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PATRICE GREANVILLE • PAUL EDWARDS
On Oct 17, 2021 we ran our first alert (and homage), reproduced below, for our friend and comrade Tom Feeley, the legendary editor of Information Clearing House website, struggling with a series of conditions precipitated by his leukemia. The site's straightforward mission statement said it all: "We Cover the Issues the Corporate Media Never Will." And he did.
Recently, Tom finally lost his battle with this unrelenting disease. Although this event will surely be ignored in the corporate media, and pass, therefore, unnoticed among the mass public, Tom's death is a big loss for all of us in the anti-imperialist and peace community, and certainly for humanity at large, which benefited greatly from his tireless activism. To push back against this unjust and insulting obscurity, we have asked our friend and contributing editor Paul Edwards to pen (once again) a few words to serve as a proper farewell.
For more than 20 years we have been providing information that our prostitute media are paid to ignore. We have built a community of (anti-war, pro-justice warriors) around the world.—Tom Feeley
Tom Feeley, who created and ran Information Clearing House for many years, died on September 9th.
It is very hard to write of the loss of a man of such courage and character, when there are almost no standards of comparison; in a time when there are so very few like him, even in exile media, not one in the mainstream giants, and none in our national leadership. It is akin to writing a description of an extinct animal, of which the wide world has no knowledge and no familiarity.
Tom was a plain, straight man, modest and unassuming, never given to advertising himself. He was, in many ways, an ordinary man, except in the those qualities that distinguish the most scrupulously ethical and morally brave among us. He was an immigrant who had come to America, drawn by our stated principles that have been so utterly and cynically expunged from national practice. He had been witness to that flagrant subversion and betrayal of all that had been promised at our creation, and it offended him to his core.
In the madness that surrounded 9/11 and the tragic acceleration of our precipitous descent as a nation into a sinister moral darkness from which we will never be extricated, he felt a deep compulsion to do what little he could to contest and combat that terrible decline. He started ICH on the net.
Over the next decades he ran it, against the national current of state sponsored propaganda, as an open forum and a welcoming editorial home for those who had the acuity and courage to tell the truth, to criticize and castigate falsehood, cruelty and injustice, and as Voltaire demanded, “Ecrasez l’Infame!”.
Hail and Farewell, Tom. You were a hero.
Paul
The text below was first run on Oct 17, 2021: My dear friend and senior contributing editor to this publication, Paul Edwards, has just alerted me to Tom Feeley's struggle to stay alive. For those in the genuinely progressive, anti-imperialist community, who, for some reason, never heard of Tom, let me just put it simply: Tom Feeley is editor at Information Clearing House, which he correctly describes as, "A fiercely, independent source of news and information." Yes, ICH is a key link in the ridiculously thin line of grotesquely underfunded websites still devoted to truth, truth when it matters most. ICH is a massive archive of genuine independent leftist analysis, and an invaluable tool in the contest with the forces working to impose an Orwellian world of fake democracy, constant war, widespread oppression and exploitation, and capitalogenic ecocide. Indeed, ICH would not be around without Tom's unwavering dedication. This is why Paul's fraternal words resonate so much in this quarter:
Our ally and brother Tom Feeley, of ICH, is in the hospital with leukemia, fighting for his life. I had asked in previous emails if you might mention it somewhere as you no doubt share a good many regular readers. Tom has not been able to publish consistently since Covid and a subsequent heart attack, and he’s not able to do it at all now. Let me know if you can mention him as one of the real voices for truth and justice. Big thanks.—Paul
Tom himself filed an update last May on ICH, which I reproduce below:
Update - May 28, 2021 "Information Clearing House" - When I wrote the message below, I was sure that I had recovered from and Covid and that within days I would be able to rerun to my work here at ICH. That was wishful thinking on my part. Some days later, my lack of physical energy led me to my doctor's office and a large number of tests, which indicated that Covid complications had caused not only my heart attack but pneumonia, anemia, (I had lost 42 lbs in the first 30 days of Covid) further tests also showed a kidney infection. This complete lack of energy coupled with depression, resulted in bed rest and very little physical activity over the last month. In fact, there were days when I thought that recovery would not be possible.
Today, is my first attempt at returning to work and I hope that the ICH community will forgive my absence. I will be doing my best to return to regular daily updates but they will be somewhat reduced in content as I am determined to restore my health and provide news and insights that are not available on lamestream media. Again I want to thank you for your patience, support and good wishes.
