Tag Archives: Trumpgate

Rallying the world to cut off Russia from the world stage and cripple its economy has been been a goal of the US power establishment since the collapse of the Soviet Union, so there’s no reason to believe that even the people who are making the claims against Russia actually believe them. The goal is crippling Russia to handicap China, and ultimately to shore up global hegemony for the US-centralized empire by preventing the rise of any rival superpowers. The sociopathic alliance of...

Sticking the dagger in and twisting it.CounterpunchConfession of a Putin-Nazi DenialistCJ Hopkins, author and playwright

Hits the major points. "Insanity." JackMatlock.comMusings … “Russiagate” Hysteria Jack Matlock | U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991See also Unsurprisingly, the picture of Russia in the West, in the media and elsewhere, has become very dark; a revanchist state and kleptocratic autocracy, a regime sustained by a combination of propaganda and fear, a direct military threat to its neighbours, intent on subverting and undermining the West. This picture has taken...

Some points in John Brennan's favor.Sic Semper TyrannisAnother response to Publius Tacitus concerning those meddlesome Russians TTG

Most people, including many of you, have the memory of an Alzheimer's patient when it comes to putting events into their proper historical context. So let me help.... Sic Semper TyrannisPieces of the Coup Puzzle Fall Into Place Publius Tacitus Soon the investigative crosshairs will settle on Brennan. He’d better have the right answers. The Unz ReviewIs John Brennan the Mastermind Behind Russiagate? Mike WhitneyRelated White House Chief of Staff John Kelly blocked Rep. Dana Rohrabacher,...

More on the nothing-burger. Cui bono? Russiagate has been a convenient distraction that has allowed both parties to curry favor with donors representing the military-idustrial complex as a primary driver of the American economy. Makes one wonder whether the Clinton-Obama Democrats are cynical and stupid, or craven dissemblers using Russiagate as a cover to avoid dealing with traditional Democratic issues and to marginalize progressives who want to focus on them. The Nation Aaron J....

Another twisted in a twisted tale. ReutersRussian offering info on Trump bilked U.S. spies out of money: NY Times StaffAlsoThe InterceptU.S. Secretly Negotiated With Russians to Buy Stolen NSA Documents — and the Russians Offered Trump-Related Material, TooJames Risen

Is this a shoe dropping, or maybe a hammer? The Alt Right is going ape over this, while the Democrats are taking steps to head it off at the pass by discrediting it before it is released. I haven't posted on it previously, since it has been speculative and the reporting most biased by the side doing the "reporting." Harper provides a piece that is of interest. I suspect we will be hearing a lot more about this as the drama unfolds.Sic Semper Tyrannis Harper: Is This FISC Document...

The shoe is dropping? Russiagate, Trumpgate, now FBIgate. Sic Semper Tyrannis Evidence of FBI Conspiracy Grows Publius Tacitus

Short overview of New York Magazine's take on Greenwald on Trumpgate and Russiagate.  The whole article at New York is worth a read. Example. Greenwald is no longer invited on MSNBC, and he’s portrayed in the Twitter fever swamp as a leading villain of the self-styled Resistance. “I used to be really good friends with Rachel Maddow,” he says. “And I’ve seen her devolution from this really interesting, really smart, independent thinker into this utterly scripted, intellectually...