Norman Solomon: Is ‘Russiagate’ Collapsing as a Political Strategy?
Russia scaremongering is losing its punch as a political rallying call, but the Democrats aren’t giving up on it.
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John Helmer: Chrystia Freeland’s Family Lie Grows Bigger And Blacker– Michael Chomiak Volunteered For Hitler Before Ukraine Was Invaded and Was Hunted by the Polish Police Until the 1980s
On the subject of her Nazi grandfather, Michael Chomiak, it turns out Chrystia Freeland’s nose is so long that she needs to get a hacksaw.
Read more...New York Times Sends Cease & Desist Letter Over CalPERS’ Massive Copyright Infringement; Potential Damages Eight Figures for Times and WSJ Each; Theft Extends to Virtually Every News Publication in US
CalPERS, the biggest public pension fund, appears to have perpetrated the largest copyright infringement in the history of the news industry.
Read more...“Heads Should Roll at CalPERS”: Who Should Be Held Accountable for Massive Copyright Infringement?
CalPERS’ copyright theft is so large and indefensible that not only might it force a shakeup, but the truly responsible people could go.
Read more...David Sirota: The Role of Journalism in the Age of Trump
Skewers virtue-signalling of much “resistance” to Trump and discusses holding Democrats accountable while Republicans are in power.
Read more...What the Romans Did for Us: On the Age-Old Art of Propaganda
On propaganda’s ancient roots and how much modern practice resembles the Roman playbook.
Read more...George Washington: Special Prosecutor Mueller Is a Political Hack
Robert Mueller epitomizes what is wrong with the Washington establishment.
Read more...Why Is PBS Airing Right-Wing-Sponsored School Privatization Propaganda?
PBS is promoting an attack on public schools. Quelle surprise!
Read more...Lee Camp: How to Write Propaganda for the NY Times – As Demonstrated in an Article About Me
Lee Camp dissects a New York Times hatchet job that manages the difficult feat of having almost nothing accurate in it save Camp’s name.
Read more...CalPERS Internal News Site Ignores Unfavorable Stories, Steals Copyrighted Material
One of the reasons we’ve had insight into what CalPERS is thinking is that it has an internal news site that it curiously has not password protected, as you’d expect, particularly given how it operates.1 Historically, we found it useful not only because it gave us insight into what the Office of Public Affairs (PAOF) […]
Read more...EU Competition Commissioner Vestager Targets Unaccountable Facebook Algos as Threat at Launch of New “Pro-Democracy” Movement
Facebook is finally getting some long overdue, serious pushback.
Read more...Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats
Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.
Read more...Mark Ames: When Mother Jones Was Investigated for Spreading Kremlin Disinformation
Mother Jones’ sad transformation from target of Kremlin scaremongering to perp in its “evil Putin” reincarnation.
Read more...CalPERS Legal Department Employee Trolls Naked Capitalism Site, Putting Focus on Violations of Bar Rules
A CalPERS employee appears to have broken state bar rules in a meant-to-be anonymous comment left at Naked Capitalism.
Read more...Down the Memory Hole: Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia
Trump’s ever-changing explanations, “alternative facts,” and program of destroying Federal data is straight out of Orwell’s “memory hole”.
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