‘Mike Johnson is a Mild-Mannered Domestic Terrorist’ — Me on The Thom Hartmann Program
Glitschy but important stuff
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When I received the call from Thom’s producers to come on his show Monday based on the work I’ve been doing investigating Mike Johnson with the help of Bette members Martin Sheil and High Fidelity, I was on the road again, up in Sonoma, California, working on another investigation.
The interview glitched out in a couple places — one where I explained that Johnson receiving money from a Russian oligarch who is supplying the ammunition to the Russian military committing genocide in Ukraine is not about the amount of money or whether or not he returned the money, it’s about Russia’s malign influence on US elections. The same oligarch behind the Ethane company that seeded money into 2018 GOP campaigns, also financed Maria Butina, the Russian spy who infiltrated the NRA and left a wake of comprised Republicans. She is now a lead propagandist in Russia.
The other place it glitched out was when I was describing the funding Johnson received from Robert Mercer, who funded Trump, Breitbart, Cambridge Analytica and Parlor — like Johnson — all weapons of mass democratic destruction. And Mercer has uncanny ties to Russia and Putin, himself.
Lastly, we lost a piece of the interview where I was describing to his audience the CNP-related crisis that is brewing in Sonoma, California.
Bette members will have a chance to meet the activists on the ground in Sonoma on our Sunday Speakeasy, where we will be joined by Wake UP Sonoma organizers who can explain the right-wing invasion that’s occurring in their beautiful, blue, and inclusive community. More details on that shortly.
Despite the tech snafus, I still landed a few punches. Please have a listen:
I promise I will pull together a print report of all findings to date on Johnson as soon as I come up for air. In the meantime, I’ll take a look at the Johnson thread walk-through I did at our Tuesday Happy Hour and if it’s in decent shape, I will make it accessible to Bette members.
Here is my previous visit on Thom’s show:
I am recovering from another all-nighter, but I feel damn good about this investigation and the community we are building.
Thank you as always for your support as I do this work.
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