First of all, what exactly did they plead guilty to? Does it actually have anything to do with the campaign or Russia or is it dirt that has been dug up from years ago like Paul Manafort and his money laundering? Second, when the press says someone is cooperating with the government or the FBI, that doesn't really say anything. All it says is they're open to interviews and discussions. They may be spilling the beans or have absolutely nothing revealing to say. Not being cooperative would imply that they've hired lawyers and they're keeping their mouths shut. As for supporting the Russian agenda, how exactly is Trump supporting the Russian agenda. He bombed Syria, one Russian ally. He tore up the Iran deal and Iran is another Russian ally. He's warming up to Poland and other Eastern European countries and Russia doesn't want that because they want Eastern Europe to be their sphere of influence. Also, since Trump has been in office, there has been an increased NATO presence in Easter Europe and Russia certainly doesn't want that. 

I don't believe Russia had anything to do with the DNC emails. The Russia hysteria was created by the Clinton campaign for its embarrassing lost to Trump.

Exactly.

Julian Assange himself clearly hinted that DNC staffer Seth Rich was the source who leaked the DNC emails to Wikileaks. And for Julian Assange, it must have been a joy to release those eMails, since he had obvious reasons to hate Clinton and prevent her from becoming president. Assange is just a human, if he had clearly favoured Clinton over Trump, he most probably wouldn't have published the DNC emails, not rather short before the election.

So, ultimately, it was probably Clintons tyrannic "Why don't we simply send death squads to kill people like Assange?" dictator-attitude, and the obvious hatred for Clinton that this must have caused in Assange, that really cost her the presidency.

The whole russia thing on the other hand is just an obvious scapegoat tactic - and considering that the US is trying to influence the outcome of almost every democratic election on this planet, it's also hypocritical to the bone.

a tool needs to be useful for something.

so no Russia don't have him as a tool

When will people stop believing everything the media says? Like Russia is not an issue for America, Russia is an issue for the deep state. And with Trump trying to drain them out, and Putin helping Trump by providing him 160 TB of information in their last meeting, then of course the corrupt democrats are going to keep pushing this agenda. Just fucking listen to Trump for once in your life, and let him rid this world of its evils (More specifically America, the rest of the world is fucked).
I want a democratic party that isn't led by a bunch of corrupt pigs. I want liberals who actually stand for liberty and not just communism. People read a headline saying 'Trump' and 'Russia', then their panties get in a twist instantly. The man is doing more good than you allow yourself to see.

russia does not have much in fluence

USA is the most powerful country in the work and POTUS is the most powerful person in the world

this russia meddling thing is a tool of the LEFT

the hate factor, just makes me turn my head and walkaway.
the always hate trump media, the horrible people i never liked or cared for are always hating on trump, it just tells me he is doing the right thing.

if trump was so beholden to russia, its odd they have all these sanctions, diplomats expelled, and we are not being nice to iran which russia does business with. but i dont hold the hate factor others do, so i shrug it off and keep on supporting my man.

china meddled too but where is that? the whole russia thing was created by opposition research by the crooked hillary. its just a fleeting hope of anti trumpers to oust a elected president. which will not be stood for.

I think he's just trying too hard to be a peacemaker. The left tried to push the narrative he was gonna cause WWIII, now he's a tool for our enemies. He went from warmonger to puppet. I'm glad we don't jump to the worst possible conclusions.

Staying out of war and trying to ease tensions is in our benefit, is Europe and Mexico gonna protect us if things go awry? Either way, he got too friendly with Putin and it came off poor.

I'm not gonna have a debate on whether or not he cares about the country, but thus far his policies have simply worked better than those of our closeted socialists leaders before. There is plenty to not like about Trump as a person, but moving away from heavy regulations and taxes is good regardless who's doing it.

I have to say that I'm not a fan of Trump, but I totally agree that you cannot casually label the other side indecent human beings.

It's this type of provocative language that just ramps up the whole tribalism thing and creates an ever-deeper divide...

The US has passed a law protecting political donors from identification by removing the requirement of donors of $5000 or more to no longer have to identify themselves. This comes on the heels of NRA being identified as one of the organizations funded by Russia. The Treasury organization responsible for making this rule has been in contact with a Russian agent named Marina Butina, who has been charged.

More dark money in politics from the Republican party.

This video explains it a lot better than I have:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGus-h0b8TQ

Basically, the US government is corrupt beyond comprehension at this point, and by Russian agents of all people...