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This tweet was sent the SAME DAY Trump Jr. reportedly received a decryption key and website address (Original Post) kpete Dec 2017 OP
Please find a state level crime to charge Jr with .... Jarqui Dec 2017 #1
Jr was in NYC when he received the stolen property NightWatcher Dec 2017 #7
Preperations are underway, and a truly special place is nearing completion L. Coyote Dec 2017 #2
Kick--this is where we need to focus! Maeve Dec 2017 #3
Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but why is it meaningful or relevant to start you post with Nitram Dec 2017 #9
I think all comments work to boost the post visibility pandr32 Dec 2017 #10
k&r Little Star Dec 2017 #11
Does a comment only "kick" a post if the word "kick" is included in the comment? Nitram Dec 2017 #12
The "kick" is also a quick way of saying "Good post that deserves more attention" Maeve Dec 2017 #14
I had noticed that it was a common practice but have always wondered iffa simple comment wouldn't Nitram Dec 2017 #19
Thank you for that Maeve Dec 2017 #13
You are quite welcome pandr32 Dec 2017 #18
A kick mercuryblues Dec 2017 #15
I'm sure Mueller is on that. There is so much crime, corruption, and "collusion" in that white house George II Dec 2017 #4
Two dots so close together to be nearly coincidental gratuitous Dec 2017 #5
@Funder tweet. Says tRump and tRump Jr. were given access ffr Dec 2017 #6
MSNBC's headlining broadcast angle on this same story ffr Dec 2017 #8
I'm not sure there's a connection there FBaggins Dec 2017 #16
Ah, I forgot SayItLoud Dec 2017 #17

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)
7. Jr was in NYC when he received the stolen property
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:37 PM
Dec 2017

Mueller has been sharing with the NY AG Schneiderman. So odds are there will be corresponding state charges with the federal charges and daddy's pardons won't do shit there.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
2. Preperations are underway, and a truly special place is nearing completion
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 11:21 AM
Dec 2017

in HELL for these traitors.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
9. Pardon me if this is a stupid question, but why is it meaningful or relevant to start you post with
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:47 PM
Dec 2017

the word "kick?" Doesn't a post with meaningful content comprise a "kick" in and of itself? Am I looking at this all wrong?

pandr32

(11,588 posts)
10. I think all comments work to boost the post visibility
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:55 PM
Dec 2017

Saying "kick" or "K & R" isn't "meaningful content", but is meant to boost the post. Having something meaningful to add becomes a discussion. Both have a purpose.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
12. Does a comment only "kick" a post if the word "kick" is included in the comment?
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:59 PM
Dec 2017

Wouldn't a comment alone provide more meaningful support than "K&R?

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
14. The "kick" is also a quick way of saying "Good post that deserves more attention"
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 01:06 PM
Dec 2017

And has been a tradition of DU since very early on.

Of course, recommending the post as well boosts it into the greatest threads page, for those who look there.

Nitram

(22,822 posts)
19. I had noticed that it was a common practice but have always wondered iffa simple comment wouldn't
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 05:01 PM
Dec 2017

be just as effective and a bit more meaningful. Just my 2 cents. Thanks for the replies.

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
13. Thank you for that
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 01:00 PM
Dec 2017

I wasn't sure how much I was going to say, but I did want to boost the post. The rest of the comment was more of an after-thought than a discussion point.

And it seems to have accomplished its goal...

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
15. A kick
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 01:08 PM
Dec 2017

as a reply keeps the OP kicked up or on the front page. The R stands for rec. As in I hit the rec button and recc'ed the post. More rec's also helps keep it front page. It also lets people know that others think it is an important read.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
5. Two dots so close together to be nearly coincidental
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:29 PM
Dec 2017

Yet the popular media will frown, and squint, and tilt their heads right, then left, and still not quite be able to connect these events.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
6. @Funder tweet. Says tRump and tRump Jr. were given access
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:30 PM
Dec 2017



CNN - Candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump Jr. and others in the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked WikiLeaks documents, according to an email provided to congressional investigators.

Conspiracy. tRump had firsthand knowledge of access to Wikileaks information coming out of Russia.

ffr

(22,670 posts)
8. MSNBC's headlining broadcast angle on this same story
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 12:43 PM
Dec 2017
Sources: Email shows effort to give Trump camp. hacked... MSNBC

tRump's lawyer has not responded.

FBaggins

(26,748 posts)
16. I'm not sure there's a connection there
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 01:12 PM
Dec 2017

Weren't the Wikileaks materials from the DNC hack (which didn't include Hillary emails)?

I think all of the claims about supposedly classified emails from Hillary were from the FBI investigation and were already public at that point.

SayItLoud

(1,702 posts)
17. Ah, I forgot
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 01:27 PM
Dec 2017

about this one, or did I say previously that I don't remember this one or did I testify that it was a nothingburger? Help me remember what I said or didn't say and when I said or didn't say it or, did you ever ask me about this? L I A R

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