January 4, 2017

Very telling tweet from 2013-Trump already basically inviting Russian hacking to benefit Republicans

https://twitter.com/HayesBrown/status/816687418636206080
https://twitter.com/PilarGosselin/status/816695135681400832

January 4, 2017

I don't know if everything he says should necessarily assuage our concerns...

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/816620855958601730

January 4, 2017

Colbert to GOP: 'When Donald Trump Calls You Unethical, That's a Wake-Up Call'

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"Republicans thought it would be better for Congress to investigate itself... That's like if the kids got together and said, 'Listen, Shana, you've been a great babysitter, but we took a secret vote to send you home. Leave the cigarettes. Bye-bye."

And the controversial move couldn't be further from Trump's proposal to "drain the swamp" and increase transparency in Washington. On Tuesday, the president-elect criticized the plan, causing the House Republicans to immediately pull it.

"Man!" Colbert exclaimed. "When Donald Trump calls you out for being unethical, that's a wake-up call. That's not good. That's like if Keith Richards told you to moisturize."


Video & More:
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/colbert-eviscerates-house-gop-when-donald-trump-calls-you-unethical-thats-wake

January 4, 2017

Former CIA, Pentagon spokesman: 'We will be less safe' under Trump

George Little, a former CIA and Department of Defense spokesman, said early Wednesday that he thinks the U.S. will be "less safe" under President-elect Donald Trump once he is sworn into office.

Little tweeted his thoughts shortly after Trump sided with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who said that Russia was not the source of stolen information from Democratic Party organizations. U.S. intelligence agencies have blamed the hacks on the Kremlin.

“Julian Assange said 'a 14 year old could have hacked Podesta’ - why was DNC so careless? Also said Russians did not give him the info!” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta, and the Democratic National Committee.

Little hit back, saying, "Let's stare this reality square in the face: PEOTUS is pro-Putin and believes Julian Assange over the @CIA. On Jan. 20 we will be less safe."



Little also tweeted Tuesday night after Trump criticized intelligence communities for pushing back an intelligence briefing, though some reports have said it was always scheduled for Friday.

No PEOTUS in our history has ever mocked his own intelligence community so openly or so often.

https://t.co/YAZv1h1FFi

— George Little (@georgelittledc) January 4, 2017
https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/816452807024840704


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312618-former-cia-pentagon-spokesman-we-will-be-less-safe-under-trump

January 4, 2017

Maybe if Trump weren't relying on carrier pigeons to keep his schedule-he would have gotten it right

Report: Trump's 'delayed' intelligence meeting was always scheduled for Friday

Trump tweeted Tuesday night that a planned intelligence briefing on Russian hacking, previously expected to take place early this week, was pushed back to Friday.

The president-elect insinuated that the meeting was delayed because intelligence agencies don't have enough evidence to prove Russia's involvement.

"The 'Intelligence' briefing on so-called 'Russian hacking' was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!" Trump tweeted.

A senior U.S. intelligence official told NBC News the briefing was "always" scheduled for Friday and that Trump was incorrect.


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/312609-trumps-delayed-meeting-was-always-scheduled-for-friday-report

January 4, 2017

Welcome to the next 4 years...

https://twitter.com/charles_gaba/status/816337015516131328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

January 3, 2017

Axelrod re: House ethics drama stagecraft

This House ethics drama was an absolute gift to @realDonaldTrump-a big, fat zeppelin for him to shoot down. Which he did.

https://twitter.com/davidaxelrod/status/816331647335415808
https://twitter.com/Susan_Hennessey/status/816375725062164480
https://twitter.com/costareports/status/816373917900161024

January 3, 2017

CEO: "Trump is bringing in the best people to run our company"...WTF? "Our Company"???

Lee Camp caught Robert Murray, head of Murray Energy, telling a truth most activists have been screaming for some time now. The plutocrats are not only in power behind the scene; they are now at the helm of our government.

Camp played a Fox Business clip where Robert Murray appeared as the guest to defend Trump’s choice of Rex Tillerson for Secretary of State. The host pointed out that Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates, and Former Secretary of State James Baker support Tillerson and should carry a lot of weight.

“Yes,” Lee Camp said. “Look at these war criminals who support Tillerson. Doesn’t that mean something? It’s almost as if these slimeballs think the United States of America is a company and not a country; that it’s prime goal is profit, not the bettering of the lives of people, of our citizens. Come on Robert Murray, put my mind at ease that this is about the country, the people, us.”

Camp then played a clip that said it all:

"Trump is bringing in the best people to run our company," Camp screamed. "Our company? It is supposed to be a country. .. These people, the parasitic business class of billionaire exploitation vampires have taken over. And it is evident they view this country, our country, as a company in which their task is to enrich themselves. The hostile corporate takeover is complete. ... And what is a hostile takeover called when it is a country and not a company? It is a coup. ... And don't worry, I am not just laying this on the Republicans. The corporate Democrats are equally responsible. They just weren't as obvious with it, weren't as upfront about it. And this is one of the many reasons we have to keep fighting."

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/01/03/ceo-slips-and-tell-the-truth-about-billionaires-taking-over-the-country-video/

January 3, 2017

Not So Fast, Media: GOPer Says Trump Tweets Didn't Prompt Ethics Reversal

Media outlets and journalists on Tuesday were quick to credit President-elect Donald Trump for House Republicans' abrupt about-face on a rules change that would have significantly weakened the the Office of Congressional Ethics, a reversal which Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) said he could have predicted Monday night.

"I could have told you last night when we left this would be undone," Simpson (R-ID) told reporters Tuesday afternoon on Capitol Hill when asked if he thought Trump's tweet had any effect on Republicans' decision to pull the rules change.

On Monday night, the House Republican Caucus voted on a proposal from Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to weaken the OCE's independence and place it under the purview of the House Ethics Committee, which is controlled by party leaders.

WAY MORE PLUS LOL TWEETS:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/donald-trump-office-congressional-ethics-mike-simpson

January 3, 2017

Obama administration: We're "100 percent certain" on Russian interference

A State Department spokesman says the Obama administration has no doubt Russia tried to influence the 2016 election through hacking.

“President Obama and this administration is 100 percent certain in the role that Russia played in trying to sow discord and confusion and getting involved, through the cyber domain, in our electoral process,” spokesman John Kirby told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday. "There’s no question about that.”

“The information is there, and it’s rock solid. We obviously would not have pursued the measures that we pursued without that level of certainty. So, yes, we are 100 percent certain.”


Kirby said President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry came to the conclusion that Russia meddled in the 2016 race after an exhaustive analysis by U.S. national intelligence agencies.

“And that’s not just an assessment by the president, or Secretary Kerry or Cabinet officials,” he added. "It’s an assessment by the entire intelligence community.”


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http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/intelligence/312504-state-dept-100-percent-certain-on-russia-hacking