What They Learned From Roger Stone, the Dark Lord of Lobbying

Jordan Riefe / Truthdig Dec 4, 2017 The directors of "Get Me Roger Stone" recall their documentary journey with the man who plotted Donald Trump's rise. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

How Hillary Clinton’s Goldman Sachs Speeches Cost Her the 2016 Election

By Joe Lauria Jul 4, 2017 Between April 2013 and March 2015, she gave 91 paid speeches averaging $235,000 apiece, for a total of $21,648,000. This excerpt from "How I Lost" spotlights three of those talks. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )

‘Russiagate’ May Be Collapsing as a Political Strategy

Norman Solomon / Truthdig Jun 28, 2017 Democrats in Congress and other party leaders are starting to face an emerging reality: The "winning issue" of Russia is a losing issue. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

A Pack of Excuses and the ’17 Intelligence Agencies’ Falsehood

By Robert Parry / Consortiumnews Jun 8, 2017 Hillary Clinton and other Democrats are playing a deceptive blame game to assess the 2016 election and alleged Russian hacking. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

How ‘Russiagate’ Got So Much Momentum

Norman Solomon / Truthdig May 2, 2017 "The Russians did it" has become the Democratic Party's go-to excuse to avoid confronting Hillary Clinton's lack of voter appeal in the 2016 election and how the party lost touch with average Americans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Israel Has Interfered More in U.S. Politics Than Russia, but Don’t Expect a Probe of Israelgate

By Robert Parry / Consortium News Apr 27, 2017 As Official Washington fumes over Russiagate, Israel’s more significant political-influence-and-propaganda campaigns are ignored . Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

The Cost of Russiagate (Audio)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Apr 21, 2017 Blaming Russia for interference in the U.S. election has prevented the Democratic Party from examining what it did wrong. Consortium News Editor Robert Parry explains how this happened. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Julian Assange Accuses Democrats of McCarthyism, Maintains Russia Was Not WikiLeaks’ Source (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 10, 2017 The founder of WikiLeaks discusses his organization's role in the 2016 election, America's current political climate and more in a Democracy Now! interview. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges on How the ‘Deep State’ Will Influence the Trump Presidency

BLANK Jan 18, 2017 Interviewer Lee Camp and Chris Hedges discuss the factors behind the U.S. need to “demonize Russia.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Fake News’ in America: Homegrown, and Far From New

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Dec 19, 2016 For decades, the media have been dominated by manufactured reports. This skillful manipulation of information erased the lines between fact and opinion and gave rise to the demagogue who will sit in the Oval Office. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Demonization of Putin as ‘Personally’ Behind Clinton Hack Is an Old Propaganda Technique

By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Dec 16, 2016 The allegations that the Russian president directed how hacked emails from the Clinton campaign should be used should be treated with a good deal of skepticism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

William Binney, Ray McGovern and Other Intel Experts Call Russian Hacking Allegations ‘Baseless’

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Dec 13, 2016 In a letter published on Consortium News regarding claims that Russia interfered in the recent U.S. elections, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity offered a powerful rebuke of the narrative being spread. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )