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President Donald Trump’s newly unveiled budget would cut millions of dollars from the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, which gun dealers use to verify if someone is banned from buying a gun before selling it to them.

Buried on Page 719 of his fiscal year 2019 budget, released Monday, the president calls for cuts to the National Criminal Records History Improvement Program and the NICS Act Record Improvement Program. Both provide federal grants to states to help them improve their reporting of criminal records and protection orders to the national database for background checks, including domestic violence records.

Mass shootings are now a regular occurrence in the country ― and so is Congress’ inaction on it. There have already been 30 mass shootings and 18 school shootings in 2018. Republican leaders in Congress routinely offer “thoughts and prayers” in response to each shooting but don’t follow up with any policy changes aimed at stemming gun violence.

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If Americans want gun control legislation in the wake of Wednesday's mass shooting at a Florida high school, they need to vote Republicans out of office, a former GOP lawmaker said.

"Republicans will never do anything on gun control," former Rep. David Jolly (R-Fla.) said on CNN Wednesday.

Jolly said Republicans refuse to enact any gun control laws, even after a member of Congress was shot at a baseball practice last year.

"The idea of gun policy in the Republican party is to try to get a speaking slot at the NRA and prove to that constituency that you are further right than generations past on guns," Jolly said.

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Florida Republicans Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Rick Scott were swift to condemn the horrific school shooting in their state on Wednesday afternoon, offering prayers after a gunman killed at least 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland.

Scott called for "thoughts and prayers" as news of the shooting emerged, and Rubio sent off a tweet calling the shooting an event "you pray never comes."

But both men have a history of coziness with gun advocates, receiving "A+" ratings and endorsements from the National Rifle Association ahead of their respective elections in 2014 and 2016. The distinction is reserved "for legislators who have excellent voting records on Second Amendment issues and who have vigorously fought to promote and defend the right to keep and bear arms."

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 15:42 schreef Tchock het volgende:
Ik haal deze maar weer van stal. Het lukt me niet meer om niet-cynisch te reageren op die shootings.

Thougts & Prayers: The Game
https://www.thoughtsandprayersthegame.com

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 15:02 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Die benzinebelasting is een typisch voorbeeld van hoe deze regering de kleine man een vette worst voor houdt maar intussen keihard van achteren pakt. Anderhalf biljoen aan belastingverlaging voor de rijken maar jan met de pet mag extra dokken voor de benzine die hij nodig heeft om bij zijn drie verschillende banen te komen.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 16:53 schreef Iwanius het volgende:

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En dan durven sommigen landgenoten,nog steeds het als het "beloofde" land te zien waar ze betere kansen krijgen dan hier in Nederland.

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So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances to authorities, again and again!

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 18:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Het stuk vreten geeft de slachtoffers in Florida nog even een trap na.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 18:25 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Sowieso nogal vreemd. De voornaamste 'hints' waren dat hij nogal graag met wapens poseerde op Instagram. Dat doet een significant deel van zijn eigen achterban ook maar al te graag.

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The leader of a white nationalist militia says Florida school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz was a member of his group and participated in paramilitary drills in Tallahassee.

Jordan Jereb told The Associated Press on Thursday that his group, the Republic of Florida, wants Florida to become its own white ethno-state. He said his group holds “spontaneous random demonstrations” and tries not to participate in the modern world.

Jereb said he didn’t know Cruz personally and that “he acted on his own behalf of what he just did and he’s solely responsible for what he just did.”

He also said he had “trouble with a girl” and he believed the timing of the attack, carried out on Valentine’s Day, wasn’t a coincidence.

Nineteen-year-old Cruz has been charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the shooting.

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NeilSteinberg twitterde op donderdag 15-02-2018 om 04:50:42 I too am sending out thoughts and prayers: thoughts that Congress is a bunch of cowards, and prayers that we'll finally throw the bums out of office and elect representatives with the guts to enact the sane gun laws most citizens in our country are begging to see put in place. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 19:19 schreef Re het volgende:
En hij schijnt dit jaar zijn geweer gekocht te hebben, na het opheffen van de mental illness check door meneer tweet

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 19:32 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Ben ik overigens de enige die denkt dat Donald al een tijdje niet meer zijn eigen tweets schrijft?

