Over the past several years, when trying to understand the objectives and tactics of Vladimir Putin, I’ve found Russian dissident, chess grand master, and human rights activist Gary Kasparov to be an incredibly useful resource. Well, a few days ago, when discussing Trump’s refusal to concede the 2020 presidential election, choosing instead to spread dangerous […]
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Roger Stone, Russia, and the 2016 roots of the “Stop the Steal” disinformation campaign
Donald Trump refers to Americans who died in war as “losers” and “suckers”
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone, as we all heard Donald Trump say “I like people who weren’t captured” about former prisoner of war John McCain in 2015, but The Atlantic is reporting today that the President’s disdain for men and women in uniform goes far deeper. Here’s how the article, written by Jeffrey […]
Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee confirms that Putin ordered DNC hack to help Trump in 2016
The Republican-led Senate Intelligence Committee today released the long-awaited 5th volume of their exhaustive report on Russian interference during the 2016 election. While this volume, titled Counterintelligence Threats and Vulnerabilities, doesn’t appear to break a lot of new ground, it’s good to be reminded once again, especially as we’re headed into another election, that members […]
The Russian bounty hoax
Donald Trump said today that the Russian bounty story is a hoax. It is not. We know that the Russians, through Unit 29155 of the G.R.U., has been offering Taliban-linked fighters up to $100,000 for each American military member they’ve been able to kill. And, as of this evening, it looks as though we even […]
American service members are assassinated in Afghanistan as part of Russian bounty program. Trump responds by inviting Putin to the White House, and fighting for his reinstatement into the G-7.
Earlier today, the President of the United States tweeted out a video in which one of his supporters, driving a golf cart decked out with “Trump 2020” and “America First” signs, yells out “white power” when confronted by protesters. Donald Trump has since removed the video in question, but not before referring to his supporters […]