***Breaking*** MSNBC

[SummerSnow]

Trump decided to sign the Russian sanction bill



popcorn time ......

[brokephibroke]

1. He really had no option..

[ProfessorGAC]

3. I Agree

A veto becomes another humiliating defeat, as the override would have taken 10 minutes

[TryLogic]

45. **ALSO BREAKING** also MSNBC - Richard Engel

Kaspersky Labs linked to Russian intelligence. You may have Kaspersky anti-virus software on your Windows Computer.

[MyNameGoesHere]

48. Or Linux or Mac

Since they have it for all platforms.

[Lyricalinklines]

53. Interesting. I didn't like kasperskey last year and deleted it...

...amazing what lows there are in this Web.

[moonscape]

54. I installed it a couple of years ago but it was too

resource-heavy so I got rid of it. And, I have a new hard drive so there are no tentacles of it!

[sprinkleeninow]

57. Y'allo!

May I ask what version Windows where Kaspersky may be/is installed?
Husband has a newer notebook--mb Win10, mb previous.
Thanks much!

[sprinkleeninow]

59. Yeah, he dint have his 'druthers'. So very SAD!

Tough hovno, drumptsky. 😂
💖?🗽💪👍👊

[still_one]

20. Exactly. It would look even worse if congress over-rode his veto

[bluestarone]

35. yep

very true

[mucifer]

38. He's insane and unpredictable.

You never know what he is gonna do.

[YCHDT]

49. Yeap, but Russia reacting too loud IMHO ... Seems for show

[dhol82]

2. Pootie wont be happy.

[Still In Wisconsin]

52. Pootie will be downright... um..pissed off.

[roamer65]

4. Time for some juicy kompromat.

The Russian goal will now be to fuck with our system.

[workinclasszero]

8. Uh...

That's already well under way, for years probably.

[Matthew28]

13. I wonder

If Trump pisses putin off badly enough if Putin will help the democrats win in 2020.

[Glamrock]

15. That would be awesome

Only because the right wing media and all it's little followers have made it clear that that's just fine to collaborate with enemies to win elections.

[MiddleClass]

26. If Democrats win the Congress in 18, removing all 2 scoops political power

Russia will lose all political power, and go back to simple disruption, long story short, yes

[underpants]

5. He should've slept on it. He's clearly tired from all the winning.

[workinclasszero]

6. Pee pee tape time?

[imanamerican63]

11. You beat me to the punch line!

[workinclasszero]

14. LOL

[YCHDT]

50. It's not illegal to be peed on and Red Don is shameless so he could care less

[no_hypocrisy]

7. CHECKMATE

[Thinkingabout]

9. With the margin of the vote so high trump had to follow. What is best is Trump can not remove the

sanctions without review.

[Doreen]

10. My question, what is in it for him?

[janx]

12. Nothing!

It's going to piss off Vlad, in fact. But he had no choice because both houses of Congress passed it by such a wide margin. If he had vetoed it, they would have overridden his veto.

Congress feels very strongly about this. It includes sanctions against North Korea and Iran as well, but the key component in the bill is that Congress has to approve of any easing of sanctions against Russia that he might make.

The headline that just flashed here from WaPost said that he intends to sign it.

[Doreen]

18. The repukes are turning on each other like rabid dogs.

Democrats sit back and watch and get ready to clean up their mess.

[janx]

22. It's more than that at this point.

The Republicans in Congress are also alarmed at this man.

[Ilsa]

37. So, if Congress now has to approve of

easing sanctions, they must not have trusted trump on anything to do with russia. If that's the case, then they shouldn't be obstructing the investigation or trying to discredit the FBI. In some ways, their actions make no sense.

[Volaris]

46. Makes sense if:

Trying to distance themselves from Trump Administration? Check.
Trying to distance themselves from Trump Administration money-laundering cash funnelled into house and Senate campaign warchests?

ALSO check.

