Ah, to be a fly on the wall.

Jacinda Ardern (click here) watches as Donald Trump greets Vladimir Putin.

The new Prime Minister of New Zealand should not be apologizing for talking about the discomfort around President Trump.

It is my opinion when President Trump greeted the Prime Minister as Canada's Justin Trudeau's wife, it was done deliberately to belittle the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had every right to speak out about a very nasty misdirection of President Trump's official capacity. The New Zealand people made a wonderful choice in placing her into their country's leadership and it is very wrong to belittle her status among peers.

President Trump has a problem with women in authority.

See, he already meet the Prime Minister and his wife at the White House. It was the day when Americans were allowed to question who actually wears the pants in the Trump family.

21 November 2017

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's story (click here) - and regret - suggesting the United States President mistook her for a politician's wife is making global headlines.

Since Ardern revealed Donald Trump initially thought she was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife at the recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Vietnam, the reports have spread internationally.

Stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Independent, the Guardian and the BBC within hours of Ardern ruing her decision to share a "funny yarn" with a friend.

In a story headlined "New Zealand leader regrets story that suggested Trump mistook her for Trudeau's wife" the Washington Post recounts yesterday's controversial TVNZ interview with Jake Tame where Ardern tries to diffuse the situation saying she doesn't want to cause a diplomatic spat....

I believe Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been invited to New Zealand for a meeting with the newly elected Prime Minister Ardern. I take it Trump didn't meet expectations enough to consider a visit with Kiwis important.

An $85 billion dollar merger is simply wrong for the USA.

The anti-trust lawsuit with AT&T, the second in the companies history, is the right thing to do for all the right reasons, but, once again Trump made it about himself. Amazing.

November 19, 2017

By Michael Copps

Recent news reports indicate the Justice Department (click here) has threatened to derail AT&T’s attempted purchase of Time Warner. President Trump so dislikes CNN’s coverage of his administration that he apparently wants to compel Time Warner to spin off the cable news network or face legal uncertainty.

To be clear, if true, these reports mark yet another low in Trump’s ongoing war on the freedom of the press. Outrage at Trump’s attacks on the free flow of information are appropriate and timely. But we should not lose track of the fact that AT&T’s takeover of Time Warner, with or without CNN, would be wildly anti-competitive.

For too long, companies have sought vertical combinations because of purported pro-consumer synergies that never materialize....

The facts are clear, the problems with any such merger will cause problems with the USA economy and consumers will pay the price.

November 20, 2017
By Natalie Gagliordi and Stephannie Condon

...The US Department of Justice (DOJ) (click here) is launching an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T in an effort block its proposed $85 billion takeover of Time Warner....

..."The only appropriate action is to seek an injunction from a federal judge to block the merger," a DOJ official said. When pressed, the DOJ said the antitrust action was in no way influenced by the White House or President Donald Trump's ongoing feud with CNN.

In a statement, AT&T said it was "confident that the court will reject the government's claims and permit this merger under longstanding legal precedent."

In a press briefing Monday afternoon, AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said the company has no intention to settle with the Department of Justice.

"Obviously, we're surprised to be here, and candidly, I'm a bit troubled by it," he said. The lawsuit, he said, "stretches the very reach of antitrust law beyond the breaking point."

Stephenson added that the lawsuit "comes at a time when the communications and media industries are undergoing rather radical change."

He cited major companies such as Netflix and Amazon that are distributing content to huge audiences, as well as the creation and distribution of content from tech giants Google and Facebook. By comparison, the suggestion that the combination of AT&T and and Time Warner would create unlawful media power "defies logic and is unprecedented," Stephenson said....

AT&T control access to communication, Netflex and Amazon does not. Amazon might sell phones, but, it does not provide a communication product in the way AT&T does

If AT&T is allowed to obtain HBO, CNN, TBS, TNT and Cinemax it would be a monopoly of program distribution. A consumer would be hostage to a company that could raise costs and fees in order to obtain access to many programs unique to those networks. 

If AT&T wants to conduct the same business as Netflex and Amazon does in producing their own programs they can take their $85 billion and do exactly that. But, to monopolize entire channels with many popular programs and their own unique programs, is another issue entirely.

