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The articles cover CIA lies occurring throughout the 2000's. Intelligence gathering isn't worthless, but I now assume they are lying to the public until proven otherwise.

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Sure.

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I had just had a semi-rational political conversation with my wingnut brother recently, at least by our standards, when he tossed out that he still was convinced Obama was born in Kenya. Had something to do with a font that didn't exist in the 50's or 60's. I just turned on the "la, la, la, I'm not listening this this shit" inside my head.

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Freshly ground?

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Okay, he's on drugs..............happy?

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Including the backhand.

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So-sorry if this has been pointed out eleventy billion times already but it is Trump (no exactly reliable) who says Assange (same) told him that Russians did not give him the info. Okay, somebody else gave him the info, but he didn't say it wasn't Russia who hacked it or gave it to whoever gave it to Assange. Not that it makes any difference, or that Donny would put forethought into his tweets and parse it to cover his ass if/when the truth comes out. Oh wait, didn't the truth come out already and it was RUSSIA???Shut the fuck up, Donny.

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THE SONG OF MR. TRUMP TOAD

The world has held great Heroes,As history-books have showed;But never a name to go down to fameCompared with that of Trump Toad

The clever men at OxfordKnow all that there is to be knowed.But they none of them knew one half as muchAs intelligent Mr Trump Toad!

The Army all salutedAs they marched along the road.Was it the King? Or Kitchener?No. It was Mr Trump Toad!

The Queen and her Ladies-in-waitingSat at the window and sewed.She cried, “Look! who’s that handsome man?”They answered, “Mr Trump Toad.”

Apologies to Kenneth Grahame

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How has Trump's phone not been hacked (so far as we know)? I mean, I'm sure anyone could guess his security questions:Favorite color: GOLDStreet where you grew up: YELLOW BRICK ROADFirst car: GOLD LIMOFavorite sport: PUSSY GRABBINGFirst pet: IMELDA THE MAID

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I hope right now some clever CIA person is working out a system of spy movie dead drops and parking garage meetings with david fahrenthold

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We're living in a John LeCarre novel.

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As long as he is president, i am going to use this with glee.

Bless.

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Or the "burn it down but completely ignore what will replace it once you've left a barren field" thing.

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They just showed a clip on MSNBC of Trump saying in (I think) 2010 that Assange should maybe get the death penalty. What changed?He refuses to say even one critical thing about Russia. What do they have on him? Even he can't be this stupid, can he? (Don't answer.)

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I think it's pretty well established that Russia used a middleman. Nobody thinks that Russia actually passed on the info, right? So this is all a bunch of nothing.

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