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UN human rights chief: Trump’s attacks on press ‘close to incitement of violence’
Exclusive: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president’s rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th...
Jay Murdock
Aug 13, 20186 min read
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Bannon and Trump: Follow the Money
Worst thing Steve Bannon said about Trump? “Money laundering” By Heather Digby Parton | Salon | January 4, 2018 Was Trump enraged because...
Jay Murdock
Jan 4, 20185 min read
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What Trump’s Putin love reveals about conservatives
Some American conservatives are attracted to authoritarianism and distrust modern Western culture By Neal Gabler | BILLMOYERS.COM | July...
Jay Murdock
Jul 22, 20176 min read
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James Clapper: democratic institutions are ‘under assault’ by Trump
Former national intelligence director hammers the president’s actions, calling James Comey’s firing ‘another victory for Russia’...
Jay Murdock
May 15, 20174 min read
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FBI refuses to disclose documents on Trump’s call to Russia to hack Clinton
FBI decision to withhold records suggests Trump’s provocative election year comments are being seen as relevant to its own ongoing...
Jay Murdock
May 11, 20173 min read
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The Inequality Project: the Guardian’s in-depth look at our unequal world
Today the Guardian kicks off a new project investigating inequality of all kinds, all over the world. Here’s how we plan to approach it –...
Jay Murdock
Apr 25, 20173 min read
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US missile strike in Syria: morally right but done for the wrong reasons?
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic urge caution over attack and express doubts Donald Trump had thought through its implications...
Jay Murdock
Apr 10, 20175 min read
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Blackwater founder held secret Seychelles meeting to establish Trump-Putin back channel
The United Arab Emirates arranged secret meeting between Blackwater founder Erik Prince and Russian close to Putin to establish...
Jay Murdock
Apr 3, 20178 min read
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Michael Flynn: new evidence spy chiefs had concerns about Russian ties
US and UK officials were troubled by Moscow contacts and encounter with woman linked to Russian spy agency records By Luke Harding,...
Jay Murdock
Mar 31, 20175 min read
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Russian deception influenced election due to Trump’s support, senators hear
Former FBI special agent discusses Russia’s longstanding ‘active measures’ – including the spread of fake news – before Senate...
Jay Murdock
Mar 30, 20173 min read
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After 9/11 politicians put their country above their parties. We must do so again
Russia’s attack on our democracy is of the utmost seriousness. An independent commission is the only way to ensure there is no repeat in...
Jay Murdock
Mar 27, 20173 min read
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It’s Time for a Grand Jury on Trump and Russia
Wow. @KeithOlbermann goes OFF on #TrumpRussia pic.twitter.com/QUx5R9CSSR — Jordan Uhl (@JordanUhl) March 2, 2017 The Russia question...
Jay Murdock
Mar 2, 20171 min read
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Jeff Sessions and the Russia connection: what happened and why does it matter?
The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, has called for the US attorney general to resign over his links to Russia. Will he?...
Jay Murdock
Mar 2, 20173 min read
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The story of the Trump dossier: secret sources, an airport rendezvous, and John McCain
What began as opposition research during the Republican primary slowly grew from a covert investigation into an extraordinary but...
Jay Murdock
Jan 11, 20174 min read
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Why is Donald Trump resisting the Russian hack findings? Michael Flynn may hold the answer
Trump doesn’t want to know about Russia. The unhinged alt-right views of Michael Flynn and Steve Bannon may be why HEATHER PARTON: Salon,...
Jay Murdock
Jan 7, 20175 min read
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Leak reveals Rex Tillerson was director of Bahamas-based US-Russian oil firm
Documents from tax haven will raise more questions over suitability of Donald Trump’s pick for US secretary of state Rex Tillerson is a...
Jay Murdock
Dec 19, 20165 min read
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Donald Trump Chooses Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State — TIME
(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump has selected Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson to lead the State Department, dismissing concerns...
Jay Murdock
Dec 13, 20161 min read
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Trump, Mocking Claim That Russia Hacked Election, at Odds with G.O.P.
By DAVID E. SANGER DEC. 10, 2016 Donald J. Trump walked onto the stage at a rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Friday, Credit: Doug...
Jay Murdock
Dec 10, 20166 min read
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CIA concludes Russia interfered to help Trump win election – report
Intelligence agency told key senators that individuals acting for Moscow hacked Democratic party emails and gave them to WikiLeaks, says...
Jay Murdock
Dec 10, 20162 min read
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Obama Remembers He’s Not George W. Bush
It may come to naught — calls for peace so rarely still the drums of war — but there was a moment Monday when the odds for sanity seemed...
Jay Murdock
Sep 10, 20134 min read
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