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Fast Forward The Israeli In Middle Of Buzzfeed Fake News Probe Into Trump And Russia
An Israel “cyber consultant” has reportedly been circulating fake documents that purport to show a shady deal between President Trump and Exxon Mobil to appoint the company’s former chief executive Rex Tillerson as secretary of state. According to BuzzFeed News, which obtained the false papers, the trove claims the Trump Organization real estate firm was…
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Opinion How Trump and Democrats Alike Fan Paranoia About Russia
Since paranoia is a defining feature of political life in Russia, perhaps it is only natural that the controversy over Donald Trump’s alleged Russian connections is blurring the lines between paranoia and reality in the United States. Whichever way you look, it’s a vast conspiracy: either to put a Kremlin stooge in the White House,…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Praises Putin’s Fight Against Radical Islam On Russia Visit
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Russia’s contribution to the fight against the Islamic State and Al Qaida during a one-day visit to Moscow. In a statement issued prior to his meeting Thursday in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Netanyahu stressed that it is important to make sure that Iran does not step…
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Opinion How Trump Has Spawned A Spiraling Constitutional Crisis We Haven’t Seen Since Civil War
Our republic is in the throes of a historic constitutional crisis — arguably the most serious since the Civil War. If that was not clear January 20, it’s inescapable now. It’s a complex, multilayered crisis unfolding so fast that it’s difficult to keep track of its moving parts. It’s important to watch the big picture,…
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Opinion Kremlin Confidential: What Did Netanyahu and Putin Really Talk About?
Imagine we are a fly on the wall in an opulent office in the Kremlin, the site of today’s important meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Except that our “fly” is a mini drone replete with a high-resolution remote camera and a hyper-sensitive microphone. Every word is being broadcast…
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Fast Forward Al Franken: Jeff Sessions Committed Perjury — To Me
Sen. Al Franken, a Minnesota Democrat, said Attorney General Jeff Sessions perjured himself in his Senate confirmation hearings. “It’s hard to come to any other conclusion than he just perjured himself,” Franken said Tuesday on CNN. Franken questioned Sessions during his January confirmation hearings. He asked Sessions, “If there is any evidence that anyone affiliated…
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Fast Forward Rod Rosenstein Faces Senate Grilling Over Russia In Justice Department Confirmation Hearing
A Maryland lawyer tapped to fill the No. 2 position at the U.S. Justice Department was expected to face tough questions from a Senate panel on Tuesday about how he would handle an investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Rod Rosenstein, nominated by President Donald Trump to be deputy attorney general, would…
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Fast Forward Did Trump’s Campaign Have A Jewish Backchannel To Putin?
The list of Trump advisers and confidants who had met with Russian officials before the elections and during the transition is growing — and it’s getting more Jewish. Jason Greenblatt, who was Trump’s adviser on Israel and the Jewish community during the campaign and is now his special representative for international negotiations, was also involved…
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