Peace and Joy
Tom Feeley
Today, Tom filed his most recent personal update, and the news, as Paul had warned, was not good.
An apology and an explanation
By Tom Feeley
Diagnosed with acute leukemia
October 17, 2021 -- "Information Clearing House - Just wanted to say hi and give every member of our ICH community a big hug and huge respect.
I feel like I owe an apology for the lack of website and newsletter production to our group. As some of you know I got Covid19 in March of this year. This unfortunately led to problems with breathing and other symptoms.
My doctor was treating me for long Covid and despite his best efforts I got to a situation where even one hour's work exhausted me. It got to the point that I was admitted to hospital in San Diego and a battery of tests suggested I might have leukemia, a marrow bone analysis confirmed I have acute leukemia I have been here for almost 3 weeks, where the doctors nurses and staff are working [to] get my cancer into remission. I am having daily chemotherapy.
My laptop was delivered today and now I have the opportunity to post to the website and provide a newsletter, which may have less content but will still expose the corrupt system that inflicts so much pain in the world. I am so happy to be back following my passion. Seeking justice for all.
For more than 20 years we have been providing information that our prostitute media are paid to ignore. We have built a community of (anti-war, pro-justice warriors) around the world.
If you can, please send our comrade Tom Feeley a note of support. I am certain he will appreciate it. In times like these, fraternal solidarity is everything. Risking the obvious, let me say we all wish our brother Tom Feeley a prompt and uneventful recovery. We need him in the trenches.
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PATSY?? – UKRAINIAC WHACKJOB MERCENARY MOVES ON TRUMP
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Garland examines the latest attempt on Trump and concludes there are many loose ends and bizarre aspects, starting with the fact that the suspect, Ryan Routh, despite his notorious career as a violent felon, with a charge of possessing "weapons of mass destruction", several standoffs with police, and a known obsession with Ukraine, was (at least officially) NOT being followed by the FBI and police, while the Western authorities disperse their police energies persecuting and harassing peaceful activists such as Tulsi Gabbard, Richard Medhurst, Scott Ritter, Danny Shaw, and others working to stop the Palestinian genocide (condemned by the world's highest courts!), and the looming nuclear WW3. Garland thinks this latest incident points more clearly than anything else so far to an assassination conspiracy on Trump, since otherwise it is impossible to explain how Routh, certainly not an insider in the West's power structure, let alone in Trump circles, knew more than 12 hours in advance that Trump would be on Sunday (15 Sept.) at the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach (Fla.), playing golf with his buddies. Considering Trump's busy schedule, and the (by now) tighter security surrounding the candidate, that's something that no ordinary person could possibly know.
As the US government works overtime to stigmatize any journalism possessing connectivity with Russia, the world slides dangerously down a path defined by a Russophobic US-driven agenda that leads toward the inevitability of conflict, and the probability of nuclear war.
When the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence on August 7, they were singularly focused on my professional relationship (I am a self-employed journalist) with the Russian government, and in particular, RT, the widely recognized brand name of Russia Today, a media company founded by the autonomous non-profit organization TV-Novosti in April 2005.
According to the FBI, the US government was concerned that my activities fell under the Foreign Agent Registration Act (FARA).
The FBI has also searched the Virginia home of Dmitry Simes, a veteran Russian-American journalist who currently resides in Moscow where he helps moderate a popular political program, The Big Game, on Channel 1.
While the FBI has not publicly commented on the raid on Simes’ home, it is most likely due to similar concerns over FARA compliance.
I have been an external contributor (i.e., contactor) to RT since April 2020. Since the initial contract was signed, I have written numerous articles and produced hundreds of videos for which I have been compensated financially in accordance with the terms set forth in the agreements between myself and RT. As stipulated in the signed agreements, I am solely responsible for the content of the work provided.
At no time have I entered into any agreement, written or oral, or have reached any understanding, formal or informal, that I am responsive to the direction or control of either RT/TV-Novosti or the Russian government.
Indeed, the agreement between myself and RT stipulates that I am responsible for determining the topics that will be covered in the content I produce, although as is the case in any editorial/producer relationship with “talent,” I have been asked to provide content that is responsive to breaking news.
I am a freelance journalist. This is the life of a freelance journalist.
Nothing more, nothing less.
