THE ERA OF TRUMP

[SuburbanFarmer]

We've elected Fox News to run the country...

[Penner]

Updated at 1:49 p.m. ET with confirmation from the U.S. official and comments from Sen. Ron Wyden

Updated at 3:20 p.m. ET with comments from Sen. Angus King

The CIA has concluded that Russia intervened in the 2016 election specifically to help Donald Trump win the presidency, a U.S. official has confirmed to NPR.

"Before, there was confidence about the fact that Russia interfered," the official says. "But there was low confidence on what the direction and intentionality of the interference was. Now they [the CIA] have come to the conclusion that Russia was trying to tip the election to Trump."

The official adds: "The reason the assessment changed is that new information became available" since Oct. 7, when the Department of Homeland Security and the Director of National Intelligence released a joint statement accusing Russia of interfering with the American election process.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... lect-trump

[Penner]

From the same article:

In addition to hacking into Democratic organizations, Russians hacked the Republican National Committee's computer systems, according to a separate report from The New York Times — but they did not release any information that might have been retrieved from Republican networks.

"Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials," the Post reports. "Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton's chances."

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... lect-trump

[MilSpecs]

Is there a thread for Trump's cabinet picks?

I just made a Secretary of State one before I saw these posts, but I can't edit it to make it a cabinet pick thread.

[Speaker to Animals]

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[Penner]

How is NPR fake news?

[Okeefenokee]

How is NPR fake news?

Because it is? They're 100% dishonest hacks.

For example, they said school choice is the same thing as islamic schools in pakistan. They said they are the same thing.

[Speaker to Animals]

No evidence. Referring to anonyous sources.


That's straight up fake news.


Just like the story about how North Korea hacked Sony (it didn't).

Just like the story about how Iraq had weapons of mass destruction (it didn't).

[Okeefenokee]

and yet Penner keeps linking their fear mongering rumors.

[Speaker to Animals]