Aaron Maté
The Nation
New York, United States
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Past articles by Aaron:
The Rise and Fall of the ‘Steele Dossier’
A case study in mass hysteria and media credulity. → Read More
Did Trump Bomb Syria on False Grounds?
The American media is ignoring leaks from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons that suggest a whitewash. → Read More
US claim of 'Russian Bounty' plot in Afghanistan is dubious and dangerous
Max Blumenthal breaks down "Russian bounty" story flaws, how it aims to prolong war in Afghanistan, using Russiagate to push Democratic Party to the right → Read More
The Failed Russiagate Playbook Can’t Stop Bernie Sanders
A politics rooted in real issues and real people is far more powerful than the cynical methods that brought us Russiagate. → Read More
The Democratic Leadership Strategy on Impeachment Is Doomed and Dangerous
It’s hard to take the charge that Trump is a threat to national security seriously when Democrats in Congress are happy to help him shovel more money at the military. → Read More
Impeachment Non-Bombshells Endanger Democrats in 2020
Unmerited hype about Gordon Sondland's testimony has overshadowed the potential damage that the impeachment saga poses for the presidential election. → Read More
Trump’s Impeachment Lures Democrats Into a Cold War Mentality
The hawkish mindset that liberals have embraced threatens not just their own political fortunes but also global peace. → Read More
Uncovering Russiagate’s Origins Could Prevent Future Scandals
There are legitimate grounds to probe the intelligence officials behind the all-consuming Trump-Russia affair. → Read More
Ukrainegate Risks Handing Trump Another Gift
Democrats are again becoming the party of secretive hearings and an all-consuming, bureaucrat-driven scandal. → Read More
The Ukraine Scandal Might Be a Bad Gambit for Democrats
Aaron Maté argues that impeachment is political, not legal—and that the transcript the White House release doesn't, in itself, implicate the president. → Read More
Here Are 5 Big Holes in Mueller's Work
After determining that there never was a Trump-Russia conspiracy, Mueller showed no interest in investigating why so many high-placed officials said they believed there had been. → Read More
These Questions for Mueller Show Why Russiagate Was Never the Answer
The former special counsel still has a lot he can clarify. → Read More
It’s Time to Move on from Mueller
Mueller doesn’t want to testify, and the public wants Democrats to focus on the issues that matter to them. → Read More
The Mueller Report Indicts the Trump-Russia Conspiracy Theory
The real Russiagate scandal is the damage it has to our democratic system and media. → Read More
RIP, Russiagate
The implosion of the collusion theory is a humiliation for everyone who promoted it. → Read More
A Skeptic’s Guide to the Russiagate Fixation
Robert Mueller has yet to allege collusion, and Democrats who accuse Trump of being a Kremlin conspirator are silent when his policies escalate tensions with Russia. → Read More
Mueller Accuses Roger Stone of Lying and Bullying—but Not Collusion
All the investigation has shown is that Stone asked for secrets from two people with none to provide. → Read More
The Manafort Revelation Is Not a Smoking Gun
Proponents of the Trump-Russia collusion theory wildly overstate their case, again. → Read More
New Studies Suggest Pundits May Be Wrong About Russian Social-Media Involvement in US Politics
Far from being a sophisticated propaganda campaign, it was small, amateurish, and mostly unrelated to the 2016 election. → Read More
Don’t Let Russophobia Warp the Facts on Russiagate
Despite the media hoopla, Mueller's latest filings do not bring us any closer to proving the long-sought Trump-Russia conspiracy. → Read More