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Hedges: The Pimps of War
The coterie of neocons and liberal interventionists who orchestrated two decades of military fiascos in the Middle East and who have never been held to account are now stoking a suicidal war with Russia. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com The … Continue reading
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Tagged American Enterprise Institute, Atlantic Council, Brookings Institute, corporate media, Deep State, empire, Foreign Policy Initiative, geopolitics, imperialism, Institute for the Study of War, iraq, Joe Biden, nationalism, NATO, Neocons, Project for the New American Century, propaganda, Pundits, Robert Kagan, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Victoria Nuland, war, War Criminals, war profiteers
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The Facebook Team that Tried to Swing Nicaragua’s Election is Full of U.S. Spies
A tacit agreement between the government and Facebook appears to have been made: you can keep the profits, but we control the message. As such, a cynic might wonder what functional difference there is between Facebook and the national security … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Blinken, Atlantic Council, Ben Nimmo, Ben Norton, civil liberties, Daniel Kovalik, Deep State, empire, Facebook, geopolitics, imperialism, Internet Freedom, John Perry, Mike Dvilyanski, NATO, Nicaragua, Sandanistas, Silicon Valley, Technocracy
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The New Normal “Reality” Police
By CJ Hopkins Source: Off-Guardian So, according to Facebook and the Atlantic Council, I am now a “dangerous individual,” you know, like a “terrorist,” or a “serial murderer,” or “human trafficker,” or some other kind of “criminal.” Or I’ve been praising … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Council, Brent Scowcroft, cancel culture, censorship, corporatocracy, Covid-19, Digital Forensic Research Lab, Dystopia, Facebook, Google, Internet Freedom, media, New Normal, Reality Police, Social Media, Technocracy, Twitter
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Facebook hires ex-NATO press officer and social media censor Ben Nimmo as intel strategist
By Alan Macleod Source: The Grayzone Ben Nimmo, a former NATO press officer and current senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, has announced Facebook has hired him to “lead global threat intelligence strategy against influence operations” and “emerging threats.” Nimmo specifically named Russia, Iran … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic Council, Ben Nimmo, censorship, corporate media, disinformation, Dystopia, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Jeremy Corbyn, NATO, propaganda, Psyops, Russia, Social Media, Technocracy, US Foreign Policy, Valentina Lisitsa
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Reuters, BBC, and Bellingcat participated in covert UK Foreign Office-funded programs to “weaken Russia,” leaked docs reveal
New leaked documents show Reuters’ and the BBC’s involvement in covert UK FCO programs to effect “attitudinal change” and “weaken the Russian state’s influence,” alongside intel contractors and Bellingcat. By Max Blumenthal Source: The Grayzone The UK Foreign and Commonwealth … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexei Navalny, Andy Pryce, Atlantic Council, BBC, BBC Media Action, BELARUS, Bellingcat, Belsat, Britain, British Foreign Office, CDMD, Color Revolution, Conflict, Counter Disinformation & Media Development, CSSF, Eliot Higgins, empire, geopolitics, Gordon Macmillan, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Mediazona, Meduza, NATO, Navalny, Omidyar, propaganda, Reuters, Russia, Stability & Security Fund, Thomson Reuters Foundation, uk, UK FCO, USAID, Vladimir Putin
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Social media fact-checking, brought to you by the Deep State
By Daniel Espinoza Source: Off-Guardian Almost four years of mainstream media hype about “fake news” and “Russian meddling” propaganda has brought to the world exactly what they were intended to bring: an effective mechanism for internet and social media censorship. In the center of this move … Continue reading
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