Russiagate

By Dr Stephen F Cohen
“Collusion,” “contacts,” selective prosecutions, coup plotting, and media taboos recall repressive Soviet practices.

The West’s go-to man on Russia, Bill Browder, pictured in front of a portrait of his deceased accountant, Sergei Magnitsky.
21st Century Wire says….

This week, the Senate Intelligence Committee was forced to admit that after 2 and half years of investigations and hearings,  there is no evidence of any collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and Russia. The announcement was a devastating blow to Democratic Party operatives and mainstream media outlets who have been pushing official ‘Washington’s Trump-Russia’ conspiracy theory.

Coverage of this episode by The New York Times and CNN further stigmatizes any dissent from new Cold War policy toward Russia, writes Gareth Porter. By Gareth Porter Special to Consortium News The New York Times and CNN led media coverage last month of…Read more →

After two and a half years and $30 million – the vaunted Russia Investigation into Trump’s presidential campaign has officially fallen flat on its face, and one of the tragedies of this was the phony US show trial of Russian graduate student Maria Butina. Also, freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar stood up and challenged the Israeli Lobby in Washington only to be disciplined by Democratic coven leader Pelosi.

Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard inspires many Americans with her peacemaking rhetoric, but some skeptics fear that she’s nothing more than another Obama. Many disgruntled Americans applauded the native Samoan’s promise to “end regime change wars” if she wins the 2020 election, and given the Hawaiian congressional representative’s previous deployment in Iraq as part of the National Guard, a lot of people think that she’s sincere with her pledge after seeing the terrors of war firsthand.

More than two months after the Integrity Initiative leaks became public knowledge, the corporate mainstream press appears to be still be intentionally avoiding the story. The longer it drags its heels on this scandal, the more the public will speculate on why the mainstream media has failed to hold both government – and itself, to account. 

Dan Ellsberg has given us a book that shows the urgency of re-engaging on nuclear disarmament, writes John V. Walsh. With Two Minutes to Midnight, Time Is Running Out By John V. Walsh Anti-war.com  “From a technical point of view,…Read more →

NBC News jumped the shark this week, claiming that the Tulsi Gabbard 2020 presidential campaign is somehow supported by a ‘Kremlin propaganda effort.’
The claim is just the latest episode in a two and half year-long campaign of anti-Russian propaganda which has become the standard across the US and UK mainstream media. In the NBC News piece, ‘experts’ claim to have scientific proof that an army suspected ‘Russian accounts’ and ‘Kremlin-linked websites’ are somehow propelling Gabbard’s presidential campaign.

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