Rumors of Putin Planning to Step Down; Kremlin Denies It

Rupert Murdoch’s media empire is spreading reports that Putin has Parkinson’s and may resign in January: The Sun: PUTIN 'TO QUIT' Vladimir Putin, 68, ‘stepping down as Russian president early … Read More

I believe Trump is not afraid of the dems… He is afraid of the Russian Mafia and Tea Time.

This is just my opinion but he is not afraid of any left leaning or what he considers anti American protestors.  Nope.  I think he is afraid of the Mob.  … Read More

I believe Trump is not afraid of the dems… He is afraid of the Russian Mafia.

This is just my opinion but he is not afraid of any left leaning or what he considers anti American protestors.  Nope.  I think he is afraid of the Mob.  … Read More

Putin Throws Trump Under the Hunter Biden Bus

Donald Trump has gone all in on accusing Hunter Biden of corruption in Ukraine, and on accusing Joe Biden of corruptly helping him. He was furious that the second debate … Read More

I have a concern. Does Caputo have access to secure areas at the CDC? Possible Trigger Warning

I have a legitimate concern.   I have passed by the CDC more times than I can count.  Emory Hospital, Eglestons Children Hospital and the VA are all right there near … Read More

Navalny WAS Poisoned, Say German Doctors

It seems Putin didn’t keep Alexei Navalny in Russia quite long enough for the poison to get flushed out of his system: Prominent Russian opposition activist Navalny was poisoned, German … Read More

China May Interfere in Our Election – Against Russia

Two stories on the news tonight: First is that Joe Biden put out a statement tonight warning foreign governments, and Russia in particular, that if  they try to interfere with … Read More

Eight World Leaders Take a Swipe at Trump [Update: Putin Out to Steal Vaccine Research]

Not in so many words, but eight world leaders wrote an op-ed in today’s Washington Post calling for any Covid-19 vaccine to be available worldwide: The international community must guarantee … Read More

Trump's petulance reportedly led to fewer verbal briefings on Russia

So if you bristled every time someone at your office brought you key information that was crucial to your job performance — and you did it so often that they … Read More

“Betrayed” – the latest from the Lincoln Project

featuring a former Navy Seal /Annaopolis grad who is now an emergency room doc: x YouTube Video He's a gun-owner. He’s pro-Life. He’s a combat veteran. He says Trump is … Read More

Reddit might be able to delete its Trumpist subreddits but can't stop Trump's arrest #ResignNowTrump

Yesterday r/The_Donald group got banned by Reddit. Not so easy for the rest of us. x In 2017, we used subreddit algebra to dissect r/The_Donald and filter out commenters’ interest … Read More

National Security Officials Are Concerned About Trump's Phone Calls

New reporting from CNN: From pandering to Putin to abusing allies and ignoring his own advisers, Trump's phone calls alarm US officials In hundreds of highly classified phone calls with … Read More

CNN sources: Trump's calls with women foreign leaders have been 'near-sadistic'

There’s so much unhingery packed into this CNN story on Trump’s phone calls with foreign leaders that choosing among the outrages is kind of like picking your favorite Egyptian plague. … Read More

New Lincoln Project Ad BLASTS Trump over Putin's Bounty on Our Troops

Do not ever stand in the way of the Lincoln Project or you risk getting run over. It has been barely 24 hours since the news broke that the Commander … Read More

Trump continued to praise Putin after discovering Russia put bounties on U.S. soldiers' heads

So you’ve no doubt seen this explosive New York Times story about Donald Trump’s treachery, fecklessness, and sickening lack of patriotism. If not, here’s the gist: American intelligence officials have concluded … Read More

The Face of Evil

It’s been clear since October 2016 that Vladimir Putin has been interfering in our elections, and that he’s planning to do it again. Even if he can’t get Trump re-selected, … Read More

Devin Nunes: If Putin likes Republicans so much, why did he let Dems take back the House?

The ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, ladies and gentlemen: x Devin Nunes asks if the Russians only like Republicans, why did they let the Republicans lose the House … Read More

It doesn't matter who wins the primary. Russia Again ! We have to stop this.

So when do we start interfering in Russian elections?   I know ..I know… we can’t do that but this crap is an act of war.  We are a soverign nation or … Read More

Trump's Is an Incompetent Crook – and That Makes it Worse

The mess we’re in didn’t start with IMPOTUS. The GOP and the 1% have been working for years to turn our democracy into an oligarchy where the rule of law … Read More

Putin is Not Happy With His Puppet

It seems Russia is not pleased that Trump took out Suleimani. Newsweek: Russia Says U.S. Soleimani Strike Will Damage Regional Stability, Impact Millions of People Russia's Foreign Ministry has condemned … Read More

No, Joe: One party is pro-America, the other is pro-Russia, and we don't need both

Former Vice President Joe Biden voiced a unique concern about the 2020 election results at a campaign event in Iowa on Friday. The presidential hopeful stated that “he's concerned about what … Read More

Tucker Carlson says he's rooting for Russia against Ukraine

When did the GOP become a pro-Russia cult? Seriously, when? These people are so mesmerized by Donald Trump’s surpassing charms they can’t resist upending decades of conservative orthodoxy for the … Read More

Putin and Erdogan Meet in Sochi, Russia to Discuss “Piece”.

