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Belobog

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Judge tosses suit alleging Trump campaign conspired with Russia in DNC hack

“A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that President Donald Trump's campaign and former Trump adviser Roger Stone conspired with Russia and WikiLeaks to publish hacked Democratic National Committee emails during the 2016 presidential race.”

Huvelle made clear that her decision was a technical one based on issues of legal jurisdiction and was not a definitive ruling on allegations that the Trump campaign struck an illicit deal with the Russians during the presidential contest.

"It bears emphasizing that this Court’s ruling is not based on a finding that there was no collusion between defendants and Russia during the 2016 presidential election," Huvelle wrote. "This is the wrong forum for plaintiffs’ lawsuit. The Court takes no position on the merits of plaintiffs’ claims."
 

Truck Party

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Just a little less ripe.

A 'leak' is worth concern for your anonymity. Calling someone a hero seems to lack that necessity.
Well that's good to know. Reading these stories about non-existent North Korean nuke sites ramping up lately one would almost get the sense there's some desperate defense contractors pretending to be anonymous CIA agents
 

Truck Party

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Huvelle made clear that her decision was a technical one based on issues of legal jurisdiction and was not a definitive ruling on allegations that the Trump campaign struck an illicit deal with the Russians during the presidential contest.

"It bears emphasizing that this Court’s ruling is not based on a finding that there was no collusion between defendants and Russia during the 2016 presidential election," Huvelle wrote. "This is the wrong forum for plaintiffs’ lawsuit. The Court takes no position on the merits of plaintiffs’ claims."
you'll get em next time!
 

Freeloading Rusty

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Well that's good to know. Reading these stories about non-existent North Korean nuke sites ramping up lately one would almost get the sense there's some desperate defense contractors pretending to be anonymous CIA agents
I didnt realize the Korean watchdog group 38 North (who reported the ongoing activity) counted as an anonymous source.
 

Sheepdog

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Random thought of the day - the idea that nearly every single person who voted for a guy who fucks pornstars without a condom could be a complete spastic is dismissed by people based on the idea that millions of people couldn't all be complete spastics. Yet it was only 25% of the eligible voting population that voted for him. Is it actually outlandish to suggest that 1 in 5 people are complete spastics? I think we'd all put the percentage much higher than that based on who we interact with daily. And if it is impossible for a large group to be comprised entirely of spastics, what explains the existence of Juggalos?
 

Pitbull9

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Random thought of the day - the idea that nearly every single person who voted for a guy who fucks pornstars without a condom could be a complete spastic is dismissed by people based on the idea that millions of people couldn't all be complete spastics. Yet it was only 25% of the eligible voting population that voted for him. Is it actually outlandish to suggest that 1 in 5 people are complete spastics? I think we'd all put the percentage much higher than that based on who we interact with daily. And if it is impossible for a large group to be comprised entirely of spastics, what explains the existence of Democrats?
Good question.
 

Pitbull9

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All white people are racist, obviously.
Clearly. Also anyone who wants to check the immigration system is racist, anyone who has a problem with anything the left doesn’t agree with is______________ insert judgement there
 

Belobog

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As a meeting last August in the Oval Office to discuss sanctions on Venezuela was concluding, President Donald Trump turned to his top aides and asked an unsettling question: With a fast unraveling Venezuela threatening regional security, why can’t the U.S. just simply invade the troubled country?

The suggestion stunned those present at the meeting, including U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster, both of whom have since left the administration. This account of the previously undisclosed conversation comes from a senior administration official familiar with what was said.

In an exchange that lasted around five minutes, McMaster and others took turns explaining to Trump how military action could backfire and risk losing hard-won support among Latin American governments to punish President Nicolas Maduro for taking Venezuela down the path of dictatorship, according to the official.

The idea, despite his aides’ best attempts to shoot it down, would nonetheless persist in the president’s head.

The next day, Aug. 11, Trump alarmed friends and foes alike with talk of a “military option” to remove Maduro from power. The public remarks were initially dismissed in U.S. policy circles as the sort of martial bluster people have come to expect from the reality TV star turned commander in chief.

But shortly afterward, he raised the issue with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, according to the U.S. official.

Then in September, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, Trump discussed it again, this time at greater length, in a private dinner with leaders from four Latin American allies that included Santos.

The U.S. official said Trump was specifically briefed not to raise the issue and told it wouldn’t play well, but the first thing the president said at the dinner was, “My staff told me not to say this.” Trump then went around asking each leader if they were sure they didn’t want a military solution, according to the official, who added that each leader told Trump in clear terms they were sure.

Eventually, McMaster would pull aside the president and walk him through the dangers of an invasion, the official said.

Trump pressed aides on Venezuela invasion, US official says