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Bannon spent a total of some 20 hours in conversations with the team led by Mueller, who is investigating possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia as well as other issues that have arisen around the probe.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 15-02-2018 om 20:25:23 The Schumer-Rounds-Collins immigration bill would be a total catastrophe. @DHSgov says it would be “the end of immigration enforcement in America.” It creates a giant amnesty (including for dangerous criminals), doesn’t build the wall, expands chain migration, keeps the visa... reageer retweet

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op donderdag 15-02-2018 om 20:26:09 ...lottery, continues deadly catch-and-release, and bars enforcement even for FUTURE illegal immigrants. Voting for this amendment would be a vote AGAINST law enforcement, and a vote FOR open borders. If Dems are actually serious about DACA, they should support the Grassley bill! reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 20:15 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Hij doet ze nog steeds zelf volgens mij. Hooguit luistert hij wat meer naar adviseurs.

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The Senate on Thursday rejected immigration legislation crafted by centrists in both parties after President Trump threatened to veto the bill if it made it to his desk.

In a 54-45 vote, the Senate failed to advance the legislation from eight Republican, seven Democratic and one Independent senators. It needed 60 votes to overcome a procedural hurdle.

A few Democrats, including Sens. Kamala Harris (Calif.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.) and Tom Udall (N.M.), withheld their votes until it was clear the measure could not get to 60, and then voted against it.

The centrist deal, backed by Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Jeff Flake (Ariz.) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and other Republicans, represented perhaps the best chance to advance legislation in the Senate, but was opposed by Trump and his allies in part because it did not cover all four immigration “pillars” he had demanded.

Two other amendments were rejected before the vote. The first, a bipartisan proposal from Sens. Christopher Coons (D-Del.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), fell in a 52-47 vote. The second measure, which would have cracked down on cities that don't comply with federal immigration laws, also fell in a 55-44 vote.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 18:21 schreef Ulx het volgende:
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Het stuk vreten geeft de slachtoffers in Florida nog even een trap na.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 22:30 schreef Freak188 het volgende:

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Het land lijkt wel uitgehold te zijn en dan krijg je een dergelijke clown als leider. Het is de schaamte voorbij. Als je het gemaakt hebt woon je veilig, als je van het klootjesvolk bent dan ben je een wandelend doelwit. Zowel voor de overheid als mafkezen met wapens.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 20:49 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times over the past week

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Former adviser Steve Bannon answered questions about Russian election interference before the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday — but only ones "scripted" for him in advance by White House officials, according to committee members.

The ousted former political strategist to President Donald Trump appeared on Capitol Hill after multiple interviews with special counsel Robert Mueller in recent days, according to a source close to Bannon who confirmed an NBC News report. Both Mueller and the House Intelligence Committee are investigating whether the Kremlin might have influenced or colluded with Trump's campaign.

During a closed-door meeting with the House Intelligence Committee that lasted nearly four hours, Bannon refused to answer any questions beyond 25 that had been pre-screened by the White House, senior Republican and Democratic committee members said. Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee's top Democrat, suggested those questions were so narrowly drawn that they appeared intended to mislead lawmakers.

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A powerful Republican lawmaker has publicly endorsed expanding Medicaid in Virginia after years of opposition, boosting the chances the Old Dominion will join 32 other states in expanding the program for the poor under President Barack Obama's health care law.

Del. Terry Kilgore, whose district in Virginia's southwest coal country voted overwhelmingly for Republican President Donald Trump, said Thursday that he's now in favor of Medicaid expansion with some conditions, like work requirements and small copays.

Kilgore said his change of heart was due partly to President Donald Trump's embrace of work requirements for low-income people on Medicaid.

The Trump administration recently announced that it will approve state proposals requiring "able-bodied adults" to work, study, or perform some kind of service. The move has helped prompt lawmakers in other conservative states to resurrect expansion plans and has already been approved in Kentucky.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 18:26 schreef Szura het volgende:
Hypocriete gek

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 00:21 schreef Szura het volgende:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/(...)stigation/index.html

Plea deal voor Gates

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 00:57 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Opvallend dat het gelekt wordt dat er bijna een plea deal is. Waarom niet wachten tot het een voldongen feit is?

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 23:41 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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Bannon limits answers to House after seeing Mueller

The former Trump political adviser met with the House Intelligence Committee, and has also had multiple meetings with special counsel Robert Mueller in recent days.

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Steve Bannon, the combative former chief strategist for President Donald Trump, was interrogated for 20 hours over two days this week as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to a person familiar with the process.

The person, who declined to be named because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation, said Bannon answered every question that was put to him by Mueller’s team. That’s in contrast to a Thursday interview with the House intelligence committee, where Bannon declined to answer some of lawmakers’ questions, despite a subpoena.

While the exact questions for Bannon are unknown, Mueller is investigating whether there was any coordination between Trump’s campaign and Russians who meddled in the 2016 election, and also whether there have been any efforts to obstruct the ongoing FBI probe into those contacts. The House panel is investigating the meddling and whether Trump’s campaign was involved.

