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The evidence we were never meant to see about the Douma ‘gas’ attack
The OPCW has opened the door to ridicule, when the simple truth would have been enough. By Robert Fisk.
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France Takes Unprecedented Action Against Reporters Who Published Secret Government Document
Journalists could face years in jail for handling a classified military document that revealed details about France’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. By Ryan Gallagher. (May 17, 2019)
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US Accuses Syria Of More Chemical Attacks Just As Chemical Weapons Narrative Crumbles
At this point you almost wish America would just pick a target and stick with it. By Caitlin Johnstone.
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‘I Did My Best to Stop American Foreign Policy’: Bernie Sanders on the 1980s
In an interview, one of the leading candidates for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination discusses his long-held opposition to war and his support for socialist leaders. By Sydney Ember, for the former Samoza Guard.
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Tulsi Gabbard’s Campaign Is Being Boosted by Putin Apologists
The Hawaii congresswoman is quickly becoming the top candidate for Democrats who think the Russian leader is misunderstood. By Lachlan Markay, Sam Stein.
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No, escalations do not begin with rockets on Israel
Israel might have the power to tell itself and the rest of the world a story of victimhood. In reality, it has been abusing two million besieged Gazans for over a decade. By Orly Noy.
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The Rehabilitation of Gina Haspel by the New York Times
Last week, the New York Times did its best to rehabilitate CIA director Gina Haspel, who was one of the agency’s leading proponents and players in the unconscionable policy of torture and abuse in CIA’s secret prisons. By Melvin Goodman.
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Moon of Alabama: Random Guyaidó's New Coup Attempt Turns Out to Be A Dangerous Joke
It seems that the whole event is over.
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The 'Russiagate' Conspiracy Theorists Just Can't Let Go
Robert Mueller's report should have ended talk of collusion. Instead, the mainstream media is doubling down, The Nation's Aaron Maté argues. With Chris Hedges.
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Debunking All The Assange Smears
Have you ever noticed how whenever someone inconveniences the dominant western power structure, the entire political/media class rapidly becomes very, very interested in letting us know how evil and disgusting that person is? By Caitlin Johnstone. [Censored by Medium, rehosted]
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MSNBC’s Trump-Russia Ratings Fizzle: ‘Time to Pivot to 2020’
The Mueller report and its potential implications have driven the network’s coverage—and monster ratings—for two years. Now it’s ended with a whimper, leaving execs in a bind. By Maxwell Tani, Lloyd Grove.
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It's official: Russiagate is this generation's WMD
Nobody wants to hear this, but news that Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller is headed home without issuing new charges is a death-blow for the reputation of the American news media. By Matt Taibbi.
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Sixteen Years Later, How the Press That Sold the Iraq War Got Away With It
In an excerpt from his new book Hate Inc., Matt Taibbi looks back at how the media built new lies to cover their early ones. By Matt Taibbi,
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My Departure Letter from NBC
I circulated this letter to NBC colleagues on January 2 and since it quickly leaked and got recirculated all over, I’d thought I’d post it here... By William M. Arkin.
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The Fetishization of the Corporate Media
Because I’m not trying to get or keep a job, or maintain a “respectable” reputation, I’m free to call a spade a spade and a bunch of horseshit a bunch of horseshit. By CJ Hopkins.
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Beyond BuzzFeed: The 10 Worst, Most Embarrassing U.S. Media Failures on the Trump/Russia Story
The most challenging task is choosing the ten worst embarrassments. The most notable aspect is they all go toward promoting the same narrative. By Glenn Greenwald.
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The Digital Maginot Line
Who's that standing right behind you? Be afraid. Be very, very afraid. By Renee DiResta.
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Manafort’s Lawyer Said to Brief Trump Attorneys on What He Told Mueller
The arrangement was highly unusual, and it appeared to give Mr. Trump and his advisers ammunition in their public campaign against the special counsel investigation. By Michael S. Schmidt, Sharon LaFraniere, Maggie Haberman.
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Guardian ups its vilification of Julian Assange
It is welcome that finally there has been a little pushback, including from leading journalists, to the Guardian’s long-running vilification of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. By Jonathan Cook.
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Newsweek-Employed Spy Explains To Us Why Assange Should Be Prosecuted
If Assange is successfully prosecuted for doing the same thing other mainstream publications do to hold power to account, there will be little stopping the US government from going after those types of outlets all around the world for publishing its secrets. By Caitlin Jonstone.
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