Sunday, March 16, 2025

You Say Agent, I Say Asset...

... Republicans could call this whole thing off if they wanted to.

The point, as multiple people keep observing, is not whether the Republicans, collectively and/or individually, are "agents" or "assets" of the Russian security services. It's this, as noted here:

The question here is not whether Trump, his employer/owner Musk, and Trump’s team are witting or unwitting Russian assets. The question is what, if anything, would they be doing differently if they were. And the answer to that is nothing.

You could also ask the same question replacing "Russian" with "Chinese". The Republicans' multipronged assault on immigration, higher education and scientific research, combined with the utter destruction of the US ability to project soft power and the full-throated proclamation that we are not to be trusted, is a rather too comprehensive answer to the question "How would you usher in the Chinese Century?"

The Republicans are providing an enormous amount of aid and comfort to our adversaries. If only there was a word to describe that.

4 comments:

JCC said...

Have you received any sort of contact from the pseudo-Republicans remaining in your circuit about the ongoing fuckery?

Dave S. said...

A former contributor here who now gets plenty of communication opportunities elsewhere sent a link to Gerry Connolly's "Tell us your story" thing, as unfortunately we have a story to tell. Gee thanks. I didn't know how to respond politely so I let him eat static. I hear secondhand he is "upset" about Ukraine. Boo fucking hoo.

JCC said...

If he had pearls to clutch he could do a Susan Collins impression. As it is he will just have to console himself with being "concerned."

Dave S. said...

BEHOLD: https://bsky.app/profile/bcappelbaum.bsky.social/post/3laubirqnmk2n