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Jane's avatar

Just letting us know we have a Russian asset in the office of the United States presidency. Kind of important to know, in my opinion.

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DFG's avatar

“I have no idea whether this Facebook page really belongs to Mussayev or, if it does, whether he is telling the truth.”

After three years of the Muller investigation that resulted in nothing besides confirming that things “sure looked fishy” I can understand why the media would be reluctant to grab that tar baby again. I can easily believe Trump has been compromised (what would he be doing differently if he was not?) but to expect the media to go down that road again without something more than circumstantial evidence is not realistic.

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Deborah Walker's avatar

Thank you, Julie. There’s no doubt in my mind that DJT is closely linked with Putin and Russia. I don’t care how often Trump and his sycophants cry “Russia, Russia Russia!” and insist that the Mueller report was a witch hunt or hoax, it’s clear that it wasn’t. While there is truth in the report, the Steele Dossier damaged the credibility of anything regarding Trump. Yet we know there’s evidence linking Trump and Russia. Jim Comey was fired because of his potential investigation into the Russian influence during the 2016 election.

It’s plausible.

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Letters to the Republic's avatar

Looks like the UK Yahoo took down the story as well.

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Danny Delgado's avatar

Wow. Awesome reporting. It’s nice when the puzzle pieces keep coming and keep fitting. Well done!👍🏽

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Jacqueline Morris Bell's avatar

Very well written article. The corruption and allegiance to Putin run deep, no matter the catalyst.

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lindaloo's avatar

Wow, so true, I knew most, just feel the swing state voting machines got rigged by Elon. If you watch some of tRumps last rallies he sounded crazy, it like he was told you won, we got it rigged, so say what ever you want.. Why didn’t we recheck the votes, tRump got GA to to recheck 6 times, he lost 60 court cases 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Lawrence Evers's avatar

Funny, having read the NYT and Washington Post most of the information that has actually been verified was published. As to the conjecture, that's been covered by the various liberal commentary sources. It would be a false equivalency to say that the Biden families situation is similar but the role of journalists is not to present facts and then opine on their implication.

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Danny Delgado's avatar

It is in opinion pieces.

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LadyHistorian's avatar

A Zhukov he surely isn’t, but he might try to wear one of his medals!)))

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Gypsy Traveler's avatar

Add in the comments that Don Jr and Eric have made about being awash in Russian funding, and....yeah.

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Rob Kelly's avatar

Reminder: they are the “Mercenary” media! They follow the money right into their bank accounts! They also don't want to piss off Daddy Donald! Free Speech ain't what it used to be, and cowardice is much more prevalent and worse!

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BC's avatar

so Putin’s Rapist Pet rubbed that stanky mushroom between his nasty legs … on the Gremlin’s floor the very same year (1987) of Ronnie’s market crash that tanked the dollar.

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Stevie Herring's avatar

When I tried to click on the Economic Times article about Mussayev through Google I was met with a blank page. When I clicked on it through DuckDuckGo it worked just fine! I think Google is censoring results! It's been saying "Results are changing fast" for 2 days but they haven't changed at all. The Byline Times said their article about it crashed due to a DDOS attack! I don't understand why the media aren't covering this! The fact that it is being scrubbed makes me believe it is true! Mussayev isn't the first one to say this.

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Kenneth Newman's avatar

I just Googled the name and Economic Times and got a readable hit.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/who-is-alnur-mussayev-the-former-ussr-kgb-officer-at-the-center-of-explosive-donald-trump-russian-spy-allegations/articleshow/118489046.cms?from=mdr

Remember: you're not being paranoid if everyone really is out to get you!

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Ralph Rosenberg's avatar

Whether one accepts these 'bombshell' allegations or not is secondary to the observable pattern of behavior. The Musk/Trump/Vance (MTV( coalition consistently mirrors authoritarian tactics: they undermine democratic institutions, attack the free press, promote personality cults, and echo talking points that align perfectly with adversarial foreign interests, especially Putin.

Their rhetoric and actions reflect a comfort with autocratic governance models. They praise strongmen leaders, advocate for expanded executive power beyond constitutional limits, and regularly delegitimize systems of accountability.

As the saying goes: if it walks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck—perhaps we should acknowledge what stands before us.

The question isn't about specific allegations, but rather about recognizing patterns that should concern anyone committed to democratic principles, especially those with megaphones: our US Senators and Congressional Reps. and media

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Kenneth Newman's avatar

I'm going to go WAAAAY out on a limb and say that James Carville is not the favorite political analyst for those on this site. The term 'Ragin Cajun" could just as easily be "Crazy Cajun," but nonetheless, he makes a few reasonable points in this article:

https://www.nj.com/politics/2025/02/its-overtop-democratic-strategist-makes-shock-prediction-on-trumps-massive-collapse.html

Of course, the tRump administration is definitely NOT going to collapse in 4-6 weeks, but the near-panic on the other side does nothing but stir up his (Rump's) most vile instincts.

Always remember: If you fight with a pig in excrement, you both get covered. Then you realize: the pig likes it!

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