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On issues including gun rights, terrorism and same-sex marriage, many leading advocates on the right who grew frustrated with their country’s leftward tilt under President Barack Obama have forged ties with well-connected Russians and come to see that country’s authoritarian leader, Vladimir Putin, as a potential ally. The attitude adjustment among many conservative activists helps explain one of most curious aspects of the 2016 presidential race: a softening among many conservatives of their historically hard-line views of Russia. To the alarm of some in the GOP’s national security establishment, support in the party base for then-candidate Donald Trump did not wane even after he rejected the tough tone of 2012 nominee Mitt Romney, who called Russia America’s No. 1 foe, and repeatedly praised Putin. ... The growing dialogue between Russians and U.S. conservatives came at the same time experts say the Russian government stepped up efforts to cultivate and influence far-right groups in Europe and on the eve of Russia’s unprecedented intrusion into the U.S. campaign, which intelligence officials have concluded was intended to elect Trump. ... The apparent increase in contacts in recent years, as well as the participation of officials from the Russian government and the influential Russian Orthodox church, leads some analysts to conclude that the Russian government probably promoted the efforts in an attempt to expand Putin’s power. “Is it possible that these are just well-meaning people who are reaching out to Americans with shared interests? It is possible,” said Steven L. Hall, who retired from the CIA in 2015 after managing Russia operations for 30 years. “Is it likely? I don’t think it’s likely at all. . . . My assessment is that it’s definitely part of something bigger.” ... “There has been a change in the views of hard-core conservatives toward Russia,” a participant, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.), said in an interview. “Conservative Republicans like myself hated communism during the Cold War. But Russia is no longer the Soviet Union.” www.washingtonpost.com | ||
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Congressional leaders have reached a government funding agreement through the end of September, according to two congressional aides familiar with the matter. The deal delivers new defense spending, a $1.5 billion border security infusion, extends expiring health insurance benefits for coal miners and includes $2 billion in new spending for the National Institutes of Health. It does not allocate any money to a southern border wall with Mexico. www.politico.com | ||
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On May 01 2017 10:38 biology]major wrote: The comedy was really good, enjoyed it quite a bit. The rest was about journalists, meh. Agree, I thought he was pretty on point with a ton of his criticism as well as being generally hilarious, which was super timely and just well done IMO. can't have been easy to do it in this climate | ||
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A woman, who was one of the eight people injured during a shooting at a San Diego apartment complex, has died, Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman said Sunday. The victims' names were not immediately released. The gunman was fatally shot by officers, police say. [Original story, published at 12:04 a.m. ET] A gunman opened fire at a San Diego apartment complex on Sunday evening, wounding eight people before being killed by police officers, the San Diego Police Department said. The shooting occurred around 6 p.m. in the pool area of the apartment complex in the La Jolla neighborhood, police said. The victims were transported to local hospitals and some are in critical condition, said Police Chief Shelley Zimmerman. It's unclear how many people were at the pool at the time of the shooting. The gunman was killed during a confrontation with officers, said Zimmerman. The gunman, who has not been identified, appeared to be reloading his gun when three officers arrived to the scene. Three officers shot the man after he pointed his gun at them, police said. The shooter's motive has not been determined. Source | ||
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Yeah, we'll see about that | ||
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Trump has changed my mind on this subject because even I’m having to go back and check “Jackson was dead? He was totally dead by 1860. Why are we discussing if the civil war could have been prevented anyways?” | ||
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