If you are not slack-jawed at what is happening in Washington, D.C. since January 20th, then you’re hopelessly jaded.
As I wrote on March 1st (here) and again on March 6th (here) the Russian collusion and conspiracy meme was absurd on its face.
There is more evidence for the existence of Bigfoot.
The “scandal†was fabricated out of whole cloth, to lay the foundation or add a pretext for a putsch – a coup d’état – against the duly elected President by the Obama-Clinton-Corporate Media Cartel – or at least to drive the Trump Administration to its knees.
Now, however, there is mounting evidence that real criminal wrongdoing may have actually taken place – not in the Trump Campaign or Administration – but in the Obama White House. And if it did not reach to the former President himself, it most certainly involved his key National Security staff including Susan Rice (more here), and key members of the Justice Department, perhaps even the disgraced former Attorney General, Loretta Lynch, and bad top-cop, James Comey.
(Ms. Rice, of course, is best remembered for lying to the American people repeatedly about the murder of four American’s in Benghazi, including a U.S. Ambassador.)
The obvious “tell†that the Russian story was merely a shiny bobble to push the narrative of a sinister Trump plot to team up with the Russians to undermine American democracy was that on January 12th, at nearly the last hour of his Presidency, Mr. Obama expanded the ability of the National Security Agency (NSA) to share raw intercepted communications data with 16 other intelligence agencies across the government for the first time, prior to adding any privacy protections for American civilians innocently caught up in that collection, thus illegally “uncloaking†their identity.
The next day, January 13th, the New York Times ran the first expose on President Trump’s National Security Advisor, General Michael Flynn, whose telephone conversations with the Russian Ambassador were dumped to the new agencies, then immediately leaked. The conversations were evidently pedestrian and normal for an incoming National Security Advisor to have with an important Ambassador to the U.S., since we still don’t have the transcripts of those calls. This fact itself is telling; the media has the transcripts and would published them in a heartbeat if any impropriety existed.
Also, every powerful person in Washington, of both parties, must now be shaking in their Gucci’s or Louis Vuitton’s, wondering if they have been caught up in the NSA’s collection of communications  traffic with foreign officials, and face the same “unmasking†of their private conversations as have the Trump Campaign for the past year.
Wow, that could get interesting.
Like the IRS scandal in the Obama era, the gathering of intelligence, the raw collection of data, and the wide dissemination of that raw intelligence so that its leaking to the press is a virtual certainty, has been turned into a political weapon. This fact was confirmed by former Department of Defense official in the Obama Administration, Evelyn Farkas (video here) that the Obama crowd was in a panic to push the information on the Trump Campaign and Transition office and the Russian connection deep into the public forums before they left office.
Having no shame, the radical Democrats – which is redundant – are ignoring the fact that the Ruskies snooping around Washington looking for unlocked doors, or hoping to find unsecured servers and tell-tell emails is simply what governments do. Just as we and every major power does. The righteous indignation on Capitol Hill from Democrats, and even some Republicans, is pure theater.
The Charmian of the House Intelligence Committee, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) was slow-rolled by the intelligence community and denied access for weeks on what, if any, information exists on the “Russian†connection, the leaking of classified material, and “unmasking†private citizens . Finally last week the Chairman was brought to the White House where he was shown the documentation, and came out to state what was actually already obvious; there is no evidence of collusion and that indeed, the Trump Campaign and Transition was surveilled. He then met with the President and told him what he’d seen.
The corporate media and the Democrats – one and the same of course – and a few petty Republicans went into overdrive outrage on “Congressman Nunes’ outrageous behavior†that called into question his ability to remain Chairman of the Intelligence Committee – in spite of the fact that this type of briefing is not unusual, but happens frequently in every Administration. In fact, Ranking Minority member Adam Schiff (D-CA) had been offered the same opportunity to review the documents, and refused the offer until this week. Now, Mr. Schiff has walked back his comment on Russian collusion and has said publicly, “I did not see any evidence.â€
The fact is that President Trump won the “impossible†race and dethroned the Clinton’s, Democrats and the Big Media. Radicals do not lose graciously. This is a war, and there will be a winner and there are no do-overs. Watching the first sixty days of this Administration and the non-stop attack by the radicals can only confirm the obvious; the truth and its application are no longer of concern, and can no longer get in the way of the “right†people being in power.
Get used to it; this is the new normal.
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This article will be more complete and more credible if the author includes the answer to who shot JR Ewing…
Our personal privacy went on the auction block years ago. When it did, Republicans joined Democrats in selling it. Don’t try to push it as an Obama conspiracy.
