Trump has broken the Oath

The Oath of Office:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Trump is already in violation of the oath.

Barbra Streisand is Nuts

This is what I have become.  I am now sending rambling emails grappling with my gut feeling.

I really wish that movie guy's voice said "Barbra Streisand is Nuts" in this trailer

BURR: Are you confident that no votes cast in the 2016 presidential election were altered?
COMEY: I'm confident. When I left as director I had seen no indication of that whatsoever.
                        -from here

Later in the hearing, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark) asked Clapper, “the intelligence community says, ‘It would be extremely difficult for someone – including a nation-state actor to alter actual ballot counts or election results by cyberattack or intrusion,’ and you say to that earlier today as well that we have no evidence that vote tallies were altered or manipulated in anyway?”

“That’s correct,” Clapper said.
                        -from here

Jeh Johnson: "I know of no evidence that through cyber intrusion, votes were altered or suppressed in some way."  -this particular quote is only quoted in rightwing online presence??  I just noticed this.  I got it from the Hill opinion blog below (spin link)

Oh good!  Here’s a spin that Republicans are taking…Obama’s Homeland Security was trying to hack into voter registration systems in some states… Cybersecurity experts have confirmed…oh really?  So vague.  However…this WSJ story might be interesting if I could read it..well, it looks like it was a nothingburger (can’t believe I'm using that term-Twitterhead)

Ok, so this is why I still have reservations after three different people in the federal government claim that no votes were altered.  God, this is insane…

From what I have read, some of these machines did not have the security features turned on –such as an auditing function.  How much jurisdiction and authority does the federal government have over state elections systems?  How do they check or verify the votes?  I don’t know if I should believe, but via @mikefarb I have seen places in Wisconsin and I think Georgia where the tallies were inconsistent.  The federal government is doing an audit on all of these machines???  How did they have the time?  How can they if the feature is turned off?  So yes, Feds can say with confidence they have seen nothing to indicate altered votes, but what measures have they taken to investigate each county/state?  They have information already with 50 states and however many counties?  I’m fully for mail in/paper ballot at this point.

Also…another thought.  Maybe the question of whether Kremlin hacked is the problem.  Maybe Kremlin helped, but maybe someone inside the US hacked.  That’s a little wacko, but just a thought.  Why did Republican voter data firm leave 198 million voter data exposed online for three days?

Why did Jeh Johnson’s attempt to designate our elections systems as critical govt infrastructure meet with opposition (and why was it not that already? I think I saw due to view of too much federal intrusion).  Johnson said he did it anyway. ? 

Also this exchange is weird, but only because I don’t understand it (at 33:02, Schiff, but more specifically around 33:44 and something about pollsters and social scientists) This article states that said designation would have given states priority if they sought help in possible cyberattacks.. huh??  Our voting machines are not a priority?

I’m considering becoming a poll worker.  I don’t know if I should be a democrat or republican election judge.  Do the democrats oversee the republicans and vice versa or do democrats sign up to be republican election judges because they think they are corrupt and the same for republicans?  Why is there a partisan distinction?  

I need to research this Senate Intelligence Committee hearing

My favorite Whitehouse!

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse.

Clapping for Clapper.  Thank you for emphasizing the threat that the Kremlin poses to the world.

You don't want your NSA director compromised by the Russians...

Senator Dick Durbin, thank you for championing an independent committee.  Meager resources for the current most important issue to our country.  So nice to hear a clear voice after the bullshit by a certain republican texan..which by the way can fuck himself...fuck you for shaming Ms. Yates for doing her job.  You should be ashamed for doing a terrible job at this interview and who the hell knows what else.

Yes!  Thank you again Sen Durbin!!  Thank you for listing all the secret things that General Flynn was privy to after the White House was warned about the Kremlin compromise.


Fucking hell!!!  Ted Cruz...  restroom break.  I'm not subjecting myself to this bullshit.
....God, does anyone like this dude?  Yeah, my break wasn't long enough...  yes!  someone groaned.  Everyone groans when it's  Cruz's turn.

Yep yep yep!  Sen. Klobuchar.  yep.  Independent investigations.  We cannot let foreign countries interfere in our democracy.
Clapper.. huge deal. they will continue to do it and why not.

Hmmm...Sasse...intriguing...that's how it's done, Ted Cruz.  Bipartisan and Russian focused.

Sen. Coons looks really familiar...
Seriously, how is it that I like every democrat?  Am I that partisan or are they across the board the most focused on protecting the US?
god, it's driving me nuts...who is it?

The fuck? Sen. Kennedy??  Stop.  This is about Russia.  Stop this!  Russia and US elections you piece of obstructionist shit!  This is happening.  Most Republicans could give a shit about the topic.  Oh. Oh yeah.  Wax too metaphysical.  you happy clam.. Jesus fucking Christ... Louisiana??!!  You don't have time, Sen. Kennedy, but you choose to focus on the topic that is not on topic.  What a waste of time.  If that's your plan, Sen. Kennedy, then job well done.  Fuck you Sen. Kennedy.

I had to pick up my daughter, but continued to listen to the hearing in my car on my phone.  Al Franken....how can I love you anymore?  Really?  Also, Blumenthal, mwah.  Thank you for being sane and, I dunno, CARING!