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moondust

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36. Plausible.
Sat Nov 23, 2019, 02:38 PM
Nov 2019

Being the dumbos that they are, they might not have fully understood until fairly recently that their unsecured emails and texts could be intercepted and potentially used against them for years. Finding that out would naturally mean closing ranks tightly for the forseeable future.

Nunes sounds like somebody who works in a Soviet propaganda mill. I even suggested as much four days ago...before the latest story broke about him digging for dirt on Biden.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12703613

I don't know how the federal government deals with "suspected" spies or foreign assets in Congress. I don't recall a previous case like that; possibly something during the Joe McCarthy or J. Edgar Hoover years? Delicate subject.

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Nov 2019 #1
Putin has all their files and emails dalton99a Nov 2019 #2
The cloak is so widespread among them that it may be something widespread, e.g., campaign finance JudyM Nov 2019 #25
Yep, I think Putin found the receipts dalton99a Nov 2019 #27
This is 100% correct. volstork Nov 2019 #3
K and R dewsgirl Nov 2019 #4
correct me if i'm wrong here, but mopinko Nov 2019 #5
We wouldn't know.... getagrip_already Nov 2019 #16
Interesting. And, sadly, plausible. nt PatrickforO Nov 2019 #6
There's no before and after. C_U_L8R Nov 2019 #7
Precisely Sherman A1 Nov 2019 #9
This is certainly true leftieNanner Nov 2019 #17
That bothers me a great deal, about Lindsay Graham. The change in him is TOO drastic Scotch-Irish Nov 2019 #42
I agree duforsure Nov 2019 #8
"Where's the server?" dchill Nov 2019 #10
Graham: Russians hacked my campaign email account UpInArms Nov 2019 #11
If we follow what happened to Graham, it would blow the whole thing open. yardwork Nov 2019 #20
I hadn't heard that before. Scotch-Irish Nov 2019 #43
Republicans are so unprincipled, so immoral that I'm sure Russian was able to compromise them easily Pepsidog Nov 2019 #21
K & R mountain grammy Nov 2019 #12
Also... NurseJackie Nov 2019 #13
Who is that? mahina Nov 2019 #37
Chris Hansen NurseJackie Nov 2019 #40
One possibility I guess but there's so much mahina Nov 2019 #41
Ring of truth to it scuciti Nov 2019 #14
Couple this with the contents of Pecker's and Epstein's safes Baked Potato Nov 2019 #15
Interesting theory.... Bayard Nov 2019 #18
I've been saying this for years skydive forever Nov 2019 #19
Exactly! Why would the Russians do only half a job? panfluteman Nov 2019 #22
+1 n/t ariadne0614 Nov 2019 #33
The ones who are giving up their seats may be the ones who are unwilling to be bribed. JudyM Nov 2019 #23
I have always thought that same thing. Putin has dirt on them too. LOTS of dirt. OMGWTF Nov 2019 #24
Two things are possible either just simply a want for power at any cost that caused the corruption cstanleytech Nov 2019 #26
Sold their soul to Putin Sunsky Nov 2019 #28
Could have happened wryter2000 Nov 2019 #29
We have been heading toward a christofascist theocracy since Reagan. Thomas Hurt Nov 2019 #30
Rupert Murdoch never seemed to like the USA, Russia tapped into that in a multi-prong assault. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #31
No doubt in my mind, your theory is sound. ariadne0614 Nov 2019 #32
THEORY a black POTUS broke their brains and now they will do ANYTHING to keep power krawhitham Nov 2019 #34
This started long before that Dem4Life1102 Nov 2019 #35
Plausible. moondust Nov 2019 #36
They possess Hubris, covetousness, chauvinism, anti intellectualism, and they are big poopie heads alfredo Nov 2019 #38
Kick for exposure...n/t bluecollar2 Nov 2019 #39
Very good point! lunatica Nov 2019 #44
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