And Evelyn Farkas is a defense pro and a Russia expert, not a political. She has cautioned for years against letting the Russians influence Syrian affairs. Your take on her is sloppy research, if it is research at all.
Somebody please get the author to detox.
The Gateway Pundit has now reported that Obama CIA Director John Brennan was involved in the unmasking of Trump supporters and associates. This is the third person now implicated – Rice, Brennan and Farkas. In Brennan’s case, the surveillance occurred after the election and up to the inauguration.
This surveillance could only have been for political purposes.
SORRY, wrong! UNLESS AND UNTIL Trump releases all of his past tax returns we will not KNOW. Your piece asks us to TRUST! SORRY. My Virginia roots – for nearly 300 years, from trustworthy hardworking rural farming people – is confirmed in conscience that Trump is a LIAR – SERIAL LIAR – PATHETIC TOAD WHO BLAMES OTHERS AND APOLOGIZES FOR NOTHING – RAPIST perhaps or AT LEAST A RAPE FETISHIST! …. Our simple rural common sense, and love of The Bible, and joy in Christian faith, inform us that TRUMP is NO SAVIOR, NO GODLY LEADER, and while worthy of our prayers not worthy of our trust.
The direction and path we were traveling upon until Jan 2017 and the one the Democratic’s and their party and non party supporters desperately want the nation to return too is clear. Two sets of rules, two sets of actions based on illegalities, ONE set of liars. There is not a lot of room here for philosophical nuance. You either fight it or you support it regardless of any posturing you may express to justify sitting on the sidelines.
I’m afraid I have to disagree with Michael on his contention that this is primarily about “radicals” (they are in fact easy to identify and address) it’s the fellow travelers that you really need to be aware of that sit in front of their media megaphones day after day shouting support for this destruction of our Republic, as well as, those who through personal pique refuse to engage because they philosophically can’t abide with the only tools we were presented to fight the spread of this corruption. These type of political events expose far more then just the rock tossers and the political thugs they drag into the light those that abet as well. Those that currently hold office among this group should be removed post haste or the infection will never be suppressed.
Nobody knows the extent of this conspiracy. To me, only two of possibly dozens of participants in the anti-trump coup have self identified. My hope is that Sessions can at least take down a few more and maybe get others fired. At the very least, he should pursue the Clinton Foundation as it is at the heart of a spreading corruption. The FBI and IRS need new leadership and the sooner the better.
I love how you base all your arguments on Trump tweets – and you call the Dems radical?
Looks like your stupid party that lost to Trump in a spectacular fashion has screwed up again. This Russia crap is blowing back on them. They reveled their methods and sources in attempting to screw Trump and now you gave Trump a victory as that dipshit Susan Rice is going to have to testify to splain how exactly all those people were unmasked. Your Great Leader certainly put her stupid ass out there everytime he needed some nonsense done…. Let’s see if she squeals. Probably not… but it will be fun to watch.
The Russian crap served many purposes. A major purpose was to cover up the stench of the Democrat party that was reveled by the email leaks. With typical Clinton strategy it was LOOK RUSSIA!!! Instead of allowing the liberal morons to focus on… well your party colluded with Clinton to elect her and screw the socialist out of the nomination pretty hard. Is that wrong, liberals who post here? Then why did Debbie Wasserman Shultz resign? It was of course the equivalent of the Watergate break in for the Democrats… it gave them the NSA’s vast resources after they eventually got the FISA warrant. And then when Hilly lost, it was an attack strategy.
This is a hideous example of a police state tactic lead by Obama, but of course according to the corporate media, he is innocent as a lamb. Bull @#it he is.
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This is a better news analysis than I’ve seen anyone in the media deliver so far on this topic, even among conservative media opinion writers. Very well done.
We’ll just have to let the FBI finish this one.
After the FBI let Hillary and her people walk with all the classified data on Hillary’s server, I have absolutely no faith in the FBI to conduct a legitimate investigation.
They’ve proved “laws are for the little people”.
Who do you have faith in these days?
Definitely not the FBI to do the right thing.
I have faith in the military.
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Oooh, reminds me of being stationed at Ft. Wainwright, AK.
To attempt to justify what Nunes did as righteous peels the onion on this whole article. Also, to call the Republicans who questioned and condemned what Nunes did as “petty” Republicans throws any credibility out the window. What about Reagans 11th Commandment Mike? (Out the window it went)
Trump. the “tweeter president” brings all this trouble down on himself. Fact is that Trump cannot even get important legislation passed by his own Party. Sure, he can screw the hell out the middle-class with vending machine legislation like the internet privacy act. But, there were about 10-15 real conservatives who told Trump what he could do with his Wall St. healthcare BS.