AT&T had a history reaching back to 1885 (click here) and, as a government-supported monopoly, was a highly profitable company. Colloquially known as Ma Bell, the communications giant lost its government backing in the 1980s when charges were filed against it under the Sherman Antitrust Act. This was the second time that AT&T found itself in an antitrust suit. In 1949, AT&T was excused from antitrust laws because it was believed that a single company providing nationwide service was a vital part of national security and any deregulation might interrupt service. The second time under Sherman's hammer AT&T was not so lucky.

The case began in 1974, was decided against AT&T on January 8, 1982, and the breakup plan was formalized throughout 1983. Ma Bell was ordered to give up local calling services to smaller regional spinoffs dubbed the Baby Bells. The parent company would hold on to its long distance business and be allowed to move into computer and Internet businesses. Brought into existence on January 1, 1984, the Baby Bells were some of the most successful spinoffs in history as AT&T had already paid the infrastructure layouts and their businesses were established and producing cash from day one....

It almost seems as though AT&T CEOs have no imagination to improve profits if at all possible. It is always healthy for any successful company basking in cash flow to consider diversified ventures to expand it's own appeal. But, to seek a monopoly of well-established media channels is not the way to do it.

EPS: 79 cents vs. 73 cents, according to Thomson Reuters (click here)

Revenue: $39.84 billion vs. $39.79 billion, according to Thomson Reuters

Wireless net adds: 2.8 million vs. 1.08 million, according to StreetAccount

It has always been my opinion that FOX was a monopoly on an entire media segment that dictated political dialogue. But, since 2014, FOX has started selling off it's monopoly. I think the Fantastic Four has never been better since FOX let them go. 

Oh, by the way, Chris Wallace needs to rethink what constitutes a moral dialogue on his show. I saw about 5 minues of his Sunday show where "Roy Moore" must have been stated 100 times. It was so much propaganda I had no use for the program.

So, if AT&T obtains Time Warner, it is another potential exploitation of the consumer and far too big media/telecommunication company that will be tempted to direct the political discourse of the USA and any other country it sees fit to do so.

Beauties and the beast of hate.

This has been a very busy weekend with a family wedding. I still have guests, so I will leave you in the very beautiful hands of Miss Israel Adar Gandelsman and   Miss Iraq Sarah Idan; and there quest for peace for the people of their lands. These lovely ladies seek only the high aspirations demanded of their hopes and dreams. They may very well be on the verge of uniting the women of Iraq and Israel is a dialogue to end ethnic hate and religious hate. (click here)

It won't be the first time hate was ended by women.

After three of her sister’s children were killed during the violence (click here) between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland, Mairead Maguire organized massive demonstrations and other action calling for a nonviolent end to the conflict. Along with Betty Williams, she is the co-founder of Peace People, and together the two women won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976. She has spent her life since then to bearing witness to oppression and standing in solidarity with people living in conflict, including most in Syria....

Peace. Until later...

There appears to have been a significant amount of melting over the past few weeks.

November 19, 2017
0800 AM EST
Intellicast Current Temperature of USA

There is virtually no water vapor populated at the ITCZ (Intertropical Convergence Zone). It is high-density water vapor with very little high pressure. The tropical water vapor was transported from the ITCZ to the Arctic that increased the melting. The Jet Stream increased it's water vapor content and spread it around the hemisphere. The cold will dissipate over the next 36 to 48 hours with the warming from the sun and mixing from Earth's winds.

November 19, 2017
1230.18z
UINSYS Northern Hemisphere Water Vapor (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)

The Azores are having severe storms and continuous rain for at least the next three days. There is no place for those people to go, except the mainland.

November 19, 2017
1200 UTC
NOAA Goes West Water Vapor Satellite (click here for 7 hour loop - thank you)

It is a convergence of Arctic air and the ITCZ over the Pacific. It is a heat transfer. It is called the climate crisis.

Demoralized.

Merriam - Webster

To cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right. 

To corrupt the morals of...

To weaken the morale of...

Discourage

Dispirit

To upset or destroy the normal functioning of...

To throw into disorder.

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope; dispirit.

Example by F. D. Roosevelt:

"The foreclosures were further demoralizing an already desperate real-estate market."

