Russiagate Skeptics

Below a list of journalists, commentators etc & media organizations who never succumbed to Russiagate — the conspiracy theory that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to hack and distribute the DNC & Podesta emails — and who remained rationally skeptical throughout.

The list is in somewhat random order, at least in the sense that if one person is ranked lower than another this does not necessarily mean they were a less good or a less important or impactful skeptic.

Also, the list only includes people who have produced some content on Russiagate — e.g. articles, podcast, extensive Twitter research — , who have at least 2,000 Twitter followers (when applicable), and who have been skeptical for more than a year.

Lastly, I’ve tried to exclude as much as possible rabid partisan hacks (think Sean Hannity) as well as people who see conspiracies everywhere (think Alex Jones), when their correct views on this topic were not the result of reasonable skepticism but more of the ‘broken clock is right twice a day’ kind. These are of course judgement calls on my part that people may reasonably disagree with.

People

1. Aaron Mate @aaronjmate
2. Michael Tracey @mtracey
3. Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald
4. The late Robert Parry @consortiumnews
5. Scott Horton @scotthortonshow
6. Stephen Cohen
7. Richard Sakwa
8. Gareth Porter @garethporter
9. Julian Assange @julianassange
10. Mollie Hemingway @mzhemingway
11. Max Blumenthal @maxblumenthal
12. Rand Paul @randpaul
13. Ron Paul @ronpaul
14. Kyle Kulinski @kylekulinski
15. Robert Barnes @barnes_law
16. Yasha Levine @yashalevine
17. Daniel McAdams @daniellmcadams
18. Stephen Kinzer @stephenkinzer
19. Justin Raimondo @justinraimondo
20. Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz
21. Peter Hitchens @clarkemicah
22. Thomas Woods @ThomasEWoods
23. Patrick Buchanan @patrickbuchanan
24. Stephen McIntyre @climateaudit
25. Paul Jay @PaulJay_TRNN
26. Jeffrey St. Clair @jsccounterpunc
27. Jimmy Dore @jimmy_dore
28. Elizabeth Lea Vos @elizabethleavos
29. Seymour Hersh @seymourhersh
30. Noam Chomsky
31. A. Tsygankov
32. Dominic Basulto @DominicBasulto
33. Patrick Lawrence @thefloutist
34. Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi
35. John Kiriakou @JohnKiriakou
36. Lee Camp @LeeCamp
37. Philip Giraldi @philipgiraldi
38. Oliver Stone @theoliverstone
39. Will Porter @wkpancap
40. Lucy Komisar @LucyKomisar
41. Alex Krainer @NakedHedgie
42. Mike Whitney
43. Andrew Cockburn @andrewmcockburn
44. David Stockman @DA_Stockman
45. Tom Luongo @tfl1728
46. Alan R. Macleod @AlanRMacLeod
47. Joanne Leon @joanneleon
48. Dan Wright @aroundtheempire
49. Jim Kavanagh @ThePolemicist_
50. Gregg Jarrett @GregJarrett
51. Tim Shorrock @timothys
52. Bryan MacDonald @27khv
53. Andrew McCarthy @andrewcmccarthy
54. Abbie Martin @AbbyMartin
55. Robbie Martin @fluorescentgrey
56. Tim Black @realtimblack
57. Lou Dobbs @LouDobbs
58. James Carden
59. Norman Solomon @NormanSolomon
60. Dana Rohrabacher @DanaRohrabacher
61. Ray McGovern @raymcgovern
62. Mary Dejevsky @marydejevsky
63. ‘Moon of Alabama’ @moonofa
64. Tucker Carlson @tuckercarlson
65. Dan Cohen @DanCohen3000
66. Katrina vandenHeuvel @KatrinaNation
67. Lee Smith @LeeSmithDC
68. Craig Murray @craigmurrayorg
69. Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays
70. Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah
71. Mark Ames @MarkAmesExiled
72. Margot Cleveland @ProfMJCleveland
73. Chris Hedges @ChrisLynnHedges
74. Kim Strassel @KimStrassel
75. John W. Huber @JohnWHuber
76. Dan Bongino @dbongino
77. John Solomon @jsolomonReports
78. Chuck Ross @ChuckRossDC
79. ‘The Last Refuge’ @TheLastRefuge2
80. Devin Nunes @DevinNunes
81. Byron York @ByronYork
82. Sean Davis @seanmdav
83. Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
84. Rania Khalek @RaniaKhalek
85. George Szamuely @GeorgeSzamuely
86. Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton
87. Jordan Chariton @jordanchariton
88. Patrick Lawrence @thefloutist
89. Rosie memos @almostjingo
90. @techno_fog
91. Joe Lauria @unjoe
92. Leonid Bershidsky @Bershidsky
93. Neil Clark @NeilClark66
94. Dennis Bernstein
95. Kevin Shipp @kevin_shipp
96. Paul Craig Roberts
97. Tara McCormack @Mccormack_tara
98. Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonnyc
99. Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec
100. Jeff Carlson @themarketswork
101. Walker Bragman @walkerbragman
102. Mark McCarthy
103. Sharyl Attkisson @SharylAttkisson
104. Victor Davis Hanson @VDHanson
105. The Saker https://thesaker.is/
106. Jason Beale @jabeale
107. Paul Sperry @paulsperry_
108. Adam Carter @with_integrity
109. Mike Cernovich @Cernovich
110. Sara Carter @SaraCarterDC
111. Tom Fitton @TomFitton
112. Katie Halper @kthalps
113. Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak
114. Pat Lang
115. Kit Klarenberg @KitKlarenberg
116. Garland Nixon @GarlandNixon
117. Lee Stranahan @stranahan
118. John Steppling @JohnSteppling
119. Eoin Higgins @EoinHiggins_
120. Brian Becker @BrianBeckerDC
121. Jeffrey Carr @JeffreyCarr
122. Michael Krieger @libertyblitz
123. the late William Blum http://williamblum.org
124. Jeremy Scahill @jeremyscahill
125. Peter B. Collins http://peterbcollins.com
126. T. A. Frank @tafrank
127. Shannon @Avery1776
128. Carroll Quigley @CarrollQuigley1
129. E. C. Everett @ECEverett1
130. ‘Based Basterd’ @BasedBasterd
131. Jenn @JennElizabethJ
132. ‘Ghost of Daniel Parker’ @SeekerOTL
133. ‘BenKTallmadge’ @BenKTallmadge
134. Brian Cates @drawandstrike
135. Cassandra Fairbanks @CassandraRules
136. An0maly @LegendaryEnergy
137. Doug Johnson Hatlem @djjohnso
138. Stef Zamorano @miserablelib
139. Ron Placone @ronplacone
140. Margaret Kimberley @freedomrideblog
141. Glen Ford @glenfordbar
142. Bruce Dixon @brucedixon
143. Tracy Beanz @tracybeanz
144. Ian56 @ian56789
145. Gordon Dimmack @gordondimmack
146. Bill Binney
147. Gilbert Doctorow
148. Guy Mettan @GuyMettan
149. Teodrose Fikre @TeodroseFikre
150. Piers Robinson @PiersRobinson1
151. Pepe Escobar
152. Jack Matlock
153. John J. Mearsheimer
154. Sam Husseini

