The Silence of the Scams

Above Image: "Who really Colluded With the Russians?"

Seems there are strategic silences being observed ever since the indictments of the alleged Russian trolls came down.

A small group of "Russians" apparently used reverse psychology on unwitting American TV watchers and got Trump elected simply by protesting loudly against him.

All logic appears to have been defied -- but, luckily for them, Michael Moore graced them with his enthusiastic presence, or they may have made no impact at all.

Now Moore seems to want to talk about everything but that fateful day, though he had plenty to say -- and predict -- before Trump was elected:

Democracy Now:

• Michael Moore: If Elected, Donald Trump Would Be “Last President of the United States” Whether Trump means it or not is kind of irrelevant, because he’s saying the things to people who are hurting. And it’s why every beaten-down, nameless, forgotten working stiff who used to be part of what was called the middle class loves Trump. He is the human Molotov cocktail that they’ve been waiting for, the human hand grenade that they can legally throw into the system that stole their lives from them.

Putin, too, has been the subject of media attention since the "troll" indictments, and it's interesting, but not surprising, what has been cherry-picked from his statements -- and even more interesting is what has been strategically ignored:

The Hill:

• Dem senator: Why is Trump silent on Putin blaming Jews for election interference? “Maybe they are not even Russians, but Ukrainians, Tatars or Jews, but with Russian citizenship, which should also be checked,” Putin said. “Maybe they have dual citizenship or a green card, maybe the U.S. paid them for this. How can you know that? I do not know, either,” he added.

My first question: Why is the esteemed Dem Senator making a big noise to suggest Putin is antisemitic, yet dead silent on the most pertinent of Putin's statements, which is: "maybe the U.S. paid them for this"?

My second question: Why is Michael Moore now mum on having marched with alleged Russian trolls against Trump when he was earlier so proud to post the photo on his Twitter account?

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Below Image: Moore protesting with "Russian trolls".