The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstrations
The Elephant in the Room: Russia’s Role in the Demonstations One of the great unknowns is the extent to which Russia may have stoked racial…
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Lethal incompetence: Masks
International Law and the targeted killing of Qasem Soleimani
A pro-Russian Republican conspiracy and cover-up?
When and how did America lose her soul?
American Policy: Khashoggi’s assassination, human rights, and international law
Khashoggi Affair: Murder most foul!
Khashoggi Affair: A Prince must go—or two
Devil’s Bargain: The Kashoggi Charade
Opinion: Leaked transcript of private two-hour conversation between Putin and Trump in Helsinki
We have received through a chain of secret channels a “transcript” of the secret conversations between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin which took place at…
Americans Are Lost in the Weeds, and Google Doesn’t Help
Continuing Google Censorship Google continues to censor The Trenchant Observer, not displaying search results on hot topics such as the Christopher Steele Dossier. In fact,…
REPRISE: Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
Originally Posted By: The Observer January 18, 2016 Today is Martin Luther King day in the United States, a national holiday. It is a good…
The Christopher Steele dossier on Trump’s collusion with Russia and subsequent corroboration
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak with Trump on May 10, 2017 at the White House Whatever the story of the…
Former CIA chief John Brennan testifies he warned Russians about intervention
Developing In testimony on Capitol Hill today, former CIA Director John Brennan statd that, in a telephone call on August 4, 2016,…
More on the “Golden Showers” dossier prepared by former MI6 agent Christopher Steele: Sources
British press reports add considerably more detail to the story regarding the credibility of the “Golden Showers” dossier prepared by ex MI6 agent Christopher Steele.
Particularly intriguing is the Christmas death of fomer KGB chief was was reportedly a go-between between Putin and a key associate.
Analysis: Russia scandal closes in on Trump
With revelations of the Sessions and Kushner meetings with the Russian ambasador, the circle of suspicion is tightening around President Donald Trump himself.
Are we to believe that all of these people who had contacts with Russian officials were all free-lancing, and that Trump had no knowledge of their activities, during a prolonged period in which Trump made absolutely no criticism of Vladimir Putin or any of Russia’s actions?
Flynn represents an extraordinary danger for President Trump, as he may have been at the center of contacts with the Russians
The Trump Paradox: “Making America Great Again” without the values that have made America great
The great paradox of President Donald Trump is that he promises to the American people that he will “make America great again” but in practice appears to want to do so without honoring and defending the values that have made America great in the past.
Vladimir Putin and the Assassination of Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2015
Is Vladimir Putin a killer? “There ae a lot of killers.” Is America like Russia? See “As Kerry travels to Moscow, Putin thwarts investigation into…
“Technical adjustment” on Russian sanctions may involve more than meets the eye
The Washington Post reported on Thursday that U.S. sanctions against Russia, specifically the FSB, had been relaxed in order to allow the FSB, which has…
Trump, Russia and the betrayal of American heroes
Developing The worst case scenario, we wrote after the election on November 8, 2016, would be if Trump acted during the transition and his presidency…