A former CIA officer asks a legitimate, and deadly serious, question: Have Russian operatives paid any Republican officials? trib.al/ao6b4t4

You see all these Israelis? I'd venture to say that almost all believe Hamas committed unspeakable evil on 10/7, is a terrorist menace, deserves to be eliminated as a security or political factor...AND that Netanyahu's policies have been a disaster, he has failed the hostages, he

It's one of the most telling things about early 21st century America that it is now accepted as more or less a given (dog bites man) the Russian security services operate as what amounts to the main SuperPac for the Republican party.

Watchdog group files complaint saying Judge Aileen Cannon has shown bias in throwing out Trump’s classified documents case and must be replaced if the appeals court overturns her decision. By Marilyn Thompson propublica.org/article/judge-…

NEW: Ginni Thomas is still at it, folks. She sent a private email to a group that opposes Supreme Court reform: “YOU GUYS HAVE FILLED THE SAILS OF MANY JUDGES. CAN I JUST TELL YOU, THANK YOU SO, SO, SO MUCH.” Andy Kroll & Nick Surgey have the scoop: propublica.org/article/ginni-…

Scott Jennings is simply despicable. And CNN soils itself over and over by having him on and legitimizing him.

🆕Big news! Today, U.S. National Science Foundation and New America announce a strategic initiative supported by Ascendium's Education Philanthropy to empower community & technical colleges in regional innovation ecosystems in #NSFEngines created under the #CHIPSAct newamerica.org/education-poli…

As we have always known, the reason the Russia-Russia-Russia "hoax" has endured for so long is because it was never a hoax.

Big swathes of the GOP have just been mainlining Russian propaganda for a while now and it's not a great situation. slowboring.com/p/republicans-…

The onion has been tweeting this for at least a decade. Let that sink in.

If it came out that a bunch of Democratic influencers were being funded by the CCP the news would cover it for weeks. But today it comes out a ton of the biggest Republican influencers are being funded by the Russian government and there’s little or no coverage

This is why the MAGA fans support Russia - our enemy since 1945 - and its invasion of Ukraine It's their version of patriotism...

Kremlin agent Tim Pool on air reading off of a script supplied to him by Russian intelligence. However, Tim Pool, a gullible American, says he didn't know it was the Kremlin who suddenly started paying him $100,000 per episode of his show.

How many times did Musk promote just one of these Kremlin agents? ALOT.

Uh... this is basically describing the Twitter feed of Elon Musk ever since he started having private calls with Vladimir Putin... Now that DOJ has released this document as the playbook for the Russian influence operation on social media, maybe the FBI should talk to Elon Musk?

I am shocked, shocked to discover that the Russian state funded far-right "influencers" in the state of Tennessee and I am sure they had absolutely no idea where the money was coming from theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

Some in the media will reject this, claiming they do cover Trump's crazier claims. But this misses the point. His mental unfitness for the presidency is *itself* the big story. It merits sustained scrutiny as a topic with its own intrinsic importance. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/185622…

You can find some examples of reporting on Trump's mental state. But it's not remotely adequate. A lot of stuff gets overlooked entirely. Trump's deranged claims about gender at Moms for Liberty event were not adequately covered, as Michael Tomasky noted. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/185622…

Those are real headlines about Biden's age at top news orgs, reimagined as heds about Trump's mental unfitness for the job. We should treat those Trump traits and the politics around them as *themselves* being the news. Link to full argument below. END newrepublic.com/article/185622…

(📣) ICYMI: Stop the Steal Co-Leader and Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes Turns on Trump, Calling Him a Loser and Saying He Should Be Imprisoned, Possibly Permanently Ending the Last Vestiges of the January 6 Insurrectionist Coalition This is must-watch, must-RT TV.