Russophobia

US ‘completely & unlawfully seize’ Russian SF consulate as blacksmith breaks lock

RT | October 2, 2017 A blacksmith has broken a lock as the police guarded Russian consular residence in San Francisco under the cover of a tarp. The Russian Foreign Ministry said Washington has failed to “give up on its unlawful intents” and reserves its right to respond. A “Pop-A-Lock” van could be seen parked […]

Assange: Forget Russia,The Real Threat to America comes from Israel and the Israel Lobby

AWD News | September 22, 2017 From his refuge in the Ecuador Embassy in London, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addressed a press conference of his supporters in Berlin on Tuesday, amid speculation that he planned to reveal potential threats to America. But early into his speech, Assange said that while more revelations were to come, […]

Russia-gate’s Shaky Foundation

By Daniel Herman | Consortium News | September 29, 2107 Anyone who watches the news knows that Russian hackers gave Democratic National Committee documents to WikiLeaks and hacked voter databases in 21 states. Prominent Democrats call these shenanigans “a political Pearl Harbor.” On the blog Daily Kos, one contributor cries “we were robbed!” (arguing that […]

Media Matters’ Goofball Argument that the Drudge Report is a Russian Propaganda Pipeline

By Adam Dick | Ron Paul Institute | September 25, 2017 Media Matters published an article Wednesday with the provocative title “How Matt Drudge became the pipeline for Russian propaganda.” The explanation offered in the article for the title’s grand claim, however, would be convincing only to someone who has no familiarity with what the […]

The Russia-Blamers Think You’re Stupid

By Thomas Knapp | The William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism | September 29, 2017 “Russian operatives used Facebook ads to exploit America’s racial and religious divisions,” the Washington Post claims in a September 25 headline. Over at The Daily Beast, Dean Obeidallah explains “How Russian Hackers Used My Face to Sabotage Our Politics and Elect […]

Podesta emails showed Facebook colluded with Clinton, Assange reminds

RT | September 29, 2017 As US lawmakers demand social media companies show how their platforms were allegedly used by Russia to meddle in the 2016 election, WikiLeaks co-founder tweeted emails that show Facebook executives in direct communication with one candidate’s team. Beginning on October 7 last year, WikiLeaks published hundreds of emails from the […]

‘Year late & bad info’: California says DHS falsely accused Russia of hacking its voting systems

RT | September 28, 2017 It appears that in its eagerness to accuse Russian hackers of meddling in the US presidential election, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly claimed California’s election systems had been breached. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla released a statement in which he confirmed that DHS officials had told him […]