Senate approves sanctions bill to punish Russia for meddling

[Aryeh Jay]

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[Hank77]

The senate seems to think the Russian meddling is real. 97-2. Time to disband this disloyal organization.


Senate GOP, Dems agree on new sanctions on Russia

When the time comes will Trump sign it?

 

[Rion]

The senate seems to think the Russian meddling is real. 97-2. Time to disband this disloyal organization.


Senate GOP, Dems agree on new sanctions on Russia

Cute, but no one denies that Russia meddles in elections. They do it, we do it, Israel does it, etc. The issue has always been the blind faith in them being the source of the DNC and Podesta hacks when the FBI, etc never had any opportunity to look at the computers.

Also, the sanctions have only a little bit to do with meddling, and more to do with stuff like the Ukraine. Putin is a tin horned dictator, but he is not the devil like Neo-con and Neo-Libs pretend he is.

 

[Cearbhall]

When the time comes will Trump sign it?

Probably. He wants the Iranian sanctions. And even if he wanted to throw the baby out with the bathwater, it would be pointless. The bill has more than enough support to override his veto.

 

[Rion]

When the time comes will Trump sign it?

The article itself said that the White House didn't want to ease sanctions?

 

[Hank77]

The article itself said that the White House didn't want to ease sanctions?

I guess I've gotten so used to Trump changing his mind at the drop of cap, or his staff saying one thing and then he says something different that I don't trust what they say.
What has come out of the White House has been a maybe too many times.

 

[MoonlessNight]

"The amendment to the underlying Iran sanctions bill maintains and substantially expands sanctions against the government of Russia in response to the violation of the territorial integrity of the Ukraine and Crimea, its brazen cyberattacks and interference in elections, and its continuing aggression in Syria," said Republicans and Democrats on the committees.

I'm amazed that all the Republicans and Democrats could continue speaking in unison for such a long sentence.

Seriously, they couldn't source a name to this, or specify that it comes from a prepared statement? Pretty shoddy writing.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Thanks to Senators Rand Paul and Bernie Sanders for voting against this stupid provocation.

 

[Rion]

https://archive.fo/vaoXj

Merkel is upset about the sanctions. Guess it means that the Yaass Queen Merkel crowd are suddenly going to hate it.

 

[SoldierOfTheKing]

Sanctions without European support are bound to be toothless. There is little direct trade between the US and Russia.

 

[HannahT]

lol what took so long? 7 months for them to get this done! I'm all for it, but it does show you how stupidly slow they can be. It maybe toothless, but it acknowledges things at the same time.