DrLove
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With the new revelation that The Angry Creamsicle was personally warned by the FBI about Russian meddling a year and a half ago after 7 meetings they failed to disclose, and his refusal to criticize Das Poot for literally anything since ... We all pretty much KNOW why.
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Latest US sanctions against Russia a work in progress - CNNPolitics
The sanctions are meant to punish Russia for its interference in the 2016 US election, its human rights violations, its annexation of Crimea and its military operations in eastern Ukraine. The bill also covers sanctions against Iran and North Korea.
The bill was one of the first pieces of major legislation Congress sent Trump, and it served as a slap on the wrist: lawmakers gave themselves a new veto power to block the President from removing sanctions on Russia. US intelligence agencies had said it was their consensus view that Moscow attempted to interfere in the election, but Trump refused to acknowledge the possibility and urged a better US relationship with Russia. That made people uneasy.
Trump blasted the bill as he signed it, issuing a statement that said it was, "seriously flawed -- particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch's authority to negotiate."
The administration missed its first deadline on October 1 to issue guidance on which Russian entities in the military and intelligence sectors should be subject to sanctions. The State Department was almost a month late on that -- perhaps because Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had eliminated the office that oversees sanctions and moved all that work to the deputy director in his policy planning bureau.
The bill was one of the first pieces of major legislation Congress sent Trump, and it served as a slap on the wrist: lawmakers gave themselves a new veto power to block the President from removing sanctions on Russia. US intelligence agencies had said it was their consensus view that Moscow attempted to interfere in the election, but Trump refused to acknowledge the possibility and urged a better US relationship with Russia. That made people uneasy.
Trump blasted the bill as he signed it, issuing a statement that said it was, "seriously flawed -- particularly because it encroaches on the executive branch's authority to negotiate."
The administration missed its first deadline on October 1 to issue guidance on which Russian entities in the military and intelligence sectors should be subject to sanctions. The State Department was almost a month late on that -- perhaps because Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had eliminated the office that oversees sanctions and moved all that work to the deputy director in his policy planning bureau.
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Latest US sanctions against Russia a work in progress - CNNPolitics
