As Adam noted yesterday, the DNC hack isn’t just standard intel gathering that virtually all governments do. The decision to use WikiLeaks as an outlet to publicly release the information to interfere with an election “meets the definition of an act of cyberwar,” according to Dave Aitel, whose Ars Technica editorial was quoted in Adam’s …
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Open Thread: Donald Trump’s Foreign Affaires
Exclusive: DNC oppo researcher looking into Manafort had her personal email hacked by Russians https://t.co/1u4CP0TOk6 via @Yahoo — John Weaver (@JWGOP) July 25, 2016 From the article: Just weeks after she started preparing opposition research files on Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort last spring, Democratic National Committee consultant Alexandra Chalupa got an alarming message …
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Monday Evening Open Thread: Meanwhile, From the Real Enemy of Our Democracy…
Trump says he'd like to write a book about the sensitive info his VP possibilities turned over to his campaign. #itllhappen — Stephen Hayes (@stephenfhayes) July 25, 2016 Trump says Pence came back clean but other vets turned up "many, many pages" of info on VP options https://t.co/rB01ZzSJis — Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) July 25, 2016 …
Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree
Josh Marshall has a tweet stream going talking about the Trump-Russia alliance. As he sees it, the Manchurian-by-way-of-Queens Candidate isn’t even trying to hide his alliance with/subservience to Putin. I’m not sure I wholly believe it, but I can’t come close to ruling it out, and that cranks the dangers of this election up to eleven. Which …
Late Night RNC Open Thread: Shuck’n’ARRGGH
This is not normal politics. It's a clear message to white people that they should be afraid of Latinos, African-Americans, and Muslims — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) July 22, 2016 Ghostwriter for Art of the Deal: this is the donald trump i came to know. not a word about hope. not a word about possibility. all …
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RNC in CLE Open Thread: Your Modern GOP, America!
Republicans complaining that our country is divided. Also, arsonists complaining about fires. — Dana Houle (@DanaHoule) July 22, 2016 Trump 2016: Make America A Banana Republic Again — Matt Murphy (@MattMurph24) July 21, 2016 Trump's speech: 90 percent of it is trashing blacks, Muslims, and Latinos, then saying obama divides us "by race and color." …
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RNC Night Three Open Thread: Let the Knifings Begin!
Don't worry America, Trump doesn't want to do the job, he just wants the perks, like every Republican in congress. — Bob Schooley (@Rschooley) July 20, 2016 @danpfeiffer I don't think Cruz gets invited to that many parties, though. — Ben Finfer (@BenFinfer) July 21, 2016 Very curious to know if Cruz is sharing the …
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