Month: January 2018

‘Ignore This Russian Red Herring’

Excellent piece … Britain already throws money at defence. Ignore this Russian red herring | The Guardian Opinion – Simon Jenkins | The fearmongering over cyber-warfare with Russia isn’t about actual threat,...

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The Democrats “Relent”

The Democrats Relent The federal government will likely reopen by Tuesday after Senate Democrats accepted an offer from Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to end their filibuster of a stopgap spending bill. —snip— I am...

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PA Supreme Court Tosses GOP Maps

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has struck down the Republicans’ partisan gerrymander. To be clear, this is a ruling on the state constitution, not the federal one. That might make it more difficult for the Roberts Court to...

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A Compromised Administration

Josh Marshall wants us to look at Michael Wolff as a spy who used cunning, guile, and flattery to gain close to unfettered access to the West Wing. I think that’s a fair point because the most important fact that the Trump...

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Emptywheel, Simpson Testimony and Sergei Millian

A long read as the corruption runs much deeper and goes beyond Russia to include Azerbaijan, Israel, Ukraine and the United Kingdom. A merry-go round of military adventures in Iran and Afghanistan and the heroine trade of drug...

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