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Stay Civil Society's avatar

Sad but true. It’s so disappointing. Hilarious about Russiagate. Like WE GET IT. That accusation did not end up being supported. It was years ago and never really took off. People were concerned but there was no there there. NOW WHAT ABOUT MUSK and his censorship? What about Meta bending the knee? How will ttump admin use censorship on social media to their advantage? Inquiring minds want to know.

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BookWench's avatar

Russiagate "never really took off"?????

That is hilarious!

I STILL see Dems claiming that Trump is being controlled by Putin.

Many Dems are fundamentally incapable of ever admitting that they were wrong about anything.

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Minsky's avatar

If you are a person engaged in actual critical thinking, I think you can both admit A.) some collusion did go on, as the Mueller Report affirmed, and B.) the extent of that collusion and Russian operations were hugely exaggerated. Someone whose memory extends beyond Trump would also note that this manner of 'scandal-inflation' was pioneered and presaged before Trump arrived, in the Benghazi investigation.

The issue, as another poster here mentioned, is that Walter and Matt are not subjecting Trump, the oligarchs of his inner circle, and the Republican party to the same criticism they rightly subjected Biden and the Dems to. It is not the impartial, non-partisan criticism their independent, non-partisan readers have come to expect and respect, and it furthers the cause of illiberalism. Good, fair-minded critics are part of what keeps authoritarianism in check.

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Stay Civil Society's avatar

I don't think most independent thinkers who follow Matt Taibbi are still looking for a pee tape or whatever. We simply want to know that Racket will subject the Trump/Musk party to the same standards of incisive reporting.

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Cosmo T Kat's avatar

Yes, Russiagate took off like Bezo's rocket. Phizz, bang then nothing there. Such projection on your part.

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