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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper suggested at a congressional hearing Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump is disparaging the US intelligence community as he refuses to acknowledge Russia's role in election-related hacking. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, asked Clapper during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing who benefits from Trump "trashing the intelligence community" as he expresses skepticism about intelligence assessments that show Russia was involved in hacking Democratic Party organizations in an attempt to influence the election. Clapper said he is "apolitical" and cautioned against disparaging the intelligence community. "I think there is an important distinction here...

Dear Friends, > > Well, folks, Tuesday is the day! The day that George W. gets taught a long > overdue lesson. The day that we, the MAJORITY -- the 52% who never elected > him -- get our chance to reclaim a bit of our former democracy (back when > ALL the votes used to be counted). > > What if, on Tuesday, all of us, regardless of our political stripe, and > just for the fun of it, decided to serve one big-ass eviction notice that > said, you have two years to remove yourself from the premises-and...