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- whatthefunk1
Pence used personal AOL email for state business — and was hacked
Cybersecurity experts say Pence’s emails were likely just as insecure as Clinton’s. While there has been speculation about whether Clinton's emails were hacked, Pence’s account was actually compromised last summer by a scammer who sent an email to his contacts claiming Pence and his wife were stranded in the Philippines and in urgent need of money.
- aol is like catnip for old people.dorf
- The government is so messed up, only President Winfrey can handle this..!!robotron3k
- All you ever do Robo, is point the finger at Obama, or now, Oprah. No matter what Trumps administration is under fire for. It's actually quiet impressive.inteliboy
- It's the 'robotard technique' - say something truly retarded and then walk away - there's never a response to what he says, it's just all hot air...BuddhaHat
- it should be discarded just as readily as the verbal diarrhoea that emanates from whatever orifice omg uses to communicate...BuddhaHat
- translation to idiot-speak for you, robotard: you're a prejudiced, ignorant fucking dumbass.BuddhaHat
- intellibot, there is one heck of a witch hunt going on with Trump and Co... and yes I'm still laughing about Oprah.robotron3k
- it's not a 'witch hunt' if there's a sizeable amount of legitimate information to show that there is some degree of truth to the accusationsBuddhaHat
- but you couldn't possibly bring yourself to admit such a thingBuddhaHat
- you'd prefer to spout shit about Clinton, emails, or your new favourite, Oprah, to distract from the glaring issues in the White House. 'cos you're a trollBuddhaHat
- Imagine what the GOP would be doing if it were Dems going through this, politicians and supporters would be losing their minds...whatthefunk
- Witch Hunt? Oh poor Mr Trump. Can't catch a break. Obama had it so easy!inteliboy
- It's amazing how fragile and thin skinned the right are. You and Murdoch had your fun for eight years, now take a sip of your own medicine for once.inteliboy
- emails... tho?
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•_•sofakingback - lock him up?pango
- But Dr. Quest said it would be totally fine.face_melter
- lock her up!
lock her up!
lock her up!
oh never mindutopian - lock up the email swamp.sofakingback
- AOL + young Earth creationist = 100% retardfadein11
- Pence reminds me of Robocop before conversion.fadein11
- Well there's some witches to hunt.monospaced
- oey0
- he admits there's leaks of info. so this means the info is real it exists. so for him the issue is the leaking and not the info of what happened, the real issueoey
- you know? confirms the tweaks. doesn't deny the info. guilty...oey
- Yeah, his phrasing is all over the shop. He did it during the first round of DHS fuck-ups. Pretty much confirming what was leaked was official info.face_melter
- Trump is keeping that 'failing' social network alivefadein11
- utopian2
Jared Kushner, Mike Flynn met with Russian ambassador during transition, White House says
- see_thru0
One time progressive but nowadays $30k per day show host Rachel Maddow, says she has leaked evidence that the DHS and various agencies within the intelligence community published documents showing why the Muslim ban wouldn't work...
- Gnash4
Russian Officials Scrambling As Plan To Delegitimize Western Democracy Moving Way Faster Than Intended
- onion has been good latelyfadein11
- shit writes itself latelymonospaced
- lool_niko
- fadein111
"Nick Adams new book, Green Card Warrior, is a must read. The merit-based system is the way to go. Canada, Australia!" Donald Trump on Twitter now.
This is actually refreshing getting inside the head of the most powerful man in the world, making policy decisions on social media based on really obvious shit in real time.
Roll on next Black Mirror - it's going to be good.
- Ramanisky24
shady is as shady does
- Carter Page looks like the single man at a wedding you desperately try to avoid speaking to.fadein11
- oh my god - this dude... ha. So fucking shifty.fadein11
- and he does with BIG "Fuck You" smile.Ramanisky2
- omg-4
Former Intercept writer arrested for alleged bomb threats against Jewish community centers
http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/3…Lots of gold here...
- fucking georges_niko
- pure comedy...robotron3k
- bad enough when actual racists do this shit.Gnash
- This far-left anti-trumping extremist was caught early. His religious conversion would have led his negative racial tendencies against the U.S. with terror.omg
- ... even further and deeper than it already has.omg
- It's just a shame they couldn't have caught the far-right pro-trumping extremist who killed to Indian men and wounded a third individual last month.kona
- to=twokona
- Note a difference between crime and terrorism. This guy's motives was targeted on a federal level and statistically part of the larger majority these days.omg
- Adam Purinton in Kansas (already caught btw).omg
- Sorry I should have clarified my point for the stupid as I was responding to your comment of "... extremist was caught early"kona
- And it was a shame that they couldn't have caught the far-right pro-trumping extremist early too.