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Parkland student: My generation won't stand for this

Editor's Note: Cameron Kasky is a 17-year-old junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. He and his brother Holden survived Wednesday's school shooting at their Parkland, Florida, high school. The views expressed in this commentary are his own

I thought it was going to be a wonderful day. My high school, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, was full of cheerful students -- many of whom were celebrating Valentine's Day with one another. Even those who didn't have a Valentine seemed like they could find reasons to smile.

But then, of course, everything changed. Toward the end of the day, I went to pick up my little brother Holden from the special needs classroom. As we exited the school, the fire alarm went off. And as we retreated to the parking lot, per fire drill procedure, we were told to run back inside.

It was very confusing, especially since I was surrounded by special needs students. But the truth is, nobody really knew what was going on. We huddled in a room, listening to terrifying noises we couldn't quite identify, and spent an hour plagued by uncontrolled anxiety ... waiting for answers. Waiting for somebody to either come in and shoot us or come in and tell us everything was going to be OK.

Eventually, the SWAT team came in and did an excellent job taking care of the students with disabilities. We were then escorted to our evacuation location and, after hours of confusion and terror, my brother and I made it home.

Though we made it home, 17 people didn't. Those 17 people were murdered on the grounds of a school that has always felt like the safest place to be in a town that's been called the safest town in Florida.

We can't ignore the issues of gun control that this tragedy raises. And so, I'm asking -- no, demanding -- we take action now.

Why? Because at the end of the day, the students at my school felt one shared experience -- our politicians abandoned us by failing to keep guns out of schools.

But this time, my classmates and I are going to hold them to account. This time we are going to pressure them to take action. This time we are going to force them to spend more energy protecting human lives than unborn fetuses.

One of the most frustrating arguments I've heard is that it wasn't the Republican Party that killed those people and it wasn't the National Rifle Association -- it was the shooter himself. I understand where they are coming from. I do not believe this was a direct attack from the Republicans or their close allies at the NRA.

However, the shooter is not the only one responsible for this tragedy. While the alleged shooter may have had several issues, he also lived in a society where Sen. Marco Rubio refuses to take responsibility for the role gun culture may have played in this tragedy.

And there is no denying that the NRA continues to donate millions of dollars to politicians at every level of government. Then those politicians -- often "family values" conservatives -- rile up their base by making them think that "liberals" are going to take their guns away. Not knowing any better, some of these people stockpile guns in advance of a gun ban that never comes, and the gun manufacturers and the NRA make millions.

But the truth is that the politicians on both sides of the aisle are to blame. The Republicans, generally speaking, take large donations from the NRA and are therefore beholden to their cruel agenda. And the Democrats lack the organization and the votes to do anything about it.
I'm just a high school student, and I do not pretend to have all of the answers. However, even in my position, I can see that there is desperate need for change -- change that starts by folks showing up to the polls and voting all those individuals who are in the back pockets of gun lobbyists out of office.

Please do it for me. Do it for my fellow classmates. We can't vote, but you can, so make it count.

https://edition.cnn.com/2(...)ion-kasky/index.html

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 15:37:56 I will be leaving for Florida today to meet with some of the bravest people on earth - but people whose lives have been totally shattered. Am also working with Congress on many fronts. reageer retweet

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 17:05 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Ach, dat is ook best zo als je een goede opleiding hebt genoten in Nederland en je daar in een beetje een fatsoelijke buurt woont hoor. In Amerika krijg je betere kansen als je maar aan de goede kant van de ongelijkheid staat.

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Op donderdag 15 februari 2018 19:32 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Ben ik overigens de enige die denkt dat Donald al een tijdje niet meer zijn eigen tweets schrijft?

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 15:49:54 Cannot believe how BADLY DACA recipients have been treated by the Democrats...totally abandoned! Republicans are still working hard. reageer retweet

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The Washington Post and the Partnership for Public Service, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, have been working together to track the status of 626 top jobs in the executive branch. This includes assistant secretaries, chief financial officers, general counsels, heads of agencies, ambassadors and other leadership positions that experts believe are critical for the federal government to function effectively. These represent about half of the roughly 1,200 positions that require Senate confirmation.

The White House likes to blame Congress for dragging its feet, but that’s only part of the story: As of this morning, there is no pending nominee for 245 of the 626 jobs we're tracking. Among them: deputy secretary at Treasury and Commerce, director of the Census, director of ATF, director of the Office on Violence Against Women at Justice and commissioner of the Social Security Administration.

At Veterans Affairs, no one has been tapped to be the undersecretary for health or benefits.

At the Transportation Department, there is not a nominee to be administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration or National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Trump has not submitted nominees to direct the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the U.S. Geological Survey. He has also not picked someone to be assistant secretary of Interior for fish, wildlife and parks.

