NY Times: Trump campaign aides had repeated contacts with Russian intelligence

[KingSweden]

Any Republican who still supports Trump and wishes him to remain president is doing so only for partisan reasons.

To continue to support a man with reported Russian collaboration during the election is nothing short of anti-Americanism. You are unpatriotic if you like Trump. There is absolutely nothing about him that is in line with the things we pride ourselves on as a nation.

-You are unpatriotic if you desire senseless Russian-American confrontation.

This binary is basically a Kremlin talking point, BTW. I don't think you're a Putinbot (English too good) but you're regurgitating Kremlin propaganda

[KingSweden]

Ryan now signaling the House is possibly behind codifying sanctions on Russia. He personally backs it and I think so does McConnell, which implies the GOP conferences in both chambers may have significant support behind the idea.

Good, they should do it, and override Trump's veto. They need to salvage the Republican Party's honor from this shameful episode.

Excellent news

[KingSweden]

Time Magazine talks to a “senior White House official” who says that Trump is “not aware” of any effort by Putin to subvert democracy in any European countries:

http://time.com/4672985/moscow-russia-us-politics/

A senior NSC official also says that Trump has “no plans” to endorse Montenegro’s membership in NATO.  Montenegro signed accession documents to join NATO last year, and 24 of NATO’s 28 members have agreed to let it in, and the US is one of the remaining holdouts.

Ironically, Flynn was backing their entrance to NATO just a week before he was fired.

I'm not claiming a connection, it's just interesting he would say so publically. Then again, everyone has three different stories on what Trump thinks on any single matter