The difference is there is no difference.kona - Adam Purinton's motive was to kill a couple Iranians as they're on Trumps Muslim ban list. I'd say that's on a federal level.kona
- It's also terrorism.monospaced
- As they say, all terrorists are criminals, but not all criminals are terrorists.omg
- I'm not condoning a bigoted hate crime. However his psychological profile suggests that he goes to high extremes over love.omg
- Not sure if his girlfriend story is true. But she does exist and has already lawyered up.omg
- does this not belong in a mental health thread?fadein11
- DeplorableR_Kercz
- R_Kercz0
Op eds on Ars Technica about Net neutrality:
1. Chuck Schumer:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-pol…2. John Thune:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-pol…Hope they do more like this.
- whatthefunk0
- Yes! But no Hadji, thanks to that fucking travel ban (even though he is Sikh).face_melter
- Gay frogman hahahahaha...see_thru
- I thought 13-year olds were off limits. Especially if dealing with homosexual, laying pipe, and illegal activities.omg
- chukkaphob6
- Cartoons making fun of the Trump administration actually got him elected.robotron3k
- they should redub sealab nowmoldero
- No, the Dems fucking Bernie for a status quo candidate and gullible white nationalists got Trump elected...see_thru
- wagshaft2
Thanks Donnie!!
E.U. Lawmakers Call for End to Visa-Free Travel for Americans
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/…- Oh god no. If anything Europe needs to invite Americans to travel more. Might learn a thing or two about the world.scruffics
- Nope. You don't fight pricks like trump by legitimising their ways. We should be making access even easier for US citizens. paying them to visit. free beer.lowimpakt
- lol, E.U. will be be no more soon...robotron3k
- robo - cool story brofadein11
- whatthefunk2
Keystone XL builders can use non-U.S. steel, White House says now
The Keystone XL oil pipeline does not need to be made from U.S. steel, despite an executive order by President Donald Trump days after he took office requiring domestic steel in new pipelines, the White House said on Friday.
Canadian Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said on Twitter that allowing non-U.S. steel was "important for companies like Evraz Steel," a local subsidiary of Russia's Evraz PLC, which had signed on to provide 24 percent of the steel before Keystone XL's rejection by Obama.
Roman Abramovich, partial owner of Evraz PLC, once give Putin a £25million yacht when he was elected.
- utopian1
- Article's a month old, though. Paddy Power now have it at 3/1 he'll be impeached this year.Continuity
- he'll serve a second term. LOL!chukkaphob
- why is that funny? you like having the worst president in the history of this country?monospaced
- Interests rates grow on gambling debts. Placing 2:1 odds against the president is only snowballing liberals for their hard earned kush.omg
- What are you talking about omg?monospaced
- 2:1 odds sounds like a sure way to double your monies, if you think Trump is going to be impeached before his first term.omg
- Holy shit you're really explaining how betting odds work? Fucking moron. What are you talking about re interest rates?monospaced
- I don't think you can subsidize gambling debts without monies. Only thing left is the rainbow glittering ganja stash.omg
- once again, and as a chance for you to show you aren't retarded, what the fuck are you talking about?monospaced
- kingsteven1
So, you wouldn't know it from the British news but Northern Ireland had a general election yesterday, We've had total political stagnation here since the peace process (turns out appointing opposing groups of ex-terrorists to piss their own regional budget up the wall is good for stopping them blowing up London's financial institutions, but not much else).
Anyway the assembly lost it's Unionist (British Nationalist) majority yesterday... It's being reported as a massive success for Sinn Fien (Irish Nationalist party) but actually it's now fairly evenly split 3 ways between Irish, British Nationalism (both ugly as fuck world views if you ask me) but also the moderate parties... it's because of this the main parties loose what's called the "Petition of Concern" - a bit of legislation introduced during peace negotiations which allows parties to veto legislation change on "community grounds". The POC has been used to block anything the two big (ultra religious, right wing) parties can agree on.... to the point where we're decades behind both UK and Irish law on anything progressive like government transparency, marriage equality, womens rights, entertainment licensing.
I mentioned way back in the Brexit thread that it would cause a massive surge in Irish Nationalism in the North - we're a long way from Irish unification - but basically this happened because in the last year our Unionist (British Nationalist) first-minister failed to represent the >50% of people here that consider themselves Irish in Brexit negotiations (we voted 54% remain in the ref) and at the same time (among many other scandals) her party operated as a backdoor for over 500m funding the leave campaign from a Saudi prince, ran a corrupt renewable heating scheme (it seems mostly benefited her cronies) which fucked our regional budget to the tune of 450m - and continually exploited the political situation dodge accountability.
So aye, I actually feel like I voted and it did something for the first time in my life. But lets see how they fuck it up.
- what;s your take on that lady leading Sinn Fein? is she new generation with no hands on experience of conflict?lowimpakt
- only in the north of course... gerry is still pulling the strings. she seems decent, she has a lot of political experience + her da' was in the 'ra :-Dkingsteven
- Dear God, that bracketed aside in your first paragraph!detritus