Many of these jobs have “acting” directors, but these people aren’t fully empowered and cannot indefinitely stay in these roles without being confirmed by the Senate because of laws related to vacancies. The lack of permanence creates uncertainty and makes strategic planning difficult. It also makes it harder to manage career staff, who are less likely to follow orders they disagree with when they realize that their boss is a short-timer.

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MittRomney twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 14:19:48 I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington. https://t.co/TDkas6gD2p reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 16:48 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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MittRomney twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 14:19:48 I am running for United States Senate to serve the people of Utah and bring Utah's values to Washington. https://t.co/TDkas6gD2p reageer retweet

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Encounters with an angry traveler in the Atlanta airport and other unruly critics prompted EPA security staff to recommend first-class travel for the administrator, the agency says.

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s security team decided last year he should fly first class to avoid confrontations with angry individuals on planes and in airports, an agency official said Thursday as EPA sought to explain the chief’s penchant for pricey travel.

“He was approached in the airport numerous times, to the point of profanities being yelled at him and so forth,” Henry Barnet, director of the agency's Office of Criminal Enforcement, told POLITICO.

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Mark Corallo, former spokesperson for President Donald Trump’s legal team, spoke with Special Counsel Bob Mueller on Thursday for over two hours, two people familiar with the matter told The Daily Beast. He isn’t expected to go in for another interview, according to a person familiar with the matter. When he was in the White House, Corallo sparred with Hope Hicks, Jared Kushner, and Ivanka Trump. The New York Times reported last month that Corallo’s conversation with Mueller would likely involve topics related to potential obstruction of justice.

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"Mark Corallo [former spokesman for Trump's personal legal team] ... privately confiding [to Wolff] that he believed the meeting on Air Force One represented a likely obstruction of justice -- quit."

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Mr. Corallo is planning to tell Mr. Mueller about a previously undisclosed conference call with Mr. Trump and Hope Hicks, the White House communications director, according to the three people. Mr. Corallo planned to tell investigators that Ms. Hicks said during the call that emails written by Donald Trump Jr. before the Trump Tower meeting -- in which the younger Mr. Trump said he was eager to receive political dirt about Mrs. Clinton from the Russians -- "will never get out." That left Mr. Corallo with concerns that Ms. Hicks could be contemplating obstructing justice, the people said.

In a statement on Wednesday, a lawyer for Ms. Hicks strongly denied Mr. Corallo's allegations.

"As most reporters know, it's not my practice to comment in response to questions from the media. But this warrants a response," said the lawyer, Robert P. Trout. "She never said that. And the idea that Hope Hicks ever suggested that emails or other documents would be concealed or destroyed is completely false."

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office said Friday that a grand jury indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for alleged interference in the 2016 presidential elections, during which they boosted the candidacy of Donald Trump.

The indictment says that the defendants by early to mid-2016 were "supporting the presidential campaign of then-candidate Donald J. Trump ... and disparaging Hillary Clinton."

The indictment said "the organization," known as the Internet Research Agency LLC, "sought, in part, to conduct what it called 'information warfare against the United States of America' through fictitious U.S. personas on social media platforms and other Internet-based media."

"By in or around May 2014, the organization's strategy included interfering with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, with the stated goal of "spread[ing] distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general," the indictment said.

An announcement from Mueller's office said that the government accuses all the defendants of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Three defendants are charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud.

Five defendants are charged with aggravated identity theft.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:11 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:
Ben benieuwd of er in de indictments iets te vinden is over contact tussen de verdachten en Amerikanen. Want dat Rusland gestookt heeft in de verkiezingen was al wel duidelijk.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:16 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Contact ja. Maar voor nu nog unwitting individuals.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:16 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Contact ja. Maar voor nu nog unwitting individuals.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:21 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Jup, dit is praktisch vrijspraak voor de Trump campagne.

Opvallend ook dat de Russen zowel anti als pro Trump events organiseerden en met name Jill Stein probeerde te pushen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:21 schreef Nintex het volgende:

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Jup, dit is praktisch vrijspraak voor de Trump campagne.

Opvallend ook dat de Russen zowel anti als pro Trump events organiseerden en met name Jill Stein probeerde te pushen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:07 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:
Russians indicted in special counsel Robert Mueller's probe of election meddling to support Donald Trump

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:31 schreef Szura het volgende:
Overigens weet die Mueller wel hoe je een bommetje gooit, z’n team zit werkelijk potdicht .

