AARON MATÉ: MSNBC’S Rachel Maddow Sees a ‘Russian Connection’ Lurking Around Every Corner.

It’s “impossible,” fellow anchor Lawrence O’Donnell told Maddow on April 7, to rule out that “Vladimir Putin orchestrated what happened in Syria this week – so that his friend in the White House could have a big night with missiles and all of the praise he’s picked up over the past 24 hours.”

Maddow concurred, suggesting that only the FBI’s ongoing probe into Trump’s alleged collusion with Russian electoral interference will determine the truth. “Maybe eventually we’ll get an answer to that from [FBI Director] Jim Comey,” Maddow said.

The Washington Post noted that the “conspiracy theory” drew “derision from across the political spectrum.” But it was not out of place.

There’s a video compilation at the link, and you’d be forgiven if you mistook it for a postmodern riff on Dr. Strangelove.

It’s always the Russians with these people — makes you wonder what they’d have thought back in the day of Ted Kennedy getting into bed with the Soviets to hack the 1984 presidential election.

On the other hand, for leftists it’s probably perfectly acceptable to pussyfoot with Russian Communists.