House Speaker Paul Ryan Just Linked Directly To Russian Election Hacking

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The presidential election victory of Donald Trump may not be the only thing made illegitimate by Russian tampering. It seems that the GOP congressional majority may also be called into question thanks to our Russian friends (?).

According to the New York Times:

The impact of the information released by the hackers on candidates like Ms. Taddeo in Florida and others in nearly a dozen House races around the country was largely lost in the focus on the hacking attacks against the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But this untold story underscores the effect the Russian operation had on the American electoral system.[…]

http://www.bluedotdaily.com/house-speaker-paul-ryan-just-linked-directly-to-russian-election-hacking/

[RKP5637]

1. It really makes one wonder just how complicit the GOP was in this entire affair. Are they cooking

something up with Russia. This is all getting just a bit too weird to explain away anymore. There was smoke, now there is fire IMO.

[elehhhhna]

4. Rudy new about it

Trump couldn't keep his fat mouth shut about it during the debate.

Some of these treasonous criminal bastards knew about it and couldn't even contain themselves

[RKP5637]

6. Years ago they would have been before the House Un-American Activities Committee!

Today, nothing. I don't even know what country I live in anymore. In my books it's totally falling apart with this last election. This crap is incredible!!!

[onenote]

39. years ago progressives recognized that the HUAAC was a dangerous thing

[RKP5637]

49. Quite true!!! How short my memory was when I said that!!! Horrible times! n/t

[whathehell]

50. Yes, but so are foreign governments hacking our elections.

[pbmus]

8. Oh Rudy is a really bad guy..

[madaboutharry]

13. He is a horrible person.

He lies, he cheats, and he takes credit for things he didn't do. He was on television bragging about something big happening right before his friend James Comey put out the "Huma has emails from Hillary" letter. I have no doubt Rudy got Comey to write that letter. Rudy is a shit person.

[notdarkyet]

37. Also

Gingrich, Christie, even Cheney is out. All the old creeps coming back. And I thought we got rid of them years ago. The Iraq war, nuclear weapons, I think it's in 1984, the point of war and weapons is to waste resources that would otherwise go to the people. And to make a few extremely wealthy. Halliburton for one.

[Rex]

5. Well we knew they cheated in 2000 and 2004. By now what is helping Russia or China

to the GOP? Part of it is they will use and discard anyone that can help push their agenda.

[RKP5637]

7. The country is under siege by a hostile regime and millions of Americans still don't get

what's going on and how they are being used.

[Rex]

14. Nor will they ever get it. We live in a matrix of appearances.

People are kept that way for a good reason. It is not they don't get it, they swim in the fake news swill. Their minds fill up with fake reality and reality TV. All for the purpose of keeping them stupid.

Billions pour into the coffers to keep people high in the clouds with conspiracies theories from people like Alex Jones. It works.

[RKP5637]

17. I turn on Alex Jones, occasionally, to hear what he's spouting off about. He's one crazy guy, but it

is frighting so many listen to and believe in this guy, as he rakes in millions. Damn, Americans, millions, are so ignorant.

[rickford66]

27. The GOP loves guys like Alex jones

He spouts so much nonsense that when the GOP pulls a fast one, we're conditioned to believe it's more nonsense. Since we've been told for ages that Liberals are Commies, what's the problem with Trump's relation to Putin? He's just saying he's a strong leader etc ....

[pbmus]

30. No truer words have been spoken in 2016...

[Turbineguy]

19. The GOP would

get their Mothers hooked on crack and send them out onto the street to make a living.

[RKP5637]

21. The GOP really is a character flaw, one against humanity. Seriously, there is really

something wrong and quite sinister about republicans.

[NBachers]

46. I believe this element has always been with us- dragging humanity down, committing atrocities,

destroying those who could help us lift ourselves up. They are the personification of evil.

[triron]

2. Hacking affected more than

just presidential race.

[pbmus]

3. Oh hell yes

[triron]

11. btw

I totally agree with another one of your other posts but I'll not name it in the interest of discretion.

[dflprincess]

9. Does anyone really believe it was just hacked information being released

that did this and that no voting machines (particularly those with no paper backup) were hacked?

[triron]

12. Not me

i.e. I believe they were hacked.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Finally the real story is emerging.

This is going to get ugly real quick.

[True_Blue]

15. We need new elections

With UN poll watchers to ensure we have fair elections this time.

[pbmus]

16. Yes, but how do we do that...?

[True_Blue]

25. Great question

No clue. It feels like we're helpless against this coup. I'm simply exhausted signing petititions and sending emails. Our lawmakers need to stop this, but it looks like Putin owns most of them too.

