So on the day when this happened:
It
wasn’t low-level flunkies or some “400-pound” hacker, as Trump
suggested. Top Kremlin officials directed the hacks on America’s
political system, U.S. intelligence publicly said.
Shane Harris Nancy A. Youssef 10.07.16
The
Obama administration has concluded that “Russia’s senior-most
officials” ordered hackers to break into the computer networks of
American political organizations in order “to interfere with the U.S.
election process,” intelligence and security agencies said in a joint
statement Friday.
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Also this happened.
AP Top News
GENEVA
(AP) — Russia lodged a formal complaint last month with the United
Nations over a top U.N. official's condemnations of Donald Trump and
some European politicians, an intervention that underscores the unusual
links between the Republican presidential nominee and the Kremlin.
There
is no evidence Trump sought Russia's assistance, or was even aware of
the criticism by Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for
human rights.
Vitaly Churkin, Russia's ambassador to the United
Nations, told The Associated Press on Friday that he complained to U.N.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon about Zeid's remarks.
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Of
course, Trump does not even need to request this kind of defense from
Russia since it is clear that they are interfering and on whose behalf.
Hillary's campaign responded to the administration's announcement.
John
Podesta, Chair of Hillary of America, released the following statement
Friday in response to the U.S. government formally naming the Russian
government as responsible for recent hacks intended to interfere with
the U.S. presidential election:
“The world now knows, beyond
the shadow of any doubt, that the hack of the Democratic National
Committee was carried out by the Russian government in a clear attempt
to interfere with the integrity of our elections. The only remaining
question is why Donald Trump continues to make apologies for the
Russians. Trump’s initial reaction to the hack in July was to invite
further intrusions by the Russians. Even after he was reportedly briefed
on the very findings that were just announced publicly by U.S.
government officials, he stood on a debate stage one week ago and played
dumb about Russia’s role in this hack. He has repeatedly praised
Vladimir Putin, outlined a list of pro-Putin policies, and has done
hundreds of millions of dollars of business with Russian interests. Even
his own running mate has criticized Putin yet Trump continues to
refuse. It should concern every American that Russia is willing to
engage in such hostile acts in order to help Donald Trump become
President of the United States. But even worse, Trump’s own actions
suggests he welcomes the help. If he wants to reassure American voters,
he must not only acknowledge and condemn Russia’s role in this
outrageous intrusion against U.S. interests, but he must finally
disclose the full extent of his ties to Russia and divest any
Russian-linked assets.”
And certainly by now you have all heard about this. We will leave what
The Hill characterized
as his "rare half-apology" out of this because it was no apology at
all. Rather, it was an attempt to wipe mud off himself and sling it at
Bill Clinton.
October 07, 2016
By Jonathan Swan
In
the leaked audio, apparently recorded while Trump was on a bus with
former Access Hollywood host Billy Bush, Trump talks about trying — and
failing — to have sex with an unnamed woman. He had been married to his
wife Melania for a few months at the time of the conversation.
It
is high time the media stopped treating Trump as any kind of serious or
qualified candidate and this election cycle as if there were anything
normal about it. That any foreign power, much less Russia, would so
boldly attempt to influence a U.S. election is outrageous enough. We
remember, however, that candidate Trump in fact invited them to hack
U.S. accounts. When anyone reminds him of this, he denies he said or
meant it or plays the sarcasm card.
There is room for humor, to be
sure. JFK was a witty, funny guy, but he's the one who stared down
Khrushchev and the other guy blinked. The job is not one for a stand-up
comic, and the Oval Office is neither a locker room nor a frat house. Trump's affect is time and again inappropriate to the
event. His outreach to Putin is intolerable and his off-the-cuff
comments about women are sleazy, disgusting, and despicable.
Ironic that our candidate, the most qualified to run perhaps
ever,
has to combat Trump's misogyny and sexism as well as antagonism from a
foreign adversarial source favoring her opponent. How is this happening
in this country?
Show Hillary
you stand with her on her principles!
