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Voltaire2

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13. Sure if they shutdown our power plants that would be

Reply to pnwmom (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 8, 2017, 04:50 PM

Jul 2017

serious shit. But they didn't. We actually don't know if they did anything other than perhaps get some email off a server. They almost certainly conducted a social media campaign supporting Trump's election- but that isn't even a crime.

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You are Trump. You have just colluded with a hostile foreign power in the run-up to the election. [View all] Mr. Ected Jul 2017 OP

It isn't treason. We are not at war with Russia. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #1

There's treason in a legal sense. There's treason in a colloquial sense. Mr. Ected Jul 2017 #2

It isn't clear that the president can violate any espionage acts. Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #3

He aided and abetted our adversary before the election -- that's how he got to be President. nt pnwmom Jul 2017 #9

Adversary has no legal meaning with respect to Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #11

Modern warfare is just as likely to involve computers as fighter jets. Computers can inflict pnwmom Jul 2017 #7

Sure if they shutdown our power plants that would be Voltaire2 Jul 2017 #13

*45 can be indicted, as sitting POTUS for unlawful acts committed both prior to taking office AND MedusaX Jul 2017 #4

Brilliant synopsis Mr Ected ! You have managed to boil it all down perfectly ! Hard to Laura PourMeADrink Jul 2017 #5

Very well-articulated, Mr. Ected. kentuck Jul 2017 #6

re: right wing media-if some of us can sacrifice 15min. each and take note of sponsors and then post diva77 Jul 2017 #8

Our Founders did not write protections against a Mobster Administration. annabanana Jul 2017 #10

Kick. dalton99a Jul 2017 #12