This relationship is like that which I have as an outside contributor to other journalistic outlets, including TruthDig, The American Conservative, Consortium News, The Washington Spectator, and Energy Intelligence, all of which have published my work on a regular basis during the same period in which I produced content for RT.
In all cases, I am solely responsible for the content I produce. There is, of course, a collaborative relationship with the editors of all these publishing outlets, some more intense/heavy than others. This is the normal reality faced by every journalist in the world.
I can say without fear of contradiction that the editorial ‘touch’ of RT is the lightest of any publisher I have dealt with – there is the standard follow-up questioning on sourcing of information, and some massaging of language for clarity. On a few occasions (I can count them on one hand), RT has turned down articles I have submitted for publication. In every instance, the topics dealt with US domestic issues, and the editors were concerned about being seen as buying into unfounded conspiracies.
How utterly irresponsible of them!
The specific compensation received for work published is confidential in accordance with the terms of the agreement I signed with RT (the FBI seized physical and electronic copies of this agreement, and I have in the past provided copies of the agreement to the Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC) or their proxies operating within the US banking system). But I can say this – it is within the industry norm, slightly more than some publishers, and slightly less than others. And in no case can it be considered exorbitant – The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal, all of whom have published my opinion pieces in the past, all pay significantly more than does RT.
This reality must be disappointing to the FBI and the Department of Justice, which, through their questioning, seemed caught up in a working theory that I was a controlled asset of RT and, by extension, the Russian government. Their conspiracy theories extended into the person of my wife, Marina, who was questioned by a pair of FBI agents at her place of work at the same time the FBI conducted its search of our residence. The agents showed Marina a copy of an email she had sent to me back in late 2020/early 2021, where she listed the articles that I had published for RT for each month.
I was paid on a monthly billing cycle, with the amount calculated based upon the number of articles published in a given month. On occasion, there would be discrepancies, where my count of articles published did not align with the money paid in compensation. To assist me in working out these discrepancies, Marina would generate a list of articles published by publication date, so that I could more coherently communicate with RT.
“Do you direct the work of your husband?” the FBI asked my wife. “Do you organize his work?”
The answer was self-evident, as my wife informed the FBI.
I am my own boss.
The FBI was also interested in the payment vehicle used by RT to compensate me. The method agreed to contractually was a wire transfer to be made monthly based upon the work published. For this, I provided my banking information, including SWIFT code.
Following the commencement of the Special Military Operation by Russia in Ukraine in February 2022, this method became difficult because of the sanctioning of Russian banks by the US, denying these banks access to the SWIFT system that controls money transfers globally and, most importantly in my case, into the US.
RT developed workarounds which used unsanctioned third parties to execute the wire transfers. Over time, RT made use of two such intermediaries. I have always been totally transparent about this payment method. Indeed, when my bank began blocking payment on instructions from their internal OFAC enforcement units, I reached out to the bank to resolve the issue. Part of the resolution measures agreed to was that I provided the OFAC enforcement unit with copies of my contractual relationships showing that the money received was related to contracted work. This method worked but was very time-consuming and inconvenient – wire transfers were often returned to the sender in whole or in part because of the delay in processing the submitted paperwork, which took place every time a payment was received.
I contacted OFAC directly to complain, citing harassment and First Amendment issues, and was informed that they had nothing to do with it. The problem, it seemed, was overzealous employees at the bank itself (the OFAC enforcement unit was an in-house entity, with no formal relationship with the US government or OFAC.)
The solution was simple – I switched banks. In making the application to my new bank, I was transparent about international wire transfers that they would expect, what country these transfers would originate from, roughly in what amounts the transfers would be, and for what purpose (writing.)
The bank in question was USAA, with which I had a relationship dating back to 1984 when I was commissioned as an officer in the US Marines. Last year, USAA ended its relationship with me without warning, closing my bank account and terminating homeowner and auto insurance policies that I had with them dating back four decades.
I opened a new account with my current bank. Once again, I was fully transparent in the application process as to the source and reason for incoming wire transfers.
The FBI, in questioning me, provided the names of the two intermediaries used by RTto make the wire transfers of my compensation. I provided accurate answers to all their questions concerning these entities and my relationship with them.
I have no doubt that the US government will continue to make it difficult, and perhaps impossible, for RT to compensate external contributors based in the United States, including myself, for their work.
This is harassment under color of law.
But under no circumstances does it make the work, or any compensation paid to me for this work, a violation of the law.
