"Russia Is Our Friend"

About a month ago:

Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:

How the Republican right found allies in Russia  —  Growing up in the 1980s, Brian Brown was taught to think of the communist Soviet Union as a dark and evil place.  —  But Brown, a leading anti-gay-marriage activist, said that in the past few years he has started meeting Russians at conferences …

Discussion:

Michael Isikoff / Yahoo:   White House pulled out of meet and greet with ‘conservatives’ favorite Russian' over suspected mob ties

David Ferguson / Raw Story:   Retired CIA expert: US far-right is getting duped by Russia and it's ‘part of something bigger’

W/in recent memory:

Daily Progress:

Torch-wielding protesters gather at Lee Park  —  Several dozen torch-wielding protesters gathered in Charlottesville's Lee Park just after 9 p.m. Saturday, chanting “You will not replace us,” “Russia is our friend” and “Blood and soil.”  —  After about 10 minutes, Charlottesville police arrived …

Discussion:

Olivia Beavers / The Hill:   Torch-carrying white nationalists protest removal of Confederate statue

Michael Edison Hayden / ABC News:   Mayor of Charlottesville calls Pro-Confederate rallies ‘horrific’

Laura Vozzella / Washington Post:   White nationalist Richard Spencer leads torch-bearing protesters defending Lee statue

James Doubek / NPR:   Richard Spencer Leads Group Protesting Sale Of Confederate Statue

AOL:   Protestors chant Nazi phrases, wield torches near Confederate statue in Charlottesville, Va.

Digby / Hullabaloo:   Just another Saturday night in Trump's America

Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:   Torch-wielding mob stages rally to protest the removal of racist imagery

Angela Helm / The Root:   Richard Spencer, Confederate Apologists, March in Charlottesville, Va., With Torches Reminiscent of KKK

Bonnie Kristian / The Week:   Torch-bearing protesters march to defend Confederate statue in Virginia

Making America Great Again w/ a little help from our Russian friends.