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Moving the goalposts on Trump’s collusion with Russia

  • Posted on July 19, 2017June 13, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I thought my last post on the Trump/Russia nonsense was clear, but it must not have been clear enough, since I’m still accused of having moved the goalposts on this story. In fact, not only have I done no such…

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On Trump’s collusion with Russia, if you add nothing to nothing, what you get is still nothing

  • Posted on July 14, 2017November 9, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A few days ago, the New York Times published yet another story about the allegations that Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia during thee election, which has since then resulted in massive hysteria in the media. It may have been…

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Trump, Russia and the media – The deep state against Trump and the threat on democracy (part 4)

  • Posted on February 24, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Meanwhile, the New York Times also published a long piece on the alleged ties between Trump’s campaign and Russia, with the headline “Trump Campaign Aides Had Repeated Contacts With Russian Intelligence”. This makes it sound as if we are going to be treated with shocking…

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Trump, Russia and the media – The administration makes its case and it’s the red scare all over again (part 2)

  • Posted on February 22, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Despite the weakness of the evidence they provided, after private cybersecurity companies made those claims against Russia, the media almost unanimously accepted them as facts. This became even more true after the US intelligence community started to publicly make very…

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Trump, Russia and the media – The hacking of the Democratic party and private cybersecurity companies (part 1)

  • Posted on February 21, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

For several months, allegations that Russia interfered in the US presidential election to help Trump, as well as claims that Trump and some of his associates have ties with Russia, have been all over the media. They are repeated so…

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Links – 02/04/2017

  • Posted on February 4, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Megan McArdle, who is always excellent, wrote a great piece for the Denver Post. The points she makes, except for the fourth one (I obviously hadn’t anticipated Trump’s candidacy), are things I have been arguing for years. People use to think it…

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Not all foreign interferences in the US presidential election are equal

  • Posted on January 22, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Kenneth Vogel and David Stern have a very good piece in Politico on the efforts by the Ukrainian government to undermine Trump during the campaign and how they are trying to make amends now that he won. It’s worth noting that, while the…

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