Russiagate, Use It Or Lose It

If I don't get this stuff out soon, I never will. Why does it matter? Peder Zane at RCW explains Why The Russiagate Scandal Outranks Every Other In History. An unholy alliance between an opposition political party, the mass of the bureaucratic state (especially the intelligence agencies) and the media, who all conspired to try to block a President from being elected, and when he beat them and won the election, to attempt to oust him. John O'Connor at Am Great, The Russiagate Probe: ‘Clean Gene’ or ‘Dirty Harry’?, " The much-ballyhooed “Russian collusion” probe, as it was pursued after Trump was elected, was simply a “perjury trap” investigation, a specialty of the unctuous James Comey. " Ned Ryun at Am Great, The Praetorian Guard of the Administrative State, "The FBI and Justice Department should cease to exist in their current forms, if they should even exist at all." Dan Chaitin at WaEx, Mark Meadows says DOJ tried to redact Russiagate materials 'minutes' before Biden sworn in. Mediaite is really pissed that Trump Brags to Mark Levin He Stayed in Office Four Years Because He Fired James Comey

As for the media, as Margot Cleveland at Da Fed notes, The Corrupt Media Did Not Fall For The Russia Collusion Hoax. They Were Part Of It and Corporate Media’s Systemic Corruption Is Far Worse Than Chris Cuomo’s Coverup For His Brother. Mark Judge at Stream, ‘Reporting the Controversy’ — How the Corrupt Media Creates Fake News. He has experienced it personally. Aaron Mate' at RCI, Five Trump-Russia 'Collusion' Corrections We Need From the Media Now -- Just for Starters: "Falsehood No. 1: Michael Flynn Discussed Sanctions With Russia and Lied About It, Falsehood No. 2: Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence, Falsehood No. 3: George Papadopoulos's Night of Heavy Drinking' With the Australian Envoy, Falsehood No. 4: Russia Launched a Sweeping Interference Campaign That Posed a ‘National Security Threat' and Falsehood No. 5: The Justice Department Pulled Its Punches on Trump. Ed Sherdlu at Am Think thinks The New York Times still hasn’t apologized for its Russia Hoax coverage. No, and they never will. 

And then the Democrats, who directed and paid for the hoax. Robert Spencer at PJ Media, Irony On Steroids: Hillary Laments People Not Being Held Accountable for Their Actions. Mediaite scandalized when Stephen Miller Says ‘Criminal’ Hillary Clinton Is the ‘Single Biggest Purveyor of Disinformation in the History of Our Country’. For a non-media person, she's surely in the top 5. Daniel Greenfield at Front Page documents how Schumer, Who Accused Trump of Russian Collusion, is Getting Paid by Putin. "Schumer, along with a number of other top Democrats, is a beneficiary of campaign contributions from top Democrat fundraiser Vincent Roberti whose lobbying firm was paid over $8.5 million by Nord Stream 2 which is owned by Putin's state-run Gazprom energy monopoly." Eli Lake, The Resistance Liar, "Review of 'Midnight in Washington' by Adam Schiff."

David Keltz at Am Great writes 2021 Was the Year of Vindication for Trump "One by one, the lies of the past five years are being exposed." And the coverup continues, David Frum at the Slantic, The new Trump-Russia denialists. Jonathon Rauch, The Real Hoax "There is ample evidence that Trump colluded with Russia. Here’s how he convinced people otherwise." Seth Barret Tillman has a take down of Frum at The Reform Club, Letter to the Editor responding to David Frum’s ‘It Wasn’t a Hoax’

Frum’s position amounts to this: If you express the wrong political views in public—by which he means, political views he disagrees with—that is a reason for the government to investigate you. Frum is not embarrassed by his position. Millions of Americans agree with Frum. He and they are entirely wrong. And the continuing viability of American and Western democracy depends on changing the hearts and minds of those millions.

Jerry Dunleavy at WaEx does some heavy lifting in exposing The many Russian links to the operatives behind the Steele dossier. WaPoo whines Steele dossier sources, methods face new scrutiny after indictment of key figure, "The indictment of Igor Danchenko, a key source for the report on Trump’s alleged ties to Russia, has sharpened focus on the work by ex-British spy Christopher Steele." They're trying desperately to cover his ass. Tristan Justice at Da Fed reports that a Soros-Funded ‘Disinformation’ Group Paid Nearly $1 Million More To Creators Of Steele Dossier Disinformation Operation. Fox, New York Times mocked for claiming debunked Steele dossier a 'distraction' from the real Russia investigation, "Mollie Hemingway tweeted, 'Give it up, hoaxers. Your credibility: gone.'" Paul Sperry at RCI writes Journalist-Authors Isikoff, Corn Also Fell For Danchenko's Mythical Dossier Source. They weren't fooled, they were complicit. At Haut Hair, John Sexton cites WaPoo's Erik Wemple: Brian Stelter and CNN aren't taking much responsibility for their embrace of the Steele dossier. Again, complicit. But according to NewsBusters, former Clinton lead flak George Stuffinenvelopes is going to brazen it out, Really? Stephanopoulos Rejects Notion ABC Hyped Bogus Steele Dossier.

According to Jordan Boyd at Da Fed, Grassley Warns Durham: ‘Don’t Take Your Eye Off Government Misconduct’ Jerry Dunleavy, John Durham says evidence shows Michael Sussmann lied when pushing Trump-Russia claims. John Sexton at Haut Hair, Additional evidence supports Durham's indictment of Michael Sussmann. But ex-Federal Prosecutor Andy McCarthy at NR, cited at Haut Hair, worries Is Durham's case against Michael Sussman collapsing? Any case against a high level Democrat in the DC metro area is a tough row to hoe. Witness, as Paul Sperry notes DC Bar Restores Convicted FBI Russiagate Forger to ‘Good Standing’ Amid Irregularities and Leniency. Convicted felon Kevin Clinesmith good enough for D.C. Sophie Mann at JTN, DC bar restores status of convicted ex-FBI lawyer who deceived the FISA court during Russia probe, "Typically, a case like Kevin Clinesmith's would end in disbarment, but not this time."

At the Wa Free Bee, Jake Sullivan’s Wife Faces Growing Calls for Recusal From Durham Probe, "Margaret Goodlander serves as counsel to AG Merrick Garland, who oversees the probe". Nothing to see here, move on!

Sundance has some interesting inside baseball, About That Yahoo Article on Ali Watkins and James Wolfe and WaEx reports Michael Cohen sues Trump for 'retaliatory confinement' to prevent book publication. I'm not impressed.