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Putin's secret dirt on the GOP could be just weeks from being discovered
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with permanent members of the Security Council via a video link in Moscow, Russia, September 4, 2026. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
A Theory of Total Control With Almost No Evidence
The Claim Outruns the Record
The article’s thesis is sweeping: Vladimir Putin has “owned” Donald Trump since the late 1980s, Russian leverage explains Republican submission, and this hidden control accounts for much of the present political order. But the evidence presented does not establish that thesis. It gestures toward reporting, allegations…
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