329: The Durham Report: Nooze and Booze

<p>The boys drink a cocktail and discuss the significance of the Durham Report about Crossfire Hurricane -- aka, the persecution of Donald Trump </p> <p>The Federalist put it this way. </p> <p>“Imagine someone told you that in the run-up to a U.S. presidential election, the FBI tried to undermine a candidate at the behest of the opposing campaign by cooking up a false narrative of collusion with Moscow.</p> <p>“And let’s say this conspiracy implicated not just the FBI but also the White House, Justice Department, and CIA — and that nearly the entire corporate press went along with it, gleefully spreading the false narrative that this candidate was a Russian agent, running story after story of fabricated nonsense in a coordinated effort to ensure the opposing candidate won.” </p> <p>The first conclusion from the report is that Trump is vindicated </p> <p>* It was a witch hunt (no reality – based on false information) </p> <p>* It was politically motivated </p> <p>* They were spying on his campaign </p> <p>* It was an attempt to stop him from being elected and to undermine his presidency</p> <p>* There was a deep-state conspiracy </p> <p>* The FBI, DOJ, and Obama administrations were colluding, using Clinton campaign ideas </p> <p>* The media was “fake news” </p> <p>The media reaction was quite telling. Since they were in on the whole conspiracy, they’re not trying to cover it up. “Nothing new here.” They have no shame. </p> <p>&quot;The establishment media were so fully gulled and in the tank for the Russian collusion story for so long that they now just can&#39;t acknowledge Durham&#39;s report without also having to eat crow at the same time, something they clearly aren&#39;t willing to do,&quot; according to journalism professor Jeffrey McCall</p> <p>The Durham report claims </p> <p>* Clinton campaign oppo research came up with BS allegations against Trump</p> <p>* FBI knew it was bogus, but acted on it as if it was serious. </p> <p>* Top FBI officials (documented Trump haters) approved a full-scale investigati