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Trump Wishes Russian Hacking Scandal Would Go Away, Obama Plans to Hit Back

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is still wishing mightily that Russia’s unprecedented tampering with the presidential election would just go away. But President Obama is vowing to take action against the Kremlin amid a looming congressional investigation into the scandal. Obama is expected to reveal today (Dec. 29) the steps he’s taking to retaliate for Russia’s efforts to sway the election in Trump’s favor....
NATIONAL SECURITY

Trump Finally Finds Someone Who Agrees With Him on Russian Hacking (Video!)

Keith Girard
Donald Trump has finally found someone in the highest circles of government who agrees with his view that no one really knows who stole emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Only it’s not our government; it’s Russia’s. Trump pal Valdimir Putin addressed the issue in his annual news conference and couldn’t agree with Trump more....
NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama Urged to Name Special Prosecutor to Probe Russia Election Hacking

Keith Girard
President Obama is being urged to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct an independent investigation of Russian interference in the presidential election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign. The petition, created by political Web site Daily Kos, is acutally a vote of “no confidence” in a planned bi-partisan Congressional investigation into the hacking....
POLITICS
Donald Trump and Steve Bannon

Trump Russian Embrace Dovetails With White Supremacist World View on Race

Keith Girard
Donald Trump’s embrace of Russia dovetails chillingly with the views of white supremacists promoted by alt-right propagandist Steve Bannon. They see the world divided in racial terms making mostly white “Christian” Russia a natural ally of the United States and all other races potential enemies. There’s no other way to explain Trump’s unilateral tilt toward Russia, which is contrary to decades of U.S. policy....
POLITICS
Russian President Vladimir Putin bragged about the decline of America under Trump. (Photo: Getty)

Donald Trump Russian Connection: Putin Directly Linked to Election Hacking

Keith Girard
Donald Trump capitalized on a private emails from the campaign of rival Hillary Clinton that were released in a massive leak personally orchestrated by Russian President Vladmir Putin, U.S. intelligence officials have determined. The latest revelations, first reported by NBC News tonight (Dec. 14), bring the investigation one step closer to Trump and key members of his campaign....
NATIONAL SECURITY
Donald Trump has muddled the strategic direction of the U.S. military and still left the armed forces short of men and equipment. (Photo collage: MPG)

Trump F-35 Program Threat Will Hurt U.S. Defense; Another Tip to Russia?

Keith Girard
Donald Trump threatened to cancel the much-maligned F-35 Lightning II Strike Fighter program yesterday, a move that would hurt the nation’s defense and provide a much needed boost to Russia, which would have to develop expensive new counter-measures if the plane goes into combat service. Trump’s unexpected criticism of the program, purportedly because of its cost, came out of left field and sent the plane maker’s stock plummeting yesterday by almost 2 percent....
DEFENSEWHITE HOUSE

Trump, Republican Lawmakers Scramble to Play Down Russian Connection

Keith Girard
Donald Trump and a handful of Republican lawmakers are trying to head off or sharply curb a congressional investigation into a finding by the nation’s top intelligence agency that Russia actively worked to influence the U.S. election on Trump’s behalf. Congressional Democrats have called for the investigation into Russia’s interference. But some Republican leaders, who launched multiple investigations of Hillary Clinton, now are suddenly reluctant to move forward....
NATIONAL SECURITY
Donald Trump cabinet officials should face contempt charges for ignoring impeachment subpoenas. (Photo: Getty)

Trump Treason: Did He Collaborate With Russians to Steal Election?

Keith Girard
The first shoe has dropped in an emerging scandal that may show Donald Trump campaign actively collaborated with the Russian government to steal the election with hacked emails and a flood of misinformation and fake news. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has concluded in a secret probe that Russia actively engaged in an effort to subvert the U.S. election to help Trump win the presidency....
NATIONAL SECURITY

Trump Private Sector Meddling Veers Into Russian Style Government Paternalism

Keith Girard
Donald Trump is signaling that he intends to lord over the private sector with a heavy-handed Russian-style paternalism that will reward, or punish, corporations based on the degree they support his broader political objectives. Far from freeing the private sector from government shackles, the new Trump administration appears intent on meddling, at will, with business decisions that once were the reserve of corporate executives and their boards...
BUSINESS
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Elton John Bitch Slaps Russian President Putin for Anti-Gay Law

Keith Girard
Elton John doesn’t take kindly to being used as a political tool. In a strongly worded message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the pop singer slammed Russia’s anti-gay law today (Jan. 22) for “legitimizing” homophobia. The stringent law has been under fire for months from human rights groups and has politicized the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia....
CELEBRITIES