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https://www.rte.ie/news/us/2017/0621/884523-us-russia-hacking/

Jeanatte Manfra, the acting deputy undersecretary of cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, declined to identify which states had been targeted, citing confidentiality agreements.

Meanwhile, former US Homeland Security secretary Jeh Johnson told a congressional panel that there was a delay between the time the FBI first made contact with the Democratic National Committee about Russia hacking its servers and the time he was notified at the Department of Homeland Security.

Mr Johnson, who served under President Barack Obama, was testifying about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election.

The Department of Homeland Security issued warnings about hacking into voter registration databases, but Mr Johnson said the notices did not get the attention he would have liked.

He blamed the emergence of a 2005 tape, in which Donald Trump brags about sexually assaulting women, for distracting the US public at the time of the warnings.

The modern world, folks.
 
Not if the trend is replicated all around the country it isn't. Far from it, it's a real reason to be positive.

Wins matter not narrow defeats. When Dems start winning local elections in Rep strongholds we have something. Until then, we can continue to shit in one hand and pile up trends in the other.
 
Wins matter not narrow defeats. When Dems start winning local elections in Rep strongholds we have something. Until then, we can continue to shit in one hand and pile up trends in the other.
Yes.

In the meantime, the media should stop hyping House races like GA06 (if we have any).
 
This is akin to Liverpool fans and moral victories. Means shit in the actual results table.

That's true, but we need to keep an eye on elections to see how thing could play out in 2018 and what the current mood is among the voting public.

The fact that the republicans are having their vote share significantly reduced in red states just 5 months after Trump was elected is encouraging.
 


Maybe a way out of this mess before starting WWIII? Maybe nothing quite as dramatic, but there is no denying that the whole North Korea thing is extremely dangerous and worrying. Not that the North Korean's are doing anything different than they have for years, it's just not we have a highly irrational and unpredictable and vengeful idiot in charge of the USA. Whereas before NK could push and prod to a certain extent, they can't be so sure now.
 



B...b..b....b...but CROOKED HILLARY!

Right in front of the country's eyes and absolutely no fecks given. What's worse is he's not only getting away with it, but the fact he's adored for it by his supporters.
 
Sensitive Senators, they're good peeps, they're still gonna feck poor and old Americans, but they're gonna do it slowly.
 
His election "fundraising" is dodgy and needs investigating if its not being looked into already.

For the inauguration, his campaign raised 107 million and no one knows where this money went.
 
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Basics in political science suggest that the senate as the federal institution in the two chamber system (opposed to the house as representation of the people/proportional to population) favors politicians in the center of the spectrum. Does that hold true for the US as well?
 
Basics in political science suggest that the senate as the federal institution in the two chamber system (opposed to the house as representation of the people/proportional to population) favors politicians in the center of the spectrum. Does that hold true for the US as well?
Not necessarily. You have the furthest of the left (at least for America) in the Senate for one thing.

It's just more likely that they are competent grown-ups, as opposed to the rabble in the House.
 
Intel chiefs say Trump suggested they renounce the Russia investigation publicly, but did not feel he was pressuring them to do something improper per CNN.
 
That shooting in Alexandria, VA is going to become more common when people start losing their medical benefits because of a new health care law.
 
I love that when editors choose which photo of Trump to use to accompany an article, they find the one that must piss him off the most!

http://news.sky.com/story/donald-tr...ed-mexico-wall-which-pays-for-itself-10923099

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In the article itself, he claims to have had the genius idea to put solar panels on his wall:

At a rally in Iowa, the President told supporters the addition would cover construction costs and provide cheap, renewable energy.

Taking credit for the concept, Mr Trump said: "Pretty good imagination, right? My idea!"

But, no surprise that:

Despite the President's claim, a construction proposal submitted to the Department of Homeland Security in April included solar panels which would provide electricity for lighting, sensors and patrol stations along the wall.
 
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