In Dec. 2016, the NSA complained that it was denied access to the intelligence used to accuse Russia of hacking and leaking Democratic Party emails. US intel chief James Clapper urged "compromise."
Amazing work! You were right from the start (2016). Glad I’ve been following you for 15 years since theRealNews and DN. Keep up with the great work! (I m a paid subscriber to get high quality info 10 years ahead)
A question we need to ask is what today's Democratic Party looks like absent the Russiagate psyop.
For instance, since '68 the popular leading edge of the party has been pro-peace. Obama separated himself from a crowded Democratic primary field in '08 by being the only candidate who, albeit as a state senator, had not backed the '03 invasion of Iraq.
Obama prominently flips after reelecting in '12 by massively expanding the Syrian dirty war and reoccupying Iraq. Around the same time his admin is facilitating the Maidan coup and the subsequent proxy war in the Donbas.
An argument can made that Trump won a tight election in '16 by going to Clinton's left on issues of war and peace, effectively blunting the ever-since-the-sixties advantage the party enjoyed.
What to do? The Democrats needed to be rebranded as a national security party. The identity of the party had to be hacked and its peace proclivities smothered in a sauce of G-Man adulation, spook worship and Putin hatred. The popular label for this hack is Trump Derangement Syndrome. And it was delivered up by Obama on his way out the door January 2017.
Aaron, many thanks for your truthful reporting on this issue! Many of my friends still believe the government story. I am an official “conspiracy theorist.” They refuse to believe the truth!
Keep up your excellent reporting on this topic. Many people would like to forget Russia-gate and not grapple with its deleterious results: massive abuse by our intelligence agencies, a feckless media, and dangerous relations with a fellow nuclear power. The fact that we have only one, remaining arms control agreement with Russia, which expires in February 2026, has got to be one of the most alarming results out of all of this, not to mention a NATO proxy war with Russia, causing hundreds of thousands lives to be lost.
I am SO angry about this 'Russian Interference' trap. Trump is a mafioso thug, and could have been indicted on hundreds of REAL crimes. But his most serious breaches fall into the 'SWAG' realm (Stuff We all Get) -- since our entire political class is corrupted, they couldn't
tag him for his actually corruption without putting themselves in the cross hairs.
So now, he's finally doing at least ONE good thing (and sure, for all the wrong reasons...) and the entire liberal chattering class is chanting 'Russiagate, Putin Puppet, Commie blah blah blah...) -
I fucking hate liberals. Like, I already hated Republicans, but they didn't betray me - I knew they were assholes my entire life. But LIBERALS? Fuck them in every orifice. Democrats suck more than any other group on this planet (outside of Zionists. Fuck them too.)
Someone did the hacking; prob nor Russia. (Low probability from our trusting deep state assessment). Someone did. And then someone made political hay from it. My point (not made very clearly) is: The major powers all interfere in each others elections and champion the candidate they think favores them the most. IAPAC has this down to a science. They do ot covertly and openly with $$$$. The greased all politicians crave. Us folks that our constitution dictates Congress and the judiciary and the executive branch are suppose to represent our interests. But we can't compete with the grea$e of $$$.
If Russia didn't do it someone else did. Sleuth that our Mate and many others in the ether.
Jazz - no one but no one is saying this. Every country tries to influence every other countries politics... but in this case, it didn't really happen because all evidence points to Russia preferring US stability over Trump's radical inexperience and mercurial temperament.
You want to look at who wanted Trump and actually had influence? You need to look to the south and slightly east of Moscow into a land without a people....
Western Ukraine: what a mess they put THEMSELVES into. Minsk I, Minsk II could have, should have stopped this bloodshed before Russia crossed its red line.
I wonder how much hype and not fact is out their about Epstein and company. Will Epsteingate turn into another Russagate. May 10 years from now the deep state I'll tell us. Not that I in any way or form defend Epstein and company; predatory sex scum they be. But I drift off topic.sorry comrades
I suspect the Epstein was running a trafficking ring, blackmail honeypot, major money laundering and arms deals and intelligence ops - AND it’s meant to distract us from the shit they don’t even bother to hide anymore.
Amazing work! You were right from the start (2016). Glad I’ve been following you for 15 years since theRealNews and DN. Keep up with the great work! (I m a paid subscriber to get high quality info 10 years ahead)
Terrific article, thank you for your ongoing stellar work, Mr Maté.
