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Russian Hacking Conspiracy Theory Implodes
frontpagemag.com ^ | Matthew Vadum

Posted on 12/16/2016 8:56:00 AM PST by RoosterRedux

The Left’s crusade against Republican presidential electors is kicking into high gear even as the CIA-attributed story that Russian hackers won the White House for Donald Trump is going up in flames.

There is still no evidence –at least none that has been made publicly available– that the Russian government or Russian-backed cyber militias hacked anything to help Trump win the election but that’s not halting the Left’s efforts to delegitimize his presidency before it even begins.

Against this backdrop, members of the Electoral College are preparing to gather this Monday in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to fulfill their constitutional duty. Adding to the drama, some electors are demanding intelligence briefings on the alleged hacking before they vote.

*snip*

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose site released thousands of purported emails from senior Democrats during the recent election campaign, threw cold water on the Russian hacking conspiracy theory.

Assange told Sean Hannity yesterday, “Our source is not the Russian government.” He also said the information WikiLeaks received “has not come from a state party.”

What Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 17 suggests Assange may be right.

“As far as the WikiLeaks connection [to Russian hackers is concerned] the evidence there is not as strong and we don’t have good insight into the sequencing of the releases or when the data may have been provided,” Clapper said. “We don’t have as good insight into that.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2016electionhack; electionhacking; fakenews; russia; trump
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To: RoosterRedux; Hardastarboard; jospehm20; Quickgun; Enchante
Thanks to all for your replies.

Color me pessimistic but, barring some kinda miracle, I just don't see how we can avoid some kind of armed conflict with these internal enemy bastards sooner or later.

May not happen in my remaining bit of lifetime, but the drip drip drip of their treason shows no signs of abating.

McCarthy was right . . .

21 posted on 12/16/2016 10:45:29 AM PST by tomkat
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To: redcatcherb412

You were meant to be included in the above ping .. sorry


22 posted on 12/16/2016 10:46:48 AM PST by tomkat
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To: RoosterRedux

Now Natasha, fee need to take care of stupid moose and pesky squirrel!
23 posted on 12/16/2016 10:47:48 AM PST by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: tomkat
>>Color me pessimistic but, barring some kinda miracle,

I dunno, the lights seem to be flickering on in (what some folks might think of as) some very unexpected places:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkUO1U8coik

There actually appear to be young folks out there who seem to be attempting to apply something resembling logic and reason to... {gasp} THINK!

Color me optimistic - that Jefferson might get his wish yet...

"EDUCATE THE COMMON PEOPLE"



24 posted on 12/16/2016 10:59:00 AM PST by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: PROCON

That is funny...like a photo of Putin watching a
James Bond flick where he is the chief villain.


25 posted on 12/16/2016 11:04:46 AM PST by Sivad (NorCal red turf)
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To: RoosterRedux

Did I hear this morning that obama is going to attack Russia over this hoax that they were the hackers even though they were not the hackers. That is madness. It is being ignored by the media but I must have dreamed he said that.


26 posted on 12/16/2016 11:19:04 AM PST by WENDLE (Merry CHRISTx.)
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To: RoosterRedux

Well, we’re about to hear the Liar-In-Chief blame Russia.

PMSNBC is delighted that FBI’s Comey has “allegedly” signed on with the CIA’s meme “that Russia hacked to help Donald Trump.”


27 posted on 12/16/2016 11:45:35 AM PST by onyx (PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP'S VICTORY DONATE MONTHLY or JOIN CLUB 300!)
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To: HLPhat
I sure hope so, FRiend.

As much of a disaster as CWI was, sides were more/less defined regionally.

If/when CWII kicks off, it'll be the Mother of all FusterClucks.

28 posted on 12/16/2016 1:07:50 PM PST by tomkat
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To: onyx

Lady O: Would please put me on your every post ping list?

Thank you love and Merry Christmas!:-)


29 posted on 12/16/2016 2:17:37 PM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: RoosterRedux
Let's presume the Russians did hack the election. But presume SHILLARY won.

Would the left be feigning outrage?

30 posted on 12/16/2016 2:26:41 PM PST by ealgeone
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To: COUNTrecount

I believe the child who is called president told Putin “ We can do some stuff to you”


31 posted on 12/16/2016 2:33:49 PM PST by A message
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To: HokieMom

See, the Russians are everywhere! LOL.


32 posted on 12/16/2016 2:36:38 PM PST by Dragonfly
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To: tomkat
CWII might be heavily geographically also, especially in the SW and NE. Here is the 2016 Presidential county map posted at wiki. I say after every election that there has to be something in the salt air that makes these folk crazy, and highly dependent on the Feds for handouts.




33 posted on 12/16/2016 2:40:01 PM PST by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: RoosterRedux

The Dems just can’t face the fact that many people are sick and tired of the way they were running the country and wanted change — and Trump is that change.


34 posted on 12/16/2016 2:48:17 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: onyx

Sources: Electors in the Electoral College will not receive an intelligence briefing on Russian hacking - NPR

see original on twitter.com


35 posted on 12/16/2016 2:55:23 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: tomkat

The electors demanding a briefing are all Dems except one fake Republican Texas elector.


36 posted on 12/16/2016 2:55:39 PM PST by Hamilcar_Barca (#NeverHillary)
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37 posted on 12/16/2016 3:21:23 PM PST by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: RoosterRedux

Why don’t we entitle this whole hoax “The Russians Are Coming; The Russians Are Coming”.

A cute little leftist movie if you haven’t seen it.


38 posted on 12/16/2016 3:46:21 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: HokieMom
So the Russians did this!!!,/I>

The irony is that they did not hack the pro-Comminist parts of the country [Seattle, San Fraincisco Berkeley and Marin County, Cambridge Mass and Vermont] while flipping the anti-communist part of the country. My mind is spinning

39 posted on 12/16/2016 4:04:34 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: tbw2

from the CNN article:
“In World War II, there used to be a saying: Loose lips sink ships,” DeBeauvoir said. “It’s the case in this instance, too. It’s not real that there’s a concern that there’s going to be a hack that would affect voters, it’s the talk about it that’s the real hack.”

She added, “It’s cheap, easy and effective. It works really well unless we all recognize that’s what it is and give voters information.”

Hahahahahahaha!


40 posted on 12/16/2016 4:25:33 PM PST by generally ( Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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