Dumping embarrassing news or politically inconvenient news. Thats true of weekends in general. Holiday weekends, all the more so. So i do hope you get some time off for the Holiday Weekend. I hope you enjoy your weekend in general. But just keep in mind this is one of those times. Just sort of keep eyes open. All politicians, all public figures to a certain extent have to manage the art of diverting peoples attention at times, changing the subject, creating deliberate distractions. And, you know, some politicians are better at it than others. But all good politicians have to be able to do it to a certain degree. Our current president is very, very, very good at it. He doesnt just have that skill like a normal politician. He has a peculiar nuclear version of it. Let me explain what i mean. A normal political way, a normal politicians way to change the subject, the way a normal politician does it is to stop talking about whatever that person finds inconvenient or unfavorable or uncomfort
Rinat akmetshin, the former soviet Intelligence Officer suspected by some u. S. Officials of having ongoing ties to intelligence. He denies any current ties to russian spy agencies. However, senator Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee and a republican noted back in april, quote, that mr. Rinat akmetshin has been accused of acting as an unregistered agent for russian interests and apparently has ties to russian intelligence. This brings the total number of participant in that meeting to at least six. According to the New York Times. The sixth person was a translator. He said that he had come clean and there was nothing more to say. Im more than happy to be transparent about and it to cooperate. So as far as you know, this is everything. This is everything. He said that he knew nothing about the mans back ground at the time of the meeting. And late today, Rinat Akmetshin said that he attended the meeting at trump tower without any security check. No one asked u
Tests and their recent nuclear test. The north korea sanctions are way less than what the u. S. Government had initially proposed but they did pass. Neither china nor russia vetoed them. Thats important because china is historic rally reluctant to anything too disruptive to north korea. And russia, for russia sanctions of any kind are a touchy subject. They take that all personally. Investigative reporter Michael Isikoff had the scoop at yahoo news today that the russian state media outlet sputnik is being investigated by the fbi. According to isikoffs reporting the fbi is talking with former employees of sputnik. Theyre reportedly interested in whether or not sputnik is, well, maybe less of a news outlet and more of a russian government propaganda operation at work in this country. And if they are that they need to register as foreign agents or theyre going to get kicked out of this country. Mike isikoffs scoop today at yahoo . Its interesting. For a long time mike isikoff was partner
The latest chapter in memo wars. Who do you believe . Which memo are you on the side of it. The democrats are not only trying to cover this up, but they are also colluding with parts of the government to help cover this up. If you call it the republican memo or the nunez memo, its nothing but confirmation. Its so full of misinformation and doesnt mention russia. I say it all the time. Anybody that asks. Is there no collusion. Devastated. Sick to my stomach. You see what happened with the Police Officers that didnt have the guts to go and that coach who so brave that ran into gunfire to protect the kids, if he had his gun, he would be alive today. There is no reason for giving me a bonus for giving me a gun. Put that money in teachers paychecks and in our pockets. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. Good morning. The democratic rebuttal to the nunez memo is back and push back to the fbi surveillance abuses. The message from the white house seems to