MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
this story taking up entire top of home page at the Washington Post right now, the lede:
In political terms, Russia’s interference was the crime of the century. It was a case that took almost no time to solve and was traced to Russian President Vladimir Putin. But because of the ways President Barack Obama and President Trump handled it, the Kremlin has yet to face severe consequences. Through interviews with more than three dozen current and former U.S. officials, The Post tells the inside story of how the Obama administration handled the Kremlin’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.
lots of subsidiary links below the story, video and audio, haven't checked them all out
Can He Do That?’
Putin’s instructions: Damage Clinton, help elect Trump
The Post's national security team goes inside the Obama administration's decision-making after the CIA captured Putin issuing specific orders to influence the 2016 U.S. election.
28:37 AUDIO: ROUNDING UP THE REVELATIONS
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Stunning intelligence: U.S. intelligence agencies had sourcing deep inside the Russian government capturing Vladimir Putin’s direct instructions to damage Hillary Clinton’s chances of winning and help elect Donald Trump.
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Graphic: The new findings in Russia’s bold campaign to influence the U.S. election
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here's their 10:43 minute video:
Inside Obama’s secret struggle to punish Russia for Putin’s attack on American democracy http://wapo.st/2sxFcFL?tid=hp_mm
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 2:18pm
Sources, from the main article:
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 3:18pm
adding link to related Guardian piece that Peracles posted a bit earlier in news section under the Title "Taking a water pistol to a gun fight":
New details of Russia election hacking raise questions about Obama's response
Obama and advisers were concerned any pre-election response could trigger escalation from Putin or be interpreted as motivated on behalf of Clinton
by artappraiser on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 4:36pm
That's the foundation of many of my criticisms of Obama. So afraid of making a mistake or doing the wrong thing he often does nothing or nothing meaningful.
by ocean-kat on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 5:11pm
Agree completely. It remains my biggest disappointment in Obama.
Others:
-giving up on single-payer, or even government exchanges in the hopes that the GOP would do the right thing.
-letting the GOP set the narrative for the ACA. There was no program to truly educate the populace about this. "ObamaCare is a disaster" became truth, only when it was too late did people begin to realize otherwise. Now that it has been sabotaged, it really IS a disaster.
oh, what am I doing this for? Never Mind!
by CVille Dem on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 5:35pm
Yeah CVille that's the other problem with Obama. He saw himself as the mediator between opposing factions. That was always the role he played from way back when he was the editor of the Harvard Law Revue. He bent over backwards to try to reach a compromise with the GOP, to no avail. I took him years to face the reality that his cherished role would never become a reality. The republicans weren't interested in compromise to accomplish anything.
by ocean-kat on Fri, 06/23/2017 - 6:21pm
Claude Taylor notes reportung this back in May with McConnell's interference/slowballing being critical to not getting anything done. Of course his wife stands to make a lot of money under the new regime...
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 06/24/2017 - 8:05am
Marcy weighs in
by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 06/24/2017 - 11:02am
She answers the "why?" I was wondering about, too:
Info agency warring, same shit as with 9/11.
by artappraiser on Sat, 06/24/2017 - 11:35am
This one, innocuous sentence may explain more than meets the eye - "Whatever else this article is designed to do, I think, it is designed to be a threat to Putin, from long gone Obama officials."
by barefooted on Sat, 06/24/2017 - 11:48am
WaPo reporting today on what they have wrought with their story:
It must be tough being an editor these days at "the fake media", you've always got to be thinking about whether you will be feeding the troll.
by artappraiser on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 5:01pm
The President, meanwhile, seems to be ignoring Kellyanne's crafting as usual and doing his own troll thing:
Trump accuses Clinton of colluding with Democrats to defeat ‘Crazy Bernie Sanders’
The initial responses to the president's early morning tweet ranged from baffled to indignant, with some Twitter users pointing to a difference between working with one’s own political party and “working with a foreign enemy.”
@ WaPo, June 25, 9:13 am
by artappraiser on Sun, 06/25/2017 - 5:09pm