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the week isn’t starting out very well for the DNC. with the announcement that Debbie Wasserman Shulz will be stepping down, the speech by Melania last Monday seems very trivial compared to this scandal.
 
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DNC Vice Chair Donna Brazile will serve as Interim Chair through the election

DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz stepping down following DNC convention: abcn.ws/29THFT7
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Email leak: Brazile showed frustration with Sanders campaign

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7_Sorrows said:
the week isn’t starting out very well for the DNC. with the announcement that Debbie Wasserman Shulz will be stepping down, the speech by Melania last Monday seems very trivial compared to this scandal.
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The media will never tell you there is trouble on the democrats side. Why, don’t you know the email leaks are nothing but a Russian ploy to meddle in U.S. elections?

If the same thing has happened to the republican convention, the media would have demanded trump bow out of the race.
 
queenofheartscv said:
The media will never tell you there is trouble on the democrats side. Why, don’t you know the email leaks are nothing but a Russian ploy to meddle in U.S. elections?

If the same thing has happened to the republican convention, the media would have demanded trump bow out of the race.
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queenofheartscv said:
The media will never tell you there is trouble on the democrats side. Why, don’t you know the email leaks are nothing but a Russian ploy to meddle in U.S. elections?

If the same thing has happened to the republican convention, the media would have demanded trump bow out of the race.
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Funny you should mention that.

The evidence is not yet conclusive. The available information, however, points in an alarming direction:
  • The New York Times reports today, “[R]esearchers have concluded that the national committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies, which were the same attackers behind previous Russian cyberoperations at the White House, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year. And metadata from the released emails suggests that the documents passed through Russian computers…… Whether the thefts were ordered by Mr. Putin, or just carried out by apparatchiks who thought they might please him, is anyone’s guess.”
  • The Washington Post reported overnight, “In the past 24 hours, cybersecurity experts have said that the email cache released by WikiLeaks on Friday appears to have been given to the anti-secrecy group by Russian intelligence.”
  • The Washington Post also reported the other day that the Trump campaign, which generally took no interest in the Republican Party’s official platform, took special care to add language about U.S. policy towards Ukraine – a new position that contradicts GOP foreign-policy orthodoxy – that brings the platform in line with the policies of the Russian government.
  • The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, reporting last week from the Republican convention, said he’d spoken to a GOP congressman who believes the “most under-covered story of convention” is Team Trump’s efforts to change the party platform “to be more pro-Putin.”
  • Noting Trump’s anti-NATO posture – another break with decades of Republican thought on foreign policy – The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, a center-right observer, noted last week, “Trump is making it clear that, as president, he would allow Russia to advance its hegemonic interests across Europe and the Middle East.”
  • TPM’s Josh Marshall had a lengthy piece over the weekend, highlighting Trump’s financial ties to Russia.
  • The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, an anti-Trump Republican, wrote, “If Trump and Manafort don’t act to allay these concerns by releasing their tax returns (or in other ways), wouldn’t it be advisable for a Republican member of Congress to lead an urgent investigation into whether Putin is interfering in the current American election? Trump and Manafort may be Putin’s chumps. Will other Republicans sit by as the whole Republican party becomes Putin’s party?”
  • While some have suggested that these questions lend credence to conspiracy theories, theWashington Post’s Anne Applebaum raised an important point: conspiracy theories tend to focus on allegations of secret misconduct; many of Trump’s ties to Putin are already out in the open.
It’s often hard to predict how Americans will respond to political developments and whether voters will care about assorted controversies. But we’re dealing with circumstances that defy easy explanation: a party that has largely defined its foreign policy by its anti-Russia attitudes has nominated a presidential candidate who sees Russia’s autocratic president as an ally, possibly worthy of emulation.

For GOP leaders who’ve grudgingly thrown their support behind Trump, shouldn’t Trump’s Putin ties – substantive, financial, political – give them serious pause? If Russia is trying to influence the outcome of an American presidential election, doesn’t the political world have a responsibility to pause and ask why?

msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-questions-surround-putins-interest-trumps-election?cid=sm_fb_maddow
 
Good_Tidings said:
Funny you should mention that.

