Putin’s puppet in Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is facing mass protests in the streets after he rigged an election earlier this month. Under Siege in Belarus, Lukashenko Turns to Putin for help. Putin’s puppet in the U.S., Donald J. Trump, is facing mass protests in the streets after he got caught trying to rig our election … Read more
My pleading may finally be answered: “Attorneys general from at least six states are huddling to discuss possible lawsuits against the administration to block it from reducing mail service between now and the election, several told The Washington Post.” State officials rush to shore up confidence in Nov. 3 election as voters express new fears … Read more
Jonathan Swan of Axios did an interview with Donald Trump for “Axios on HBO” on Tuesday. Swan specifically confronted Trump with the question that a cowered White House press corps has failed to confront him with for much of the past month: “Have you confronted Russian President Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Russia … Read more
Douglas London was a senior operations officer in the C.I.A. Clandestine Service for over 34 years, assigned to the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and Central Eurasia, several times as a chief of station. In an op-ed at the New York Times he writes, I Was a Counterterrorism Chief. Trump Knew What Russia Was Doing. … Read more
“Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.” That’s a famous line from Robert Di Niro’s organized crime boss character in the movie “Goodfellas.” A rat, commonly known as an FBI informant, often refers someone from an organized crime family who has gotten arrested and cooperated with the federal government to provide … Read more