The relevant statute here is 18 U.S. Code § 1924 – Unauthorized removal and retention of classified documents or material: (a) Whoever, being an officer, employee, contractor, or consultant of the United States, and, by virtue of his office, employment, position, or contract, becomes possessed of documents or materials containing classified information of the United States, … Read more
This Tuesday is the Wisconsin primary, so this is as good a time as any to talk about perhaps the stupidest millionaire senator in the U.S. Senate, Ron Johnson (yes, I am aware he has stiff competition for the title). Wisconsin media openly derides him as Putin’s puppet or usesful idiot. For example, Urban Milwaukee … Read more
Above: h/t Salon.com. Eric Boehlert at Press Run takes the mainstream media to task for its reticence to call out the Republican Party for its radical extremism in embracing Vladimir Putin over American democracy. Stop whitewashing GOP’s Putin worship: American politicians cheerleading a dictator as he sends tanks into a neighboring country and bombs a … Read more
Huffington Post reports, Sen. Mitt Romney Slams GOP ‘Morons’ At ‘Evil’ White Nationalist Conference: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Sunday castigated fellow Republican lawmakers who recently spoke at a white nationalist conference in Florida, calling the event “evil” and likening those attending to “morons.” “There’s no place in either political party for this white nationalist … Read more
Russia’s useful idiot Donald Trump and his fawning adoration of Russian strongman Vladimir Putin for five years turned a large number of formerly “better dead than red” anti-communist cold warriors into Putin-loving “fellow travelers,” giving Putin a “fifth column” of supporters in the U.S., especially at the Fox propaganda network. The most over-the-top Putin propagandist … Read more