The Democrats have to fight back against the demoralizing effect the Republicans have adopted in order to exploit the country.

November 8, 2017

By Claude Brodesser-Akner

Trenton --  The race to replace Gov. Chris Christie is over, (click here) but a nagging question remains: Why did Virginia just take New Jersey to school when it comes to voter turnout?

The latest tally of votes by the Associated Press as of 9:16 a.m. on Wednesday had 2,019,665 votes being cast in the Garden State on Tuesday.  According to the latest state Division of Elections data, 5,754,862 voters were registered to vote in Tuesday's election.

That puts our preliminary voter turnout at a laughably low 35.1 percent, well below even those predictions of a record-low turnout.

But in Virginia's governor's race, the turnout was the highest in 20 years, and more than 12 points higher.

While New Jersey's vote totals could change as the final 1 percent of precinct tallies are counted and reported, they are "abysmal," says Monmouth University Polling Institute director Patrick Murray.

Murray had earlier predicted turnout was likely to be a record low, but still well above that on Election Day....

Really? Why? This is incredible. Is there are female replacement pilot?

November 17, 2017
By Ryan Collingwood

...The Naval Air Station (click here) in Whidbey Island has claimed responsibility for the drawing, calling it “unacceptable” and “of zero training value.”

The base’s public affairs office on Friday referred questions to the Navy’s Pacific Fleet headquarters in San Diego, where Lt. Cmdr. Leslie Hubbell said the crew involved in the sky-drawing would be held accountable.

Hubbell said an investigation has been launched, although it’s not clear who in the chain of command will make the final decision on disciplinary action. She declined to speculate on whether the crew members involved could be discharged.

Hubbell said the aircraft involved was an EA-18G Growler (click here) from the VAQ-130 Electronic Attack Squadron based at Whidbey Island, on a “routine training” flight. The highly maneuverable plane is a cousin of the F/A-18 Super Hornet, outiftted with radar and communication jamming equipment....

These aircraft are owned by the American people. They should be reflecting the values of the American people and not the personal fixation of a pilot out to prove a point.

Maybe the unit needs a new mascot. 

South Korea is full speed ahead for the 2018 Winter Games.

November 17, 2017

By Yoon Min-sik

Gangneung, Gangwon Province -- With a shortage of accommodation cited (click here) as one of the biggest problems for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games, authorities are hoping to address the issue by better connecting the host city to the Seoul metropolitan area.

A high-speed train service connecting the gateway city of Incheon, through Seoul, all the way to Gangwon Province where the Winter Olympic Games will be held will begin operation in December.

Passengers aboard the high-speed KTX will be able to travel from Incheon International Airport to Gangneung -- one of the host cities along with PyeongChang-gun -- in a little over two hours at a top speed of 250 kilometers per hour....

To right is Gangneung Province.

North Korea has become very quiet according to some intelligence sources. China's diplomacy has been successful in the path to restore a relationship between the two countries.

November 17, 2017
By Yonhap

A special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping (click here) arrived in North Korea Friday, a report said, amid apparent strains between the two communist allies due to Pyongyang's recent nuclear and missile provocations.

In a report from Pyongyang, Japan's Kyodo News said the Chinese Envoy, Song Tao, met with Choe Ryong-hae, a vice chairman of the North's ruling Workers' Party, shortly after his arrival in Pyongyang.

Song and about four other Chinese officials were earlier seen at a Beijing airport with North Korean ambassador in Beijing Ji Jae-ryong seeing them off.

Song's trip to the North comes after the recent conclusion of the Chinese Communist Party Congress. Seoul officials noted Beijing has traditionally sent a ranking official to its communist ally to explain the outcome of its party congress. Song currently heads the international relations department at the Central Committee of the Communist Party....

This measure will never achieve what Republicans intended, it will drop consumer prices.

Percent of returns claiming deduction: (click here)

All these Americans will be effected by the end of the state and local tax deduction. Those are folks that contribute to the USA economy through more disposable income. As soon as spending among this group seems to diminish, merchants will drop their percent of profit and reduce consumer prices. The country's economy cannot afford to have this segment out of the market place. For the Wall Street Republicans, they just shot themselves in the greedy foot.

