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Russian hackers probed election systems in all 50 states, a new Senate report confirmed Thursday.
The report comes one day after former special counsel Robert Mueller told Congress that the Russian government is working to meddle in U.S. elections "as we sit here."
"It wasn't a single attempt," Mueller said Wednesday of Russia's 2016 election interference. "They're doing it as we sit here. And they expect to do it during the next campaign."
The bipartisan report by the Senate Intelligence Committee released Thursday confirmed previous comments by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that Russian hackers scanned election systems in all 50 states ahead of the 2016 presidential election. DHS initially acknowledged Russian attempts to hack into election systems in just 21 states.
Russia targeted all 50 states in 2016 election hacking campaign, Senate report confirms
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @12:59AM (6 children)
But they are! They're reminding us to stop being horrible racist and sexist deplorables who voted for Trump when it was HER turn. We should be considerate of all 32 currently known genders and corresponding marriage arrangements. We should stop caring about mundane problems such as jobs and illegal immigration; the party elites don't have to work, and your job is probably one Americans wouldn't want to do anyway.
(Score: 2, Offtopic) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:03AM (5 children)
Well, I voted for Stein but I will admit to feeling a great sense of schadenfreude when Trump won. What is interesting to me is how my feelings for Trump have evolved because of the way the media shills and the the DNC have carried on. I still don't like him, probably (*) won't vote for him, but I do sympathize. There is literally nothing he could do that CNN or the DNC would not criticize. He could accidentally dream up cold fusion and give it away royalty free, and that lot would bitch about RussiaRussiaRussia.
(*) When I examine my feelings on this, I'm pretty shocked to hear myself saying "probably" rather than "definitely". I will say that I'm happy that we haven't gotten into any more serious wars yet -- with HRC we'd have had 50k troops in Syria for the last 2 years -- and being anti-foreign-wars-of-aggression is my primary issue (and the genesis but not the end, of my disgust for Obama). I guess it comes down to whoever the DNC throws up. If it is Harris or Biden, then yeah, I could very well vote for Trump out of spiteful hatred for the DNC moronacracy. If it was someone like Tulsi, I wouldn't feel that way at all. Yang too is pretty interesting but I know much less about him policy wise -- he seems pretty cool though.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @11:31AM
Yep, thats the thing some people don't understand. The MSM and congress are more hated by like 2/3 of the country than Trump could ever be. So the more whining from them and their shills, the more liked he becomes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:44PM (3 children)
>I could very well vote for Trump out of spiteful hatred for the DNC moronacracy.
Oh yeah vote for total stupidity because the remaining portion of the government is still a little corrupt too.
(Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:31PM (2 children)
Calling the DNC "a little corrupt" has to be peak understatement. Were you asleep during Obama's terms? When they had control of the house and senate and presidency, did they push progressive topics or was it all about the Cat Food Commission and expanding wars and reducing civil liberties?
Same goes for the GOP -- when it had both houses and the presidency in 2017, did we see the hearing protection act get through?
Of course not -- neither sides wants to do anything their constituents want. They want to PRETEND to fight for what their constituents want -- it's great marketing/campaigning to be an underdog pushing the voters' issues, but man, do they ever run for cover the second they might actually have a chance to pass laws those who voted for them want. Which begs the question -- exactly who do the DNC and GOP represent?
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Phoenix666 on Sunday July 28 2019, @03:25AM (1 child)
Well said. that is how it plays out.
I don't like Trump, but i have been enjoying watching him kick random members of the power elites in the nuts. it's the most progress american government has made in decades, which is itself a pitiful but true measure.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @06:42PM
Wrong.
The US government is being destroyed and corrupted faster than ever under Trump.
What you actually meant was it is the most progress American politics has made in decades. Many decades actually, and not because Trump was in any way good but that he is SO BAD it finally ripped the band-aid off the political pressures that have been building. Of course that pressure has been artificially inflated by Faux News, talk radio, and the party politics on both sides banking off the division.
You should not be enjoying Trump, that is part of his purpose and it is working beautifully. You have been broken and remolded with zero clue it happened.