.@aaronjmate does it again, and exposes the many flaws of the Russiagate conspiracy theory in this excellent interview with @Isikoffhttps://youtu.be/eoFe05u787s
.@jricole: “there is increasing evidence that Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were part of the plot to put Trump into office and then to manipulate him, a story the Washington press often ignores in favor of a sole fixation on Russia”https://www.juancole.com/2018/08/problem-erratic-savagely.html …
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"Russia condemned a new round of U.S. sanctions as illegal on Thursday after news of the measures sent the rouble tumbling to two-year lows and sparked a wider asset sell-off over fears that Moscow was locked in a spiral of never-ending curbs by the West."https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-sanctions/russia-reels-cries-foul-after-u-s-sanctions-spiral-escalates-idUSKBN1KU13C …
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@PatPorter76: “amid the U.S. foreign policy establishment’s fascination for the extent of Trump’s collusion with Putin, its almost Trumpian fixation with televisual optics ... it neglects the prosaic details of concrete commitments” https://warontherocks.com/2018/08/crisis-and-conviction-u-s-grand-strategy-in-trumps-second-term/ …pic.twitter.com/NP1DbyMJUl
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American scholars Stephen Cohen and John Mearsheimer discuss Russiagate: “Any fool could’ve told you that by bringing in countries on Russia’s borders, with historical grievances against Russia, was going to diminish everybody’s national security”https://youtu.be/SJBQikfYyKs
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@Gallup: “Although U.S.-Russian tensions continue to simmer, more Americans are inclined to believe the U.S. is better off trying to improve relations with Russia.” https://news.gallup.com/poll/241124/favor-diplomacy-sanctions-russia.aspx …pic.twitter.com/y7AKxFqq7y
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Interestingly, this new Gallup poll indicates that the more one is exposed to the highly propagandized media coverage of Russiagate, the more hostile towards Russia one becomes https://news.gallup.com/poll/241124/favor-diplomacy-sanctions-russia.aspx …pic.twitter.com/xsnpxk5UvJ
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The Lanny Davis CNN Trump Tower story sheds light into into the kind of anonymous sourcing common in much of the Russiagate reporting. Important to keep in mind whenever reading Trump-Russia stories https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stevenperlberg/lanny-davis-cnn-trump-tower-story …pic.twitter.com/dMTaxTEgsY
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On the “Trump/Russia story, the U.S. media has repeatedly and frequently ... gotten major stories completely wrong, always in the same direction: exaggerating the threat posed by Russia to the U.S., and concocting evidence of Trump/Russia collusion”https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1034530620813258757?s=21 …
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@aaronjmate: "Mueller has uncovered criminal activity, but not as of yet a conspiracy with a foreign power. ... The Russiagate fixation has diverted attention from many of Trump’s damaging policies"https://twitter.com/aaronjmate/status/1040322823896674304 …Show this thread -
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@freedomrideblog: “Putin is a multi-purpose villain. He is blamed for the vote theft conducted by white Americans against black people that resulted in the Donald Trump presidency.”https://www.blackagendareport.com/freedom-rider-russiagate-covers-black-vote-theft …Show this thread -
Yet more evidence of the biggest scandal no one talks about—
#Israelgatehttps://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1040605067320209411?s=21 …
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“Bob Woodward said that in his two years of investigating for his new book, 'Fear,' he found no evidence of collusion or espionage between Trump and Russia. Woodward said he looked for it "hard" and yet turned up nothing.”https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/09/14/woodward_no_evidence_of_collusion_between_trump_and_russia_i_searched_for_two_years.html …
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Russiagate narrative ignores the deep structural flaws of American democracy. Important interview with
@ProfCAnderson on how voter suppression is destroying democracy https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/voter-suppression-any-other-name?tab=summary …pic.twitter.com/tvWAftaLJJ
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"Psy-Group, which is staffed by former Israeli intelligence operatives" pitched the Trump campaign on "a disruption effort to swing voters in Mr. Trump’s favor" and was paid $2 million after the election
#IsraelGatehttps://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/us/politics/rick-gates-psy-group-trump.html …Show this thread
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