This has been debunked. Make sure you shame Buzzfeed like you did Brietbart. And shame CNN as well.
Next!
Well, I don't see anything that states there was truth in the report. Buzzfeed published a document it had received giving details of rumors that had been swirling around Trump since last October (at least), and in the article linked to they mention right in the lead paragraph that "The allegations are unverified, and the report contains errors"; the intelligence community had been on the case for a while and concluded that the source of the allegations was a credible one, so they felt it was important enough to discuss in their briefing of Trump; CNN reported on the briefing and the Buzzfeed story, while still noting that the allegations had not yet been proven.
I don't see anything in there that needs to be debunked, or anything worthy of condemning CNN or Buzzfeed for.
The thing that troubles me most from what I've read on the brouhaha is that Trump's first reaction was NOT to deny the allegations, but instead to parrot the official Russian line about them....... Interesting......
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Anyway, to move on, as you suggested, I'd like to reply to moobs' comment on Obama's legacy.
Over at
PleaseCutTheCrap.com, the author has compiled a list of
400 -
with links - accomplishments of President Obama.
Obviously, I can't repost them all here. But I can excerpt them. Since moobs offered eleven "accomplishments", I will post the eleventh in each of the sections (if there aren't 11 in the section, I'll go with the one in the middle) to make it random enough.
Changed the Culture of the Executive Branch: Held the first-ever first online town hall from the White House, and took questions from the public.
http://bit.ly/2atEVctStaved Off a Bush Depression, Improved the Economy: Signed the "Helping Families Save Their Homes Act", which helped millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures and provided $2.2 billion to combat homelessness and stabilize the housing market.
http://bit.ly/2aiFCbiSpecific Examples of Economic Improvement: Since February 2010, when unemployment peaked, 15.6 million non-farm private sector jobs have been created.
http://1.usa.gov/1XhizhoAddressed Wrongdoing in the Financial Sector: Created and implemented rules so banks can no longer use depositors’ money to invest in derivatives and other high-risk financial instruments that work against depositors’ interests.
http://bit.ly/fnTayjImproved Conditions for Consumers and Small Businesses: Took steps to improve minority access to capital.
http://bit.ly/f9xVE7Strengthened the Middle Class and Fought Poverty: Updated and modernized overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
http://1.usa.gov/1iGDO8eAddressed Civil Rights and Equality: Changed fair housing rules to make more affordable housing available to more people.
http://cnn.it/1JcR3qBImproved Workers’ Rights: Made it illegal for federal contractors with more than $1 million in contracts to force employees into arbitration in workplace discrimination accusations.
http://1.usa.gov/V54qY3Protected the Rights of LGBT People: Issued a Presidential Memorandum reaffirming the rights of gay couples to make medical decisions for each other.
http://1.usa.gov/aUueGTImproved Conditions for Women: Signed an Executive Order pledging support for efforts to end the global problem of violence against women and girls.
http://1.usa.gov/MHTRVUAddressed Criminal Justice Failings and the Gun Culture: Set up a task force to figure out what other measures can be taken to limit gun violence in the wake of Congressional inaction.
http://1.usa.gov/1QjYMGJImproved Treatment of Soldiers and Veterans: Got Syria to dismantle its chemical weapons without military firing a single shot or dropping a single bomb.
http://nyti.ms/1lVEkU7Improved America’s Reputation Around the World: Refused to give Israel the green light to attack Iran over their possible nuclear program.
http://bit.ly/xVmSZKChanged US Approach to "Defense" and National Security: Negotiated and signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with India.
http://1.usa.gov/aHp0CnImproved Education and Educational Opportunities: Repeatedly increased funding for student financial aid, and at the same time cut the banks completely out of the process, thus us creating greater accountability.
http://bit.ly/gYWd30 http://bit.ly/e9c7Dr http://bit.ly/eEzTNqRestored the Adult View on Science and Technology: Through the Connect America Fund, pushed through and received FCC approval for a move of $8 billion in subsidies away from telephone landlines to assist lower-income rural families in accessing broadband.
http://lat.ms/vhRUEs http://bit.ly/129V3SYImproved Our Health and Safety: Through ACA, allowed children to be covered under their parents’ policy until they turned 26.
http://nyti.ms/fNB26VAddressed the Environment While Dealing with Energy Needs: Created tax write-offs for purchases of hybrid and electric vehicles.
http://bit.ly/glCukVThere’s a Lot More!: Expanded trade agreements to include stricter labor and environmental agreements in trade pacts like NAFTA.
http://bit.ly/etznpYYou can quibble and nitpick with a lot of them, but that still leaves quite an impressive list. And one must also add that in his eight years in office, there was not even a whisper of a hint of a suggestion of the possibility that there might actually be a scandal in the White House.