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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,102 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 09:48 PM Dec 2016

Electors wont get intelligence briefing: report

Voters in the Electoral College will not receive an intelligence briefing over reported Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, according to a new report.

Sources confirmed Electors will not receive any national intelligence before they cast ballots this Monday, NPR said Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/electors-won%e2%80%99t-get-intelligence-briefing-report/ar-AAlELod?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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#Breaking: Sources tell NPR's @NPRKelly that electors in the Electoral College will not receive an intelligence briefing.

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Electors wont get intelligence briefing: report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2016 OP
probably good news Takket Dec 2016 #1
It is just a waste of time with those idiot electors. duffyduff Dec 2016 #9
If I were an elector, I would abstain. roamer65 Dec 2016 #2
Can't have them making informed decisions, you know Warpy Dec 2016 #3
We wouldn't want an informed electorate. WhiteTara Dec 2016 #4
Then we're in luck pscot Dec 2016 #5
... WhiteTara Dec 2016 #7
I'm actually starting to believe in conspiracy theories Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #6
you are not alone. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2016 #8
useless anyway konnie Dec 2016 #10

Takket

(21,424 posts)
1. probably good news
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 09:52 PM
Dec 2016

trump supports are far more swayed by rumors, conspiracy theories, speculation and innuendo than they are by actual facts. They are hard wired to reject any sort of fact or logical argument as tainted by liberal agendas.

so chances are they are more likely to vote against him WITHOUT a briefing. on the order of 1% chance vs. 0.001%

Warpy

(110,909 posts)
3. Can't have them making informed decisions, you know
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 09:55 PM
Dec 2016

Just pretend the hacking doesn't exist and it'll be smooth sailing for the poor, tender little Republicans.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
6. I'm actually starting to believe in conspiracy theories
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 10:35 PM
Dec 2016

Why the fuck isn't anyone doing anything about this? Is this really how we're all going to go down? Everyone just standing around looking at the ceiling or their shoes?

"Cut it out"?!? That's it? That's all we get?

Not that I thought for a second that the EC was going to save us, but I didn't really expect this level of apathy from upper management. I'm astounded and appalled.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
8. you are not alone.
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:00 PM
Dec 2016

And conspiracy theories are not a bad thing...they are just theories, after all. Till and when they are proven true.
This whole fucked up election needs some serious attention, yet the Dems in teh White house and Congress, and the Dem. party really do not seem too bothered, do they?
Surely that is telling us something.

konnie

(44 posts)
10. useless anyway
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:00 PM
Dec 2016

unless the electors have been secluded in a hermetically sealed envelope since the election they already know drumpf is a fraud, a liar, a cheat, a loser, and has handpicked the worst fascist oligarchs in the history of America. if they had watched any television, even fauxnoose, they know that the future will make a doomsday sci-fy movie look like a day in the park. they already know what they should do as a patriot - but they have to go back home and live with the troglodytes in their party, in their neighborhood, at their jobs, and in their churches. Even if we offered to protect them, we couldn't.

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