Russia, who has been exploiting weaknesses in the west for years, warned the west not to take advantage of Russia’s weakness due to Yevgeny Prigozhin’s and the Wagner Group’s armed rebellion.
If we want to end inflation, we have to recognize how this dynamic is bound up in assaults on democracy around the globe and at home.
We need to recognize the role of labor and collective organizing in achieving democracy.
Donald Trump functions in a very different way than most politicians. The 45th president was coddled throughout his entire life and it wasn’t very often that he faced consequences for his actions. So Trump is having a very tough time coming to grips with the fact that he isn’t president anymore. In fact, he reportedly…
Joe Biden has spent the last week on the first major foreign visit of his presidency. The reviews, so far, have been very good. Boris Johnson called the new president a “breath of fresh air.” French president Emmanuel Macron said that the United States is “definitely back.” Still, Conservative media and Republican lawmakers would have…
President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are currently meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, for a high-stakes summit. The meeting comes as Biden criticizes Russia for its interference in American elections and for its role in recent cyberattacks, and as the Biden administration imposes sanctions on Moscow for its aggression. The two leaders shook hands…
Vladimir Putin already realizes that Joe Biden is going to be much tougher on him than Donald Trump ever was. While Trump acted life a fawning fan towards the Russian president, Biden has called him a killer to his face. The two men will soon be meeting. And Russian State TV is working overtime to…
It should have been pretty clear to Donald Trump who the country’s allies were. Instead, the former president treated the country’s enemies like friends and alienated long term supporters. And while Trump is out of office, he isn’t done hurting US foreign policy. Joe Biden is currently on his first major overseas trip and will…
As President Joe Biden embarked on his first overseas trip since taking office, he told reporters that his trip, which will include a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, will serve as an opportunity to let Putin and China know “that Europe and the United States are tight and the G-7 is going to move.” Asked…
For 4 years, Donald Trump refused to respond to provocative actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin. In fact, Trump seemed to do nothing but praise the Russian leader. Joe Biden, however, will be taking a much different tack with Putin. Biden has famously called the Russian President a killer and told him that, “he has…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said “it takes one to know one” in response to a television interview President Joe Biden gave yesterday calling him a “killer.” “I remember in my childhood, when we argued in the courtyard we used to say: it takes one to know one. And that’s not a coincidence, not just a…
President Joe Biden said Russian leader Vladimir Putin will “pay a price” for interfering in United States elections after years of concerns from the intelligence community that Russian operatives meddled in the 2016 and 2020 elections to sow discord and spread disinformation. “We had a long talk, he and I,” Biden said during an interview…
Speaking to NBC News in an exclusive interview, former oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky said former President Donald Trump’s tenure damaged the United States’ reputation among ordinary Russians. Trump was caught in the crosshairs of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 general election for much of his presidency. He also faced…
On the seventh anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, a move that Ukraine and the global community largely consider a violation of international law, President Joe Biden condemned Russian aggression, saying the United States does not consider Russia’s intervention legitimate. “The United States does not and will never recognize Russia’s purported annexation of the peninsula,…
For the last two years, Nancy Pelosi has spent much of her time holding Donald Trump accountable for her actions. In just two short days, though, Trump will no longer be her problem anymore. The Speaker of the House spoke about her experiences during an appearance on Hillary Clinton’s radio show. Of course, the main…
Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have long had a symbiotic relationship. For Trump, who is not respected by most world leaders, Putin’s compliments and support are welcomed. For Putin, there mere presence of Trump in the White House helps lower America’s power and standing around the world. And Trump’s presidential term continues to be a…
Donald Trump is not a very big fan of briefings. He is not briefed anywhere near as much as his predecessors. The memos to Trump also have to be broken down in ways that he can more easily understand them. And there are some subjects that Trump isn’t briefed on at all. And these are…
Donald Trump publicly berated his former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn because of a missed call from Vladimir Putin, according to former senior figure in the British government. Nick Timothy, a senior adviser to former British Prime Minister Theresa May, claimed in an interview that the President had a meltdown in front of May and…
President Donald Trump lashed out at government officials and disputed claims that he trusts Russian leader Vladimir Putin over United States intelligence agencies. “John Bolton, one of the dumbest people I’ve met in government and sadly, I’ve met plenty, states often that I respected, and even trusted, Vladimir Putin of Russia more than those in…
Mary Trump thinks the President is drawn to Vladimir Putin because the Russian leader is like his father. Donald Trump’s niece suggested he was primed to seek out people like Putin. Mary Trump spoke to MSNBC’s Joy Reid on Wednesday about her uncle’s relationship with strongmen like the Russian president. She drew parallels to her…
Donald Trump has not discussed reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The President admitted he hadn’t confronted Vladimir Putin about the issue. The President gave an interview to Axios on HBO on Tuesday where he downplayed the intelligence on Russian bounties paid to the Talbian. He also confirmed he hadn’t mentioned them to his…
