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Russiagate: The Scandal That Became Business as Usual
Real Clear Politics ^ | 6/8/23 | J. Peder Zane

Posted on 06/08/2023 5:59:37 AM PDT by CFW

Special Counsel John Durham may have issued his final report last month, but the Russiagate scandal is far from over. This is not because there is no more to learn about the years-long effort by the Democratic Party, the FBI, CIA, and major news outlets to advance the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump teamed with Vladimir Putin to steal the 2016 election.

Rather it’s because Russiagate never ended. Unlike political scandals of the past – from the XYZ Affair to Watergate and Iran-Contra – it is not a discrete set of events with a beginning, middle, and end. Instead, it has become a form of governing in which the entrenched forces of the Washington bureaucracy punish their enemies, protect their friends and interfere in elections with impunity.

A continuous thread connects the schemes to deny the results of the 2016 election, to cover up the Biden family’s influence-peddling schemes during the 2020 election, and the ongoing effort to tar President Biden’s opponents as extremists or racists.

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clintonconspiracy; mediacollusion; russiatrump
Until the perpetrators of the Russia/Trump collusion Clinton criminal conspiracy pay a steep price for their actions, our country will never heal. For when government corruption is excused, and political fraud is condoned, our nation is no longer a free country. And not only has the past fraud been condoned, and excused as something that was necessary, but the fraud is being allowed to continue and has been endorsed by both parties.
1 posted on 06/08/2023 5:59:37 AM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

“…it has become a form of governing in which the entrenched forces of the Washington bureaucracy punish their enemies, protect their friends and interfere in elections with impunity.“

And…. THERE you go!


2 posted on 06/08/2023 6:03:30 AM PDT by joethedrummer (We can't vote our way out of this, folks..)
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To: joethedrummer

” punish their enemies,”

Until we get some more good guys who have that “sheep dog” instinct, and are willing to rip the wolves to shreds , we are stuck.

Mild mannered little puppies who just yap yap at the wolf really won’t get the job done.
It makes me sick to watch some of the hearings and see how sweet and polite our side is.
..... I want to see more growling and teeth.

... go CHIP ROY


3 posted on 06/08/2023 6:22:43 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: CFW

Its hard to fix things when “our party” doesn’t have the will to stop the fraud and hold people accountable.

The corruption is endemic now and the bigger government gets the more opportunities there are for corruption and graft. Just the way both parties like it.


4 posted on 06/08/2023 6:23:47 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: 1of10

The Left are warriors and they play to win.

“Our side” is weak and content to be spectators.

Those with the strongest will to win usually do. Just saying.


5 posted on 06/08/2023 6:26:50 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Starboard

“Our side” has been infiltrated by the Uniparty, which supports taking down Trump.


6 posted on 06/08/2023 7:16:47 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Starboard

“they play to win.”

And they don’t let the diferences split them up.

As long as the single focuse point is there they will team up with anyone.

Our side spends most of the time pointing out flaws in each other.
the perfect being the enemy of the good.

I wish everyone would stop talking about how bad the other guy is (on our side)and start shouting about the good points of your favored candidate.

Like Ron has done great things in florida .... o ya ... well Trump made them give OIL away ....

That sort of thing.

Just a thought.


7 posted on 06/08/2023 7:50:22 AM PDT by 1of10 (be vigilant , be strong, be safe, be 1 of 10 .)
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To: 1of10

“It makes me sick to watch some of the hearings and see how sweet and polite our side is.”

Well, that’s parliamentary procedure. You can’t just ignore the rules of decorum in Congress, no matter what kind of scum you are questioning. Even your own party will turn on you if you make a habit of that.

However, that wouldn’t matter if they would be nice in the hearings but then actually fight and accomplish something when they are done playing nice. But they never seem to get to the second part.


8 posted on 06/08/2023 9:03:23 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: CFW

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9 posted on 06/08/2023 10:36:10 AM PDT by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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