And under no circumstances does being paid for my outside contributions to RTviolate the Foreign Agent Registration Act.
I have been lambasted for publishing my work in RT.
Several US-based publishers, including TruthDig and the The American Conservative, have terminated their relationship with me because I also contributed to RT – this after my writing won an award for TruthDig and one of my articles was the most-viewed for the year for The American Conservative. I had just started what was supposed to be a stint as a regular contributor for Responsible Statecraft (RS) when some of their funders balked at having someone who also wrote for RT writing for them (I had just published my first article, only to have it removed from the RS website without warning. RS was willing to pay me for the article in question, but I let them know under no circumstances would I accept money from their organization.)
One of the reasons I enjoy contributing to RT is the global diversity of their audience. But I also appreciate the relative purity of their message – in a world where the US and its compliant minions in the controlled Western press work overtime to manipulate audiences into accepting at face value and without question the American-driven narrative, RT and other non-Western news outlets provide alternatives which are fact-driven.
In March 2011, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton complained about the US “losing the information war” to nations like Russia amongst English-speaking audiences around the world.
The truth, when seen from the perspective of an American secretary of state, hurts.
I have had extensive intimate experience with the US mainstream media dating back to my time as a weapons inspector in Iraq. I bore personal witness to US government officials leaving important Security Council meetings early so they could brief reporters from The New York Times, who would then publish a front-page story about the meeting which bore no resemblance whatsoever to the reality of the meeting and reflected every talking point of the United States.
How did I know this?
Because the Security Council meeting dealt with issues surrounding the inspections I was responsible for leading in Iraq, and with briefings that I helped write and provide to the members present. I was there when the US official walked out, and I knew who he was going to meet.
I was also present when the CIA worked with CNN to make a documentary about the work of the UN weapons inspectors in Iraq. I was one of several inspectors whose stories served as the centerpiece of the documentary. Moreover, I was the point of contact between the CIA and CNN when it came to the release of U-2 imagery and other intelligence-related information to CNN to be used in the documentary.
I worked for NBC News in the months after I resigned from my position with the United Nations. I was an on-air analyst who often appeared with Tom Brokaw and Brian Williams. I would work with NBC News to turn raw news feeds into finished products ready for on-air broadcast. I saw firsthand how NBC manipulated the news to fit pre-conceived notions instead of reporting it as is. I was eventually released from my contract when National Security Adviser Sandy Berger objected to questions being asked of him by NBC White House correspondent Claire Shipman, indicating that he knew I was behind those questions.
NBC had the choice: Defend journalistic integrity, or cave in to White House pressure.
They caved.
After 9/11, I was contracted by Fox News as an on-air analyst for six months, only to have the network balk at my assessments which ran counter to the narrative being promulgated by the Bush White House. Fox News decided it was better to pay me and keep me off the airwaves (I was exclusive to Fox at the time) than release me and let me speak out.
The contract was not renewed when it expired.
I was briefly courted by CNN in the fall of 2002, on the eve of the invasion of Iraq. After being questioned in an in-house forum that brought together the major reporters, hosts, and producers of CNN, I was ‘cleared’ by the senior CNN executives, who proceeded to give me a “behind-the-scenes” tour of their newsroom.
I was shocked when I was taken to the CNN “war room,” where the producers were already working with the Pentagon to embed reporters with military units. My questions about this level of collusion led CNN to lose interest in me shortly thereafter.
The bottom line is this – I have seen the American mainstream media up-close and personal.
There is zero integrity when it comes to reporting fact-based truth.
In every instance I experienced, the news organizations of these various media companies were literally subordinated to the US government, taking their talking points directly from either the White House, the State Department, or the Pentagon.
In short, these news organizations did not produce news, but rather American propaganda which was designed to deceive the broader American audience about critical issues of war and peace.
The news organizations I observed firsthand were more representative of a state-controlled media than a free press.
And, if called upon to compare and contrast, based upon my own personal experiences, the level of journalistic integrity between these US media outlets and RT, RT wins hands-down.
When it comes to reporting on politically sensitive content, such as the Special Military Operation, I likewise side with RT.
The Biden administration has openly admitted that it purposely declassifies intelligence information it knows to be wrong or misleading so that it can be released to the mainstream media for the purpose of controlling the narrative.
Not for telling the truth.
I have, over the years, had the opportunity to meet and work with several RT journalists and reporters who cover the Special Military Operation.
