Bob & Ray II is back. Bob Scheer could not have picked a better time for an update on US-Russia relations & Ukraine, the Witcoff-Putin conversation, and the coming summit. And why the use of nukes by an Israel in extremis is more likely than use in Europe.
Larry and I With Different Takes on Trump-Putin Summit
Ukraine Must Take a Back Seat
Interview this morning covered what Putin and top aide Ushakov said earlier today about the upcoming summit, prospects for Ukraine, and how Ukraine must take a back seat to efforts to improve US-Russian relations.
Thoughts on Upcoming Summits
BREAKING: Trump’s chest-thumping re upcoming summits w/Putin & later w/Zelensky is a climb-down from Trump’s Friday deadline for cockamamie sanctions. European leaders informed but excluded. Intel truth-teller on Ukraine: what’s a Deputy NIO? A case study.
Chapter and Verse on Clinton’s Effort to Tie Trump to Putin
Discussed the Appendix https://consortiumnews.com/2025/08/01/ray-mcgovern-the-deep-states-burst-appendix/ that burst on July 30, when Sen. Grassley released classified Appendix of Durham’s long but toothless report. Appendix has chapter and verse on Clinton’s effort to tie Trump to Putin before the 2016 election.
Roger Waters and the Spirits of Women Martyrs
Roger Waters summons the spirits of women martyrs – Rachel Corrie, Sheeren Abu Akleh, Sophie Scholl, Anne Frank – to penetrate perpetrators’ penthouses and help “Open Their Eyes”. Take heart, still with us are Medea Benjamin, Coleen Rowley, Ann Wright.