NOTE: The July 25 link is included here (as well as in the MEDIA entry) because the Russiagate allegations served to ripen Americans’ hostility toward Russia.

For today, links to an interview from Consortium News and to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters; other published material is accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE 7-26-25 is HERE, or scroll down.  GAZA and MEDIA entries for this date are HERE and HERE, or scroll down.) — MCM

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FROM JULY 25  Russiagate decomposed. Joe Lauria and Elizabeth Vos of Consortium News and CN Live! talk with former National Security Agency technical director Bill Binney and former Central Intelligence Agency senior analyst Ray McGovern about the copious documented evidence that the “Russiagate” allegations begun in 2016 to discredit Donald Trump’s presidential campaign victory that year and cripple his presidency were a fraudulent conspiracy cooked up by Democratic Party and “deep state” insiders, a matter revived this month by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. Click HERE for video and printed intro.  The program begins about 4 minutes in with a detailed, hard-to-follow 15- to 20-minute intro by Lauria and Vos.

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Russia scales down celebrations honoring its navy as Ukraine launches more drone attacks. From AP. Russia today scaled down the festivities honoring its navy citing security concerns as continuing Ukrainian drone attacks posed a challenge to the Kremlin. Authorities canceled the . . . READ MORE . . .  Click HERE for report from Reuters.

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