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posted by martyb on Friday July 26 2019, @11:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-looking? dept.

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


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @01:10AM (19 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @01:10AM (#871697)

    Wow.

    Who cares about democracy anyway amirite?

    WTF is wrong with you assholes?

    I'm "loving" how conservatives get all defensive when liberals point out that many world problems are because the US does fucked up shit in other countries, yet now that it has happened to the US they don't give a shit.

    Winning at any cost huh? Spineless jellies.

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  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:10AM (18 children)

    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:10AM (#871755) Journal

    I'm a liberal. Atheist Jew, anti-foreign-wars, pro-abortion, pro-gay rights, pro-environment, pro-equality (of opportunity) (*). But let's be real -- the DNC hasn't lived up to what it pretends to be -- it has been excellent at channeling that great Democrat ^w Republican Joseph McCarthy however.

    McCarthyism:

    [T]he practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism [wikipedia.org]

    (*) I am pretty disgusted at the authoritarian left these days because repression of speech, destruction of art, hatred of science, and random violence against those you disagree with, is exactly what I hated about 80s Evangelicals. Same coin, all assholes both sides.

    • (Score: 2, Flamebait) by ikanreed on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:37AM (17 children)

      by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:37AM (#871766) Journal

      How many fucking murders does the right wing need to do to counter-balance a few people literally wearing nazi armbands getting punched?

      More than 200 apparently.

      How many laws banning "radical left wing organizing" do republican senators need to propose to be equal to some students protesting someone who comes to their campus and presents a literal slide show of people to harrass and attack on campus?

      More than 3 at least.

      What fucking psycho world are you living in where people are literally accused of being part of a secret marxist conspiracy by right wing public figures, and it's the left is doing a mccarthyism?

      "Double standard" doesn't begin to describe the intellectual dishonesty you're at.

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:00AM (14 children)

        by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:00AM (#871775) Journal

        The world 10-20 years hence will match your sarcasm. There's some serious shit brewing with the authoritarian left.

        • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by ikanreed on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:51AM (13 children)

          by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:51AM (#871786) Journal

          It's amazing how brazenly you lie.

          None of what I said was sarcasm.

          • (Score: 3, Touché) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:55AM (12 children)

            by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:55AM (#871804) Journal

            Oh, so you thing there is good type of authoritarianism?

            • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:18PM (11 children)

              by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @02:18PM (#871920)

              Woooow

              Normally you types are whining about "thought crimes" but here we have you accusing the majority of the population of a crime thst hasn't happened while excusing the same shit you're worried about because it us being done by conservatives.

              The crazy is just too much.

              • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:14PM (10 children)

                by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @04:14PM (#871987) Journal

                Maybe it's because Evergreen is so near me so I'm noticing, but the authoritarian nature of the extreme left is being inculcated into today's youth, who are tomorrow's leaders. And it isn't just thought crime that is being repressed via physical or economic violence, it is actual crime being excused. Look at Oberlin and that bake shop -- the administration's proposal for lifting crippling economic sanctions for the charge of being racist (arrest data from the shop showed it absolutely did not profile any protected group) was to require the owners to give certain groups one free shoplifting crime. That's equity thinking in action (not equality, think Harrison Bergeron: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron [wikipedia.org] ).

                Today at least, a jury found for the shop owners against Oberlin, but you know most of the jurors were probably educated in a different time. The focus on intersectionality, equity, destruction of due process (#meToo), the straight up unabashed racism, book/art burning (look at how in San Francisco, a school just voted to paint over a mural painted by a communist during the depression designed to undermine hero worship of George Washington, because it shows GW was a slave owner and that natives were treated badly and that might offend certain protected groups -- the shallowness of thought and the willingness to destroy art has the total stink of religious intolerance about it -- how's the saying go: "where they burn books, soon they burn people").

                The kids being taught this stuff today will be tomorrow's leaders, and what they are being taught is that X view is righteous and all other views are heretical. You can't even talk about other views and examine them. This is not a recipe for freedom, rather, it is the foundation of authoritarian rule, and all authoritarians -- right, left, middle, purple, whatever -- are a threat to liberty (by fucking definition!). The fact that it is no longer possible to have nuanced conversations about topics without the fear of becoming the subject of the next Twitter Lynching, is merely a symptom of that authoritarianism in action, and a sign of worse to come.