Every single one has demonstrated impeccable integrity when it comes to reporting the news.
I have also had the opportunity to interface with and interview many of the sources these RT journalists draw upon for their reporting and can say that the assessments I make as an independent analyst often reflect those of the RT journalists.
Not because, as is the case in the United States, we are working from the same government-dictated script – the Russian government has never tried to dictate any narrative to me, nor has RT.
But because both RT and I have an assiduous appreciation for fact-based truth.
Sadly, I can’t say that for any of the mainstream American media organizations I’ve worked with in the past.
My reporting for RT is my own, reflecting my observations and analysis. My most recent reporting from Russia backs this up – a four-part series which RT knew nothing about until I pitched it to them after I completed my most recent trip to Russia.
This is exactly what journalism is supposed to be – hard-hitting, probing analysis based upon first-hand observations derived from access to high-level sourcing.
I picked RT as the publisher of these articles because I wanted this reporting to be available not only to a global English-speaking audience, but also to a Russian audience.
This reporting was not the byproduct of close collusion between myself and the Russian government – in fact, when I tried to get official permission to travel to the new territories and Donbass from the Russian Ministry of Defense, I was turned down. It was only because of my persistence, and that of my host, Aleksandr Zyrianov, that I was able to travel to Chechnya, Crimea, the New Territories, and Donbass, and meet with the high-level officials and military officers who feature in my reporting.
Trying to convince a Western audience – be it government officials, journalists, or the consumers of news – that RT is a responsible news organization more committed to telling the truth than their ostensibly “free” Western media counterparts, is a literal mission impossible.
The level of Russophobia that has infected every level of society in the West is mind-boggling. I have been called a shill of Russian President Vladimir Putin more times than I can count, by both the online trolls of the North Atlantic Fella Organization (NAFO), whose mission is simply to harass any online voice that doesn’t conform to the US/NATO narrative, and ostensibly “neutral” journalists who write for outlets that publish my work. My crime? Reporting accurately on the positions taken by the Russian government – “speaking ‘Putin,” in the vernacular of my critics.
The consequences of this Russophobia-infected journalism are dire – not only has the ignorance enshrined within the journalism of the West resulted in the destruction of Ukraine, but, if not reversed, is leading the Collective West down the path of inevitable conflict with Russia which would probably end in a general nuclear war.
Trying to head off such a tragic outcome has been the fuel that feeds my work as a journalist these past few years.
And it will continue to fuel my work going forward.
I am grateful to RT for allowing my words to be published and disseminated in both written and video form.
I believe that, in doing so, RT is contributing to the cause of saving the world from the horror of nuclear war.
Even if the Russophobia-infected minds in the Collective West fail to recognize this.
This article was originally published by RT on August 19, 2024.
Thank you for ALL your great and noble work, always done with the highest integrity.
Your noble efforts toward a peace and greater understanding of Russia and its people and culture and toward nuclear control and agreements is damaging to huge lies and disinformation of US bipartisan War party.
MIDDLE EAST IN DEPTH WITH LAITH MAROUF – EPISODE 25 – NEW ISRAELI MASSACRE AND ATTACK ON SYRIA
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MIDDLE EAST IN DEPTH WITH LAITH MAROUF - EPISODE 25 - NEW ISRAELI MASSACRE AND ATTACK ON SYRIA
Garland Nixon Garland and Laith discuss the latest developments in the Middle East, and Israel's outrages, now working feverishly to convert the West Bank into another Gaza, a genocide writ large, none of which attracts the criticism of Western "leaders", who may have hitched their wagon to a vehicle —Zionism—that may eventually accelerate their historical demise. Laith comments that in the current confrontation, the Empire's navy is no match for the stubborn commitment of the Houthis, Hezbollah, and other members of the Resistance Axis, and that the US and other members of the alliance may have to withdraw from the region or face a severe military and financial setback. Equally interesting, the Zionist fanaticism of Israel may be condemning Jews, in general, to an ugly backlash around the globe, including in the West itself, since, contrary to protestations, it was the millennia-old brutal persecution of Jews in the "West", culminating in the Nazi horror, that made the idea of a "Jewish haven" an ideal worth pursuing in Palestine. At this point, Israel's own unrelenting depravity toward Palestinians, embodied by leaders like Netanyahu, has sealed the fate of perhaps many generations of completely innocent Jews around the world, this being the cruellest irony of it all.
