You cannot conflate Russia with QAnon.

You are smart enough to know that very, very well on your own.

Russia DID interfere heavily in the 2016 election to elect Trump. As the seditionists ransacked the capitol building, Putin was smiling to himself thinking "wow this worked better than we ever thought possible".

The Trump campaign had multiple links with, connections to, and meetings with Russian operatives.

Manafort shared confidential campaign data with the Russians. Roger Stone was up to his eyeballs in this scheme.

Trump Jr and Manafort, and others, had a meeting with a few dodgy Russians peddling dirt on Hillary.

Trump then openly obstructed justice and tampered with witnesses, via twitter.

Trump was NOT exonerated by the report, as Mueller said very plainly. He simply was not implicated as sitting presidents cannot be indicted with crimes.

Many, many criminal cases and convictions stemmed from the Mueller report - many of which now pardoned by the corrupt head of the serpent.

On the other hand, QAnon is an insane cult movement who believe the world is run by a ring of satanic paedo blood drinking democrats, and that Trump alone can fight and end this cabal.

Stirley, you are something of a fanatic, but please tell me you are coherent enough to see the quite large differences between the Russia situation, and what QAnon believers believe?

The F.B.I. have a different take on it to you, Maine Eagle.

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The assessment of the Mueller report, completely and utterly endorsed by Chris Wray, head of the FBI, is that Russia was attempting to get Trump elected.

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Try reading real news sites, not conspiracy theory peddling horses*** propaganda machines.

If you cant tell the difference, I can help you to identify which is which.

I understand the "stink eye"! I get plenty too, although my wife and I are in general agreement politically even if she doesn't get as involved as me. Only this evening she called those who voted for Brexit "idiots".

You are, of course, quite correct that any mob action is unacceptable and should be fully prosecuted. Those who involve themselves in such things are neither right nor left activists. They are criminals.

There was though no general condemnation of Trump supporters following the events at the capital. They weren't all Qanon. The condemnation was, rightly, directed at criminal activity which sought to undermine democracy, even if it was thought by those involved to be supported by Trump. By way of contrast, Trump and his surrounding bunch condemned the "left" BLM and Antifa as a whole for the trouble last summer following the anger generated by the death of George Floyd. You do much the same in your comment. The truth though is that as many of those protesting did so peacefully it's as wrong to taint them by association as it would be to taint all Trump supporters because of the capital riot. We need to use the right names for things. In this case, criminals.

I disagree with you about the media. Your favourite "news" station is Fox and although they have distanced themselves from Trump in recent months for the vast majority of his Presidency and his campaign they and Trump were joined at the hip. you could hardly describe Fox as left could you and there is plenty of other right-wing media available with easy access.

I also don't think broadcasters like CNN are overtly Democrat either. That they have called out Trump is undoubtedly true but I feel certain they would have done so had he been a Democrat. It was his behaviour and not his party which got the attention. CNN are for me, just like the BBC is here, doing the job a public broadcaster is expected to do. Objective fearless analysis untouched by political or commercial pressure. That some don't like the result is just par for the course.

That those who manage our institutions and politics don't always understand those "kitchen-table" issues is probably true but also, whilst frustrating to some, ultimately unimportant. they need to be considering more weighty issues on our behalf if indeed we are to progress. What you argue for is populism and that experiment has failed.

Many US presidents gave out dodgy pardons in their waning days, like everything though, Trump took it to a whole new level of depravity...because he could.

'Because he could' is the key lesson of the Trump era.

So few of the norms and customs that every single president abided by before him, are enshrined in the US constitution, or law.

Trump pardoned people to give meat and drink to his base. He did everything, EVERYTHING, to give meat and drink to his base. He gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential Medal of Freedom, simply and solely for the reason of exciting his base.

No president of these 'United' States before him, has ever been so craven in pandering to one section of society.

Speaking of breaking codes, norms and standards, even at the last minute, there was speculation that Mike Pence would not certify the electoral slates....because, some claimed, he could do that. In the end Pence listened to more learned people than appear on Fox news, and did the right, and lawful thing.

Consider this: Barack Obama and his family were issued death threats over the birther lie, despite this, he STILL welcomed Trump with open arms to the white house, managed the transition properly, and acted in the best interests of this nation. What does Trump do? Asks republicans in GA to "find votes" then incites a violent uprising, causing 5 deaths, and never mention Joe Biden by name.

Trump cannot act in the interests of anyone, except himself or his immediate family on some occasions. He is a depraved human, with practically zero integrity, leadership skills, or acumen for anything that he does. Call Obama what you like, but he has class.

It is a miracle that will be marveled at for centuries, that such a lowlife piece of trash as Donald J Trump became the president of America. But if you read about what Fujimori did, what Duterte did, what Vitor Orban did, and many more, it becomes clear. He duped a bunch of idiots into thinking he was a solution to a system that had generationally failed them. The parallels to Brexit are clear.

In other news, it is nice to see White House press briefings back, on a daily basis, and not being run by a pathological liar.

You are not required to run daily press briefings, is it not mandated by law. It is simply something that a normal administration considers an essential element of governing a large nation - open communication and some level of transparency.