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Senate Approves Sanctions Bill to Punish Russia for Meddling

posted by n1 on Wednesday June 14 2017, @11:52PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-like-old-times dept.

DeathMonkey writes:

The Republican-led Senate voted decisively to punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 election by approving a wide-ranging sanctions package that targets key sectors of Russia's economy and individuals who carried out cyber attacks.

Senators on Wednesday passed the bipartisan sanctions legislation 97-2, underscoring broad support among Republicans and Democrats for rebuking Russia after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the presidential campaign. Lawmakers who backed the measure also cited Russia's aggression in Syria and Ukraine.

Source: USNews.com

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  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:10AM

    by edIII (791) on Thursday June 15 2017, @02:10AM (#525821)

    That is evidence of an attempt, not a success. Subtle difference perhaps. If they was a success, this man would be in jail awaiting trial and we would be talking more about it.

    There has been ZERO EVIDENCE of any widespread success in voter manipulation, until you include gerrymandering, and that is mostly a Republican behavior (they're better at it). Again, where is the fucking evidence? Oh right! It doesn't exist, and not because Republicans haven't tried to find/manufacture it :)

    A campaign staffer for HRC turned out to be corrupt. I'm shocked I tell you, just fucking shocked. Next you'll trying telling me that the head of the DNC conspired against a DNC Presidential candidate..... Which interestingly enough, is the only evidence out there. That HRC conspired against Bernie Sanders and DID alter the course of the election through corruption.

    Still no evidence of millions of illegals voting in our election....... I'm waiting........

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