John Bolton says Vladimir Putin isn’t worried about Donald Trump because he can “play him”. The former National Security Advisor has made a series of serious accusations. Bolton spoke to ABC’s Martha Raddatz in an interview to air this Sunday. He told her the Russian president isn’t “worried” about President Trump. “I think Putin thinks…
Media pundits often wonder why Republicans have turned a blind eye to and refused to call out the myriad and fairly well-documented behaviors of both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin’s Russian government, which gravely undermine the U.S.’s national security, interfere in our election processes, and generally influence the White House to pursue policy that serves…
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather has denounced Fox News as “state-run media” according to a new article in The Daily Beast. In the article Rather refused to say that Trump had done a worse job than George W. Bush, indicating that it was a tough call. “I’m going to duck that question — and…
An exiled former friend of Vladimir Putin, wanted back in his home country of Russia for tax fraud, has been partying with other guests at Donald Trump’s exclusive Mar-A-Lago resort in South Florida the Miami Herald reports this morning. Sergey Danilochkin came to Florida after being forced to flee Moscow in 2010 fearing for his…
Longtime CIA agent Steven Hall is very unhappy that President Donald Trump is continuing to attack United States intelligence agencies. In an opinion piece in this morning’s Washington Post, Hall said that never before in U.S. history has a president been so openly and aggressively hostile to his own intelligence community. Hall also said that…
President Vladimir Putin announced Saturday that Russia will withdraw from a long-standing and critical Cold War-era missile treaty with the United States. Putin’s move came following the Trump administration’s move to withdraw a day earlier. On Friday President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the U.S. would be pulling out of…
Hillary Clinton appeared at the OZY Fest in New York City’s Central Park on Saturday night to talk about President Donald Trump and his summit meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Clinton criticized Trump for not taking a strong stand against Russian election meddling. She also said she is confused about Trump’s motives in meeting…
Even Trump’s own staff is calling him weak after his terrible press conference with Putin.
Donald Trump hasn’t just let Russia get away with an attack on U.S. democracy – he’s essentially encouraging the next attack, too.
“Why does this keep happening? Why do we consistently have to get news about the behavior and the meetings and the conversations of the American president from the Russian government?”
Before Trump was sworn in, the CIA warned Israel that Vladimir Putin had “leverages of pressure” over Trump.
The CIA remains confident in its conclusion that Russia waged a disinformation campaign in the U.S. to influence the election in Donald Trump’s favor.
“Every time he sees me, he says, ‘I didn’t do that.’ And I believe, I really believe, that when he tells me that, he means it.”
According to a new report, many GOP lawmakers are restless and “ready to close the books” on the probe.
The fact that Mueller is requesting Air Force One phone records shows that he is clearly ramping up his inquiry into whether Trump obstructed justice.
An email sent from a top Donald Trump aide referenced a previously unknown attempt to set up a meeting between Trump campaign associates and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Instead of standing up for the men and women who selflessly serve their country, the president – once again – took the side of the man who helped put him in the White House.
“He may not even know that he is an asset under your control until you pull that string, and then suddenly you need him to do things for you – and they do.”
A handful of Democratic Senators were fuming on Thursday as Donald Trump and the White House strongly consider giving back two compounds to Russia that were shut down by the Obama administration.
Each day brings another “drip” of information that increases the likelihood that there was collusion between the president’s campaign and Moscow.
Trump can pretend to be a strongman all he wants, but in his first real opportunity to put America first and show strong leadership, he backed down bigly.
“I’m questioning the patriotism of all of those Republicans who are allowing this president to side with Putin, to wrap his arms around Putin.”
James Clapper said the Russians will continue to collect intelligence and interfere in U.S. elections so long as the United States, led by Trump, refuses to “push back.”
Just as Hillary Clinton warned the country during the campaign, Trump is turning out to be a Putin “puppet” who is delivering every last item on Russia’s wish list.
“How has [Putin] earned a face-to-face, full-scale, bilateral meeting with the U.S. president? What has he done to deserve that meeting and that respect?”
“It’s been an ongoing assault. … I was doing nothing, I was doing nothing. … The meeting was about nothing,” Page said.
Regardless of the motivations behind the latest Trump move, it’s clear the Russians are getting exactly what they had hoped for by helping this president win the White House in 2016.
Not only did the Russians successfully interfere in last year’s presidential election to help Trump become president, but now they are successfully shaping U.S. policy in their favor.
If the Russians wanted to influence Trump, Kushner would be one of the top people they would use – and it appears Kushner had no problem offering his assistance.
“What did he intend to transmit through Russia’s secure cryptographic systems to communicate with Vladimir Putin? The presidential daily briefing? The nuclear codes?”
Trump wants to be like his hero, Vladimir Putin, who rode in the royal carriage when he visited in 2003, or President Xi, who rode it in 2015
“But these strikes did more than simply punish Mr. Assad and deter future attacks; they have gone a long way to restoring our badly damaged credibility in the world.”
Donald Trump to President Obama in 2013: “The President must get Congressional approval before attacking Syria-big mistake if he does not!”
“Israel fully supports President Trump’s decision and hopes that this message of resolve…will resonate not only in Damascus, but in Tehran, Pyongyang and elsewhere.”
The Post reports that Blackwater founder Erik Prince, acting on behalf of Trump, secretly met in Jan. with a representative of Vladimir Putin
“Today, several members of Team Trump realized they’re in the FBI’s cross-hairs & in bed with a regime that kills those it no longer needs.”
