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Daniel Lazare, Strategic Culture: The Mad Chase for Russia-gate Prey
June is turning out to be the cruelest month for the Russia-gate industry. The pain began on June 8 when ex-FBI Director James Comey testified that a sensational New York Times article declaring that “members of Donald J. Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and other Trump associates had repeated contacts with senior Russian intelligence officials” was “in the main … not true.”
Then came Republican Karen Handel’s June 20 victory in a special election in Georgia’s sixth congressional district, sparking bitter recriminations among Democrats who had hoped to ride to victory on a Russia-gate-propelled wave of resistance to Trump.
More evidence that the strategy was not working came a day later when the Harris Poll and Harvard’s Center for American Political Studies produced a devastating survey showing that 62 percent of voters see no evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, while 54 percent believe the “Deep State” is trying to unseat the President by leaking classified information. The poll even showed a small bounce in Trump’s popularity, with 45 percent viewing him favorably as opposed to only 39 percent for his defeated Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
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WNU Editor: The press has definitely given up on this story .... now focusing instead on this .... Watergate reporter: We are in a 'malignant presidency' (The Hill) .... and (of course) on this story .... Trump kicks off Fourth of July weekend by bashing "dumb as a rock Mika" Brzezinski (CBS). The Democrats are focusing on this .... Bill to create panel that could remove Trump from office quietly picks up Democratic support (Yahoo News). Special Counsel Mueller and his army of Democrat donating lawyers may find something .... but that is something that we will have to wait and see.
