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

‘Bounty Gate’ Update: Trump shared intel with Russia even after the bounty on heads of American soldiers

Why would the Russian government think it could get away with paying bounties to the Taliban to kill American soldiers? Ryan Goodman at Just Security blog has an answer.  Trump Pushed CIA to Give Intelligence to Kremlin, While Taking No Action Against Russia Arming Taliban: One answer to that question may be the extraordinary response … Read more

Martha McSally defends traitorous Trump in ‘Bounty Gate’

Where does our self-proclaimed “woman warrior” appointed, not elected, Senator Martha McSally stand on ‘Bounty Gate’: Trump takes Putin’s side (again), will not defend lives of American soldiers. According to The Arizona Republic: Sen. Martha McSally most wants to know how classified information leaked that reportedly points to Russia covertly offering bounties for the deaths … Read more