“Paul Manafort pledged to influence politics, business dealings and news coverage inside the United States to benefit President Vladimir Putin’s government.”
Waters called for a “bipartisan, independent commission to investigate the Russian interference in our election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.”
“Comey/Rogers JUST spent 8 hrs detailing how Russia tried to hack US election….Tillerson on a mission to make nice w/ Moscow.”
“James Clapper and others stated that there is no evidence Potus colluded with Russia. This story is FAKE NEWS and everyone knows it!”
The lie about British spying came to Sean Spicer from Andrew Napolitano, who got it from Russia via former CIA analyst Larry C. Johnson
“Glad you think it was great, @POTUS. Would have been greater if you didn’t treat NATO like protection racket, or allies like deadbeats”
As J.K. Rowling captioned the moment, ‘Mommy was mean to me and I don’t wanna hold her hand no more.’
“You are achieving the objectives of Vladimir Putin…trying to dismember this small country. If they object, they are now carrying out the desires and ambitions of Vladimir Putin.”
If Putin is Trump’s friend and our press and intelligence community are his enemies, then Trump is not by any measure an American president.
Maddow says there is growing evidence that Moscow’s work didn’t end on Nov. 8, 2016 – that was only the opening act.
Women love to be told to smile by random men, it’s part of their freedom marches.
So Donald Trump’s best election buddy Russian President Vladimir Putin took International Women’s Day to remind men that they should support women so women could do important things, like “smile more often.”
“For eight years Russia ‘ran over’ President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked-off Crimea and added missiles. Weak!”
Issa said Sessions must recuse himself: “You cannot have somebody, a friend of mine Jeff Sessions, who was on the campaign and who is an appointee.”
“Such a request from the White House is a violation of procedures that limit communications with the FBI on pending investigations.”
The Trump campaign had repeated contacts with the Russian government at a time when Moscow was hacking the U.S. election.
“I just don’t think it’s useful to be doing investigation after investigation, particularly of your own party.”
Spicer claimed that talking about a 17-day delay “assumes a lot of things that aren’t true,” but what it actually involves is a suspension of reality.
“If there’s evidence that makes it clear that Flynn lied to the Vice President and others…he can’t continue to be national security adviser.”
Donald Trump claimed this morning ‘I don’t know Putin,’ but in 2013, he said proudly, ‘I do have a relationship with him.’
Trump was not the least bit interested in news about Russian incursions into Ukraine, which are anything but the product of overheated White House imaginations.
Looking at both Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, Mikhail Gorbachev said, “it all looks as if the world is preparing for war.”
Trump has been silent on Russia since taking office, but he could be days away from dropping the crippling sanctions President Obama put on the country.
There is very little, if anything, in the data to give the new administration hope that they have the support of the American people.
The Florida senator talked tough during Tillerson’s confirmation hearing but eventually sold out and voted in favor of the Putin puppet.
The president-elect is only making matters worse by continuing to lash out at the civil rights icon.
Trump’s history of seeking business in the country that helped him win last year’s election is well-documented.
If you are curious how to spot Trump’s Russian hack lies for yourself, Rachel Maddow tells you how. Just two ingredients are required: First, you need the declassified version of The Office of the Director of National Intelligence report available to literally everybody who wants to read it (here) and Donald Trump’s own words. As…
“American intelligence agencies intercepted communications in the aftermath of the election in which Russian officials congratulated themselves on the outcome.”
“Why have they [the DNC] not responded to the terrible things they did and said (like giving the questions to the debate to H)”
The more he opens his mouth the more he damns himself. Sure he’s a big crybaby. But the smart money is on him being Vladimir Putin’s crybaby
Trump has only two equally detrimental choices in dealing with the effects of President Obama’s sanctions against Russia. and they’re both damning.
Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) did one better than Trump, claiming that Russia’s attack on our democratic institutions was somehow a public service
Trump’s response suggests that holding Russia accountable for its unprecedented election meddling isn’t that high on his list of priorities.
“These actions…are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm U.S. interests in violation of established international norms of behavior.”
“This policy has brought the current US administration…into a dead end. We hope the new administration will be more sagacious.”
Not only is the president looking to punish Russia for interfering in the U.S. electoral process, but he’s hoping to do it in a way that Trump can’t undo.
The incoming president appears to be turning a blind eye to the growing threat of Russia.
Speaker Ryan’s spokeswoman never disputed that the material used against Democratic candidates was “stolen as an act of Russian espionage
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) charged that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “clearly, yes” involved in the election hacks. Reid added, “And his having been former head of the KGB, does that surprise you?”
Trump’s strategy for working with thugs is to let thugs be thugs as long as Trump gets a cut. And that includes the thugs in Trump’s own cabinet.
Republican opinions of Putin spiked around the same time Trump called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails.
“Ultimately, the CIA has assessed, the Russian government wanted to elect Donald Trump,” NBC News reported.
“The low-key approach of the F.B.I. meant that Russian hackers could roam freely through the committee’s network for nearly seven months before top D.N.C. officials were alerted to the attack…”