NP: Bellingcat

[Mark Kohut]

"Pernicious hoax", thy name is Thomas's supposed "sources".
Bellingcat has more truth in one satellite triangulation than in all of
Thomas's 'reporters'.

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:16 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I find it so revealing that Thomas doesn't say that Trump was an
> authoritarian demagogue, who clearly wanted a soft or hard coup.  and may
> soon enough be
> charged with a criminal coup attempt.......which, with our deep rule of
> law, despite its tilts---better that one guilty person go free, etc.---- in
> the US may be hard to 'prove' legally, but
> all who study the facts know.
>
> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 4:09 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/russiagate-wasnt-a-hoax/615373/
>>
>> Russiagate Was Not a Hoax
>>
>> The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence confirmed what the Mueller
>> report could not.
>> By Franklin Foer <https://www.theatlantic.com/author/franklin-foer/>
>> The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence yesterday, having avoided
>> cable
>> speculation almost entirely, released the fifth and final volume
>> <
>> https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/report_volume5.pdf
>> >
>> of
>> a report on Russia’s attempt to sway the last election in Donald Trump’s
>> favor. It finally delivered what Mueller either could not or would not: a
>> comprehensive presentation of the evidence in the matter of “collusion.”
>> The report confirms that Russiagate is no hoax. Whether or not the Trump
>> campaign illegally coordinated with the Kremlin, Trump has no grounds for
>> proclaiming vindication, much less that he’s the victim of a witch hunt.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 14, 2021 at 3:44 PM Thomas Eckhardt via Pynchon-l <
>> pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:
>>
>> > > If you think Russiagate was some kind of "hoax" (like Trump and
>> > everyone who supports him do), then do you also suspect Biden stole the
>> > 2020 election?
>> >
>> > Why would I? Are you not capable of distinguishing between two different
>> > statements? Between a statement that has been made, and one that hasn't
>> > been made?
>> >
>> > Actually even the first statement has not been made expressis verbis, so
>> > here goes: Russiagate was in most of its aspects a pernicious hoax, an
>> > attempt at a soft coup. The fact that Trump is a right-wing populist, a
>> > snake-oil salesman and an insufferable ass-clown does not change that
>> fact.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> >
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>>
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