Trump Loosens Sanctions on Russia Spy Agency

[NewJeffCT]

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Source: USA Today

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration eased U.S. sanctions against Russia Thursday, giving a specific exemption for the Russian spy agency implicated in hacking the Democratic National Committee e-mails.

The "general license" applies to the Federal Security Service, or FSB, allowing Americans to do business with the spy agency as long as payments do not amount to more than $5,000 a year.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/02/02/trump-loosens-sanctions-russia-spy-agency/97400370/

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WTF???

Reward for hacking Clinton?

[ananda]

1. Qwite the wittle Wussian asset is Twump.

Disgusting and contemptible treason!

[toddwv]

6. No asset, no asset, you're the asset.

[Roland99]

2. Comrade Twitler!

[ffr]

3. Quid Pro Quo

Plain and simple. Too obvious for anyone but the hoodwinked to miss.



K&R

[LisaM]

4. God, people, LET THE SCALES FALL FROM YOUR EYES!

What the effity eff?

[lark]

5. Step 1 of collecting on Putin's promised payout.

Next he will remove the oligarchs that are friends of Putin's from the sanction list. Notice nothing gets said about Russia attacking Ukraine today? Why is this not being shouted from the rooftops. Putin talked to Drumpf, then just a few days later, this started. Putin got the promise that Drumpf would ignore his illegal belligerence when they talked and the recorder was turned off so no one could know for sure that a pure traitor is now living in the WH part time.

[Botany]

7. It was a coup and Trump and McConnell are guilty of treason.

He got in a fight on the phone with the leaders of Mexico and Australia yesterday
but he did have a postive chat with Vladimir Putin on the same day.

[deurbano]

9. Don't forget Comey's pivotal role.

[Botany]

14. and Rudy G., Paul Ryan, and Kris Kobach* too.

* crosscheck

We are being hit by so many things right now that if we don't stop Trump and
company now America might very well be over. Hell, Trump isn't even trying
to hid that he is working for the Russians.

We will have an attorney general who dresses up like a confederate general once
a year and is named after Jefferson Davis and Gen. P.T. Beauregard two people
who worked for the violent end to the United States so human beings could be
kept as slaves. Sen. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions.

[triron]

11. At a loss

what to say. Congress doesn't seem to care.

[Botany]

16. The Russians don't even care that we know about their hacking of the elections

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/24/russians-suspected-hacking-wisconsin-dems/97023222/

[Xipe Totec]

8. Trump's policy towards Russia is, pardon my Latin, "fellatio ad absurdum". nt

[Leghorn21]

10. Malcolm Nance tweet:

Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance

1st trail balloon sanction lifted by @realdonaldtrump is for RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE-FSB?! Down payment on services rendered?#investigatetrump twitter.com/reaganbattalio…
9:59 AM - 2 Feb 2017

[triron]

13. exactly!

Everyone should read his book "Plot to Hack America"
Trump and Pence are illegitimate as are some in congress.
The powers that be let them get away with it.

[benld74]

12. TRAITOR

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

15. People need to call and write elected officials over this too

Demand that they put the sanctions back AND add more for Russia's aggression towards Ukraine...and demand that they stop Trump and impeach him immediately.

Keep the pressure on and the will give in. Target the Republicans...no peace until they do the right thing.

[DonViejo]

17. Locking...

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