Rachel Maddow connected Trump’s desperate need for cash, and Paul Manafort’s life work of spending Russian oligarch money to advance Putin’s interests.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) had accused Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) of conspiring with Putin to interfere in the presidential election.
House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan dismissed every element of Russia trying to interfere in elections and showed that he is willing to buy anything Putin is selling.
Donald Trump’s only thought after the death of Alexei Navalny at the hands of Putin was about himself.
The death of Alexei Navalny was carried out by MAGA hero Putin, and the best way for the world to respond is to topple the Russian dictator’s regime by defeating him in Ukraine.
Chris Christie warned on Sunday morning that Trump is getting crazier because he knows the walls are closing in.
CNN’s Jake Tapper called out Trump for using Putin as a character witness in the criminal cases against him.
Kevin McCarthy told reporters on Friday evening that he thinks he can pass a continuing resolution (CR) but only if Ukraine aid is taken out, so that it helps Putin.
Rachel Maddow put the pieces together and showed that Elon Musk is working against the United States and trying to help Putin and Russia.
Representative Ted Lieu (D-CA) is asking why Donald Trump bends at the knee of Russia. “In office, Donald Trump bent the knee in front of Vladimir Putin. Out of office, Trump continues to bend the knee before Putin. Why?”
Former U.S. Representative Adam Kinzinger, a Republican, noted on CNN that the civil strife in Russia is a massive blow to people like Tucker Carlson, who have been parroting Putin’s talking points.
There is something going on in Russia as mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin is claiming that his troops are on the march in Russia, while Putin has not been seen in public, and Russian leadership appears to be preparing for a military coup.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Russian president Vladimir Putin for war crimes.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) went after Gov. Ron DeSantis after he claimed that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is not a priority for the US.
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) said that Kevin McCarthy is weakening democratic institutions, which Putin favors.
President Biden delivered a strong message to Putin, Trump, and all of the Republicans who want to appease Russia during his speech in Poland.
President Biden stood up to Putin in a way that Trump never could after Russia’s sham referendum.
We can’t really judge or evaluate Biden’s meeting with MBS without properly assessing the outright and serious threats to democracy and to overall global well-being and survival the world is now facing.
We hear—and can certainly observe—how the wheels of international justice turn with agonizing sluggishness or simply don’t move at all, to the point of being, to be most frank, practically inconsequential.
Based on preliminary vote counts, Putin ally Marine Le Pen has lost to Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election runoff.
Thanks to the west, Ukraine now has more tanks in their country to defend themselves with than the invading Russians.
Every democracy-loving American should be proud of President Biden for telling Putin that he will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of Ukraine.
Jen Psaki made it clear that the goal of the Biden administration is to strategically defeat Putin in Ukraine.
Everything from attack helicopters to armed Humvees and more are set to be delivered to Ukraine by the Biden administration.
During a speech in Iowa, President Biden accused Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine.
Russia was voted off of the UN Human Rights Council for crimes and atrocities that its soldiers have committed in Ukraine.
President Biden called for Vladimir Putin to be charged with war crimes as Russians massacre civilians in Ukraine.
President Biden said that there are indications that Putin is self-isolating and has fired or placed some of his advisers under house arrest due to the failures in Ukraine.
While appearing with a discredited conspiracy theorist, Trump asked Putin to help him by releasing fake dirt on Hunter Biden.
We must recognize the authoritarian threat directly and clearly, and highlight the continuities between Putin’s anti-LGBTQ politics and those in Republican America.
we shouldn’t refer to their acts of barbarism and wholesale mass murder as “war.†We need to call it what it is: an act of genocide
Sen. Lindsey Graham held a press conference where he urged the Russian people to “take out Putin” one way or another.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) called Fox News’s Tucker Carlson an apologist for Putin while speaking on the Senate floor.
The Biden-led sanctions have caused the Russian economy to collapse and soon default on its debt.
Putin has instructed Russian media to feature Tucker Carlson as much as possible as part of his information war.
Want to stop autocracy? Want relief from inflation?
Democracy is the theory of everything.
Sen. Lindsey Graham ran like his hair was on fire away from Pro-Putin insurrectionist Rep. Madison Cawthorn.
Peter Doocy asked Jen Psaki why the White House is always blaming Putin during the press briefing.
According to a US Defense Department official, Russia has sent all of the amassed 190,000 troops into Ukraine and has taken over no population centers.
Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said that in his view, Putin is a 21st Century Hitler.
A Florida man told police that he was speeding because he heard that Putin was going to launch a nuclear war and he was trying to get back to his house.
Russian spies who oppose the invasion of Ukraine have tipped off the Ukrainians three times to plots to kill Zelensky.
Jon Stewart had some pointed observations for Republicans and why they defend Vladimir Putin.
The White House has released excerpts ahead of President Biden’s SOTU where he defends freedom and stands up to Putin.
