Did Russia Hack State Election Systems? DHS Says Yes, No, Maybe

The AP reported that the DHS – in a stunning reversal – told Wisconsin election officials that the Russian government did not scan any part of the state’s voting system, asserting that it was actually the state’s Dept. of Workforce Development that was scanned by “Russian IP addresses.”

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Voters use electronic voting machines at the Schiller Recreation Center polling station on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio.

While it seemed as though the “Russiagate” hysteria was beginning to lose steam, corporate media outlets in recent weeks have worked to rekindle the scandal through a series of stories that purport to expose the meddling of the Russian government in last year’s U.S. presidential election. One of those stories, first published by The Associated

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WaPo Pushes More Dubious Russia-Bashing

The Washington Post has published another front-page story about Russia maybe placing some ads on Facebook, but the article violates a host of journalistic principles in hyping its case.

Robert Parry
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The Washington Post sign is seen on its building in Washington, Feb. 27, 2008. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

(Analysis) -- Some people are calling the anti-Russian hysteria being whipped up across the U.S. mainstream news media a new “golden age of American journalism,” although it looks to me more like a new age of yellow journalism, prepping the people for more military spending, more “information warfare” and more actual war. Yes, without doubt,

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US Turns to Ukraine for Next Russia Proxy War Gambit

With Ukraine rolling out a murderous ethnic cleansing campaign in its Donbass region on the Russian border, the Russian government has responded with restraint. The new provision of arms to Ukraine by the U.S. will likely change that — and start a proxy war more dangerous than Syria’.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
John McCain Ukraine Nazi

Just weeks after announcing a plan to arm the Ukrainian government with lethal weapons, the Pentagon announced on Friday that Secretary of Defense James Mattis – who has endorsed the plan – will be traveling to Ukraine this coming week in order to reassure the government in Kiev that the U.S. is “firmly committed to the goal of restoring Ukraine’s

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Russiagate Narrative Crumbling With Seymour Hersh Phone Call

The “Russiagate” narrative that the Russians hacked into private emails to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election has effectively recast international relations. But it has been coming apart and a just-released recording of a Seymour Hersh phone call may be a fatal blow.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Journalist Seymour Hersh poses for a photo in Italy, on April, 2009. Tania | A3 | Contrasto | Redux

Since the Russiagate scandal and anti-Russia hysteria first began, substantial evidence has emerged to debunk many of the claims made by their proponents. For instance, the “Russian hacker” narrative has lost all credibility, as analyses have shown that the Democratic National Committee’s “hacked” emails were not targeted by a foreign actor, but an

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US Official: Bombing The KGB Should Be On The Table

Russians are “…almost genetically driven to co-opt, penetrate, gain favor…,” according to the U.S.’ former director of National Intelligence. Such rhetoric is gaining greater traction within the U.S. political establishment every day, despite public skepticism of the “Russiagate” narrative.

Whitney Webb
بواسطة Whitney Webb
Traditional Russian Matreskas depicting Vladimir Putin, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump displayed in a shop in Moscow. Nov. 8, 2016. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)

For nearly a year, the most well-known news channels and publications have been rife with sinister images of Vladimir Putin and the Red Square “takeover” of the White House, all with the intention of fomenting the now thoroughly debunked narrative of Russian hacking and meddling in last year’s U.S. presidential election. Story after story of

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How Hermitage Capital, Ziff Brothers And The Clinton Global Initiative Prompted The Trump Jr. Meeting

Enter a very sordid tale that involves Hermitage Capital, Ziff Brothers Investments, The Clinton Global Initiative, and a decade-old story on an international tax evasion scandal.

ZeroHedge.com
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Natalia Veselnitskaya speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, July 11, 2017. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

When Trump Jr. took his now-infamous meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya he was promised: "official documents and information that would incriminate Hillary and her dealings with Russia and would be very useful to your father."  That said, Trump Jr. has since described Veselnitskaya's 'damaging information' as nothing more than "inane

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