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I don’t believe anything the western media says, so many obvious lies that when they could be telling the truth you have to wonder at the very least how much is a lie and no I’m not saying the Russians and the rest don’t lie to, but i do have higher expectations of our media than others and I don’t think I’m alone in that expectation.

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Statements like this stem from the fundamental assumption that rational order will be restored and we will eventually continue to live in a world that trends towards less authoritarianism rather than more.

In the overall scheme of history, it's still the safe bet, seems to me. The world has come back - come forward, if you will - from worse than today.

Was about to say... MSM doesn't have the best track record for things like this. Is this the "beginning of the end" for Putin just like it was the "beginning of the end" for Trump in 2016 [1]?

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/04/01/...

Eventually the crimes you commit can't be brushed under the rug. Scamming Gov't for $ is different than selling your country's secrets to the Saudis. The difference being that we are still, though totally not great at it, a nation of laws.

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