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In reply to the discussion: FBI investigating whether Russian money went to NRA to help Trump [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)31. Well, Senator Ben Cardin's been making news.
He is our ranking member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will become its chair if we get a majority in November. So, obviously, one of the Americans Putin is most afraid of.
Cardin and other committee Democrats just issued an important call for protecting our democracy that's been taken note of by many, Putins Asymmetrical Assault on Democracy in Russia and Europe: Implications for U.S. National Security.
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Senate Report Outlines Playbook to Prevent Future Russian Election Meddling
Conspicuously absent from the report, however, is Republican buy-in.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/10/senate-report-outlines-playbook-to-prevent-future-russian-election-meddling-trump-elections-congress-europe-putin-senator-cardin-democrats-nato-european-union/
Conspicuously absent from the report, however, is Republican buy-in.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2018/01/10/senate-report-outlines-playbook-to-prevent-future-russian-election-meddling-trump-elections-congress-europe-putin-senator-cardin-democrats-nato-european-union/
Btw, this is also a big, aggressive political move against the Republicans as more and more of their entanglements with Russia are being uncovered.
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