                Your behavior here is an example of this sort authoritarian thought in action. You can't have a discussion about a topic with someone without resorting to verbal bashing unless of course you are in perfect agreement, because why: the other person's views are unworthy of discussion? You know all the answers? Everyone who disagrees with you is a nazi at heart? That's new left authoritarianism. You should work on that.

                • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:09PM

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:09PM (#872010)

                  Speaking of crazy, thanks for the confirmation.

                  I guess the truth is too much to handle. Nice victimization, more hypocrisy, lovin' it.

                • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:16PM (4 children)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:16PM (#872015)

                  fucking hell, look at what you are writing.

                  authoritarian nature of the extreme left is being inculcated into today's youth

                  Yeah, except, you fucking dolt, there is no extreme left. Where is the Communist Party of USA? Are they about to overthrow the rich owner-class?? Where are they??? All I see is 100s of extremists right wing groups.

                  Sounds like America is in 1930s German Republic, except the fascists don't have a sane leader ... oh wait, when did they need a sane leader?? Hitler was not that much smarter than Trump. And the really stupid people keep voting for the people that then pass policies that fuck them with a metal broom. All the politicians need is "we cut taxes" and "healthcare is for commies" slogans and the morons cheer and vote because they don't have a fucking clue. And you sir, sound like one of these morons.

                  Everyone who disagrees with you is a nazi at heart? That's new left authoritarianism.

                  The nazis call everyone that disagrees with them "left authoritarianists". That's one of the signs of being a fucking nazi.

                  Wake me when Russia engages in violent regime change actions here -- like HRC/Obama in Libya.

                  Yeah... awesome revision of history. It wasn't your nemesis HRC nor the devil you fear much Obama... but you already know that and just spreading bullshit, aren't you??

                  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_in_Libya#U.K._Parliament_Investigation [wikipedia.org]

                  In reality, it was the FRENCH that wanted this intervention. Yeah, the French... The rest went along because, you know, allies. So don't worry, no one will wake you up since you already are out of the loop. Sleep well my ignorant, elderly "know-it-all". Don't forget to blame 9/11 on HRC and Obama too and the "totalitarian left"

                  • (Score: 2) by hemocyanin on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:09PM (3 children)

                    by hemocyanin (186) on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:09PM (#872040) Journal

                    Your behavior here is an example of this sort authoritarian thought in action. You can't have a discussion about a topic with someone without resorting to verbal bashing unless of course you are in perfect agreement, because why: the other person's views are unworthy of discussion? You know all the answers? Everyone who disagrees with you is a nazi at heart? That's new left authoritarianism. You should work on that.

                    Example.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @09:37PM (2 children)

                      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @09:37PM (#872095)

                      Example.

                      No, you are the example. Now sit down and shut up, before we have to discipline you with our left-wing authoritay!

                      • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:09PM (1 child)

                        by Phoenix666 (552) on Sunday July 28 2019, @02:09PM (#872299) Journal

                        Your anti-intellectualism is appalling.

                        --
                        Washington DC delenda est.
                        • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @06:46PM

                          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @06:46PM (#872373)

                          Fucking shills 'round here.

                          "I'm an atheist jew super liberal but here are a bunch of right-wing talking points!"

                          "I'm an ex-DNC politico who reviled the Clintons repeatedly and sounds like a life time member of the GOP, but please believe my back story as it will help me shape the agenda."

                          I just can't believe some of you cunts are real, trying to appear reasonable while pushing destructive and distracting bullshit. Thanks a-holes.

                • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:58PM (3 children)

                  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @06:58PM (#872052)

                  Hey I was alarmed by what I saw and I wasn't even there when they ended up on the news. I knew something bad was going to happen.
                  Around 2014 - 2016 I was extremely alarmed to see what are more or less dog whistles for some extremely crazy stuff that your average liberal has barely even heard of.
                  Tbh I think these people were getting promoted by foreign interests. After the election there was no reason to give them money and people started to see some of these people's true colors and now they're ignored. I hope we continue to ignore them in the upcoming election so that we can get on with unfucking the country.

