2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHoly f****** crap
Local station here in Boston just lead with a headline saying the CIA came out with a report saying that Russia interfered in our election to favor Trump? Seems like a bombshell if it's the lead story on local news.
uponit7771
(91,756 posts)... on the matter so far.
flamingdem
(39,917 posts)blah blah blah
oasis
(51,705 posts)Takket
(22,518 posts)ever since ties were shown between Manafort and Russia earlier this year. Once they were exposed and Manafort was forced to "leave" the campaign (I.E. work with Russia in the shadows) the media just let the story die because HILLARY'S SERVER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trump was never forced to answer questions about it, neither was his campaign. It just went away. We've known since at least MAY that i can see that Russia and Trump were working together. And it was just swept under the rug.
mopinko
(71,813 posts)out about russia. by then he was firmly down the memory hole.
iluvtennis
(20,864 posts)...as they were too busy trying to make a horse race of the election for their ratings
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)They WANTED Trump. And why? Because he was good for ratings and ad revenue.
Ask Jeff Zucker. He is the one who created this Frankenstein called "President" Donald Trump.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)AND WHILE WE ARE AT IT.....
Get out and contact your reps and tell them to fight against every single nominee il duce puts up for his cabinet.
Write letters to editors.
Contact broadcast media.
Join groups fighting the coup.
Contribute $$ if you can.
Post on social media.
Join protests, marches, strikes, boycotts.
any other type of civil disobedience. .
PROTEST any way possible...
Anything else you might think of...
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Have you done any of those things yet?
If so GREAT!
If not, there ain't much time...
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Sent off some emails the other day ..... also yesterday ( gov )
Planning on sending some more off tonight to media ......
My FB would not get very far ..... do have one person can contact though .... she is pretty involved in local . thanks for reminding me ......... Will PM her on FB after we get back this evening ..... thanks
pangaia
(24,324 posts)I have a lot of friends around the world who do.. so I "like" those posts and occasionally say something.
Lots of emailing, some calls, letters, etc etc...
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Baitball Blogger
(48,042 posts)Same thing.
Dem2
(8,178 posts)Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)Dem2
(8,178 posts)I thought "eh, it's over for the Cheeto"
WhiteTara
(30,164 posts)He'll be just fine. It's the rest of us who are f*cked.
His presidency completely compromised before being sworn into office.
This is a huge Constitutional Crisis. I fear so much for my Country right now.
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)Of course, the Russians didn't initially push his candidacy--that was all on the media, particularly Jeff Zucker with CNN. The media are entirely responsible for this debacle. But the Russians saw an opening, and Putin wasn't stupid.
People should have been paying attention to the GOP primaries instead of the Democratic ones, where the outcome was never in doubt. I had never, EVER seen anything like it in my life, that one media outlet, CNN, was literally pushing a completely unqualified, JOKE candidate to the exclusion of everybody else and because Zucker knew Trump would be good for ratings and ad revenue.
I don't think I will EVER get over this election.
Dem2
(8,178 posts)We're all about appearances now, substance - bah - too much work.
GoCubsGo
(33,015 posts)Binkie The Clown
(7,911 posts)which, of course, is much more important to the average "citizen".
triron
(22,240 posts)triron
(22,240 posts)this at length on his show on MSNBC
Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Hope they keep at this ....
Crunchy Frog
(26,977 posts)We'll see if they make anything of this.
For the most part, Repukes can get away with anything, including selling the country out to the Russians.
jimlup
(8,004 posts)I checked and it isn't even on FOX NEWS top 10. It is headlines everywhere else.
My only question is why did Wash Post publish this on Friday night??? That is when you release news if you want to bury it.
Dem2
(8,178 posts)Last edited Sat Dec 10, 2016, 02:11 PM - Edit history (1)
It's all over, he really should step aside for the betterment of the nation.
jimlup
(8,004 posts)now that we have been calling him "President Elect" for a month, he's gained in power. I think his evil power is now too strong to counter by appeal to reason.
Frodo has failed. Saron has the ring!
triron
(22,240 posts)jimlup
(8,004 posts)Maybe the Electoral College could call for a new election? I don't know it that is politically/legally feasible. But clearly their charge at this point should be to block the Trump Presidency. If I were betting though I would bet that Trump will eventually end up PROTUS which makes me completely sick
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)who won the popular vote because she is a Democrat.
They will vote Trump before they ever back her.
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)Pence is equally not legitimate.
GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)FBI interferes with election=bad. Why is everyone interfering with this election??
2naSalit
(92,695 posts)GummyBearz
(2,931 posts)blue cat
(2,439 posts)I'm just about ready to give up.
CanonRay
(14,862 posts)On the front page of Albuquerque Journal (a Republican owned paper).
agalisgv
(256 posts)I think Trump had some sound bite along the lines of, "These are the same people who said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq."
Sad thing is- little sound bites like those are letting Trump get away with just about anything he wants.
like your thumbnail (einstein)