Author Archives: Greg Olear

About Greg Olear

Greg Olear (@gregolear) is a founding editor of The Weeklings and the author of the novels Totally Killer and Fathermucker, an L.A. Times bestseller.

Russian Vote Hacking? Check. Collusion? Check. Quid Pro Quo? “I Love It.”

Absent collusion, there may have been a possibility that Russia tampered with the election to foist a defective president upon us, and watch him destroy us from within. But now that coordination between the Kremlin and Trump Tower has been confirmed, it is unthinkable that there wasn’t some sort of larger deal in place. The question is: what did the quid pro quo comprise? Continue reading

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The Manchurian President: On Trump’s Unconditional Surrender to Putin

Trump this weekend revealed himself to be the puppet of Putin Hillary Clinton accused him of being during the campaign. Continue reading

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Worst Americans: Mitch McConnell

The Turtle is king of the pond scum. Continue reading

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Germs, Guns & Trumpcare: With Cruel Health Bill, GOP is Playing with Fire

If the Senate passes this egregious tax break for the wealthy/corporations masquerading as a healthcare bill—and it’s increasingly, alarmingly likely that it will—James Hodgkinson may well become, unfortunately, not a deranged lone wolf but a template for a desperate form of last-resort resistance: the John Brown of the 21st century. Continue reading

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Beyond Belief: Trump, Treason & the Failure of Imagination

Why can’t we read the writing on the wall? Continue reading

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Baby-Boom Benedict Arnold: The Six Emerging Villains of the Russia Story

What the Kushner bombshell reveals. Continue reading

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Against Active Measures: Take the Fight to the Russians

Don’t be a pawn of Russian intelligence: you’re better than Trump. Continue reading

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