                  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:12PM (2 children)

                    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:12PM (#872101)

                    It is going on still, and it exists at two levels. I'm not saying there is any coordination between levels, just that both exist. You have west coast street-fighting antifa gaining power from Seattle to San Francisco and close to completely condoned in a place like Portland. At the "legit" level, you hear the same type intersectionalist claptrap from The Squad in Congress who to normal people sound like a broken record screaming "racist" but what you have to realize is that whiteness is akin to original sin (without the opportunity for redemption) and there is nothing a white person does which is not racist -- merely existing is racist. They aren't calling people racist ironically or out of calculation -- they believe it.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @05:06PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @05:06PM (#872331)

                      Seattle. No antifa is nothing here. I saw them before they were antifa. They were always skinny kids in dirty black sweatshirts. They'd commit minor property damage and they weren't ever good at it. The SPD has somehow convinced them to always freak out at "westlake park" where everything is made of concrete, plexiglass, and bronze... there hasn't been a single breakable thing since the WTO protests in 1999. They even publish their secret plans online... they are really bad at this and nothing to be scared of, they're getting less popular every day. They wear black so they police know who they are even before they start flipping out.
                      If you'd shit talked Sawant I would have nodded in agreement but compared to the disgusting shitstain subhuman trash we've had in congress a person like AoC is only an improvement. This should be obvious to you
                      If you don't want to puke after seeing trump and mcconnel then you're doing something wrong. Maybe you should get off facebook.

                      Can I ask why you're on soylent news and yet you live in Olympia? It seems like your average SN reader could be rich if they had access to this job market. Some of them might not like the more liberal attitude here but you're in Olympia which is even more liberal and undeniably even stupid sometimes.

                      Seems like a strange place to be when you could land a tech gig and even ride public transit to work while you figured out your transition. I really don't understand people who let money sit right in front of their faces and don't take it.

                    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @07:04PM

                      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 28 2019, @07:04PM (#872379)

                      I'd like to add some more to this because I really do relate to your feelings. Running into SJWs or whatever you want to call them a few years before they appeared in the rest of the country was not cool and it was scary to see them popping up on the internet and getting on the news. A lot of people who may look and in some ways act like SJWs are not sjw's at all. They're mostly unaware of the nutballs, a lot of them are just venting on the internet too. I complain about boomers and sometimes I have to stop myself because I see that something I'm saying is going to sound pretty threatening to some perfectly fine boomers who aren't even the people I'm talking about.

                      You've considered that the russians were giving money to these assholes cash on patron. Remember they all had that shit and the worst ones all seemed to be getting a middle class salary for their area and then they all went broke after the election?

                      Nobody likes the people you don't like. They don't even like each other they're eating each other alive over stupid shit and it's often transparently vindictive. It's difficult for most super liberals to believe this shit even exists because they know they're considered pretty radical and they don't think that shit and they don't believe that any of their friends do either and that's why they're friends. At Evergreen you'll know it exists. There were tons of students there trying to get by and get an education. Many of them were even involved in whatever causes but most of us were irritated by the people there to skip school and "protest" in possibly the most liberal public university in the country.

                      I only half believed in all kinds of shit until I saw it with my own eyes.

      • (Score: 4, Insightful) by shortscreen on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:48AM

        by shortscreen (2252) on Saturday July 27 2019, @10:48AM (#871851) Journal

        It's not a double standard. Both parties are utterly terrible by the same standard, and they are getting worse. And they each have an infinite supply of apologists like you that continue to justify themselves and deflect any criticism by pointing at the other.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:46PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 27 2019, @05:46PM (#872031)

        Why don't you open your own comment history and count the number of times you have talked about killing other people?

        The truth is that you are so far on the left and you don't see anything even crazier than you anymore.

        > What fucking psycho world are you living in where people are literally accused of being part of a secret marxist conspiracy by right wing public figures, and it's the left is doing a mccarthyism?

        Yes. You are not in power right now. Aren't you pissed?

        > "Double standard" doesn't begin to describe the intellectual dishonesty you're at.

        Hehahaheehee.