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:32 schreef Nintex het volgende:
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Goddamn, dat troll niveau van die Russen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:07 schreef speknek het volgende:
Mueller onthult aanklacht tegen 13 Russen vanwege inmenging in de verkiezingen. Gaat om leden van de St Peterburgse trollfarm IRA.

https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/964558562780381184

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:31 schreef Szura het volgende:
Overigens weet die Mueller wel hoe je een bommetje gooit, z’n team zit werkelijk potdicht .

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:32 schreef Nintex het volgende:
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Goddamn, dat troll niveau van die Russen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 19:58 schreef speknek het volgende:

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Ha, ze kennen de Amerikanen iets te goed.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:23 schreef Monolith het volgende:

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Ach in bepaalde subfora hier zou dat er ook in gaan als zoete koek.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:27 schreef clumsy_clown het volgende:
Er komt meer aan. Mueller heeft met één van de identiteitsdieven al een plea deal afgesloten blijkbaar.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:17 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Daar staan Nunes en Trump dan met hun memo. Veel succes verder met het zwartmaken maken van de FBI en Mueller's onderzoek.

Het staat erg lullig als je nu niet meewerkt. Nogal onpatriottisch.

Episch dit.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:44 schreef crystal_meth het volgende:
De Russische voorliefde voor precedenten kennende zou het me niet verbazen als ze op hun beurt met aanklachten kwamen. Er zullen allicht Westerlingen met fake profiles op VK te vinden zijn...

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:51 schreef Szura het volgende:

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Met het nieuws dat de FBI al eerder een tip had over die schutter hebben ze alweer wat nieuws gevonden om de FBI af te zeiken.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:

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En dan wat? Trump dwingen in te grijpen? Of hem demonstratief niets laten doen?

Het kan hoor, Poetin is namelijk ook goed in het verkeerd inschatten van de gevolgen, maar ik denk het niet.

Aan de andere kant zijn ze wel uit op chaos....

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lachlan twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 20:53:38 Trump attorney John Dowd tells @woodruffbets: "I think the special counsel found the culprits. I think he did a good job. I think he did a hell of a job." https://t.co/r3QQ87vxc9 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:08 schreef tjoptjop het volgende:

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Ik vind het toch wel wat ironisch dat Amerika nu moord en brand schreeuwt nu ze zelf eens aan die kant staan. Zelf zijn ze ook niet vies van het beïnvloeden van buitenlandse verkiezingen, omverwerpen van democratieën, aanstellen van dictators e.d.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 20:57 schreef Nintex het volgende:
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Trump is not my president rallies waren ook georganiseerd door de Russen.


Trump is blij

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lachlan twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 20:53:38 Trump attorney John Dowd tells @woodruffbets: "I think the special counsel found the culprits. I think he did a good job. I think he did a hell of a job." https://t.co/r3QQ87vxc9 reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:05 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Ah, het frame gaat dus zijn dat ze "de schuldigen" gevonden hebben, strik eromheen en klaar.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:22 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Wel fijn dat de discussie "er was geen Russische bemoeienis en het is allemaal één grote farce" nu afgerond is. De Russen hebben de zaak geprobeerd te beïnvloeden. Derhalve is buddy-buddy spelen met de Russen gewoon niet te verdedigen.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 21:18:11 Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion! reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:32 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:
Rosenstein zei: "According to the indictment the Americans dit not know they were communicating with Russians."

Nu heb ik dat ding gelezen. Er staat voor zover ik weet inderdaad niet in dat ze dit geweten hebben, maar er staat volgens mij ook niet dat ze niet wisten. Heb ik eroverheen gelezen?

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Some Defendants, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:33 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Ergens wordt de term "unwitting" gebruikt.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:36 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Dat zou dan toch betrekking hebben op de 'individuals associated with the Trump Campaign', niet op 'other political activists'?

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Beyond the 13 people indicted, Mueller announced the Feb. 12 guilty plea of a California man for identity theft, Richard Pinedo, who is cooperating with prosecutors.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:38 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Dat klopt. Maar er is dan ook al een man uit Californië aangeklaagd. Dat gebeurt niet als er sprake is van onwetendheid. Er zijn dus Amerikanen die in het complot hebben gezeten. Alleen niet in de campagne van Trump, vooralsnog.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:39 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Ja, maar dat ging over identity theft. Ik zie daar wel iets over het buitenland staan, niet over Rusland.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:41 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:

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Identity theft maakt dan ook onderdeel uit van de aanklacht. Ik denk dat het "samenwerken" betrekking heeft op de eerste delen van de aanklacht die over het samenzweren gaan. Het zou kunnen dat de man heeft meegewerkt aan identiteitsdiefstal zonder geweten te hebben dat het op deze manier gebruikt zou worden.

