With the news of Saudi and UAE meetings with the Trmp campaign, Jeet Heer, staff writer at the New Republic, points out that the “so called Russia story is a global plutocracy story” and I believe he is correct. In fact, the global … [Read more...]
Collusion Is Not a Crime
“We do not get our opposition research from spies, we do not collaborate with Russian spies, unless we want to be accused of treason.” --Richard Painter Trump Russia Scandal is like a connect-the-dots picture that will later be colored … [Read more...]
Welcome to Watergate 2.0 (A Thread Starter)
No two ways about it. James Comey screwed up (in) the 2016 election. My informed belief: he spoke about reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton to short-circuit a leak from the FBI's New York Field Office. I'm holding onto this … [Read more...]
Inchmeal: A Progress Report on the Russia Connection
inchmeal: by inches; little by little FBI Director James Comey testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence today. Open, public testimony is less informative than closed testimony, but they aren't completely … [Read more...]
Why the Russian election-hacking scandal of 2016 is at least as bad as, if not worse, than Watergate
(Cross-posted from DailyKos) During the 2016 election campaign, Donald Trump charged that Hillary Clinton’s alleged email scandal was worse than Watergate. But, as we’ve seen many times, Trump tends to project his own guilt onto … [Read more...]
International headlines – Russia takes down US Drone
Russian group ‘intercepts’ US drone over Crimea AFP | Mar 15, 2014, 06.10 AM IST "The drone was flying at about 4,000 metres (12,000 feet) and was virtually invisible from the ground. It was possible to break the link with US operators … [Read more...]
Using Sister City Relationships to Respond to Russia’s “Gay Propaganda” Law
When a powerful foreign government chooses to persecute its own lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens with punitive laws, human rights advocates abroad are always left with the question, "what can we do about it?". Last … [Read more...]
DREAM Now Letters to Barack Obama: Stop Ivan Nikolov’s Deportation
I immigrated to the United States from Russia when I was just 11 years old. My mother married a U.S. citizen who is the only father I know. I do not remember much about the journey to America, nor did I even know I was undocumented … [Read more...]
Ecological disaster in Russia and China as fires burn out of control
Russia, which had been a wheat exporter, won't be this year. "Farmers interviewed are worried about their own livestock starving and thenThis article shows a peat fire on the outskirts of a Moscow suburb and comments indicating … [Read more...]
Joe Biden issues statement on Russia’s invasion of Georgia on August 18, 2008
The Bush administration has left an inheritance of a devastated domestic economy, the worst excesses in deficit spending ever seen in this country - and an international situation where our armed forces are over extended, our diplomatic … [Read more...]