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[Agschmid]

1. Which establishment? Trump?

Trump is the one in charge here...

[Bonobo]

3. Moneyed interests

[Bev54]

22. Sanders admits

that he was briefed on this a month ago by intel. This is not the establishment.

[Blue_true]

56. Totally strange answer. But since one group keep seeing an evil

"establishment", I guess it make sense to see that some have swallowed that whole.

[redqueen]

8. Good Lord, no he's not.

He's a pet monkey.

The MIC, PIC, and other financial elites who run the country are in charge. And they don't want people getting too carried away with this whole democratic socialism thing.

I mean just because it's working great for Germany doesn't mean the people here deserve it. If we're dumb enough to be led around like cattle then we deserve to be governed by the elites' pet monkeys.

[blm]

19. ✔️

[Kurt V.]

30. +1

[sheshe2]

25. No, Putin is in charge.

Trump is just his puppet.

[IluvPitties]

2. That's what deplorables say about Trump and Russia...

[Bonobo]

7. Broken clocks can appear correct

[tishaLA]

4. U.S. intelligence agencies?

That's the "establishment"? We're getting awfully close to "deep state!" here

[Agschmid]

10. We are there clearly...

[DURHAM D]

5. .

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287554517

[Turin_C3PO]

6. He was briefed by US officials.

It’s real.

[redqueen]

14. Which ones?

I'm serious.

How many US officials lined up to lie about aluminum tubes and yellow cake?

[Turin_C3PO]

21. US intelligence officers.

I trust our intelligence community.

[pfeiffer]

9. You'll need to translate this post into Russian before wiring it Moscow.

[rzemanfl]

38. I agree, but I still have to wash socks. n/t

[blm]

11. I just watched Bernie speak to it and he is telling Russia to stop interfering, so,

you’re saying, Bonobo, that you believe Trump’s lie that it is a hoax instead of believing Sanders is concerned that Russia is using his campaign and supporters to interfere in the election, yet again.

[redqueen]

18. Or maybe there's some nuance?

Why play up only that they're helping one candidate when they most definitely are interested in a lot more than that. They want chaos. They don't care who wins as long as we keep fighting each other and don't trust each other.

[RazBerryBeret]

12. More likely that he is the present frontrunner

and has a lot of supporters; this is the most effective way to sow dissension and discord within our party. this helps Trump in the end.

[we can do it]

13. OFFS

[underthematrix]

15. Nope that's not true. Bernie Sanders is in the Mueller Report.

In 2016, Putin has two preferred candidates and one of them was Bernie Sanders. The is in the White House. I'm surprised so many people have not read the Mueller Report.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. The "Establishment" being the US intelligence services

and the Mueller report?

[comradebillyboy]

17. Which thing is false? The Russians helped Bernie in 2016 and they are

helping him in 2020. Bernie's the one who consistently votes against Russia sanctions every chance he gets.

[Jarqui]

20. I do not agree with the top post nt

[ibegurpard]

23. Oh come on

Who do you think all of these so-called Bernie supporters making death threats to people are? It's a campaign to sow division between people.
What I'd like to know, however, is why he sat on the info for a month.

[Squinch]

24. Pitiful. SMDH.

[chillfactor]

26. No.....

even sanders acknowledge the story. Keep your head buried in the sand......the rest of us actually like to hear the truth.

[rzemanfl]

40. What did he say at the debate Wednesday? My recollection is "I am not saying this is happening."

Was he thinking about some 400 pound guy in his mother's basement?

[disndat]

27. Don't forget

This was going on against HRC and Sanders in the previous 2016 election campaign, so Sanders must have been fully
aware of it this time around.

[emmaverybo]

28. Did Bernie warn the campaigns?

[sheshe2]

29. Mueller is part of the 'establishment' too?

Bernie and Trumps campaign were both mentioned in that report as being aided by Russia. Did you not read any of the report?

(Volume I, Part IV, pgs. 146-147, 166-167, 173)
— Karoun Demirjian

2:30 p.m.: Russian interference sought to boost Bernie Sanders in 2016, report says
The report provides a fresh look at allegations that the Russian-based Internet Research Agency not only interfered in the 2016 campaign on social media on behalf of Donald Trump but also to help Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Internal IRA documents “referred to support for the Trump campaign and opposition to candidate Clinton,” according to the report. While much of this section of the report is redacted, it cites directions to IRA operators not to harm Sanders.

“Main idea: Use any opportunity to criticize Hillary [Clinton] and the rest (except Sanders and Trump — we support them),” quotes the report.
Allegations of the pro-Sanders strategy by Russian influencers came up in 2018, when the Justice Department charged 13 individuals and three companies with interfering illegally.

More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-report-russia-investigation-findings/2019/04/18/b07f4310-56f9-11e9-814f-e2f46684196e_story.html

[BeckyDem]

31. Its so dumb, not anyone with a brain would believe Bernie would do any such thing.

It is a smear campaign.

[still_one]

32. What are you talking about. Sanders has come out and said Russia is trying to interfere with

his campaign

Perhaps you should consider deleting your OP

It is embarrassing

[UniteFightBack]

35. +1000

[BeckyDem]

37. You don't find this a Red Scare tactic?

Late Tuesday, as Mr. Sanders was pulling out a close win in New Hampshire, Lloyd Blankfein, the former Goldman Sachs chief executive, wrote on Twitter that the Vermont senator would “ruin our economy” if elected president.