Putting trump in his political place isnt quite the same ballgame as letting a quarter off the elected Congress get indicted on RICO statute violations heh

[SummerSnow]

16. Imo, Trump was caught between a rock and a hardplace

1. if he refused to sign the bill, it would look like he is for Putin and against the national security of his country. So he will use this as a talking point and also his aides. " If I was colluding with Russia why would I agree to sanction them?" It is all a ploy to cover his tracks. I'm sure he was speaking to Putin before he made his decision.

[ChubbyStar]

36. To quote a line from the movie Gung Ho

"He is between a rock and a hard on." Given the events and dialogue of the past week I think it's perfect!

[Volaris]

47. Agreed. And since King Donald the Mad is just gonna do what he damnwell pleases anyway,

In 3 months we'll get breaking news that the Russia Sanctions Bill has been violated by the Administration.

[chowder66]

17. So did Putin and Trump hatch this plan to have him sign it at their second meeting or their

first?

Seems Putin's response is pretty light handed on this > "reducing staff at the embassy" and they have until September to do it. Hmmmm.

[SummerSnow]

24. I wouldn't put it pass them.

However, when the actually sanctions take place what will Trump and Putin do?

[chowder66]

29. I'll be watching with a jaundiced eye. nt

[procon]

19. Did he even understand that it means, or does he just want the photo op? nt

[MiddleClass]

21. Even Vladimir Putin knows he is done, seized 2 compounds in Moscow in retaliation

For earlier sanctions. Don the con cannot now keep his promises, and Russia knew it before Republicans

[janx]

23. Or--

suspected it, at least.

[MiddleClass]

30. They are looking at their big investment going up in smoke

Now we have to isolate this moron, and make Republicans swallow their big money donors, investments

, take them pay was a treacherous actions of the selfish scumbags

[janx]

32. They are going to have to start over. n/t

[Grassy Knoll]

25. All The Deplorable Trump Fucks Have A Collective Sad...

[Hieronymus]

27. "Richard Engel on Assignment" just showed

videos of Russians celebrating Trump's win.

[SummerSnow]

28. Yep, they were partying. Drinking and dancing.

[moonscape]

55. 45 has everybody drinking! n/t

[janx]

33. Where? How many? n/t

[Duppers]

41. Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Couldn't really tell the numbers but it was many.

[oasis]

39. Engel's hour long presentation was both, eye opening and jaw dropping.

A must see.

[keithbvadu2]

44. "It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk

"It turns out that United Russia won the elections in America," Viktor Nazarov, the governor of Omsk, Russia, declared in a radio interview.

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/news/world/make-russia-great-again-if-trump-lifts-sanctions-putin-could-finally-establish-his-country-as-an-equal-to-u-s&pubdate=2016-12-03

[njhoneybadger]

31. It could be cover to move sessions to DHS

I signed sanctions against Putin, see no collusion

[calimary]

34. This will be most interesting to watch. Putin's going to want a return on his investment.

Not a good time to get on your puppetmaster's bad side, Donald, particularly when you're burning through whatever "political capital" you may have had.

I suspect Putin feels he's owed, BIGLY. After all, his vote was all that counted last fall. And he wasn't even a citizen. (Hey Kris Kobach, wanna investigate THAT "voter fraud"?)

[Tatiana]

40. He doesn't want to suffer the humiliation of being overridden after the Obamacare repeal FAILURE.

And the Republican Senators, in particular, would have relished giving Trump the middle finger after what he's done to their guy Sessions.

[mucifer]

42. Maybe this isn't as much of a huge priority to russia as other things.

[enid602]

43. Humiliating

I hope he has a signing ceremony. He'll be signing his own death warrant.

[Still In Wisconsin]

51. Too bad... I was hoping he would be dumb enough to veto it.

Oh well, can't have everything.

[malchickiwick]

56. Putin: "No borscht for you!!" *Time to drop the Pee Tape.

Putin nipple retracted from dipshit's mouth in 3, 2, 1 ....

[Ken Burch]

58. ...wait for the "signing statement", though.

n/t.

[Doitnow]

60. Members of a mob stick up for each other-----until they don't!!