[1] Although some of the reports in Patribotics have been later confirmed by major mainstream news outlets, the blog is controversial and considered by some to be conspiracy theories.
Louise Mensch, a former British MP who moved from England to the U.S. in 2012,[2] launched Patribotics in January 2017, after stepping down as writer and manager of the news, opinion, and commentary site Heat Street, which she had co-launched in February 2016.
[3][4][5] In February 2017, Mensch told The Guardian that she moved from writing for Heat Street to her own blog site because she prefers the freedom of self-publishing; she stated, "I didn't want to be subject to an editing process.
[6] Mensch's inaugural post on Patribotics, titled "Dear Mr. Putin, Let’s Play Chess", was described by James Wolcott in Vanity Fair as a "must-read primer" on the Trump-Russia situation and "prescient as hell".
[8][9][10][11] Several news outlets and journalists, including Keith Olbermann,[12][13] have cited Mensch's Trump-Russia Patribiotics articles as credible and informed speculation.