If You're not Freaked Out, You're Not Paying Attention

The Podcast Gaslit Nation is highly recommended for keeping up to speed on the corrupt creepy kleptocratic Kremlin agent now running our government.

Sarah Kendzior and Andrea Chalupa are experts on authoritarian states who warned America about election hacking years before 2016. Here, they take a deep dive on the news, skipping outrage to deliver analysis, history, context, and sharp insight on global affairs.

Most recent episode:

Cabinet of Horrors  

There is treason in the treasury, nepotism in the government, and corruption everywhere – it may be a new year, but it’s the same sad story for the US! This week Sarah and Andrea discuss the cabinet shakeups that have left our government in the hands of a criminal syndicate bound by blood, marriage, and guilt; the retirement of James Mattis and what it means for US foreign policy, especially in Russia and Ukraine; the explosive Buzzfeed expose on how the Treasury was compromised by the Kremlin in 2015 with the help of complicit American employees, and how whistleblowers were the only people punished; the disturbing background of the Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin and his ties to international kleptocrats; and the strange spy saga of Paul Whelan. We discuss 2020 presidential contenders, and Andrea comes out early with her 2020 pick – but we both endorse one thing, and that is impeachment!

Andrea Chalupa: "What concerns me is that Democrats are very good at giving away their power. The wave that brought this new class of Democrats in the House want impeachment. Read the room! The people want impeachment."

I also recommend the following twitter feeds:
https://twitter.com/gaslitnation
https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior
https://twitter.com/AndreaChalupa
https://twitter.com/SethAbramson
https://twitter.com/ericgarland
https://twitter.com/KremlinAnnex
https://twitter.com/TheRickWilson
https://twitter.com/JohnBrennan

Also, Rick Wilson's piece on the resignation of Sec Def Mattis is well worth a read. 

Of course, there are tons of articles decrying the horror of the Trump administration-- a true horror show on every level-- and not nearly enough people in Congress with enough guts to do anything about it.