Trumpian Greenwashing: Russian media racketeering and suppressing the 2020 vote

Flynn, center left, sits next to Russian President Vladimir Putin at an event last year to mark the Kremlin-controlled RT television network’s 10th anniversary. Alexey Gromov, Russian politician (first deputy chief of staff) Cyril Svoboda, Czech politician Michael Flynn Vladimir Putin Emir Kusturica, Serb film director Maja Mandić, Emir Kusturica's wife (not shown in picture due to angle) Willy Wimmer, German politician Jill Stein (back) Dmitry Peskov (Putin’s press secretary) (back) Sergei Ivanov, Russian politican (Putin's chief of staff)

Russia’s useful idiots are also proxies. In a bid to repeat 2016, the swing states will have third-party efforts as well as support for non-Democratic efforts.

In this case the self-proclaimed “environmentalist” declares that he supports the Green Party, but not really. Like greenwashing, it’s bait-and-switch.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1185643744932106240?

Jill Stein got more votes in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin than Trump's margin of victory over Clinton. She was supported by Russian trolls & the IRA just like Trump was. No wonder he's standing up for her. He hopes she will take votes fr the Dem again. They're both assets https://t.co/TnZs9B30rL

— Richard Stengel (@stengel) October 19, 2019

Mike Flynn and Jill Stein in Russia with Vlad

Lest one thinks these spring from whole cloth, one needs to remember the Russian efforts with the NRA, laundering funds to the GOP. And then there’s Moscow Mitch and Rand Paul.

Louisiana Republican gubernatorial candidate David Duke meets with an unidentified supporter during a rally in Benton, Louisiana, Nov. 15, 1991. The supporter wears a paper bag over his head identifying himself as a closet voter. (AP photo/Tannen Maury) — Like Seb Gorka, Dr. Duke got his degree from an unaccredited university, this one in Ukraine (sic)

Former KKK Leader David Duke Endorses Tulsi Gabbard 2020 Presidential Campaign, Says She’ll Put American Interests Over Israel newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-…

Syncretic support from the Russians will appear in the strangest places, no different than the RWNJ efforts to support Trump’s activities. See all that troll-bot activity whose greatest coup was to actually get liberal and conservative online groups to actually confront each other in street demonstrations using Facebook in 2016.

Remember that Arms for Dirt and the Turkish-Syrian conflict is in a last instance, still about Russia, because it’s as always about money.

Sure there’s a reasonable explanation why the @nytimes is allowing folks on RT but banning them from shows on MSNBC and CNN. Maybe the public editor can explain?

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) June 4, 2019

Pelosi says this photo came as she told President Trump, “all roads with you lead to Putin”

notice the expression on Kevin McCarthy’s face

three years ago, McCarthy told his GOP colleagues privately: “There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump. Swear to God.” https://t.co/9mlMa0opQg

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 19, 2019