Tag Archives: 2016

Notes taken during the May 10, 2017 meeting between Trump and the Russian Ambassador to the United States may exist, and may show that Trump said he was fine with their election interference

By Mark | September 28, 2019

On May 9, 2017, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the man who, up to that point, had been leading the investigation into Russian interference during the 2016 election. Trump, the very next day, welcomed Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Putin’s Ambassador to the United States Sergei Kislyak into the White House […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged but her emails, collusion, Dan Coats, Donald Trump, election interference, FBI, H.R. McMaster, Helsinki, Hillary Clinton, intelligence community, ISIS, James Comey, Michale Flynn, national intelligence, Obama, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, sanctions, Sergei Kislyak, Sergei Lavrov, treason, Vladimir Putin, White House | 45 Comments

Our spy in Putin’s office

By Mark | September 10, 2019

I feel like current events are getting away from me at the moment. There’s just too much happening for me to keep up. As Donald Trump attempts to secure the enthusiasm of his base in the run-up to the 2020 election, we’re seeing all kind of next-level craziness… from hastily issued invitations being sent out […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Afghanistan, border wall, CIA, counterintelligence, Donald Trump, double agent, exfiltration, government spying, intelligence, Israel, John Bolton, Kremlin, national defense, Oleg Smolenkov, Sergei Skripal, Sergey Kislyak, Sergey Lavrov, spies, spying, Syria, Vladimir Putin, Yuri Ushakov | 10 Comments

Mueller on Trump’s willingness to accept the assistance of a hostile foreign power to win the White House: “I hope this is not the new normal, but I fear that it is.”

By Mark | July 24, 2019

Splitting his time between the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, Special Counsel Robert Mueller spent approximately seven hours on Capital Hill today, answering questions about his investigation into Russian interference in our 2016 election. And it went pretty much just like most folks thought that it would. The Republicans attempted at every […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, conspiracy theory, election hacking, election interference, exoneration, FBI, hoaxes, House Intelligence Committee, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, Jerry Nadler, Joseph Mifsud, obstruction of justice, perjury, red herring, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, special counsel, witness tampering | 31 Comments

Can we at least agree on this much?

By Mark | June 16, 2019

I know we don’t agree on much, but I’d like to think that most of us can at least agree on the following two points. 1. Leaving aside to what extent it helped Donald Trump, or whether or not members of the Trump campaign encouraged its happening, I’d like to think that we can all […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2020, Asha Rangappa, bipartisanship, CIA, Defending the Integrity of Voting Systems Act, Deter Act, disinformation, Donald Trump, election hacking, election integrity, election reform, electronic voting, Facebook, FBI, FIRE Act, Foreign Influence Reporting in Elections, hoax, leverage, Mark Warner, Marsha Blackburn, Mitch McConnell, Presidential politics, Robert Mueller, Russia, Russiagate, social media, Wikileaks | 281 Comments

A plausible explanation as to why Falwell endorsed Donald Trump… and it involves sexy photos, blackmail and Michael Cohen

By Mark | May 7, 2019

Just before the Iowa caucus, on January 26, 2016, evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr. made a surprise presidential endorsement. “I am proud to offer my endorsement of Donald J. Trump for President of the United States,” Falwell was quoted as saying in a statement put out by the Trump campaign. “He is a successful executive […]