© Associated Press/Pablo Martinez MonsivalsJames Clapper: He suggested the Steele dossier influenced the Intelligence Community Assessment. Brennan denied it.
Russiagate is so weird. I went weeks without writing anything about it so I'd forgotten how breathtakingly bizarre it is. A new "BOMBSHELL" Russia story comes out every few hours (all coincidentally right before or right after the Helsinki summit, which is perfectly normal and not at all suspicious),
never containing anything other than unsubstantiated assertions by the known liars and manipulators of the US intelligence community. And every time without fail my social media mentions light up with another wave of people screaming "Okay,
now you definitely have to admit this is real, Caitlin Johnstone!"
If you point out that no, those are still just unsubstantiated assertions from the same secretive, shady cast of characters who've recently organized the decimation of Iraq, Libya and Syria based on lies, you get called a "bot" and accused of conducting psyops for the Kremlin.
"But read the indictment!" they say. "
These assertions are really, really detailed!"
"Okay, but they're still just assertions though, and they're still completely unsubstantiated by any actual, tangible evidence," you might say. "Detailed assertions are still just assertions. Assertions are not evidence. You don't think two years is enough time to make up some detailed assertions?"
"Bot," they say.
"Gahhh" you say.
Comment: Well that's just fascinating. But what exactly does this have to do with "Russian Collusion"?
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