Trump is turning out to be the opposite of what he ran on. Trumps attacks on the HFC is something Mike doesn’t want to talk about. Is the left wing media behind those attacks also Mike?
Mike lives on a different planet than I do.
Trump turning out to be the opposite what he ran on??? Duh!
I don’t blame Trump for the health care debacle… I blame Congressional Republicans. These buffoons are the ones voting on repeal for YEARS. So, what were they doing all this time… show votes to placate the masses? Where was the legitimate legislation they could agree on? They had enough time to work on it. Instead, Ryan tried to cram some secretive Obamacare Lite down our throats. I applaud those conservative Republicans who said “NO”.
Anyway, what’s that got to do with the original comment you made about letting the FBI finish this one? The FBI is a tool of the political class and should have its house cleaned. Everyone in a position higher than an agent or analyst should be removed.
That healthcare plan of Trumps is totally opposite of what he promised.
Agreed, but where was the plan the Republicans supposedly had all the while casting show votes?
On Paul Ryan’s website. I think it was put there about last May. It was just BS.
He is the link to what Republicans called their health plan in 2016, in response to years of being critized for not having a plan of their own. This plan (not really a plan) is just some zombie BS.
https://abetterway.speaker.gov/_assets/pdf/ABetterWay-HealthCare-PolicyPaper.pdf
And, the Dems don’t even know where to s–t anymore. The can’t figure it out, even though it’s written on the door…. And, Gorsuch says that no one is above the law, while we have over 11 million illegals in the US illegally who are above the law. And, as screwed up as Washington is, they want us to believe that they can supervise war on 4 fronts at the same time??????? Trump is being tested by Russia and China, and he is a flop, just like Obama, and Bush 43′ were also. Social Security is in trouble, the government tells us, or as Dave Brat says, “SS is insolvent”. And yet, “they” do not want to talk about the fact that the government owes the Social Security Trust about $2.8 TRILLION dollars. And if the government does not pay it back, they are in default on their debt. Do not buy into the BS that SS is in trouble and must be fixed. It’s not.
However, government is in trouble and must be fixed.
No one is going to jail. These people are too big to jail, just like the wall street crooks.
The precedent was set when Sandy Berger got caught with classified info in his underwear and socks… Nope, no jail for him… Laws are for the little people.
What sort of cheese goes best with this whine?
Limburger. Both sides can smell it. Only one side will eat it.
see the stuff you say are so dam ignorant. people like you distort history because we are right you are wrong we were the defenders of the constitution. and people are finally learning the truth , you are the typical leftist ass. you have no heritage we are Christians first then family and proud.the flag is Christian battle flag you idiot the u. s . flag fly’s at Klan rallies but nobody says a dam thing about it, the us flag during slavery and the north kept slaves 2 years after the war, yankee generals some had slaves Robert e. did not during the war. the us flag flew during the killing of native Americans. our army had Mexicans, Jews. and native Americans and yes black soldiers with guns and also they were not segregated and got the same pay in the northern army they were segregated and got less pay, and at oak wood cemetery the union dug a pit and threw black soldiers from there unit in it on the confederate side not union and we can go on on so get your education. by the way we have a black lady in the united daughters of the confederacy that is a historian she does lectures on black confederates, Teresa roane. sick of ignorant people that run there mouth because of there hate i think it is jealousy. remember lincoln was friends with karl marx and sherman was a socialist we call the republicans back then red republicans not the same as today. and hitler got his ideas from Lincoln . we did not want the north just want to be left alone the north invaded burned and pillaged and raped. all about money. you are just like the people saying islam is peaceful religion and never read the koran i read the koran they are evil and nothing peaceful about them just a example this is George on this post. this all i got to say you cant fix stupid
Okay, but do the unicorns fart rainbows in your fantasy world?
i can see you are very intelligent like a little child, did you change your diaper you are starting to smell oh don’t forget the safety pin and your white puzzle piece
Excellent piece. The new normal will continue unless someone steps up to the plate and says enough. If we continue to reward bad behavior (or not punish offenders for breaking not only the law but the public trust), we will continue the fast slide we’re on now. There should be severe costs to these actions. But will anyone take that step?
Sometimes I feel like politics is tantamount to rearing toddlers. If you don’t set limits and stand firm on consequences, they will continue to misbehave because they know there are no consequences.
Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail. Jail.
All these Democrats need to GO TO JAIL.
Yes, focus on that until the mid-terms arrive, after which you will need a better explanation for the voters. Or a crisis. Either way, they’re unlikely to be persuaded without real action on a legislative agenda of change, but then you can roll the dice as you seem to prefer.