The evidence is not yet conclusive. The available information, however, points in an alarming direction:
  • The New York Times reports today, “[R]esearchers have concluded that the national committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies, which were the same attackers behind previous Russian cyberoperations at the White House, the State Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff last year. And metadata from the released emails suggests that the documents passed through Russian computers…… Whether the thefts were ordered by Mr. Putin, or just carried out by apparatchiks who thought they might please him, is anyone’s guess.”
  • The Washington Post reported overnight, “In the past 24 hours, cybersecurity experts have said that the email cache released by WikiLeaks on Friday appears to have been given to the anti-secrecy group by Russian intelligence.”
  • The Washington Post also reported the other day that the Trump campaign, which generally took no interest in the Republican Party’s official platform, took special care to add language about U.S. policy towards Ukraine – a new position that contradicts GOP foreign-policy orthodoxy – that brings the platform in line with the policies of the Russian government.
  • The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, reporting last week from the Republican convention, said he’d spoken to a GOP congressman who believes the “most under-covered story of convention” is Team Trump’s efforts to change the party platform “to be more pro-Putin.”
  • Noting Trump’s anti-NATO posture – another break with decades of Republican thought on foreign policy – The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg, a center-right observer, noted last week, “Trump is making it clear that, as president, he would allow Russia to advance its hegemonic interests across Europe and the Middle East.”
  • TPM’s Josh Marshall had a lengthy piece over the weekend, highlighting Trump’s financial ties to Russia.
  • The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol, an anti-Trump Republican, wrote, “If Trump and Manafort don’t act to allay these concerns by releasing their tax returns (or in other ways), wouldn’t it be advisable for a Republican member of Congress to lead an urgent investigation into whether Putin is interfering in the current American election? Trump and Manafort may be Putin’s chumps. Will other Republicans sit by as the whole Republican party becomes Putin’s party?”
  • While some have suggested that these questions lend credence to conspiracy theories, theWashington Post’s Anne Applebaum raised an important point: conspiracy theories tend to focus on allegations of secret misconduct; many of Trump’s ties to Putin are already out in the open.
It’s often hard to predict how Americans will respond to political developments and whether voters will care about assorted controversies. But we’re dealing with circumstances that defy easy explanation: a party that has largely defined its foreign policy by its anti-Russia attitudes has nominated a presidential candidate who sees Russia’s autocratic president as an ally, possibly worthy of emulation.

For GOP leaders who’ve grudgingly thrown their support behind Trump, shouldn’t Trump’s Putin ties – substantive, financial, political – give them serious pause? If Russia is trying to influence the outcome of an American presidential election, doesn’t the political world have a responsibility to pause and ask why?

msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-questions-surround-putins-interest-trumps-election?cid=sm_fb_maddow
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Did Russia force DNC officials to write those emails ? I am laughing my you know what off over the Democratic Party dusting off the “Red scare” to try to deflect attention from their rigging of the nomination process
 
estesbob said:
Did Russia force DNC officials to write those emails ? I am laughing my you know what off over the Democratic Party dusting off the “Red scare” to try to deflect attention from their rigging of the nomination process
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Those DNC emails are the least of this story.
 
queenofheartscv said:
The media will never tell you there is trouble on the democrats side. Why, don’t you know the email leaks are nothing but a Russian ploy to meddle in U.S. elections?

If the same thing has happened to the republican convention, the media would have demanded trump bow out of the race.
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Yes,I heard that ridiculous assertion by HC campaign manager,blaming Russia,predictable and pathetic,however thevDems get to play by different rules.HC is the most glaring example :eek::mad:
 
Good_Tidings said:
Those DNC emails are the least of this story.
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Which is what Democratic Party would like you to believe. Most people find it news that the Democratic Party rigged their nominating process. If the emails are least of the ptoblem why did the DNC chairwoman resign? Are you comfortable with the fact of the Democrat Party contemplated attacking a candidate over the religious beliefs?
 
Leaked DNC Documents Show Plans To Reward Big Donors With Federal Appointments

dailycaller.com/2016/07/24/leaked-dnc-documents-show-plans-to-reward-big-donors-with-federal-appointments/
Democratic National Committee documents recently released by WikiLeaks include spreadsheets and emails that appear to show party officials planning which donors and prominent fundraisers to provide with appointments to federal boards and commissions.
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The documents, which were circulated among top DNC officials in April, could raise legal questions for the party, says Ken Boehm, the chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, a government watchdog group.
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“The disclosed DNC emails sure look like the potential Clinton Administration has intertwined the appointments to federal government boards and commissions with the political and fund raising operations of the Democratic Party,” Boehm told The Daily Caller.
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“That is unethical, if not illegal.”
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Maybe Democrats, and those who vote for Democrats, will develop a whole new appreciation for why it is that security is so important when handling government documents.

Foreign governments can and will use information gained through these breaches to influence elections to their own advantage.

There is a little bit of poetic justice for sure in this latest e-mail scandal.
 
Looks like a little news coming out of the convention this morning. I expect everyone to fall in line by Tuesday.

VIDEO: CA Sanders delegates pound on tables, chant ‘Bernie!’
theamericanmirror.com/video-ca-sanders-delegates-bang-tables-chant-bernie/

BREAKING: Outgoing Democratic Party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz heckled at Florida breakfast, opponents shout, “Shame.”

Outgoing DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks at #DemConvention amid email controversy. cnn.it/2a28AYf

also:
Bernie Sanders to meet privately with supporters Monday amid lingering angst over DNC: abcn.ws/2abEcOx
 
gilliam said:
Looks like a little news coming out of the convention this morning. I expect everyone to fall in line by Tuesday.

VIDEO: CA Sanders delegates pound on tables, chant ‘Bernie!’
theamericanmirror.com/video-ca-sanders-delegates-bang-tables-chant-bernie/

BREAKING: Outgoing Democratic Party chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz heckled at Florida breakfast, opponents shout, “Shame.”

Outgoing DNC chief Debbie Wasserman Schultz speaks at #DemConvention amid email controversy. cnn.it/2a28AYf

also:
Bernie Sanders to meet privately with supporters Monday amid lingering angst over DNC: abcn.ws/2abEcOx
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After Bernie Sanders endorsed Clinton, there were still those Bernie Sanders supporters who wouldn’t get behind Hillary Clinton. Despite his endorsement, there are all those demonstrators in Philadelphia, who are probably going to continue to demonstrate after Bernie Sanders gives his speech.
 
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