Wisconsin’s political events have had more national attention over the last decade than the politics of similarly-sized states, but then we’ve had a worse politics than states of similar size. In the Washington Post, there’s a lengthy story about Sen. Ron Johnson that’s well worth reading in full. Michael Kranish, Mike DeBonis and Karoun Demirjian…
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Elections, Presidential race 2020, Putin, Russia
FBI Director Wray’s Testimony on Russian Attempts to Influence 2020 Election
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Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
Trump’s Finances Are Russian Leverage for His Compromise
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Foreign Affairs, Military, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia
VoteVets.org: Don’t Thank Us
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Fellow Traveler, Foreign Affairs, Military, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia
Fellow Traveler
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Foreign Affairs, Military, Putin, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
Bounty
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Russians react to a huge portrait of President Vladimir Putin
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A Russian prankster glued a massive portrait of President Vladimir Putin to the inside of a residential elevator. He then placed a camera in the elevator to record people’s reactions. Some of the reactions were incredulous, others were angry, but all were hilarious. The Moscow Times is Russia’s leading independent English-language media outlet.
America, Congress, Impeachment, Law, Politics, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia, Unfit
Rep. Adam Schiff’s Closing During Wednesday’s Impeachment Debate
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Congress, Elections, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
In questioning of DOJ’s inspector general, Sen. Klobuchar debunks GOP lies about FBI Russia probe report
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Smart line of questioning from @amyklobuchar, laying out how nothing in the IG report draws into question the key points of what we know about Russian interference or how the investigation into it was conducted pic.twitter.com/Rf81MVDaKW — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 11, 2019
Foreign Affairs, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
Debunking Trump’s Defenses: It Was Russia, not Ukraine, That Interfered in the 2016 Election
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Embedded below is a concise, three-page pdf debunking the conspiracy theory that Ukraine, not Russia, interfered in America’s 2016 election. It’s from the Moscow Project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund. It’s a solid starting point for combatting lies on the matter.
Foreign Affairs, Mendacity, Putin, Russia, Trump, Trump-Russia
GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana: Liar & Conspiracy Monger
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On Sunday, GOP Sen. Kennedy of Louisiana falsely contended that both Russia and Ukraine might have hacked a Democratic National Committee server in 2016. Monday, he falsely contended that he misunderstood the question that he was asked. Originally, Kennedy’s remarks from Sunday: WALLACE: Finally, the president and his supporters have said that Ukraine was behind…
America, Authoritarianism, Congress, Impeachment, Law, Libertarians, Liberty, Never Trump, Putin, Trump-Russia
Statement and Testimony of Dr. Fiona Hill
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These many years, across generations, many (including libertarians) have wanted peaceful relations abroad, but have found instead a relentless, scheming dictatorship under the Soviets and, not longer after, under Putin. This question in foreign policy confronted us: what is to be said, what is to be done, about imperialistic dictatorships? Some (including sadly some isolationist…
Disinformation, Mendacity, Propaganda, Putin, Trump
Kasparov on Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt
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Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63), the former chess champion and longtime human rights activist, recently described the role of propaganda in creating fear, uncertainty, and doubt. The thread from Twitter is below (linked here from the first tweet) in the thread: As you watch Trump’s defenders lie, deflect, and distract today and in the coming weeks, remember…