Politics
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Was Qatar the Middleman For a Rosneft Payoff for Trump?
May 16, 2018In a federal court case in Los Angeles, between investors in an old-timers 3-on-3 basketball league, a court filing claims that a Qatari Consul was involved in a political influence operation in the US when he... -
Mueller Ties Manafort and Gates to Russian Intelligence During the Campaign and Transition
Mar 28, 2018During a court hearing on sentencing for Alex van der Zwaan, Mueller’s prosecutors filed a report in which Mueller ties Manafort and Gates to Russian intelligence during the 2016 campaign and transition. Alex van der Zwaan,... -
The Trump and RNC Guy Peddling Government Influence for Cash
Mar 15, 2018On Trump’s first official visit to California as president earlier this week, he attended a Beverly Hills fundraiser organized by Elliott Broidy. Broidy is the deputy national finance chairman of the RNC, who became Trump’s latest... -
How Does Trump’s Guy Get Whole When he Owes Putin’s Guy Millions?
Oct 16, 2017When The Atlantic published the emails between Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik, sent just weeks after Trump hired Manafort to lead his campaign for president, they led to more questions than answers. Subsequent reporting, though, has cleared up some of... -
Preservation of Slavery was the Primary Reason for Secession and Civil War
Aug 19, 2017Many on the right maintain that States’ Rights and taxes were the primary reasons for secession, and causes of the Civil War. They were not. Preservation of the institution of slavery was the primary reason. But no... -
Time to Reexamine the Other Meetings Kushner had with Russians
Jul 17, 2017Jared Kushner first came under scrutiny by the FBI last Fall, when intelligence reports of Flynn’s contacts with Russians included mentions of US citizens. Since the names were redacted, investigators had to ask US intelligence agencies to unmask... -
The NRA, The Right to Bear Arms and the Trump Campaign – The Russian Connection
Jul 16, 2017While everyone focused on the direct links between the Trump campaign and Russia, little attention has been paid to the indirect links through the NRA, The Right to Bear Arms and the Trump campaign. The Right... -
Who was Really Behind Don. Jr.’s Meeting to get Dirt on Clinton?
Jul 10, 2017On June 6, 2016, Donald trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort all met with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, at Trump Tower in Manhattan. Originally Don Jr. claimed the meeting was set up by an acquaintance,... -
Trump Does Nothing to Prevent Russian Interference, Then Blames Obama
Jun 26, 2017Trump has done nothing to prevent Russian interference in our future elections, and has no interest in finding out what they did last year. In an interview on Friday on State TV, however, he was quick to... -
How Gerrymandering Offers a Path to a Bloodless Authoritarian Coup
Jun 25, 2017The US Supreme Court has agreed to take up an appeal over electoral districts in Wisconsin, after a lower court ruled that the state’s Republican-drawn map constitutes an “unconstitutional partisan gerrymander.” This is a very important...