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On this episode of , and talk to about the corporate capture of news media, as well as the west’s favourite independent* media outlet, the Kyiv Post. Check it out: callin.com/link/oOJieafUiP
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If you're wondering "Didn't that guy use to work for AIPAC" then the answer is yes, lol.
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I used to think Orwell's "war is peace" schtick was too on-the-nose to be realistic...
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This is an actual sentence published last week by the Washington Post, the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos:
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/0
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The Wall Street Journal has a history of saying the quiet part out loud.
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Omg, they literally just came out and said it!
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They said it! They literally just came out and said it!
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On Nicaragua, read my article on how Facebook tried (and failed) to swing the November election:
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Sounds like we're going to be seeing and hearing about a lot of "peaceful protests" in Nicaragua very soon. 
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Russians are now so bad, they've been demoted to "Asian" status among influential Westerners.
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How "petulant" of the prime minister to be angry about being deposed in a coup.
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CIA discussed assassination of Fidel Castro with UK officials
Days before President Kennedy authorised a massive programme of covert action in Cuba, UK officials met with the CIA to discuss implications of Castro's "disappearance".
Me in :
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Join my Livestream today at 12 pm CST / 6 pm UK time with revolutionary antiwar, pro-Palestine rapper to talk about the global pushback against the Israel lobby's campaign to smear him & remove his music off of Spotify. Join here: youtu.be/zrC4MAyJ8Hs
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This is one reason why absolutely no one takes the US' human rights pronouncements seriously.
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