporting friend from Cali just called on this an hour ago, FAUX news has nothing

... on the matter so far.

[flamingdem]

2. It should be but it will be papered over - oh Trump's CIA appointee is anti-Russia

blah blah blah

[oasis]

3. This issue should never fade from national attention. nt

[Takket]

4. the sad part is, this has been out in the open for MONTHS

ever since ties were shown between Manafort and Russia earlier this year. Once they were exposed and Manafort was forced to "leave" the campaign (I.E. work with Russia in the shadows) the media just let the story die because HILLARY'S SERVER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Trump was never forced to answer questions about it, neither was his campaign. It just went away. We've known since at least MAY that i can see that Russia and Trump were working together. And it was just swept under the rug.

[mopinko]

8. yup. and that stuff stayed under the rug, too, even as questions started coming

out about russia. by then he was firmly down the memory hole.

[iluvtennis]

13. Agree and our media never forced the point and held Manafort/Trump et al accountable...

...as they were too busy trying to make a horse race of the election for their ratings

[duffyduff]

38. The media didn't care about any "horse race." That is a myth.

They WANTED Trump. And why? Because he was good for ratings and ad revenue.

Ask Jeff Zucker. He is the one who created this Frankenstein called "President" Donald Trump.

[pangaia]

5. CALL ABC, NBC, CBS.. XUY CNN MSNBC FOX XYZ

AND WHILE WE ARE AT IT.....

Get out and contact your reps and tell them to fight against every single nominee il duce puts up for his cabinet.

Write letters to editors.
Contact broadcast media.
Join groups fighting the coup.
Contribute $$ if you can.
Post on social media.
Join protests, marches, strikes, boycotts.
any other type of civil disobedience. .
PROTEST any way possible...

Anything else you might think of...

[Kathy M]

19. +1

[pangaia]

25. Thanks. :)

Have you done any of those things yet?

If so GREAT!



If not, there ain't much time...

[Kathy M]

32. Yes .... Some .....

Sent off some emails the other day ..... also yesterday ( gov )

Planning on sending some more off tonight to media ......

My FB would not get very far ..... do have one person can contact though .... she is pretty involved in local . thanks for reminding me ......... Will PM her on FB after we get back this evening ..... thanks

[pangaia]

34. Bravo. I don't do much if any political stuff on my FB wall..

I have a lot of friends around the world who do.. so I "like" those posts and occasionally say something.

Lots of emailing, some calls, letters, etc etc...

[Kathy M]

46. Same here ... not muchon FB..... did send FB friend a PM .....

[Baitball Blogger]

6. It's coming through in the Orlando Sentinel, too.

Same thing.

[Dem2]

7. Can Trump ever be seen as a legitimate president now?

[mopinko]

9. i hope not.

[Glimmer of Hope]

11. Never and pounding this to death will drive him insane.

[Dem2]

12. As soon as I saw the lede

I thought "eh, it's over for the Cheeto"

[WhiteTara]

44. No, IOKIYAR

He'll be just fine. It's the rest of us who are f*cked.

[Cracklin Charlie]

15. No

His presidency completely compromised before being sworn into office.

[Kathy M]

20. No

[True_Blue]

22. No never!

This is a huge Constitutional Crisis. I fear so much for my Country right now.

[uponit7771]

39. No

[duffyduff]

40. It is terrifying to think we have a Russian-backed puppet here.

Of course, the Russians didn't initially push his candidacy--that was all on the media, particularly Jeff Zucker with CNN. The media are entirely responsible for this debacle. But the Russians saw an opening, and Putin wasn't stupid.

People should have been paying attention to the GOP primaries instead of the Democratic ones, where the outcome was never in doubt. I had never, EVER seen anything like it in my life, that one media outlet, CNN, was literally pushing a completely unqualified, JOKE candidate to the exclusion of everybody else and because Zucker knew Trump would be good for ratings and ad revenue.

I don't think I will EVER get over this election.

[Dem2]

45. The entire country finally jumped the shark

We're all about appearances now, substance - bah - too much work.

[GoCubsGo]

10. "Russia" is trending on Twitter right now, FWIW.

[Binkie The Clown]

14. And by tomorrow it will be forgotten because some teen rock star will be arrested for DUI

which, of course, is much more important to the average "citizen".

[triron]

16. From WaPO

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/obama-orders-review-of-russian-hacking-during-presidential-campaign/2016/12/09/31d6b300-be2a-11e6-94ac-3d324840106c_story.html?utm_term=.76661422552a

[triron]

17. Lawrence O'Donnell discussed

this at length on his show on MSNBC

[Kathy M]

21. Watched his show ......

Hope they keep at this ....

[Crunchy Frog]

18. It's only a bombshell if the national media decides to make it one.

We'll see if they make anything of this.

For the most part, Repukes can get away with anything, including selling the country out to the Russians.

[jimlup]

23. It IS a bombshell

I checked and it isn't even on FOX NEWS top 10. It is headlines everywhere else.

My only question is why did Wash Post publish this on Friday night??? That is when you release news if you want to bury it.

[Dem2]

24. I don't know, but the crazy one is toast now

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It's all over, he really should step aside for the betterment of the nation.

[jimlup]

35. I'm not going to get my hopes up

now that we have been calling him "President Elect" for a month, he's gained in power. I think his evil power is now too strong to counter by appeal to reason.

Frodo has failed. Saron has the ring!

[triron]

36. But not president yet.

[jimlup]

37. I hope that something can be done

Maybe the Electoral College could call for a new election? I don't know it that is politically/legally feasible. But clearly their charge at this point should be to block the Trump Presidency. If I were betting though I would bet that Trump will eventually end up PROTUS which makes me completely sick

[duffyduff]

43. There are so many morons in that Electoral College that they will REFUSE to back the person

who won the popular vote because she is a Democrat.

They will vote Trump before they ever back her.

[duffyduff]

41. Both he and Pence need to go.

Pence is equally not legitimate.

[GummyBearz]

28. CIA interferes with electionbad, Russia interferes with electionbad

FBI interferes with election=bad. Why is everyone interfering with this election??

[2naSalit]

30. They hate our freedom.

[GummyBearz]

26. What did they do?

[blue cat]

27. None of the republicans I know care about it

I'm just about ready to give up.

[CanonRay]

29. Well it's the lead story in the NY Times and Washington Post

[triron]

31. knr

On the front page of Albuquerque Journal (a Republican owned paper).

[triron]

33. knr

[agalisgv]

42. Trump just blew it off

I think Trump had some sound bite along the lines of, "These are the same people who said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."

Sad thing is- little sound bites like those are letting Trump get away with just about anything he wants.

[triron]

47. knr

like your thumbnail (einstein)