We have the first documented case of Russian hacking in the 2018 election. Evidence shows hackers changed votes in the 2016 election but no one will admit it. Michael Cohen claims Trump knew in advance of 2016 Trump Tower meeting. Ryan Cooper on why the Left needs to wise up to the growing Trump-Russia scandal. Corey Robin on the question of Russia and the Left: A response to Ryan Cooper (and a reply). Martin Longman on why anti-Putinism is not McCarthyism. Chris Lehmann on how Abramoff’s global antics prefigured today’s right-wing Russian collusion. Ex-CIA analyst Cindy Otis: If Trump were a foreign leader, I’d raise possibility of blackmail.
After Trump’s Russia summit, freaked-out Republicans are supporting Mueller probe. Allen Weisselberg, the Trump Organization executive who knows all about the business, has been subpoenaed (and more). Bob Bauer on norms and “unwritten rules” facing the special counsel in a Trump presidency.
