#Russia Russia Russia

[porterdavis]

Why am I not surprised?

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Time Cover

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In 2016, the Kremlin was ecstatic after Donald Trump’s victory. I watched the reaction coming from Russia that night as members of the Duma congratulated each other the moment Hillary Clinton conceded, with Russian officials and state media openly boasting that they had “elected one of their own.” Fast forward to 2024, and the tone has dramatically shifted. Despite Russia’s numerous covert operations to facilitate Trump’s re-election bid, the post-election atmosphere is now filled with mockery, veiled threats, praise, and ominous warnings—marking a stark contrast to the earlier jubilation.

Shortly after Trump’s win, Russia 1 aired explicit and practically nude photos of Melania Trump from her modeling career. During a prime-time segment on the propaganda show 60 Minutes, hosts Olga Skabeeva and Yevgeny Popov showcased images from a 2000 GQ shoot, with Popov sneering, “It’s as though the editors of the magazine knew something in advance about her future.” Skabeeva struggled to suppress laughter, and the whole spectacle felt like a calculated dig—or perhaps a reminder of vulnerabilities. Nikolai Patrushev, a senior Kremlin official and close ally of Vladimir Putin, made a series of strikingly ominous remarks about Donald Trump following his election victory.

In an interview, Patrushev emphasized that Trump is “obliged” to follow through on promises made during his campaign. “To achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them,” Patrushev stated.

He added, “During the pre-election period, he made many statements to attract voters to his side, who ultimately voted against the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current U.S. presidential administration. But the election campaign is over, and in January 2025, it will be time for the specific actions of the elected president. It is known that election promises in the United States can often diverge from subsequent actions.”

[Olga Lautman]

[post-punk-author-anthony-day]

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[trump666traitor]

[hersheysmcboom]

P:s regardless of the results of this poll, the actress playing her will not be Ukrainian, I spent too looking for one to replace her now

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

While it's snowing at the White House, Joe starts WW3

[gorkaya-trava]

so, today we, russian queers, may become "extremists" by decision of russian supreme court and thus our existence will be silenced and erased. any queer activism will be impossible for us. I don't know what to do anymore. I was heartbroken when they passed the laws about "gay propaganda" and transgender people, now I'm just numb. I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country.

please hear us.

[ink-the-artist]

"Work with animals is a source of suffering to all of us. We treat them like babies who cannot speak."

[planetofsnarfs]

[porterdavis]

Wake up! We're at war

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

“Russia, Russia, Russia. It’s always Russia!”

October 9, 2024

Robert B. Hubbell

New disclosures about Trump's ties to Putin

Bob Woodward (of WaPo Watergate fame) has written a new book that will be released this week. It contains shocking new revelations about Trump's private dealings with Vladimir Putin that again raise serious questions about whether Trump has been compromised by Russian intelligence. See NYTimes, Book Revives Questions About Trump’s Ties to Putin. (Accessible to all.)

The NYTimes identifies two areas of grave concern: Trump's ongoing private conversations with Putin during the 2024 presidential campaign and a secret transfer of a prototype Covid test machines during the early days of the pandemic. Per the Times,

The book by the journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that the former president and current Republican nominee had spoken with Mr. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office in 2021, even as Mr. Trump was pressuring Republicans to block military aid to Ukraine to fight Russian invaders. The book also said that Mr. Trump, while still in office in 2020, sent Covid-19 testing equipment to Mr. Putin early in the pandemic for his personal use.

Woodward’s report is sourced to a single Trump aid (not identified by Woodward). But the allegations are subject to confirmation by witnesses and government records. Given the limited backup for Woodward’s claims, we should proceed with caution until there is further confirmation.

But proceeding with caution does not mean that we should act naively. Trump has a long history of inexplicable favoritism toward and affection for Putin that is consistent with the actions described by Bob Woodward in his new book.

If the allegations are true, both suggest anew that Trump is subject to blackmail by Putin. As described by Woodward, when Putin received the Covid test machines, Putin told Trump,

I don’t want you to tell anybody because people will get mad at you [Trump], not me [Putin].

Putin was telegraphing to Trump that disclosure of the transfer of Covid test machines would be damaging to Trump—and keeping that transaction secret would prevent that damage. That situation is a setup for blackmail.

So, too, is the fact of Trump's continued contacts with Putin up to and including the timeframe of the 2024 presidential campaign and Russia’s war against Ukraine. If Joe Biden were in frequent, “off the record” conversations with President Xi of China, Republicans would demand impeachment and removal from office.

Trump's continued “off the record” contacts with Vladimir Putin are presumptively nefarious—especially at a time when US has seized 30 Russian websites that were attempting to influence the US presidential election in favor of Trump.

In short, it stinks to high heaven and should be a cause for a five-alarm response from any American concerned about US national security. The sad truth is that neither GOP elected officials nor Trump's base will care that he may be secretly and directly coordinating with Putin to interfere in the 2024 election.

Let’s hope that the US intelligence community is aware of the contacts and any nefarious efforts by Trump and Putin. Let’s also hope that the media will not yawn in the face of a story that would bring down any other presidential candidate.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

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[trump666traitor]