A question we need to ask is what today's Democratic Party looks like absent the Russiagate psyop.
For instance, since '68 the popular leading edge of the party has been pro-peace. Obama separated himself from a crowded Democratic primary field in '08 by being the only candidate who, albeit as a state senator, had not backed the '03 invasion of Iraq.
Obama prominently flips after reelecting in '12 by massively expanding the Syrian dirty war and reoccupying Iraq. Around the same time his admin is facilitating the Maidan coup and the subsequent proxy war in the Donbas.
An argument can made that Trump won a tight election in '16 by going to Clinton's left on issues of war and peace, effectively blunting the ever-since-the-sixties advantage the party enjoyed.
What to do? The Democrats needed to be rebranded as a national security party. The identity of the party had to be hacked and its peace proclivities smothered in a sauce of G-Man adulation, spook worship and Putin hatred. The popular label for this hack is Trump Derangement Syndrome. And it was delivered up by Obama on his way out the door January 2017.
Aaron, many thanks for your truthful reporting on this issue! Many of my friends still believe the government story. I am an official “conspiracy theorist.” They refuse to believe the truth!
Literally right now on the BBC: It was astonishing back when Trump sided with Putin over his own intelligence agencies in Helsinki that one time.
Keep up your excellent reporting on this topic. Many people would like to forget Russia-gate and not grapple with its deleterious results: massive abuse by our intelligence agencies, a feckless media, and dangerous relations with a fellow nuclear power. The fact that we have only one, remaining arms control agreement with Russia, which expires in February 2026, has got to be one of the most alarming results out of all of this, not to mention a NATO proxy war with Russia, causing hundreds of thousands lives to be lost.
What prevents the FBI now to interview Assange?
I am SO angry about this 'Russian Interference' trap. Trump is a mafioso thug, and could have been indicted on hundreds of REAL crimes. But his most serious breaches fall into the 'SWAG' realm (Stuff We all Get) -- since our entire political class is corrupted, they couldn't
tag him for his actually corruption without putting themselves in the cross hairs.
So now, he's finally doing at least ONE good thing (and sure, for all the wrong reasons...) and the entire liberal chattering class is chanting 'Russiagate, Putin Puppet, Commie blah blah blah...) -
I fucking hate liberals. Like, I already hated Republicans, but they didn't betray me - I knew they were assholes my entire life. But LIBERALS? Fuck them in every orifice. Democrats suck more than any other group on this planet (outside of Zionists. Fuck them too.)
Ok got it.
Putin and company are innocent as new born babies on conspiring to interfere with USA elections. They have no skin in the game in World POLITICKS.
Sounds like the news that Hilary Clinton’s emails weren’t hacked by Russia has not met your expectations?
Someone did the hacking; prob nor Russia. (Low probability from our trusting deep state assessment). Someone did. And then someone made political hay from it. My point (not made very clearly) is: The major powers all interfere in each others elections and champion the candidate they think favores them the most. IAPAC has this down to a science. They do ot covertly and openly with $$$$. The greased all politicians crave. Us folks that our constitution dictates Congress and the judiciary and the executive branch are suppose to represent our interests. But we can't compete with the grea$e of $$$.
If Russia didn't do it someone else did. Sleuth that our Mate and many others in the ether.
PS voted Stein not Hillary.
Binney proved it was no "hack", it was directly downloaded from the server. Murdered but not robbed DNC worker Seth Rich comes to mind...
Zionist-level argumentation here.
Jazz - no one but no one is saying this. Every country tries to influence every other countries politics... but in this case, it didn't really happen because all evidence points to Russia preferring US stability over Trump's radical inexperience and mercurial temperament.
You want to look at who wanted Trump and actually had influence? You need to look to the south and slightly east of Moscow into a land without a people....
Western Ukraine: what a mess they put THEMSELVES into. Minsk I, Minsk II could have, should have stopped this bloodshed before Russia crossed its red line.
I wonder how much hype and not fact is out their about Epstein and company. Will Epsteingate turn into another Russagate. May 10 years from now the deep state I'll tell us. Not that I in any way or form defend Epstein and company; predatory sex scum they be. But I drift off topic.sorry comrades
I suspect the Epstein was running a trafficking ring, blackmail honeypot, major money laundering and arms deals and intelligence ops - AND it’s meant to distract us from the shit they don’t even bother to hide anymore.