Biloxi Sun Herald “Russian President Vladimir Putin has sat down in Sochi with visiting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks on Syria. Putin welcomed the Turkish leader in the … Read More

Russian state TV uses Trump's betrayal of Kurds for anti-American propaganda

Now that our nation’s promises are worth less than a degree from Trump University, our enemies see openings wider than the Wiffleball holes in Donald Trump’s brain. Julia Davis, a … Read More

It's All About the Sanctions (per TRMS)

I watched Rachel Maddow interview Ambassador McFaul this evening, and a number of things about this whole unholy mess became clear. Let me see if I can lay it out: … Read More

WaPo: Mysterious whistleblower complaint involved Trump and foreign leader

Okay, this case wasn’t that mysterious, but now we have confirmation on who the likely culprit is. Last week, House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff subpoenaed Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph … Read More

Former Justice Department official: 'We have a Russian asset sitting in the Oval Office'

If only we could see that the real enemy of America is our former tan-suited president, not the vicious, lying, land-grabbing leader of our bitter rival. Then Donald Trump’s job would … Read More

PBS reporter calls Trump a liar to his face

Okay, she was kinda-sorta diplomatic about it, but still. After Donald Trump blathered some nonsense about never, ever doing things for political reasons (really?), and claimed that he ran in … Read More

Please stop telling 'jokes' on Twitter, Mike Huckabee. I'm begging you

I believe the correct response to this tweet is “delete your account.” Or maybe “delete my eyes, please.” x Arrived in St Petersburg Russia. Was going to arrive on a horse … Read More

#ClintonBodyCount is trending courtesy of your friendly neighborhood trollbots

Don’t think the ratfuckers are still hard at work trying to elevate Donald Trump and smear Democrats? Well, take a gander at this: x Trollbots we are tracking are continuing … Read More

Happy third anniversary to this Trump tweet about Russian interference!

Check the date. This tweet sprung from the rich, fertile loam in Donald Trump’s cranium exactly three years ago this morning: x The new joke in town is that Russia leaked … Read More

Sorry, Donald Trump can't answer your question about Zimbabwe right now

Okay, check out the second tweeted video. (I’m not sure how to separate these; I guess my tweetering skills are subpar.) x LOL! This is classic. A foreign reporter asks … Read More

Russian state media openly mocks Trump's sad Fourth of July party

Having handpicked the biggest idiot on the planet as our leader, Russia has missed no opportunity to yuck it up at our expense. It’s kind of like plopping a flaming … Read More

The Arctic will not survive Russia's wave of industrialization; nuclear submarine in flames.

This is not the diary I wanted to write. Though it includes snippets of the research I wanted to share, it is not what I had been working on for … Read More

Trump embarrasses us again with clumsy attempt to please Putin

Remember this? x Sorry losers and haters, but my I.Q. is one of the highest -and you all know it! Please don't feel so stupid or insecure,it's not your fault … Read More

Jimmy Carter: Trump is an illegitimate president

Oh, snap! x NEW: Former president Jimmy Carter says a full investigation “would show that Trump didn’t actually win the election in 2016….He was put into office because the Russians … Read More

Trump snaps at reporter when asked about his upcoming meeting with Putin

Has anyone ever thought about sticking a meat thermometer in Trump’s head when he gets like this? I kind of want to know if there’s any chance he’ll self-combust. And … Read More

Russian state TV is openly laughing at Trump's pathetic deal-making skills

Julia Davis, the indefatigable Russia media analyst who regularly monitors Russian state TV, unearthed this gem yesterday, and it proves that the world is no longer heartily laughing at the United States. x … Read More

Trump once again believes Putin over his own advisers

Because of course he does. Eventually, Vladimir Putin will take Donald Trump on a snipe hunt and lose him in the woods, but until then, he’s his useful little idiot.  I … Read More

This much is certain: Trump tried to cover up a 'sweeping' Russian attack on the U.S.

The bar has been set so low for this president that a damning report that can’t conclusively point to criminal wrongdoing is somehow being spun as a glorious triumph for Donald … Read More

Pete Souza's Best Photograph: Obama Shows How You Talk to a Dictator.

Pete Souza tells a story about Obama meeting Putin in Normandy, France in 2014: The Guardian “I wasn’t supposed to be here for this picture. It was taken on the 70th … Read More

Mike Pompeo's wishy-washy answer on NATO is beyond frightening

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down for an interview with blond Fox News female No. 1524c-114 yesterday, and his mealy-mouthed answer on NATO’s defense obligations should have everyone in … Read More

In America DDoS Leaks You!

Daily Beast “This Time It’s Russia’s Emails Getting Leaked The Russian oligarchs and Kremlin apparatchiks spared by WikiLeaks in the past will not be so lucky this week, when transparency … Read More

Russia expert: All signs point to Trump being compromised by Putin

Tom Nichols is a national security professor at the Naval War College and a Russia expert, and he just said out loud what, well, I and everyone at DKos say out … Read More

WaPo: Trump concealed details of his conversations with Putin from senior officials

Ask yourself how a Russian agent would act, and then look at Donald Trump’s actual behavior. I mean, when it comes to Putin, Trump is basically Blofeld’s cat. From The … Read More

Russian state TV: 'Trump is ours again,' Americans are 'losers'

Julia Davis, an expert on Russian propaganda and creator of the Russian Media Monitor, does yeoman’s work in keeping the Western world apprised of Russia’s sometimes shifting attitudes toward their addlepated puppet. … Read More

A day after slamming Trump, Russian state media still at it: he's 'clumsy,' 'morose,' 'defensive'

Yesterday I wrote a diary about Russian state media’s taunt-fest at the expense of our feckless leader. The scoop came from Julia Davis, an expert on Russian propaganda who regularly monitors … Read More

Russian state media: Trump 'seems to be an unbalanced person'

Oh, how the mighty stupid have fallen. Two short months ago, the entire UN General Assembly, more or less, openly laughed at Donald Trump when he tried out one of … Read More