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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by berberous on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:30PM (#12739949)
What about the NYTimes's attempt to influence our democratic process by publishing Trump's tax returns? "While in the past I viewed the media as a crucial part of openness and democracy, I'm very suspicious of their current sources, and their intentions. Not to mention the journalists' personal interests (many have expressed hatred towards Trump)."

(Not that I'm a Trump supporter -- I just wonder if you can distinguish the above from your views on Wikileaks. I suspect you may just feel the way you do given your thoughts on Trump.)

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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by makomk on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:41AM (#12742621)
Not just publishing his tax returns, but spinning the rather boring fact that businesses can carry forward losses as an evil tax avoidance scheme he could use to dodge paying taxes on all the money he apparently made (if he never actually turned a net profit), and even as some kind of government bailout not available to ordinary people.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by FireBeyond on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @01:26PM (#12745744)
Trump's loss was as claimed as an individual, on an income tax return, not as a business carrying forward.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by pvg on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:04PM (#12740127)
Traditionally, presidential candidates release their tax returns. All candidates have for decades. The information in them is considered of public interest. The mundane internal communication of a campaign is not. So no, one of these things is not at all like the other, the distinction is easy to make.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by batbomb on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:34PM (#12739971)
NYTimes isn't a guest in Ecuador's embassy releasing documents from anonymous Russian hackers?
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by ecommerceguy on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @08:37PM (#12739987)
My gosh is the Russia did it meme still floating around?
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by cm2012 on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:22PM (#12740227)
The US gov is 99% certain it was and is Russia.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by krylon on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @07:26AM (#12742828)
Remember how certain the US government was about chemical and biological weapons in Iraq?

I do not consider the US government a credible source in these matters. Especially since the pointing to Russia seemed more about distracting from the content of the documents WikiLeaks released.

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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by virtuabhi on Tuesday October 18, 2016 @09:41PM (#12740317)
Care to point to proof?
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by blkhawk on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @05:06AM (#12742252)
It was widely reported that the US Goverment said it was the russians - so its 100% true!!!11!!!1
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by zackya89 on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @06:39AM (#12742609)
Yes, The US Govt. would never have an agenda. I dont regard Russia as some democratic bastion, quite the contrary, but let's not pretend that the U.S is a democratic bastion, its more of an oligarchy compared to most industrialized countries with legalized bribery.
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Re:Ecuador acknowledges it has "temporarily restricted" Assa... by heurist on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @08:56AM (#12743297)
Even the oligarchy has multiple factions. In the most partisan era since the civil war how could the White House expect to release a statement that Russia is attempting to subvert our elections without being called out as fraud? They either have no dignity or are absolutely certain. You can say a lot about Obama but he certainly has dignity.
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