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Election season in the U.S. is witch hunt season, and the White House is determined to burn some 'witches' -- anyone arbitrarily deemed a 'Russian agent'. Might you be one?
With less than two months until the U.S. presidential election on Nov 5, the ruling Party in the White House is stepping up its witch hunt for ‘Russian agents’ who toil around-the-clock on behalf of the Kremlin and its ‘candidate’, Donald Trump, who seek to subvert U.S. ‘democracy’ and inflict havoc on our trembling nation.
Last week, the U.S. government’s so-called ‘Justice Department’ unveiled official accusations against a number of Russian media companies whose content are deemed a threat to national security. (The Truth is indeed dangerous to those in power in Washington DC).
Singled out as the main threat to U.S. ‘democracy’ is the Moscow media company, RT, which for over a decade has been the bogeyman stalking the nightmares of the American ruling class.
Also, last week Dmitri Simes, an American citizen and a leading U.S. foreign policy expert, was officially accused of acting as a Russian agent and violating sanctions. His house in Virginia was ransacked by the Gestapo FBI and valuable art works were stolen. What was Simes’ crime? He hosts a talk show in Moscow where global affairs and U.S. foreign policy are discussed freely, without censorship. Dangerous!
This follows the Gestapo FBI ransacking Scott Ritter’s house in New York State on Aug 7 as payback for his criticizing U.S. foreign policy and calling for friendship with Russia and other dangerous ideas. An investigation is ongoing, and focuses on Ritter’s recent travel to Russia and allegedly serving the Kremlin for the $300 he received while writing articles for RT.
How fortunate for us Americans that the White House is vigilant, protecting us from dangerous information, saving us the anguish of thinking for ourselves. Today’s ‘progressives’ certainly know better than those ‘far-right’ Founding Fathers who were obsessed with extremist notions of “freedom of speech” and “freedom of the press”.
Those devious Russians are so sneaky that they can seize control of your mind and turn you into one of their agents without you ever suspecting a thing. The minds of most Americans are fragile — for example, one witty meme on social media planted by Russian agents can turn many of us into Kremlin bots.
Apparently, President Putin is building an army of Kremlin stooges inside the Land of the Free, and it could soon be marching across the American heartland to the sound of balalaika music, dancing the kazachok, vodka bottles in hand and calling for world peace. What horror!
Therefore, to lend a hand to the Gestapo FBI, I’ve compiled a Russian Agent Test. Take it and see whose side you’re on in this epic battle between Good and Evil.
Do you want world peace?
Are you against nuclear war?
Do you think it’s wrong to dominate other countries, steal their natural resources and carpet bomb them into submission?
Do you think friendship with Russia is in the interests of the American people?
Do you believe in justice and freedom for the people of Donbass?
Do you think that Ukraine is a dangerous totalitarian state?
Are you against sending more weapons and cash to Zelensky’s corrupt regime?
Do you think Russians are human and have human rights?
Do you believe in Freedom of Speech?
Do you believe in Freedom of the Press?
Are you capable of thinking for yourself?
Have you ever read or watched RT content or any Russian media?
Do you like memes that mock Biden, Clinton, Harris, or Obama, and then share them with friends?
If you answered “Yes” to even one of these questions, then certainly you’re a ‘Russian agent.’ And you’re likely to be a person of interest to the Gestapo FBI.
Remember — the most important task before the American nation is to ‘protect our democracy’, and this demands zero tolerance toward anyone who thinks freely and critically. We will save ‘Democracy’ by seeking out and mercilessly destroying anyone who disagrees with our ruling class.
America will continue to be played by its ruling circles until anticommunism and Russophobia are expunged from the culture, a tough order, considering the totalitarian indoctrination.
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In cynicism and power, the US propaganda machine easily surpasses Orwells Ministry of Truth.
Now the fight against anti-semitism is being weaponised as a new sanctimonious McCarthyism.
Unless opposed, neither justice nor our Constitutional right to Free Speech will survive this assault.
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You sir are a unicorn. You are most certainly one of a very few of the Western journalists who still is capable of honesty and integrity. Thank you.
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Thank you for ALL your great and noble work, always done with the highest integrity.
Your noble efforts toward a peace and greater understanding of Russia and its people and culture and toward nuclear control and agreements is damaging to huge lies and disinformation of US bipartisan War party.