CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—As The Intercept‘s Glenn Greenwald notes, both parties advancing the amendment cited in their arguments the completely unsubstantiated intelligence leak that was recently published by credulous mass media reporters alleging that Russia has paid bounties to Taliban fighters for killing the occupying forces in Afghanistan. Yet another western imperialist agenda once again facilitated by unforgivably egregious journalistic malpractice in the mass media.
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SASHA ANDELIC—The US cares about human rights, that’s why it backs Saudi Arabia (the beacon of human rights, as we all know) militarily, politically and morally, and even assists its genocidal war of annihilation in Yemen. (See below, the result of a typical Saudi bombing raid, with weapons sold by NATO countries).
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ELIJAH MAGNIER—The initial agreement between the Kurds and Damascus (via Russia) consists in the ending of the self-administration of NES, the integration of the Syrian Kurds under the command of the Syrian Army, and the pursuit and destruction of all ISIS forces. A US withdrawal from the al-Tanaf border crossing between Iraq and Syria is also expected when a solution is found for the 64,000 refugees at the Rukhba camp.
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Lee Camp and Jesse Ventura discuss the American media’s shameless regime of “managed news” in favor of the plutocracy’s agendas, including the selling of constant and expanding wars—which are naturally highly profitable to some segments of the billionaire class.
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Jimmy Dore: Tucker Carlson Defends Assange. Huh?
3 minutes readTucker Carlson may be a rightwinger, and work for Fox News, one of the veritable latrines of world “journalism”, but he often comes up with valiant and correct opinions on topics that no one else will touch. Here’s one example. That should be appreciated and not denigrated.