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JudgeJeanine twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 19:39:10 Why is DOJ announcing indictment - to deflect from fact FBI DROPPED THE BALL twice on shooter who killed 17 people? reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:36 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Ook niet zo vreemd, de Russen zullen niet op voorhand hebben aangenomen dat ze in het team van Trump wellicht welwillend tegenover samenwerking hebben gestaan, dus dat men als useful idiot gebruikt is, is niet meer dan logisch.

Het plan omvatte ook meer dan support van Trump. Het omvatte ook het in diskrediet brengen van Rubio en Cruz en het steunen van Sanders. Chaos zaaien was het doel van de Russen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:46 schreef Mike het volgende:
FOX News probeert er nog een andere wending aan te geven:

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JudgeJeanine twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 19:39:10 Why is DOJ announcing indictment - to deflect from fact FBI DROPPED THE BALL twice on shooter who killed 17 people? reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:05 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

Anyway, op hun site ligt er wat nadruk op dat "no Americans were 'knowing participants'":

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:10 schreef Mike het volgende:

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In de comments op het nieuwsbericht zijn mensen al feest aan het vieren omdat 'Trump er niks mee te maken had'. Ze snappen echt niks van dit onderzoek.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:10 schreef Mike het volgende:

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In de comments op het nieuwsbericht zijn mensen al feest aan het vieren omdat 'Trump er niks mee te maken had'. Ze snappen echt niks van dit onderzoek.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:10 schreef Mike het volgende:

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In de comments op het nieuwsbericht zijn mensen al feest aan het vieren omdat 'Trump er niks mee te maken had'. Ze snappen echt niks van dit onderzoek.

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Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors haven’t concluded their investigation into whether President Donald Trump or any of his associates helped Russia interfere in the 2016 election, according to a person with knowledge of the probe. Bloomberg

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Special counsel Robert Mueller's team of investigators has not yet finished its probe into whether members of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia to disrupt and influence the 2016 presidential election.

Bloomberg reported Friday that the special counsel's indictments on Friday of 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities represents only part of a larger investigation that still includes whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow.

Mueller's investigation is expected to continue for months, according to Bloomberg. Investigators are also looking into whether Trump sought to obstruct the probe into Russian election meddling.

At a news conference Friday afternoon, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who oversees the Russia investigation, said that there was nothing in the latest indictment that suggested that any American participated in the alleged plot.

But Trump, who has blasted Mueller's probe as a "witch hunt" and has denied any ties to Russia, took to Twitter to declare that the indictment essentially proves that there was no coordination between his campaign and the Russians.

"Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted," Trump wrote. "The Trump campaign did nothing wrong -- no collusion!"

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:25 schreef Szura het volgende:
Hoe kan dat nou, lyin’ Sarah Sanders zei dat het bijna afgerond was

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:42 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Waarmee we weer terug zijn bij Rosenstein die denk ik een iets te breed kader schetste op basis van wat in de aanklacht staat. Niet dat het veel uitmaakt verder, vond het een opvallende quote.

Edit: Overigens wel een minder te breed kader dan ik oorspronkelijk dacht vanwege wat je aangaf over unwitting.

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kylegriffin1 twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 22:31:01 I keep reading this over and over: “Some Defendants, posing as U.S. persons and without revealing their Russian association, communicated with unwitting individuals associated with the Trump Campaign and with other political activists to seek to coordinate political activities.” https://t.co/mMFtxS7PUW reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 22:17:13 Never forget: today's indictments reveal Trump has been lying to America since 2016. Trump was comprehensively briefed on the Russian attack on August 17, 2016, and came out and lied—from that day to today—by saying claims Russia attacked us were a hoax. And he lied out of guilt. reageer retweet

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Jared Kushner quietly filed an addendum to his personal financial disclosure adding even more previously undisclosed business interests in recent weeks — and may have even more to disclose, according to real estate documents shared with TPM.

Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a top adviser, wrote a letter to White House Deputy Council Stefan Passantino dated Jan. 3, 2018 adding a number of additional business interests that had not previously been on his personal financial disclosure form.

That letter, which has not been previously reported, corrects and adds new corporate positions and details of his companies’ structures that he legally was required to disclose, in a seeming attempt to square his filing with spouse Ivanka Trump’s as well as clean up some previously overlooked items.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:16 schreef ExtraWaskracht het volgende:

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Kennelijk interesseert het die lui niet wat een buitenlandse staat, en dan nota bene de Russen, voor dingen uitvreet, zolang Trump maar veilig is en dan met name omdat een groep libtards ongelijk zouden hebben... niettegenstaande het feit dat het hele onderzoek gestart is en geleid wordt door republikeinen, maar ok.

