What’s lost in these stories is how strange and impossible it would've been just a couple years ago to imagine Russia being able to use Belarus as a staging ground for its military offensives. We’ve already forgotten that as recently as 2020, Lukashenko was flirting with NATO partnership, hosting anti-Russia hawks Mike Pompeo and John Bolton, and denying Russia the right to set up an airbase in Belarus (let alone hosting an entire invasion force). Then came the big western-backed regime...| THE EXILED – MANKIND'S ONLY ALTERNATIVE
Trump's attempt to criminalize his enemies is not new: after all, Trump's DOJ used fabricated evidence against both Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. But there are a bunch of new ways he is attempting to do so. The post Two Maryland Men and a Michigan Woman: A Topology Trump’s Witch Hunts appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Let me throw a minority report opinion at you: John Bolton may have made the FBI investigation—including the raid on his home—happen on purpose. The post John Bolton and the MIHOP Gambit appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
The FBI raided former national security adviser John Bolton‘s house on Friday. The associated investigation is believed to center on Bolton’s possible mishandling of classified information in relation to his 2020 book The Room Where It Happened, which is highly critical of President Donald Trump‘s first term conduct. Friday’s raid coincided with coordinated social media […]| Washington Examiner
John Bolton says Donald Trump's ongoing comments about making Canada the 51st state is the president-elect's way of continuing to 'troll' Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.| Global News