Media Organizations

1. Scott Horton Show @scotthortonshow
2. Consortium News @Consortiumnews
3. Around the Empire @AroundTheEmpire
4. The Jimmy Dore Show The Jimmy Dore Show
5. Spiked @spikedonline
6. Citations Needed @CitationsPod
7. The Real News @TheRealNews
8. The Liberty Report @RonPaulInstitut
9. The Nation @TheNation
10. Part of the Problem @comicdavesmith
11. AntiWar.com @Antiwarcom
12. The Federalist @FDRLST
13. Wikileaks @wikileaks
14. American Conservative AmericanConservative.com
15. The Unz Review Unz.com
16. Naked Capitalism Naked Capitalism
17. Zero Hedge Zero Hedge
18. Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting @FAIRMediaWatch
19. Humanist Report @humanistreport
20. LewRockwell.com @lewrockwell
21. Counterpunch @NatCounterPunch
22. Media Roots @MediaRootsNews
23. The Grayzone @GrayzoneProject
24. Crowdsource the Truth @csthetruth
25. World Socialist Web Site @WSWS_Updates
26. Foreign Policy Focus @Kyaaale
27. Disobedient Media @DisobedientNews
28. CrossTalk @PLCROSSTALK
29. Black Agenda Report @blkagendareport
30. Unauthorized Disclosure @UnauthorizedDis
31. Mint Press News @mintpressnews
32. 21st Century Wire @21WIRE
33. Epoch Times theepochtimes.com