[RKP5637]

51. The crux of the problem is, our lawmakers are part of the problem! There appears to be an

invasive force in the US, but it just gets ho hum, move along. ... as they vacation and the country is usurped.

[triron]

18. Machines can be hacked

without knowledge of poll watchers. So can registration files.

[OldYallow]

20. Paper ballots

Counted By hand. Zero other option

[oasis]

32. Exactly.If it takes two or three days, so be it.

Fuck CNN, NBC and all the networks wanting to be first with the results.

[TheFrenchRazor]

45. word. if you have referendums in your state, try to get it on the ballot. nt

[Bohunk68]

52. NY is the only state that held out from HAVA with paper ballots.

While it is certainly true that they are electronically read, they can be hand read as well. The electronics are thoroughly vetted before and after the vote. i.e. precincts will be randomly hand counted to verify electronic count.

[lancelyons]

22. i this legit? I am not seeing it on other media outlets.

Just wondering if this is Legit. It sounds like it but its not being covered on other outlets like CNN, politico, etc.

I am not sure what the credibility of bluedotdaily is.

One think we cant start doing is reporting fake news about republicans making it look like this stuff happens both ways.

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23. Follow the links...

[m-lekktor]

24. I never heard of Blue Dot Daily either but if it satisfies one's confirmation bias who cares? nt

[pbmus]

26. Follow the links in the article, nyt, salon...

[Hoyt]

28. According to article, info was taken from DCCC. With today's tech, how can we be that stupid

to have anything damning in a hackable database.

[applegrove]

29. I predict a major investigation that overwhelms the Trump Administration

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and results in impeachment. I mean if those DNC robbers during Watergate had released information from their bugs to the Republican party that the party then used, that would have been a crime right? Why is it any different? Sure the GOP pipe up and in a preternaturally relaxed way say "so what?"that is gaslighting just as much as the more emotive and more familiar type of gaslighting. The purpose is to downplay the emotions on the left and center on this issue, but it is gaslighting. Follow your guts Democrats. Follow what you know. Ignore the GOP calling it a nothing burger.

[pbmus]

31. Well, the info is already being questioned within this thread..

I don't know whether even our intelligence agencies will be believed anymore with the Big Con questioning everything and everybody... ...he will just double down tomorrow on his not believing the 17 agencies...

[Mountain Mule]

38. YAY! IMPEACH the SOB!

I hope you're correct on that prediction. This country stepped down the rat hole with the "election" of W. I had hoped that the election and re-election of Obama would put us back on the other side of the looking glass, but that hope has proved forlorn with the so-called "election" of orange boy. I simply cannot believe all the crap that's been coming down and the lack of general out cry over it. Since when do you US Presidents go goo-goo eyed over Russian dictators? Each time I think I can't possibly become anymore disgusted, something else happens to prove me wrong.

[czarjak]

33. Who knew?.....

Any means necessary? Told ya, been sayin', if ya can't beat em, cheat em.

[KamaAina]

34. In theory, if we could pin something like this on Yertle,

we could impeach the whole lot of them and get to Kerry. Just sayin'.

[calimary]

35. Well, how 'bout that.

Happy New Year!

[pbmus]

36. Happy New Year!!!

[LenaBaby61]

40. Like I feel and said ....

With all that is starting to emerge concerning the 2016 General Election, I REALLY stand by my statement that NO Democrat--Not FDR, JFK, Pres. Obama or Bernie could have won this year's presidency with the "tampering" that appears to have gone on.

Hillary was ROBBED of the 45th presidency of the United States of America. I'll go to my grave feeling and thinking this.

[burrowowl]

43. Not war time can't call it treason

but it would be SEDITION!

[pbmus]

44. We are in many wars...

[uponit7771]

47. +1, "Paul Ryan, used the hacked documents to defeat him in the general."

[AmericanActivist]

48. Excerpt from Bluedotdaily.com posted 12/31/16 by Cpowell

"And it appears many in Washington have known about the attacks for a while:
After Guccifer 2.0 targeted the chair of the DCCC, New Mexico’s Ray Lujan, the Democrats sent a letter to his Republican counterpart on Aug. 29 arguing that “the NRCC’s use of documents stolen by the Russians plays right into the hands of one of the United States’ most dangerous adversaries,” and if the National Republican Campaign Committee continued using the materials, the GOP “will be complicit in aiding the Russian government in its effort to influence American elections.”

[Stuart G]

53. k and r..nt

[Scurrilous]

54. K & R