A Must-Read from Charles Pierce

Now THIS says what needs to be said. Read it here:


http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a51430/russia-election/


Excerpt:

And the fact remains that the embryonic Trump administration is lousy with Russian connections, right up to the oil baron who is expected to be nominated as secretary of state. (Did you know that Paul Manafort lives in Trump Tower? I didn't.) The fact remains that the president-elect was noticeably touchy about his relationship with Vladimir Putin throughout the campaign. ("No puppet. You're the puppet." A legendary moment in American political rhetoric.)The fact remains that Putin is an authoritarian thug with no qualms at all about getting what he wants when he wants it, and the fact remains that Russian international ambitions do not change whether the government is Tsarist, Communist, or oligarchy.

The fact remains that we do not know fck-all about those to whom the president-elect owes money. The fact remains that, in October, the director of national intelligence accused the Russian government of hacking political organizations in this country. The fact remains that, less than a month ago, the director of the National Security Agency said pretty much the same thing, on the record, as the Post story reports that the CIA believes. Many facts remain. Many, many facts remain.