International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan has announced that he will open an investigation into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Jen Psaki had a takedown ready for Putin by thanking him for uniting NATO.
One picture tells the story as Russian Central Bank head Nabiullina had his head in his hand as he met with Putin.
Donald Trump Jr. claimed that Putin didn’t invade Ukraine when his dad was president because he was afraid of him.
Former CIA Chief of Russia Operations Steve Hall said that Putin has managed to alienate Ukraine, and his invasion has initially backfired.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at a white nationalist conference where Putin got a round of cheers for invading Ukraine.
Steve Schmidt explains that Trump laid the groundwork for Putin’s invasion by obliterating the truth.
Putin tried to suppress reporting about his invasion of Ukraine, but that hasn’t stopped thousands of Russians from holding an anti-war protest.
CNN’s Jim Acosta gave a rundown of Trump’s fawning over Putin and proclaimed the Republican Party to be the party of appeasement.
House Republicans are calling Biden weak after Russia invaded Ukraine while they helping Putin by refusing to support Ukraine.
Trump said in an interview that Putin was a genius for invading Ukraine and that America could use some Putin “peacekeepers” on the US Southern border.
After Putin recognized breakaway Ukraine territories as independent, President Biden responded with sanctions.
While talking to reporters, President Biden threatened the one thing that Putin does not want, an increased NATO presence in Europe.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) admitted that the point of his Russia back investigation into Joe Biden is to help Donald Trump win.
Trump has fallen for an old Cold War propaganda trick by agreeing to accept a planeload of medical supplies to fight the coronavirus from Putin.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called out Senate Republicans who let Putin win because they were too scared to stand up to Trump.
Nancy Pelosi said that she was sending a message to Putin and Trump that the American people will pick the next president.
A former senior White House official said President Trump told them that he knew Ukraine tried to keep him from getting elected because “Putin told me.â€
And it’s not just one former White House official. It’s officials, plural.
Donald Trump’s DC hotel decided it doesn’t want the money that comes from Christians showing solidarity with the Kurds. According to the Washington Post, the Trump International Hotel “abruptly†canceled the event that Frontier Alliance International said was intended to honor and pray for the Kurdish people. Dalton Thomas, the aid group’s founder, described the…
Rudy Giuliani was all set to get paid by Putin, but he canceled his appearance at a Kremlin conference after getting Trump impeached.
Despite the fact that Donald Trump wooed disgruntled working-class Americans with promises to protect and even create well-paying jobs, it’s not hard to see that these promises were empty and that he’s been no advocate for the American worker.
Trump tried to attack Rex Tillerson but instead ended up showing more deference and bowing down to Putin.
Trump and Putin spoke by phone about the Mueller report and decided that the Russia investigation is over.
Back in February 2017 at a Black History Month event, President Donald Trump regaled his audience with his insights about famous African Americans’ contributions throughout U.S. history. He identified Frederick Douglass as “an example of somebody’s who’s done a great job and is getting recognized more and more, I notice.†Shamefully, he hasn’t received any…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that he is ready to aim missiles at the United States if the U.S. puts new missiles in Europe. Putin said Russia will respond to the deployment of short or intermediate-range nuclear weapons by the United States in Europe by targeting the countries where the missiles are located….
Democrats are now casting themselves as the party of national security since Donald Trump cannot be trusted and is probably committing treason. By cozying up to Vladimir Putin, and attacking U.S. intelligence agencies, Donald Trump has proven that he cannot be trusted. He clearly cares about his personal business interests more than he cares about the…
Conservative New York Times writer Bret Stephens believes that Donald Trump’s withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria will destabilize the Middle East and hurt U.S. interests there. In an appearance on MSNBC‘s “Morning Joe,” Stephens said that Trump’s Syria move “will reconstitute the Middle East that we fear, which is to say an exporter of…
Vladimir Putin has warned that there is an increasing threat of a nuclear war that could destroy all of human civilization as well as planet Earth itself. The Russian President held his 14th annual end-of-the-year press conference on Thursday morning, touching upon a wide array of issues, including relations with the US and Ukraine, anti-Russia…
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria. Putin also said that  the American presence in Syria is “illegitimate.†During his annual news conference with domestic and foreign media, Putin was asked by a U.S. reporter what he thought of the decision by Trump. “Donald is right…
Donald Trump’s buddy Vladimir Putin is not helping him out very much these days. Over the weekend the Russian president pointed out that Trump canceled their G-20 meeting due to his worsening “domestic†scandals. Trump had claimed that he cancelled the meeting because of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, which is clearly not true. Putin could…
Lawmakers in the Ukraine on Monday are considering a request from their president for the introduction of martial law in the country. The request came after a disturbing incident in which Russian coast guard ships fired their weapons at  Ukrainian navy vessels. Ukraine’s president also on Monday told Russia that they should immediately release the…
A new poll has found support among members of the Republican Party for Russian interference in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections. These Republicans believe it is OK to rely upon Putin’s government to try to help their party keep control of Congress in the fall. “40% of Republicans say that Russians illegally helping GOP  to…
Against all evidence, Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said he didn’t have a problem with President Donald Trump sitting down with Putin, claiming that what matters is the message that Trump might send to stop meddling in our country.
Just one-third of Americans say they approve of President Trump’s handling of his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new Washington Post-ABC poll released early Sunday. According to the Post: “Americans give President Trump negative marks for his conduct during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin last week and for his…
In a glimpse of White House dysfunction, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats was blindsided by the news that Trump has invited Putin to the White House this fall on live national television.
It spoke volumes when Fox News’ Chris Wallace was more confrontational with Putin than Trump was during their summit.
The American people should be nervous as Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin have been talking alone for two-plus hours.
Trump took to Twitter to suck up to Putin and tell him that his World Cup was the best ever ahead of their summit meeting.
Trump said that he might ask Putin to turn over the Russians that Mueller has indicted but that this happened under Obama and it was the DNC’s own fault that they got hacked.
While Democrats demanded that President Donald Trump take action against Russia and cancel Monday’s summit with Vladimir Putin, Trump’s response was to attack President Barack Obama instead. In his first public comment about the indictments of 12 Russian military intelligence officers Trump tweeted from Scotland: “The stories you heard about the 12 Russians yesterday took…
Former FBI counterintelligence agent Clint Watts said on Morning Joe today that congressional Republicans, as well as President Donald Trump, are acting like Russian pawns.  “It’s almost as if they are carrying out a script from a Russian influence operation.†Watts said. The cybersecurity expert told Joe Scarborough how he believed such an influence operation…
Chuck Todd said that after today’s Mueller indictments, House Republicans look like they don’t care about Russian election interference.
At the end of a tense and controversial NATO summit in Brussels President Donald Trump held an informal news conference with international reporters and spoke about his upcoming summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. In response to questions, Trump said he will raise the issue of Russian interference in United States’ elections during the…
Trump thinks that Putin is his friend, and has turned to him for advice on security issues, which means that Trump is treasonously allowing an enemy of the United States to run national security.
There are new reports that prominent Russians who are friends of Russian President Vladimir Putin had numerous contacts with officials from the National Rifle Association (NRA) during the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign. Investigative reporter McClatchy said that the identification of the Russians was made through photographs and through a confidential source within the NRA. An…
One of the deepest fears of many Americans is that our government has been taken over, or at least unduly influenced, by Russia and its President Vladimir Putin. And this week’s revelations about Michael Cohen from Stormy Daniels’ lawyer Michael Avenatti have done nothing to calm those fears. In fact, it is possible to interpret…
Fedor Emelianenko is one of the greatest heavyweight fighters in the history of mixed martial arts (MMA), which is an extremely brutal and violent sport.  Fedor Emelianenko also happens to be a Russian who has been seen extensively through the years with one of his biggest supporters: Russian President Vladimir Putin. Unless you are a fan…
Europeans are now doing what Donald Trump is afraid to do: Accusing Russia directly for spreading fake news and interfering in the governments of western democracies.  They also are taking concrete steps to combat what they say is a rising threat from Putin’s government. Hopefully Trump and Congress will follow their lead and actually do…
Alec Baldwin reprised his classic role as an unhinged Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live (SNL) last night and it was one of his finest performances. Whenever scandals in the White House and global events get too stressful our president finds an outlet by going on rants that make him feel better. Â This happened last…
According to the Wall Street Journal, Mitt Romney would be Secretary of State if it were not for Russian influence.  In an article published Thursday morning the Journal reported: “Weeks after Donald Trump was elected president, Russia-backed online “trolls†flooded social media to try to block Mitt Romney from securing a top job in…
Collusion comes so easily and naturally to Trump and Putin that it is almost like they have done this before.
A top secret NSA document obtained by The Intercept reveals that days before the 2016 election, Russian military intelligence launched a cyberattack on the U.S. that “raises the possibility that Russian hacking may have breached at least some elements of the voting system, with disconcertingly uncertain results.”
At the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Vladimir Putin tried to bail Trump out but made the president look guilty of colluding with the Russians.
Putin is standing by Assad after Assad attacked his own people in a horrific gas attack, yet Trump still would not respond to question about whether his view has changed about Putin, according a White House pool report sent to PoliticusUSA.
“The U.S. has no proof of Russian involvement in the actual chemical attack, but Russia’s surveillance drone over the hospital means Russia must have known the chemical weapons attack was coming. “
A Russian oligarch’s company actively lobbied against provisions which mandated that Keystone XL’s steel be made in the U.S. so Trump elimination the provisions.