Die comment section is ook echt pure kanker. Iemand die het erover had dat libtards moesten sterven met upvotes ... bizarre zaak. Wat dat betreft is Rusland natuurlijk niet hun grootste probleem, maar eerder de kanker die ze zelf aan het voeden zijn.

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 00:27 schreef Zwoerd het volgende:

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Het kan nog wel eens een enorme chaos worden als Trump over een aantal maanden daadwerkelijk impeached wordt.

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realDonaldTrump twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 21:18:11 Russia started their anti-US campaign in 2014, long before I announced that I would run for President. The results of the election were not impacted. The Trump campaign did nothing wrong - no collusion! reageer retweet

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SethAbramson twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 21:33:57 Mr. Trump, you told the Russians you'd be running for president in Moscow in November 2013—and indeed it was that declaration that led to the anti-U.S. campaign in early 2014. Cohen had made clear by mid-2013 you were running; you confirmed it to the Agalarovs and Yulya Alferova. https://t.co/UyjT9QMqbE reageer retweet

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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s office has told a federal judge it has found evidence that Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, committed bank fraud not addressed by the indictment last October in which he was charged with money laundering and failure to register as a foreign agent.

As legal wrangling continues over a $10 million bail package for Manafort, prosecutors this week accused him of submitting false information to a bank in connection with one of his mortgages.

“The proposed package is deficient in the government’s view, in light of additional criminal conduct that we have learned since the Court’s initial bail determination,” prosecutors wrote in a court filing submitted on Tuesday and made public in a redacted form on Friday evening. “That criminal conduct includes a series of bank frauds and bank fraud conspiracies.”

No criminal charges are known to have been filed over the alleged fraud, and Mueller’s office does not say in the filing whether it intends to bring any.

The filing by Mueller’s office says Manafort obtained a mortgage using “doctored profit and loss statements” overstating “by millions of dollars” the income for his consulting company, DMP International. Prosecutors appear to be referring to a $9.5 million mortgage that Federal Savings Bank of Chicago extended in late 2016 to a Manafort-linked firm, Summerbreeze LLC.

Prosecutors’ references to “conspiracies” suggest that someone beyond Manafort was involved in the alleged fraud, but no further details were given.

Defense attorneys for Manafort did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Friday. Lawyers and the defendants are under a gag order imposed by U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson, limiting their out-of-court statements about the case.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:46 schreef Mike het volgende:
FOX News probeert er nog een andere wending aan te geven:

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JudgeJeanine twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 19:39:10 Why is DOJ announcing indictment - to deflect from fact FBI DROPPED THE BALL twice on shooter who killed 17 people? reageer retweet

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 21:36 schreef Mystikvm het volgende:
Ook niet zo vreemd, de Russen zullen niet op voorhand hebben aangenomen dat ze in het team van Trump wellicht welwillend tegenover samenwerking hebben gestaan, dus dat men als useful idiot gebruikt is, is niet meer dan logisch.

Het plan omvatte ook meer dan support van Trump. Het omvatte ook het in diskrediet brengen van Rubio en Cruz en het steunen van Sanders. Chaos zaaien was het doel van de Russen.

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Op vrijdag 16 februari 2018 22:38 schreef Guus_Geluk7 het volgende:
Waarom blokkeert Trump migratie uit een aantal landen totdat hij heeft "uitgezocht wat er gaande is", maar mag wapenverkoop na de zoveelste mass shooting gewoon doorgaan?

Had zijn 'immigratieban' dan toch een xenofoob motief?!?

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ianbremmer twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 20:48:56 Nobody plausible ever said there was a case for collusion. Why would Russia try to work D-listers like Carter Page to get to Trump...if they were colluding with Trump?The people that keep bringing up collusion are Trump and @SeanHannity. Sounds like a distraction. https://t.co/mIS53RAYc9 reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 11:54 schreef Nintex het volgende:

Holy shit, wat blaast het establishment ineens de aftocht.

Precies wat ik al maanden zei trouwens.

Krijg ik weer gelijk

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 11:54 schreef Nintex het volgende:
Ian Bremmer, #teamhillary, geopolitiek analyst, schrijft voor Time Magazine

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ianbremmer twitterde op vrijdag 16-02-2018 om 20:48:56 Nobody plausible ever said there was a case for collusion. Why would Russia try to work D-listers like Carter Page to get to Trump...if they were colluding with Trump?The people that keep bringing up collusion are Trump and @SeanHannity. Sounds like a distraction. https://t.co/mIS53RAYc9 reageer retweet

Holy shit, wat blaast het establishment ineens de aftocht.

Precies wat ik al maanden zei trouwens.

