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    None Dare Call It Treason: Did Trump Collaborate With Russia Election Hacking?

    Keith Girard
    Russia’s release of private Democratic emails only had a major impact on the election because Trump hammered on them in the last hours of the campaign, raising the one question that has yet to be answered by U.S. intelligence agencies. Was Trump actively collaborating with the Russians? U.S. intelligence agencies nailed “with a high degree of certainty” that Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Trump Hits Wall on Hack Claims; Russians Cheered His Election, Secret Report Says

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump’s dissembling over Russian interference in the election has hit a wall. Details from a US intelligence report says high-level Kremlin officials “cheered” his election and considered it a “victory” over the United States. But that’s not all. The report details intercepted messages showing Russian officials discussing the hacking campaign against Democrats, and even identifies Russian officials who authorized third parties to pass stolen emails to WikiLeaks, according to reports....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Donald Trump Con: In Classic Bait and Switch, Wants Taxpayers to Pay for Wall

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump displayed the art of the con in classic bait and switch on voters. He now wants taxpayers to pay for his Mexican wall and claims he’ll get the money from Mexico later. Another campaign promise bites the dust. Trump repeated over and over again that he would build a wall to keep out illegal immigrants. In a boast of his so-called negotiating acumen, he said, Mexico would pay the cost....
    WHITE HOUSE

    Donald Trump Security Advisor Mike Flynn Under Fire in Russia Hacking Hearing

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump National Security Advisor Mike Flynn came under fire during a briefing before the Senate Armed Services Committee for actively spreading “fake news” during the election, a move that could imperil his role in the administration. During today’s hearing, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-VA, who ran as Hillary Clinton’s vice president, raised questions about Flynn’s role in disseminating fake news....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Harvard Law Prof Urges California, New York to Challenge Presidential Election

    Keith Girard
    Harvard law school professor Lawrence Lessig has sparked an effort to urge attorneys general in California and New York to challenge the presidential election in the U.S. Supreme Court, arguing the current system of allocating Electoral College votes deprives voters of their constitutional rights. A group called Taxpayers for Fairness has filed a petition on the site change.org, urging New York AG Eric Schneiderman to take action on behalf of New York voters....
    ELECTIONSPOLITICS

    Vladimir Putin Has Set Up Trump as ‘Cat’s Paw’ for Russian Aggression

    Keith Girard
    Vladimir Putin played a dangerous game when he interfered in the U.S. election to elect Donald Trump as president. The move brought into the open what our European allies have been warning us about: Russia’s campaign to undermine and ultimately destabilize the West. The campaign is taking modern asymmetrical warfare to a new and dangerous level, melding politics, diplomacy, militarism, cyber-warfare and disinformation into a coordinated assault on democracy....
    POLITICS

    Trump Presidency Damaged by Russian Hacking; Even Republicans Are Rebelling

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump’s presidency appears to be severely damaged by the Russian election hacking scandal. Senior Republicans in Congress are now threatening even tougher sanctions against the Kremlin, a clear rejection of Trump’s claims that Russia was not involved. Trump’s credibility sank to a new low yesterday in the wake of sanctions announced by President Obama to punish Russia for meddling in the presidential election....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Obama Slams Russia With New Sanctions for Email Hacks Aiding Trump Election

    Keith Girard
    President Barack Obama today (Dec. 29) slammed Russia with new sanctions in response to its interference in the U.S. presidential election. “All Americans should be alarmed by Russia’s actions,” the president said in a statement. Two Russian intelligence agencies, three companies and four individual intelligence officers with singled out and banned from travel and doing business with U.S. companies an individuals....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    Trump, a ‘Would-Be Dictator’ Surrounded by Extremists, Imperils Democracy–Soros

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump has been slammed by his harshest criticism yet. Billionaire George Soros, who escaped Nazism as a child, called the president-elect a “would-be dictator” who has surrounded himself with extremists. “Democracy is now in crisis,” Soros warns in a new essay. “Even the US, the world’s leading democracy, elected a con artist and would-be dictator as its president,” he wrote on his Web site Project Syndicate....
    WHITE HOUSE

    Trump Wishes Russian Hacking Scandal Would Go Away, Obama Plans to Hit Back

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump is still wishing mightily that Russia’s unprecedented tampering with the presidential election would just go away. But President Obama is vowing to take action against the Kremlin amid a looming congressional investigation into the scandal. Obama is expected to reveal today (Dec. 29) the steps he’s taking to retaliate for Russia’s efforts to sway the election in Trump’s favor....
    NATIONAL SECURITY

    How Donald Trump Can Win Over Critics During His First 100 Days in Office

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump has an ace up his sleeve if he wants to win over critics. He isn’t wedded to Democratic or Republican orthodoxy. That allows him to show his true independence. He’ll get an early test in office to do just that on Obamacare. House Speaker Paul Ryan is determined to repeal Obamacare as the first order of business. Trump should stop him....
    NATIONAL

    Trump Finally Finds Someone Who Agrees With Him on Russian Hacking (Video!)

    Keith Girard
    Donald Trump has finally found someone in the highest circles of government who agrees with his view that no one really knows who stole emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Only it’s not our government; it’s Russia’s. Trump pal Valdimir Putin addressed the issue in his annual news conference and couldn’t agree with Trump more....
    NATIONAL SECURITY