Daily Kos: Trump Will Not Act Against Russia Because He Is Very Likely Being Blackmailed By Russia.
Daily Kos: Trump Will Not Act Against Russia Because He Is Very Likely Being Blackmailed By Russia.
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Conducted political intelligence-gathering activities in the United States;
Hid their activities by setting up virtual networks in America that masked their extra-American communications;
Influenced the American election by using false personas to organize rallies for Trump, criticizing Muslims and spreading allegations of voter fraud by candidate Clinton;
Stole American identities to create controlled accounts; and
Destroyed evidence of their activities.
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In fact there are many, many options a normal Administration would take to isolate and punish the Russian state.
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None of Trump’s tweets expressed anger or alarm about the Russian intervention, which Mueller’s charges said involved entry into the U.S. by Russians collecting intelligence for the plan.
A White House spokesperson went even further Saturday, suggesting that Democrats and the mainstream media deserve more blame than Russia for political division in the U.S.
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Chait arrives at this conclusion indirectly, as none of us except for Trump and possibly a few others in the Kremlin could possibly confirm it, but Trump’s behavior pattern towards Russia has been remarkably telling. There is no good reason for Trump’s grotesquely fawning relationship to the Russian state unless it derives from a benefit to Trump himself. That’s simply the kind of man he is. Whether that benefit is related to his finances, of which he is astonishingly secretive, or of his personal sexual habits, which have recently been revealed as equally clandestine, Trump has shown himself to be obligated for some reason to the Russian state. And the news in recent weeks has confirmed that Trump is possessed of the type of character that is ripe for blackmail.
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At this point, Russia could reveal everything they are "blackmailing" him with and nothing would happen. That's the sad state of affairs we are in. 
See Roy Moore and his adulation by their "base", as well as the non-existent to weak response by the GOP leadership.
Mueller will soon explain it all 
Putin is from the KGB.
From wiki:
In Russian politics, kompromat, short for "compromising material" (компрометирующий материал
, is damaging information about a politician or other public figure used to create negative publicity, for blackmail, or for ensuring loyalty. Kompromat may be acquired from various security services, or outrightly forged, and then publicized by use of a public relations official. Widespread use of kompromat has been one of the characteristic features of the politics of Russia and other post-Soviet states.
he's being treasonous in plain sight.
Chicago SunTimes: Donald Trump and Benedict Arnold
"Instead of mobilizing forces to our nation’s aid, the president, like Benedict Arnold at West Point, has allowed our defenses to crumble."
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” We cannot trust the president, not because of what he may or may not have done in secret in the past, but because of what he is clearly doing or, rather, not doing, right now: defending our country against foreign enemies."
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