...Currently, taxpayers can deduct their state and local property taxes as well as either their income or sales taxes. The House bill would repeal the income and sales tax deductions and cap the property tax deduction at $10,000....

The real political hay the Republicans were looking for was this:

The average claim per claimant, or the total dollar amount claimed in each state for a given deduction or credit divided by the number of tax filers claiming the deduction or credit.

There are only two states that fall into higher than average numbers, California and New York. These are the wealthy and contribute to Democratic candidates. They won't even feel it. These folks will look to other ways to save on taxes and will continue to live where they love and will continue to contribute to their favorite candidates.

The pain the Republicans were hoping to heap onto Democrats won't even be felt. It effects the Middle Class and the lower Middle Class in home purchases if they can afford to be in the housing market at all. It will postpone the American Dream for them, but, why should these states be any different than the Republican Red States where there are two classes of people, "The Haves and the Have Nots."

Don't think for one minute the Republicans didn't contemplate this measure.

July 19, 2017
By Mark P. Keightley
Specialist in Economics

"An analysis of the Geographic Distribution of the Mortgage Interest Deduction" (click here)

Make no mistake, this was ushered in by Trump!

Personally.

"Well, none of them are my voters."

He lives in his hotels, a place of business.

A Republican in trouble politically should always grab for a Clinton moment. Amazing. There is no comparison.

November 16. 2017

Pastor David Floyd, (click here) appalled that a president of the United States had the soul-destroying gall to embark on a sexual relationship with a woman less than half his age, told his Alabama flock in 1998 that Bill Clinton had crossed the line and had to go.

As new allegations of sexual advances by Senate candidate Roy Moore on women less than half his age have peppered Alabama voters nearly daily this autumn, Floyd is telling his congregation that Moore is “an upright man” who should be forgiven for his sins and elected to office.

Floyd, who for 34 years has been the pastor at Marvyn Parkway Baptist Church in Opelika, says his evangelical theology has not changed in the past two decades. It’s just he knows Moore to be a more moral man than Clinton was.

“All of us have sinned and need a savior,” Floyd said. “Of course, moral character is still important. But with Bill Clinton or Harvey Weinstein or Bill Cosby, we’re talking about something completely different. You have to look at the totality of the man. That’s why I support Judge Moore. I’ve prayed with him. I know his heart.”...

The Republican Party are lined with extremists. White Supremacists, Pedophiles, and billionaires ready to sell out the country to communism if it will improve the USA economy.

Their constituency is undereducated, but, that fits the stereotype legislator. It is easy to be Republicans because they just have to be smarter than their constituency. Or. At least tricker.

They want laws passed to carry out their intimate love of a child. The Trump Republican will seek and take votes from any pervert in the country and now they expect their favor returned.

This is what they believe and they won't stop until the country accepts their estranged sexuality. 

..."It will likely be DECADES (click here) before this society can have an honest, non-hysterical conversation about kids and sex," a pedophilia advocate who calls himself Eric Tazelaar told me earlier this month over Twitter direct message. Tazelaar claims to be a steering committee member of the North American Man-Boy Love Association, or NAMBLA, and is concerned about the organization's future.

His fears aren't unfounded. NAMBLA, once a visible advocate of pedophilia, doesn't feature heavily into what I call the online pedo-sphere these days. Membership numbers and group activities are difficult to pin down, but based on online research and conversations with alleged former members as well as opponents of the group, both appear to have dwindled to nearly nothing....

Oh, yes, everyone other than the pedophiles doesn't know what real love is.

How many holy men have taken to the airwaves to claim they are sorry for their sins, Lord? How many?

When is this Republican horse shit going to stop!

The southern states have the highest poverty levels, the highest teenage pregnancy rates, the worst record with disability rates, the lousiest rate of union representation and the highest number of churches. When are these people going to be able to stand up to these lousy no goods and tell them to go to hell where they belong!

February 21, 2017
By Thomas C. Frohlich and Alexander E.M. Hess 

For the fourth straight year, (click here) Washington, D.C. is the most literate city in the United States, according to a recent study on literacy. The study, by Central Connecticut State University (CCSU), examined how well Americans used their literacy skills in the nation’s largest cities. Rounding out the top five were Seattle, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Pittsburgh.

