The white supremacists are not a half

yeah, but they're not a deal breaker to a half, and that's pretty fucked up

I think the gulf will keep widening and each side will continue to fragment and disintegrate. And maybe that is not so bad.

what are the flat earthers saying about the eclipse?

The good thing about this and the North Korea stuff is it really takes the spotlight off of all the flat Earth bullshit

I saw that too. But who leaked it?

But seriously, does anyone see anything on the horizon that suggests that the two halves of this country are going to move toward each other? I can't see anything, but I see mountains of evidence that they will continue to separate.

It seems kinda dumb.

Also, Burt, I don't know why you made an identity politics joke? That's not what we're talking about. You know I hate that shit.

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration received multiple warnings from national security officials between 2014 and 2016 that the Kremlin was ramping up its intelligence operations and building disinformation networks it could use to disrupt the U.S. political system, according to more than half a dozen current and former officials.

As early as 2014, the administration received a report that quoted a well-connected Russian source as saying that the Kremlin was building a disinformation arm that could be used to interfere in Western democracies. The report, according to an official familiar with it, included a quote from the Russian source telling U.S. officials in Moscow, "You have no idea how extensive these networks are in Europe ... and in the U.S., Russia has penetrated media organizations, lobbying firms, political parties, governments and militaries in all of these places."