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Tanuki

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40. The same stable genius who proposed teaming with Putin for a joint cybersecurity
Fri Sep 6, 2024, 07:32 AM
Sep 2024

task force to safeguard American elections!
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/07/16/trump-putin-russia-cybersecurity-689470

"It could go down as one of the most ridiculed ideas in cybersecurity that won’t go away: a joint Russian-American task force to protect future elections from hackers.

When President Donald Trump initially mentioned the idea in a pair of tweets on July 9, 2017, he said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had discussed forming “an impenetrable Cyber Security unit so that election hacking & many other negative things, will be guarded … and safe.”

The notion prompted bipartisan disbelief, and Trump backed away from it within hours. But it surfaced again Monday after the two leaders met in Helsinki, Finland, when Putin suggested both countries work together to examine the evidence that Russia had meddled in the U.S. presidential election.

“We can analyze [evidence] through the joint working group on cybersecurity, the establishment of which we discussed during our previous contacts,” Putin suggested, confirming that he and Trump had talked about the idea before."....(more)

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The plan is fire everyone and put Jared Kushner in charge Blue Owl Sep 2024 #1
Jared is busy milking the Saudi's so may have to go with Eric. flying_wahini Sep 2024 #2
umm seems like the con wants to put Musk in charge. Prolly regretting he didn't pick musk for veep. onetexan Sep 2024 #12
The flow chart is Jared would report to Musk; and Musk would report to tRump Blue Owl Sep 2024 #13
Musk isn't eligible to be president LearnedHand Sep 2024 #29
Hahahaha. This is satire? Freethinker65 Sep 2024 #3
I wish. But Musk has been requesting this for several weeks, Trump agreed to it during their long video chat highplainsdem Sep 2024 #5
Working on His & Thiel's Wetdream: Replace the US Dollar w/Crypto LogicallyKnot Sep 2024 #20
It could be if satire can be unintentionally created. dchill Sep 2024 #34
The only place orange man is going is to jail! Mush...you can visit him there PortTack Sep 2024 #4
Here's me hoping the Muskrat would lead the post election migration to Russia. Magoo48 Sep 2024 #42
Musk sacked 80% of the staff at Twitter. speak easy Sep 2024 #6
Made for each other truthisfreedom Sep 2024 #7
The government is not a business, and shouldn't be run as such The Genealogist Sep 2024 #8
DAMNED STRAIGHT !!!!! The government exists to serve its citizens, NOT to make a profit. groundloop Sep 2024 #15
what a bad joke travelingthrulife Sep 2024 #9
Musk is going to run it into the ground, just like he did with Twitter sakabatou Sep 2024 #10
Perfect, appoint the guy who bought Twitter and lost $25 billion EastBayGuy Sep 2024 #11
Local fox agrees to lead proposed henhouse efficiency commission n/t Bolo Boffin Sep 2024 #14
Elon Musk - Lord High Executioner amb123 Sep 2024 #16
Pathetic. It's embarrassing to be citizens of the same country as these clowns. notroot Sep 2024 #17
Why Elon Musk for this job? Isn't Dr. Evil available? C0RI0LANUS Sep 2024 #18
IMNSHO, this one change in government slightlv Sep 2024 #19
Elon has replaced Jared. EndlessWire Sep 2024 #21
Have the tech bros and richies run his govt while he plays golf and tears down Western alliances. ancianita Sep 2024 #22
So the man who tanked Twit PlutosHeart Sep 2024 #23
I'm guessing Trump is mostly just dreaming about dgauss Sep 2024 #24
Kick BlueWavePsych Sep 2024 #25
Musk is a miserable creep with too much plastic surgery. Klarkashton Sep 2024 #26
We've just entered Alice in Wonderland territory. Joinfortmill Sep 2024 #27
does anyone like musk ? I mean isn't he like vance, very unpopular in general? mucifer Sep 2024 #28
The incels? LearnedHand Sep 2024 #31
Imagine tsf, once in the WH, terminating the DOJ, then resigning, leaving JD and Elon in charge. ancianita Sep 2024 #33
Musk has agreed to be surrogate president Zambero Sep 2024 #30
Now THAT'LL solve the GOP's female problems LearnedHand Sep 2024 #32
Weird attracts Weird SilasSouleII Sep 2024 #35
Would be interesting MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2024 #36
The Trump Crime Family (TCF) and Elon Musk are birds of a feather, C0RI0LANUS Sep 2024 #37
A "government efficiency commission"????? AZ8theist Sep 2024 #38
Oh great mahina Sep 2024 #39
The same stable genius who proposed teaming with Putin for a joint cybersecurity Tanuki Sep 2024 #40
how is he going to tweet fire him? samnsara Sep 2024 #41
MAXA orthoclad Sep 2024 #43
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