The Nunes Memo is a National Gaslighting from the Trump Regime

I was listening to The Brian Lehrer show on WNYC this morning, and the discussion at one point was about the release of the Nunes memo. Listening to the host, and a few callers, I was astonished that the discussion became about, “Did Trump collude with Russia?” There’s something important people need to understand, collusion with Russian nationals is not necessarily a crime. However, there is a lot of criminality that can be associated with collusion.

In addition, today, that memo, isn’t really about facts or reason. None of the intelligent, logical things that people are saying about why the memo is stupid matters to the Trump regime or its supporters, because the Nunes Memo is simply a loyalty test for Trump supporters and their autocratic cult. When an autocrat lies, and says, “It’s a sunny day!” when it’s clearly raining, the point isn’t the lie. The point is, “Who accepts my truth?” That’s today.

I wrote this email to WNYC, officially turning into an old-person crank who writes the media, specifically about the crimes that matter, versus the collusion question which may not.

Here’s what I wrote …
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To the Brian Lehrer Show,

Hi! I’m a long-time listener of the show, and appreciate all the work Mr. Lehrer does. He sounded rattled today, nervous at times, and I think I share that feeling. These are dangerous times.

There’s something important that more people in media, still, don’t seem to understand. There’s no such crime as collusion. Recall that collusion means …

“… secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.”

So, someone may work in secret to deceive other people, but that in itself isn’t a crime. Working with the Russian government to lie to the American people during a political campaign, for example, may not be illegal, depending on …
* what was being lied about? and …
* who was the person being lied to?

The second point, “who was the person being lied to?” speaks to something important. When you speak to FBI agents, there’s no need to be under oath. If the FBI, for example…