Further proof that Bernie Sanders is a Russian agent

Here's a follow up to the preceding post. The brilliant Natasha Bertrand tells the uncomfortable truth about Bernie's month-long silence about Russia's aid to his campaign. The following summary comes from a DU poster:

Natasha Bertrand, just now on Weekends w/ Alex Witt, re: source says IC would *not* have objected to the Sanders campaign speaking publicly about efforts to meddle in campaign, indicating he had no such directive *not* to speak. FYI. (I was wrong in other replies since this news broke).

Sanders folks, If Bernie knew and sat on this info for a month *for whatever reason*, it was wrong to do so. We *needed* to know a month ago (before Iowa).

She also said IC wouldn't tell the campaign to keep it quiet because that, in itself, would help the Russian efforts.

Silence = complicity.

Bernie was silent; ergo, Bernie was complicit. It's obvious that Bernie was hoping that Russia's aid would go unnoticed until after he secured the nomination -- with Russia's help. Yet many people still refuse to consider the possibility that he's consciously working for Putin. Maybe they'll wake up when he picks Tulsi as his running mate.

(By the way: Not only is Natasha Bertrand brilliant, she's also really pretty. Am I a sexist pig to mention that fact? And if I am, what about the many female commentators on liberal blogs who gushed about the looks of Michael Avenatti and Patrick Fitzgerald?)

Sanders is already helping Republicans regain control of the House and expand their numbers in the Senate.

As you know, Bernie tweeted his disgust at the Democratic establishment whose support he will need. Here are some responses:

The Democratic Establishment has been the engine of good in this country for decades, on Civil Rights, Health, Climate, Corporate regulation and much more. Anyone who says otherwise is either ignorant, hate-filled, or both. Maybe ask yourself why Putin would back such a person.

— Heidi Jon Schmidt (@noelcourage) February 22, 2020

More recently the Dem establishment gave us Obamacare, the Iran Nuclear agreement, the Paris climate accord and tens of millions of new jobs while cutting deficit and saving the world from a depression. Over you you Senator for what you’ve done

— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) February 22, 2020

Reaffirms that when Sanders talks about “the Democratic establishment”, something that barely exists, he really means Democrats. Also anticipates my great fear which is that a Sanders General election campaign will be 1/2 against Trump and 1/2 against the Democratic Party. https://t.co/gbAYYUYujJ

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 22, 2020

Wipe away the dramatic rendering and you get the real vision: which is that the Democratic Party is not a flawed vehicle for progressive action in this country but in fact the main obstacle to it. https://t.co/i73qkVHcvF

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) February 22, 2020

What I'm about to say will sound strange to some of you, but I'll say it anyways. BernieBros who attack the Dem "establishment" reminds me of the Postmodernist philosophers who attack the Enlightenment. (That's what the label "Postmodern" means: Post-Enlightenment.) The postmodernist argument comes to this: "The Enlightenment didn't usher in utopia. Racism and other ills persisted. Therefore, let's undo the Enlightenment. Let's get rid of science, reason, democracy, individuality, liberty and the rights of man. Let's go back to an age of superstition and authoritarianism." The BernieBro argument against the Democratic party is just as pernicious and dangerous.

Here's another important Bertrand scoop. Trump's new Director of National Intelligence, Richard Grenell, has been described as a staunch Trump loyalist. And so he is.

But it turns out that he was once a staunch Trump critic. In fact, he supported John Kasich (for whom I would gladly vote if Bernie gets the nomination). A sample Grenell sentiment from 2016:

“Trump is dangerous. Wake up. He’s reckless,” he replied on another occasion to a user who had written “vote Trump.”

How many Never Trumpers have turned into zealous MAGAts? Sorry to sound a paranoid note, but kompromat remains the simplest, easiest-to-believe explanation for Graham/Grenell Syndrome. LBJ used to say "I don't trust a man unless I have his pecker in my pocket." Trump has amassed one hell of a pecker collection.