CCSU ranked the cities based on six categories: bookstores, residents’ educational attainment, newspaper circulation, use of online resources, the library system, and periodical publishing resources. The most literate cities were largely in the Northeast, and they generally had a well-educated and well-paid population...

Republicans hide behind God and they all belong in hell!

The scum of the Earth vote Republican!

The only way to stop the killing is to stop selling the guns. There is no other way. This man was under court order to surrender guns. What good did it do?

November 15, 2017

By Haleigh Pike

Corning, Calif. - Five people have been killed (click here) and multiple have been injured after a mass shooting Tuesday morning in the community of Rancho Tehama, according to Assistant Sheriff Phil Johnston with the Tehama County Sheriff’s Office. 

“It’s a very sad day for us here in Tehama County,” said Johnston as he addressed the media. 

According to Johnston, none of the five people killed were children but one was the shooter, who has been identified as Kevin Janson Neal. Officials are not releasing information about the other four people who were killed at this time.

Johnston added ten patients, including two children, are being treated at Northstate hospitals but their conditions are unknown at this time. In a press conference at 4:15 p.m. Tuesday, Johnston added that some members of Neal's family are missing and they have been unable to locate them.

Johnston said several agencies are on the ground in Rancho Tehama actively investigating seven different crime scenes as the shooting spread across many locations, including the Rancho Tehama Elementary School....

The police were afraid of Kevin Janson Neal. They knew he was a killer and they could not find a way to remove the guns without the wife being dead. Well, that has turned out to be less of an issue anyway.

November 15, 2017

By Paige St. John, Frank Shyong and Sonali Kohli

...None of the guns were legally in Neal’s possession, (click here) Johnston said. The two rifles were “homemade” and unregistered and the two pistols were registered to another person, he said.

A signed court order following Neal’s arrest in January for attacking his neighbor shows he was ordered on April 1 to surrender all firearms.

Johnston said deputies were familiar with the gunman....         

Wouldn't increase whom's threat risk? I don't like the precedent. It shows weakness in the USA resolve to such outrageous demands.

November 14, 2017
By Andrew Higgins

Moscow — When President Vladimir V. Putin (click here) in July ordered American diplomatic missions in Russia to slash their staff by 755 employees, the State Department said it would need time to assess the “impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it.”

Part of that response has now become clear: To make up for the loss of security guards axed in the Russian-mandated staff cuts, Washington has hired a private Russian company that grew out of a security business co-founded by Mr. Putin’s former K.G.B. boss, an 82-year-old veteran spy who spent 25 years planting agents in Western security services and hunting down their operatives.

Under a $2.8 million no-bid contract awarded by the Office of Acquisitions in Washington, security guards at the American Embassy in Moscow and at consulates in St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok will be provided by Elite Security Holdings, a company closely linked to the former top K.G.B. figure, Viktor G. Budanov, a retired general who rose through the ranks to become head of Soviet counterintelligence.

A State Department official in Washington, speaking on condition of anonymity in accordance with the department’s rules, said that Elite Security and individuals associated with it had been “vetted” with “relevant national and local agencies” and would not increase the threat risk....

Russian and American (click here) soldiers in Torgau, near the Elbe River on April 25, 1945

It would appear "The Spirit of Elbe" (click here for Arlington National Cemetery Facebook entry) is only available to the US - Russian relationship when it is convenient to Russian politics.

2 November 2017

...Wyden's remark (click here) was a “direct provocation” that “further damages already strained US-Russia relations,” the embassy said, reiterating that Moscow has never interfered in US domestic policy.

It called on Washington to focus on cooperation, in the spirit of the milestone meeting of the Soviet and American troops on the Elbe River on April 25,1945, during which the American and Russian soldiers embraced each other.

“And we won in that War against the Nazi plague. We won, because our peoples were together. We hope that in our bilateral relations “the spirit of the Elbe,” the spirit of cooperation, including military, will prevail,” the embassy said, noting that both countries need to join efforts in the fight against international terrorism.

“We must find a possibility to pool our efforts,” it said.

What Russian diplomatic hubris doesn't recognize in attacking Senator Wyden, is the very real and dangerous airing of grievances in the Cold War. 

