Rachel Maddow discussing purge at State Department/ Russia connection

[madaboutharry]

She is discussing the treason charges against a Russian intelligence officer, the intent of the administration to lift sanctions, Tillerson, and Trump's relationship with Putin and the Russians.

[The Blue Flower]

1. She's describing a coup

nt

[madaboutharry]

2. Yes she is.

That is exactly what she is describing.

[Stellar]

3. Yes, it's scary!

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. K & R

[scscholar]

5. Sad to see she isn't couting voting purges in the US

I guess since her vote counted, she doesn't care about the rest of us:

http://imgur.com/a/3Oybb

[uponit7771]

6. she will, I don't doubt it

[jimlup]

7. We are in fucking trouble

folks. The God damn Putin dictator is now pulling the orange Trump puppet strings and the rightwing is in love.

This will NOT END WELL FOR ANY OF US. We have to get this God Damn Orange Putin Puppet out of office now.

[uponit7771]

8. +1

[TrekLuver]

12. The right wing is not in love with this Russia crap.

[atreides1]

14. No they love the money!

And with Trump in office, they will get everything they want...

[TrekLuver]

15. Yes...but I'm sure they would love a valid, concrete reason to get him out of there.

[tblue37]

25. Not yet. They already have many valid reasons, and they WILL use them.

But for the moment he is a useful idiot. They'll use him to push through as much of their agenda as possible, then remove him and let him take the blame for the harm done to their base.

[Vinnie From Indy]

34. Yep!

Spot on !!!!

Cheers!

[Achilleaze]

33. Right-winger Repubublicans have sold America out to make a Deal with the Devil

[dalton99a]

9. It's plain as day what's going on.

[Hekate]

10. Kick

[uponit7771]

11. I'm sure the folk Obama booted were front Russian front companies too. Benedict Donald will

... no doubt try and get those people back in house.

[leanforward]

13. dRump needs to go

Listening to Rachel confirms what I've been thinking. dRump is a compromised leader. Without getting specific, he's too divisive. They have him by the dossier, then everything else I find offensive in his campaign comments.

[wildeyed]

16. Is there proof?

This has been suspected, but no one has proof.

[ecstatic]

17. This is very disturbing. The worst part is there doesn't seem

to be anything we can do. Are ALL rethugs being blackmailed by Russia? It sure seems that way.

[SammyWinstonJack]

18. Wasn't the RNC also hacked? Maybe enough are being blackmailed.

[Qutzupalotl]

19. Yes. Russians also hacked RNC emails last summer

but they are sitting on the info for the time being, since Trump is cooperating.

[ecstatic]

20. Maybe Putin found the mole, but what if TrumpCo just flat out told him?

A point that Rachel didn't mention on her show... but Trump has access to all the classified briefings now. And the timing of the arrests in Russia are coming weeks after the CIA documents were released but days after Trump's inauguration.

[Lucinda]

23. +1

[triron]

21. kick for visibility

[triron]

22. kick again

[Lucinda]

24. KNR

[AgadorSparticus]

26. I wish I could have seen her show tonight. This is monumental

Will go you tube it soon.

[FarPoint]

27. I'm confused...

Were the State Department heads terminated or did they choose to leave?

[Justitia]

28. They were fired. 150 yrs of combined experience- poof! eom

[FarPoint]

29. OMG!

This is so illogical that it leads me to believe we are under siege.

[RainCaster]

30. I know one of them, he is a dedicated brilliant peacemaker

His whole family is exceptional. DFT-what a POS.

[Skidmore]

31. Kick

[Achilleaze]

32. The IKGOPR* is weakening America by the hour

* Illegitimate KGOP Regime, Inc.

[triron]

35. kick again

[Gothmog]

36. Rachel did a great job on this issue last night