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

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 Thexalon on Thursday June 15 2017, @12:45PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Thursday June 15 2017, @12:45PM (#525974)

    Another thing worth thinking about: Illegal immigrants aren't stupid, and the very last thing they want is to interact with the government. They know full well that every single time they do they risk deportation, even if the government agency in question swears up and down they won't alert ICE.

    Besides, if I were a political machine trying to cast fraudulent votes, I'd simply forge absentee ballots, using knowledge of who is unlikely to vote. It's much easier and safer.

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