Krijg ik weer gelijk

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 12:07 schreef Mike het volgende:

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Je doet niet anders dan dat Hannity doet: elke keer als er een puzzelstukje zichtbaar wordt heel hard roepen 'is dit alles???'. Het lijkt me verstandiger om te wachten tot de hele puzzel op tafel ligt.

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tedlieu twitterde op zaterdag 17-02-2018 om 01:09:35 The Mueller indictment corroborates additional parts of the Steele Dossier. Not even Devin Nunes can bring himself to say the relevant parts of the Steele Dossier are not true. https://t.co/vAUrzy1lwa reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 14:05 schreef Kijkertje het volgende:

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tedlieu twitterde op zaterdag 17-02-2018 om 01:09:35 The Mueller indictment corroborates additional parts of the Steele Dossier. Not even Devin Nunes can bring himself to say the relevant parts of the Steele Dossier are not true. https://t.co/vAUrzy1lwa reageer retweet

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 14:07 schreef Tchock het volgende:

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Serieuze vraag: is er al iets uit het Steele-dossier bewezen onwaar gebleken? Waarmee ik niet wil zeggen dat alles ook echt waar hoeft te zijn.

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 15:28 schreef Tchock het volgende:
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The White House has refused to release a photo of President Donald Trump signing a law making it easier for some people with mental illness to buy guns.

Despite repeated requests from CBS News, the White House press office has issued only a one-line response.

Mr Trump last year repealed an Obama-era rule allowing the names of certain people on mental health benefits to be entered into a criminal database.

The controversy follows a shooting by a suspect who had mental health issues.

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 15:47 schreef OllieA het volgende:

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43088644

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President Trump's son-in-law and senior White House adviser Jared Kushner has reportedly requested more intelligence information than almost every other White House official.

The Washington Post reports that Kushner, whose portfolio encompasses issues ranging from the Middle East peace process to modernizing the federal government’s use of technology, has put in more requests for U.S. intelligence information than any White House staffer not working for the National Security Council.

Kushner holds a Top Secret SCI (Sensitive Compartmented Information) security clearance, the highest level, which allows him to review some of the nation’s most closely-guarded secrets and allows him access to the Presidential Daily Briefing, according to the Post.


He is one of reportedly dozens of White House officials who have been operating with temporary clearances during Trump’s first year in office, and his clearance could be in jeopardy following chief of staff John Kelly’s changes to the clearance process, the Post said.

In a memo released Friday, Kelly outlined a series of changes to the clearance process amid the controversy surrounding former staff secretary Rob Porter, who resigned over domestic abuse allegations.

“The American people deserve a White House staff that meets the highest standards and that has been carefully vetted—especially those who work closely with the president or handle sensitive national security information,” Kelly wrote in the memo. “We should — and in the future must — do better.”


The changes include calling on the FBI to specifically brief the White House counsel on any potential concerns flagged in a background check; aiming for the FBI to bring any problematic findings to the White House within two days from discovery; limiting new interim clearances to a maximum of 270 days; and cutting off certain clearances for employees whose clearance investigations have been pending since before June 1, 2017.


That change could impact Kushner, whose clearance has been pending since he began working in the Trump White House more than a year ago.

But in a statement to the Post, Kushner’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, said Kelly’s memo “will not affect Mr. Kushner’s ability to continue to do the very important work he has been assigned by the president.”

Democrats and ethics groups have called on the White House to explain the delay in Kushner receiving his security clearance. The watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint Thursday calling on the White House to revoke Kushner’s clearance.

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Former Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak said Saturday that the allegations of Russia’s interference in the domestic affairs of the United States are nothing but "fantasies" used for internal political purposes.

"So whatever allegations are being remounted against us are simply fantasies that are being used for political reasons inside the United States," Kislyak, who is now the first deputy chairman of the Russian upper house Committee on Foreign Affairs, said during the Munich Security Conference (MSC).

The official added that during his tenure as ambassador in Washington, Russia had "never got involved as a government in the political life in the United States."

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 15:53 schreef Ulx het volgende:
Of het gelul dat ze leraren moeten bewapenen. Die scholen krijgen amper een cent voor kleurpotloden maar ineens is er wel geld om iedereen te voorzien van een bushmaster.

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 20:55 schreef westwoodblvd het volgende:

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Parkland highschool had nota bene bewapende bewakers. Maar als iemand met een mitrailleur binnen kan lopen is de hele klas al dood voordat de bewaker weet wat er aan de hand is.

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 22:02 schreef Freak188 het volgende:

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Je school zal maar een gewapende bewaker nodig hebben.......

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Op zaterdag 17 februari 2018 22:17 schreef BlackLining het volgende:

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Je land zal maar scholen hebben waar ze een gewapende bewaker hebben...