putin has always tried to subvert our country to his will, the only difference in 2016 is how successful he was. as to donald trump's involvement, i can't speak for anyone else here, but i'll abide by whatever conclusions mueller draws from his findings. maybe donald is completely innocent of any and all wrongdoing in the matter, maybe he directed a conspiracy to betray the united states to russia, probably something somewhere in-between. in whichever case, we'll continue to hear about it for many years, just as we continue to hear about 9/11, pearl harbor or any other attack on our homeland.

JL

My, my, how convenient. Now we don't have to hear about "collusion" for two more years, right?

Were we? Any evidence?

You will also find that in this cycle social media sites were running programs to inhibit the mechanisms used by foreign parties in 2016 and closing down accounts, etc.

considering how loudly rick scott has been screaming about "fraud," it stands to reason that he'd know. he's an expert after all; it's not such a leap from defrauding medicare to defrauding voters.

Burn :) Good point! The Trumpublicans screaming the loudest will have to get busy inventing new ways to defraud American voters. Who better than Governor/Senator Scott?

The margin-of-victory in the 2010 gubernatorial election won by Rick Scott was a paltry 1.2%. In the following election in 2014, Rick Scott was reelected with a tiny 1% margin of victory. Who could have predicted that the margin of victory in the 2018 Florida governor's race would be less than 1%? Practically anybody.

The disenfranchisement of millions of voters through a myriad of means has been a boon to the GOP in close elections in Florida for quite awhile. Wonder how the "winning through voter suppression" Party will fare now that a supermajority has voted to restore the rights of approximately 10% of the voting age population that had been heretofore permanently disenfranchised? They already tried prohibiting the use of college campus sites in Florida as early voting locations... mustn't make it easier for young educated people to vote. Must get more creative to defraud. #Pathetic

wow, just wow. thanks for the link.

Re "Blue Wave keeps a -risin."

We were assured for months prior to the midterms that those devious Russians were still hacking and electioneering full blast, but I ain't hearin' a single word about hacking from you or anybody around here.

Is that because Dems/Libs only complain about Russian interferance in our elections when Reps/Cons prevail?

Seems like a bit of a double standard in evidence here, right?

"The dictatorship, and the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting. It provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to think anyway.
milton meyer - they thought they were free - the germans, 1933-45

https://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/511928.html

JL

Is this pendulum a swinger or what!?

If Trump can assert to have achieved "very close to complete victory," then I'd say Democrats can lay claim to "exceedingly near to total annihilation;" although, Comrade Trump sure isn't acting as if he's "winning."

Oops. Don't look now, but I believe someone has "inadvertently" divulged the existence of a sealed indictment for J Ass. Wasn't me. :)

The blue wave/tide still hasn't crested.

CA-45 just called for Dem (bye bye Mimi Waters), and CA-39 just north of it has now flipped, with Dem up by 1K votes. Hasn't been called yet, though.

Dems still up in UT-4 and NY-22, too. We're now at a net of +36, and it could go as high as +39.

Blue wave keeps on a-risin'!

:-)

-CW