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US claim of ‘Russian Bounty’ plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous

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A very powerful Greyzone video.This world is getting crazier. I was going to do a commentary on this, but I've decided to look for some tweets I did the other day which shows how crazy things have become, you know, like the way they managed to depict one of the gentlelest people in politics, Jeremy Corbyn, as an anti-Semitic, racist Nazi. Multiple US outlets, citing anonymous intelligence officials, are claiming that Russia offered bounties to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan and that President Trump has taken no action. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down the story's flaws and how it continues a Russiagate-era push of the Democratic Party to the right.  "The constant flow of Russiagate disinformation into the bloodstream of the Democratic Party and its base is moving that party

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A very powerful Greyzone video.

This world is getting crazier. I was going to do a commentary on this, but I've decided to look for some tweets I did the other day which shows how crazy things have become, you know, like the way they managed to depict one of the gentlelest people in politics, Jeremy Corbyn, as an anti-Semitic, racist Nazi.


Multiple US outlets, citing anonymous intelligence officials, are claiming that Russia offered bounties to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan and that President Trump has taken no action. The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal breaks down the story's flaws and how it continues a Russiagate-era push of the Democratic Party to the right. 

"The constant flow of Russiagate disinformation into the bloodstream of the Democratic Party and its base is moving that party constantly to the right, while pushing the US deeper into this Cold War," Blumenthal says. 

Guest: Max Blumenthal, editor of The Grayzone and author of several books, including his latest "The Management of Savagery."



Mike Norman
Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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