“U.K. Poisoning Inquiry Turns to Russian Agency in Mueller Indictments”

The Russian agency that hacked our election appears to be responsible for poisonings in Britain. Will Trump say anything? I don’t think he can blame Obama for poisonings in Britain.

The GRU is allegedly responsible for both 2016 election hacking and Skripal poisoning that Trump admin has denounced/retaliated for.

Major subplot for Trump-Putin meeting.https://t.co/HDh0mRsCua

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 15, 2018

Russia hacked Clinton servers on the same day Trump encouraged them to get Clinton’s missing emails

Coincidence? I don’t think so.

The same day Trump encouraged Russia in the middle of the 2016 campaign to hack Clinton's emails, Russian hackers launched their first attacks on the severs that housed emails from her personal office. https://t.co/nlhSLmYrPU

— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) July 13, 2018

Mueller investigation analysis

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— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 13, 2018

Most Americans want Mueller to take his time

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— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 13, 2018

McConnell prevented a bipartisan statement on Russian meddling

Don’t forget this. McConnell put party ahead of country.

Great @AlecMacGillis piece on #MitchMcConnell. Alec cites @washingtonpost story that before the 2016 vote, McConnell “made clear to the [Obama] administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics.” https://t.co/uTzV0OzriW

— EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) July 14, 2018

Among many possible responses to this query, most direct is that Sen. Maj Ldr Mitch McConnell (who held SCOTUS seat open, and whose wife is now in Trump cabinet) blocked Obama’s request for a joint, bipartisan, pre-election warning about Russian hacking:https://t.co/oVFG5njVa9 https://t.co/H0ZsQ3rww5

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) July 14, 2018

That’s a question that you might want to direct to Senator McConnell https://t.co/KHOgNtpjg6

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 14, 2018

Washington Post story from December 2016 (also linked to in Fallows tweet)

“According to several officials, McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to the administration that he would consider any effort by the White House to challenge the Russians publicly an act of partisan politics.”

Trump blames Obama for Putin’s attacks on the 2016 election

Putin attacked the election (see new indictments) but Trump blames Obama. He has said NOTHING about Putin or Russia. What does Russia have on Trump? Sad!

The response was almost identical to Trump's reaction in February to the indictment of 16 Russians accused of carrying out a social media propaganda campaign to influence the 2016 election. https://t.co/OCH2MwNL1b

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) July 14, 2018

We’ve gone from “400-pound man” and “nobody talked to Russians” to “Obama should’ve stopped us.” https://t.co/zKtQoLo7og

— Michael Grunwald (@MikeGrunwald) July 14, 2018

1.) Those are not “stories,” but charges in an indictment.

2.) You asked Russians for their help on July 27, and they responded. Read paragraph 22 of the indictment.

3.) Obama did something; he called out the Russians, something you’re incapable of doing. Cancel the summit. https://t.co/4aNozAu9iK

— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 14, 2018

Why should Trump express alarm? The Russians tried to help him. He surely thinks and hopes they will help him again. Isn’t that why he would much rather shut down the Russia investigation than Russia meddling? https://t.co/Ez6dYnCz4y

— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) July 14, 2018

And begged the Congressional Gang of Four to join him and make a public bipartisan condemnation—McConnell vetoed. https://t.co/IkgQnOhKGs

— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) July 15, 2018

Investigate the New York FBI Office’s anti-Clinton bias

Republicans are trying to portray the FBI as pro-Clinton but the opposite is probably true. Let’s have a House hearing on this if Republicans have any interest in fairness and the truth.

Congress hasn’t held one hearing about bias in the FBI NY Office, and I’m not even aware of any newspaper or tv news outlet that thought the news of this conversation was worthy of a stand-alone story. https://t.co/EfeQ27Ufb0

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) July 12, 2018

Trump will let Putin lie again about election interference

I’m not ready to go this far yet, but other than Russia having something on Trump, it’s impossible to understand why he is so willing to believe him. It’s obvious Trump won’t push back when Putin said he didn’t interfere. I am sure US intelligence agencies could give Trump proof of Russian meddling he could show Putin…if he wanted to. He treats this enemy much worse than our allies. I am concerned about Russian meddling in 2018 and 2020 elections.

Saying this is “all I can do” is all but a confession on Trump’s part. The attacks on US elections were a joint project. They helped Trump become POTUS. He welcomes Putin’s help with midterms and 2020 re-elect. Why else meet Putin in secret, with no read-out to Americans? https://t.co/Esyn1YDBdk

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) July 12, 2018

Trump’s “I’m helpless if he keeps claiming what he claims” remarks about Putin are especially notable because of how much he loves talking about how he brilliantly sees through the claims of Trudeau and European leaders. https://t.co/B40SC7JEea

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) July 12, 2018

Minority rule

Think the Senate is undemocratic now? Wait until 2040. https://t.co/diWvfLXHPn

— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 12, 2018

I want to repeat a statistic I use in every talk: by 2040 or so, 70 percent of Americans will live in 15 states. Meaning 30 percent will choose 70 senators. And the 30% will be older, whiter, more rural, more male than the 70 percent. Unsettling to say the least https://t.co/EGPD5nE4qG

— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) July 10, 2018

In the age of minority rule, a Supreme Court justice appointed by a president who got fewer votes is confirmed by a party in the Senate that got fewer votes, to validate policies opposed by most Americans: https://t.co/HoCoFnXnZV

— Paul Waldman (@paulwaldman1) July 10, 2018

America’s electoral system is skewed in favour of rural Republicans. To maintain the trust of the people, the world’s oldest constitutional democracy needs reform. Our cover this week https://t.co/mfCZfNED5u pic.twitter.com/OLxN96sDsA

— The Economist (@TheEconomist) July 12, 2018

"Our Constitution is under attack from within. Voter suppression and gerrymandering have made it possible for a minority of voters to elect a majority of representatives at both state and federal levels." #NHpolitics https://t.co/XqNCxSupkm

— Let America Vote (@letamericavote) July 21, 2018

Impact of automation on the 2016 election

The 2016 election will never die!

A new study shows that increasing automation in the United States over recent decades could have swung the 2016 presidential election in Trump's favor. https://t.co/Cpsz26DhaQ

— Axios (@axios) July 9, 2018