Tag: Russiagate

Chris Hedges: Why Russiagate Won’t Go Away

If Russia is blamed for Trump’s election, we avoid the unpleasant reality of our failed democratic institutions and decaying empire. We avoid facing the inevitable rise of a Christianized fascism borne out of widespread impoverishment, rage, despair and abandonment.

Source: Chris Hedges: Why Russiagate Won’t Go Away

Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 | The Nation

Russian President Vladimir PutinManufacturing War With Russia

 

via Russia Is Not the ‘No. 1 Threat’—or Even Among the Top 5 | The Nation

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Manufacturing War With Russia

 

Trump campaign aide pleads guilty in Russia probe and will cooperate

Trump campaign aide pleads guilty in Russia probe and will cooperate

Whatever Trump is hiding is hurting all of us now

US authorities have indicted 13 Russian individuals for allegedly meddling in elections by organising pro-Trump and anti-Clinton rallies and social media ads.

In sum, Trump is either hiding something so threatening to himself, or he’s criminally incompetent to be commander in chief. It is impossible yet to say which explanation for his behaviour is true, but it seems highly likely that one of these scenarios explains Trump’s refusal to respond to Russia’s direct attack on our system – a quiescence that is simply unprecedented for any US president in history. Russia is not our friend. It has acted in a hostile manner. And Trump keeps ignoring it all.

via Whatever Trump is hiding is hurting all of us now

By the time Trump jnr walked into that Russia meeting, the damage was already done

On the flight to Paris, President Trump discussed the question of the week: His son Donald Trump jnr’s meeting with a Russian lawyer.

Source: By the time Trump jnr walked into that Russia meeting, the damage was already done

No, colluding with a hostile foreign power is not normal “opposition research”

No, colluding with a hostile foreign power is not normal “opposition research”

Source: No, colluding with a hostile foreign power is not normal “opposition research”