...For their part, (click here) the Soviets resented the Americans’ decades-long refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II, which resulted in the deaths of tens of millions of Russians. After the war ended, these grievances ripened into an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and enmity. Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world. Meanwhile, the USSR came to resent what they perceived as American officials’ bellicose rhetoric, arms buildup and interventionist approach to international relations. In such a hostile atmosphere, no single party was entirely to blame for the Cold War; in fact, some historians believe it was inevitable....

But, in modern time, the current President of Russia has sought to heal wounds with Europe.

7 April 2010
By Allen Hall

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (click here) today paid tribute to 22,000 Polish officers murdered on the orders of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in 1940.

Mr Putin was the first Russian politician to stand by the mass grave in the lonely forest near Smolensk.

For over half a century Moscow laid the blame for the killings on the Nazis - but this was one war crime that they did not commit....

Such gestures of peace to improve relations globally as well were a sincere expression of a new Russia, a burgeoning economic Russia. It is these images of the vacillation of Russian leadership that causes such pause with the issues of Crimea and Ukraine. 

In all sincerity, rather than Russia continuing to look as though it has a problem with "Identity Schizophrenia," it needs to drastically change it's INTERNAL POLITICS to reflect the true nature of peace and future hopes of economic growth and acceptance.

Defaming US Senator Wyden in public is hardly Russia putting it's best foot forward. However, it may be that US Senator Wyden may consider such words a compliment.

I remind, the land the USA Embassy is built on is sovereign USA land. Russia has no place in "changing the guard" so to speak. It is still yet another Russian invasion.

When is the Clinton Foundation going to sue the Justice Department for harassment?

It won't work Mr. Trump! Anything to discredit and detract and distract from what is important.

This is about the country!

November 13, 2017
By Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman

Washington - The Justice Department (click here) said Monday that prosecutors were looking into whether a special counsel should be appointed to investigate political rivals President Trump has singled out for scrutiny, including Hillary Clinton.

The department, in a letter sent to the House Judiciary Committee, said the prosecutors would examine allegations that donations to the Clinton Foundation were tied to a 2010 decision by the Obama administration to allow a Russian nuclear agency to buy Uranium One, a company that owned access to uranium in the United States, and other issues.

The letter appeared to be a direct response to Mr. Trump’s statement on Nov. 3, when he said he was disappointed with his beleaguered attorney general, Jeff Sessions, and that longstanding unproven allegations about the Clintons and the Obama administration should be investigated.

Any such investigation would raise questions about the independence of federal investigations under Mr. Trump. Since Watergate, the Justice Department has largely operated independently of political influence on cases related to the president’s opponents....

Anyone can understand the strain a President can be under when his own family is involved in concerns regarding the country, but, it has to go forward. There is nothing that will distract from that issue. Poor judgement, no matter the subject, is not an excuse, it is a concern.

November 13, 2017
By Julia Ioffe

...The next morning, (click here) about 12 hours later, Trump Jr. responded to WikiLeaks. “Off the record I don’t know who that is, but I’ll ask around,” he wrote on September 21, 2016. “Thanks.”...

The media has not failed the American people in regard to the sovereign state of the country. The media and it's members has risen to the occasion and provided a cutting edge validated by the NSA prior to the final results of the election.

The people involved with exposure that has supported the investigation into foreign interference in the 2016 elections have the highest ethical minds in the business. Their integrity is not questioned.

The Putin-Trump project (click here) was an election-season blog funded by the Progress for USA Political Action Committee, which was launched by Internet entrepreneur Rob Glaser, founder of RealNetworks and an early employee at Microsoft.

The Putin-Trump Editorial Director was Bill Buzenberg, former head of the Center for Public Integrity, a Pulitzer Prize winning investigative news organization, and vice president of news for both National Public Radio and Minnesota Public Radio / American Public Media.

In May 2017, Buzenberg and PutinTrump.org moved to Mother Jones, the investigative news organization, which has launched a new project to report on the Trump-Russia ties and foreign influence in US politics. You can find their constantly updated coverage here.

The Center for Public Integrity won the Pulitzer Prize in 2014 for investigative journalism. There is no fault here. It is some of the best America has to offer.

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