Bob Scheer Gets an Update on Ukraine

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.

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.

Russiagate Figured Out from the Start

MUST CLICK ON BOTH OF THESE LINKS: Patrick Lawrence had Russiagate figured out at the very start: salon.com/2016/07/25/sha. Today, 9 yrs later, he documents the “regime of falsehoods and subterfuge” by Obama, Brennan, Comey, Clapper, et al. in 2016 and ff. consortiumnews.com/2025/08/04/pat