ODNI confirms that Republican senators are dupes for Russian propaganda

Update to Senate Republicans prove to be Putin’s comrades in election interference. Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman of the Washington Post report “President Trump’s own intelligence officials just released a statement confirming something we all know: Russia is interfering in our election with the express goal of harming Trump’s opponent, presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.” … Read more

Senate Republicans prove to be Putin’s comrades in election interference

The New York Times reported, State Dept. Traces Russian Disinformation Links: Russia continues to use a network of proxy websites to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation and propaganda in the United States and other parts of the West, according to a State Department report released on Wednesday. The report is one of the most detailed explanations yet … Read more

Donald Trump admits he has never confronted Putin about Russian bounties on U.S. soldiers (updated)

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

Senate Republicans are a vehicle for ‘laundering’ Russian influence campaign in 2020 election

Last week the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) was still working to secure witness depositions for current and former advisers to Joe Biden as part of an investigation into the former vice president’s son, an escalation of GOP scrutiny of the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and his family. … Read more