Tag: Russia

Well, for most western thinkers that would be the default distance between our nations. But remember back in 2008 when then GOP Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she could see Russia from her home? Yes, we all laughed. But the nugget of truth in this outlandish statement is Russia…

Representative Glenn Grothman (R WI)! Today the U.S. House of Representatives voted to revoke Russia’s favored trading partner status with the United States. It was nearly unanimous with the final vote of 424 to 8. Eight Representatives who couldn’t find it in themselves to vote in favor of Democracy. Eight…

Color me shocked that right-wing social media site Parler, which was taken down due to its failure to take any action to curb its use to plan possible violence by right-wing domestic terrorists, will be back thanks to…..Russians! Social network Parler has returned to the internet, with the company’s founders continuing to…

Russian media is showing video of Russian troops taking over an American military base that we abandoned in Syria. Think about how that plays out in Jerusalem or Kiev or Ankara? “Good morning!” Oleg Blokhin said in a video posted to social media early in the morning. “We are at…

Really? The 2016 election is history. I can wait until the Mueller investigation is over to learn the facts on any collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. I can wait until all of the sordid facts come out about the illegal business dealings of the Trump and Kushner families….

This TYT interview with Stephen Cohen, NYU Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies, is probably the most cleared eyed and sanest 55 minutes I’ve either watched or read regarding the ” Russia stole our election! ” madness. It’s worth watching in its entirety, though I will warn you that you’ll have…

This seems particularly fitting, given how the current ” Resistance ” led Russophobia meets or exceeds the fever of even the peak Cold War years. I can kill this one at karaoke night, BTW. Love singing it to rednecks. From Sir Paul McCartney’s concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg, some…

There is the Russian hacking of American institutions. Their support of President Assad in Syria. The continued turmoil in the Ukraine. And now this: Russian Planes Buzz Alaska Four Nights in a Row American and Canadian fighter planes scrambled to intercept two Russian TU-95 “Bear” bombers Thursday night, marking the…

If Donald Trump is in fact elected president, on January 20th, 2017, even before he can reach his first inaugural ball, his security team will be presenting him with the data on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and China’s closing of the South China Sea…just sayin’. Just a little hyperbole…