SWEET JESUS! It's an effing FRIDAY NIGHT FLOOD of NEW Russia headlines on the Raw Story home page.

[Miles Archer]

‘Game-changer’: MSNBC panelists explain magnitude of ‘devastating’ Kushner revelations

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/game-changer-msnbc-panelists-explain-magnitude-of-devastating-kushner-revelations/

Former Russian Trump aid seeks immunity deal to testify before Congress: NYT

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/former-russian-trump-aid-seeks-immunity-deal-to-testify-before-congress-nyt/

Senate intelligence panel requests Trump campaign documents: Washington Post

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/senate-intelligence-panel-requests-trump-campaign-documents-washington-post/

Russian ambassador told Moscow that Kushner sought secret communications channel with Kremlin: WaPo

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-sought-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin-wapo/

[roamer65]

1. The dam is bursting.

[Miles Archer]

2. I turned my back for something like an HOUR...

...and those four headlines were there when I went back to the page.

We CAN'T have this happen EVERY DAY while Ryan and McConnell whistle past the graveyard.

And yes, I know THEY are somehow caught up in this too.

[babylonsister]

4. Yes, mind-boggling!!! nt

[bresue]

3. Get the popcorn!!!

[Eugene]

5. Here's one more from Reuters...

Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-kushner-exclusive-idUSKBN18N018

[Miles Archer]

6. No WONDER Trump has lawyered up.

The question earlier today was "Will Trump throw Jared under the bus to save his own ass?"

Looks like we're about to find out.

[tinrobot]

25. ...or will Jared get flipped by the FBI first?

I think this might get very interesting very quickly.

[demmiblue]

7. OMG... RAW STORY! RAWR!

THE MOST ORIGINAL REPORTING OF ALL TIME!!!11!!

Just pulling your chain a wee bit.

[Miles Archer]

8. Oh, I know it's an "aggregate."

And a lot of the "original reporting" consists of site scrapes and tweet harvests. I get that.

[GliderGuider]

9. It's the biggest Friday news dump I've ever seen.

Just breathtaking!!!!!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. Hugest:

Former Russian Trump aide seeks immunity deal to testify before Congress: NYT

[GeoWilliam750]

11. Is it my imagination

Or do the Russians seem to be leaking this information?

The Russians had to have known that their contacts were all being monitored, and that all of this would eventually come to light. It looks like they set up the Republican Party for the greatest of all falls.

Also, the article title is highly misleading. It is not a "Trump aide"; Deripaska is a leading Russian oligarch, with close ties to Putin.

[world wide wally]

14. I doubt Russia is out to sabotage the GOP. They are hand and glove.

And besides... what doesn't kill us will only make us stronger.

[BarbD]

19. Russia in control

The Russians want to undermine our democracy -- what better way than to slowly drip, drip, drip this information? They're causing confusion and messing with our psyche. However, this is bringing out the best in us. We shall overcome!

[Sgent]

24. I find it really hard to believe that a US intelligence person leaked this

its just too damaging to our means and methods. Whoever leaked (if it wasn't the Russians) just confirmed we can break their best encryption between Moscow and the US Embassy -- this is huge.

[msongs]

12. like the national enquirer...or worse nt

[workinclasszero]

13. Don the con and his employer

[BigmanPigman]

15. Fux News isn't even reporting any of it!

[miyazaki]

20. Must not be true then.

And hey, why spoil a three day weekend ya know.

[TheFrenchRazor]

16. it is clear by now that repugs love GOP power more than they love america. nt

[orangecrush]

17. K&R

The floogates open...

[malchickiwick]

18. Best Pic Ever: k/r!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[brooklynite]

21. Um, do you have room for some more? This posted at 11 PM.

Exclusive: Trump son-in-law had undisclosed contacts with Russian envoy - sources

U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and close adviser, Jared Kushner, had at least three previously undisclosed contacts with the Russian ambassador to the United States during and after the 2016 presidential campaign, seven current and former U.S. officials told Reuters.

Those contacts included two phone calls between April and November last year, two of the sources said. By early this year, Kushner had become a focus of the FBI investigation into whether there was any collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, said two other sources - one current and one former law enforcement official.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-fbi-kushner-exclusive-idUSKBN18N018

[ffr]

22. Dizzying in their depth, but 66 million of the majority of America was not fooled.

The other 63 million fools gave us this on a silver platter and need to be slammed for putting traitors in the WH. I don't care what their reasons are for being enthusiastic about traitorous behavior toward our nation, then or now. There's no excuse!

Republicans are the problem with our government. The sooner we can gut them out of the system, the sooner America gets back on its feet.

The Kremlin winning.

[Scurrilous]

23. K&R

[sharedvalues]

26. Josh Marshall is calling DJT Putin's tool

This is an important article

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/trumps-ominous-adventure

Whether Vladimir Putin has something on Donald Trump or somehow has him in his pay hardly matters. If he doesn’t, he apparently doesn’t need to do since Trump insists on doing more or less exactly what Putin would want of him entirely on his own. Does this sound hyperbolic. Yes, it absolutely does. I’m even surprised I’m writing it. But look at the evidence before us. A simple statement on a decades old security commitment is the simplest, most pro-forma thing to do. And yet he refuses. Again and again.

Something is very wrong here. But we don’t know yet its origins of where it’s taking us.