He succinctly summed up Wall Street’s feelings, calling Mr. Sanders just as polarizing as President Trump, while being worse for the country. “If I’m Russian, I go with Sanders this time around,” he wrote.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/12/business/lloyd-blankfein-bernie-sanders.html

[still_one]

46. No. Blankfein has nothing to do with Russian interference. That wall street and Sanders are

on opposite sides should not be a surprise

The Mueller report exposed Russian interference, and it is still occurring via that report, and FB and Microsoft caught Russian assets trying to do the same thing recently through their mediums. That is what this is about.

Sanders isnt the cause of this, his campaign is being exploited

[BeckyDem]

49. He is smearing Bernie, to see it any other way is inaccurate.

Of course Bernie is not the cause of it.

[still_one]

59. That is not a "red scare", and the OP is about something else anyway, implying that we should

not trust the information that Russia is trying to interfere with our election or something like that, something entirely different what blanfein is doing

[BeckyDem]

64. The OP is NOT denying Russian interference. The OP is pointing out

who is attempting to associate Bernie with Russia, and the implications are stark by one representative of the establishment, Loyd.
To deny what he is trying to do in that statement of him is ludicrous.

[BeckyDem]

33. No one asks the question here, do they?

It is not clear what form that Russian assistance has taken.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/bernie-sanders-briefed-by-us-officials-that-russia-is-trying-to-help-his-presidential-campaign/2020/02/21/5ad396a6-54bd-11ea-929a-64efa7482a77_story.html


Without that information, how exactly is this responsible to release?

[Blue_Tires]

34. And just WHO is this mythical "establishment"?

Do tell...

[NurseJackie]

42. Anyone who's been in Washington DC for over 30 years is part of "the establishment"...

... in my opinion. People should be careful which words they use to try and demonize others... they may discover that they've been caught up in their own web.

[Blue_Tires]

45. It really does need to be challenged every time

I'd have thought people throwing "establishment" around like some pejorative was nipped in the bud four years ago...

[gollygee]

62. There are certain words and phrases

where the fact someone chose to use those words or phrases communicates more than anything else in a post. "Establishment" is one of them. It does not by definition mean anything bad. It often means "people who know what they're talking about."

[still_one]

47. +++

[wyldwolf]

39. Ah yes, the great Satan. "Establishment," "corporate shills," "monied interests," "oligarchs."

Given his history - and the forthcoming pro-Russia oppo research on him - I'm not so sure he wasn't already aware of it. Of course, the bros' are working overtime to put out this fire.

[Bonobo]

60. The "Great Satan" bugbear is Russia

[NurseJackie]

41. Oh, honey! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Try again! I know this is upsetting to you... but that just smells of desperation and regret.

[Blue_Tires]

43. I'll just leave this here:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

I got plenty more if you need it

[Aaron Pereira]

44. When intelligence sources leak unsubstantiated, vague information be skeptical.

History says wait for the facts and proof then make up your own mind.

[totodeinhere]

48. Yes, it's no coincidence that this has come out on the eve of the Nevada caucuses. n/t

[alittlelark]

50. Is the propaganda working on you?

Cuz the R's (Ruskies or repubs - same difference) are trying to tell u Sanders is GETTING SCREWED by D's. There is a nugget of truth in that. He is Not a D, and hard core D's resent that.

HE KNOWS that R's (once again, Russians or repubs - interchangeable) are rooting for him to win...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

The QUESTION IS - 'What does he learn from and or do with that knowledge' ??????????

These are the best and brightest WE STILL HAVE LEFT in the intelligence agencies. They are getting fired 'Fast and Furious'.

Senator SANDERS - SPEAK OUT

A TRUE American would use every method at their disposal to eradicate the pUtin stench from their campaign - yours stinks, and the stench coming from the basement...................................

Time to call in the exterminators or be over-run by parasites.

[doc03]

51. Sounds exactly like something Trump would say

its the old biased media and never Bernie people

[IluvPitties]

52. Exactly, and there is a reason for that.

[doc03]

53. Oh I forgot the "deep state"

[Bumperstickers]

54. The eve before the Iowa caucuses

When the authorities had this info over a month ago. Seems very convenient. Some may say premeditated.

[Happy Hoosier]

57. Great. Now our folks are talking up the "deep state"

This is very Trumpian.

[Vogon_Glory]

58. Isn't it pretty to think so.

Actually, I find it more plausible for Vladimir Putin to encourage a divisive candidate lacking broad appeal to get the maximum mileage out of Individual One at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Biden (Or Warren, or Klobuchar) wins the nomination, farewell Donnie. If, on the other hand, Bernie gets the nomination, he’ll bomb at the polls, Donnie gets four more years, and the USA (and the rest of the world is (Phillips-headed).

Vladimir Vladimirovich wants to protect his investment.

[David__77]

61. Fart in a windstorm.

...tempest/teapot, etc. etc.

[Gothmog]

63. #BernieKnew is trending on twitter for some very good reasons

Why did sanders vote against sanctions?

Link to tweet

[TomSlick]

65. So it's fake news - a hoax?

Where have I heard this before?