PHILIP WEISS—The simple truth about John Bolton’s appointment to national security adviser is that the Republicans need Sheldon Adelson’s money in order to be competitive in the coming midterms, and John Bolton is a tool of Sheldon Adelson. The appointment of course is a complete reversal of Donald Trump’s declaration during the campaign that the Iraq war – which Bolton pushed and still thinks is a great idea – was the biggest mistake ever, and he was against it from jump.
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‘Mother Jones’ Senior Reporter Asks Medium To Silence Antiwar Leftists
CAITLIN JOHNSTONE—This broader trend which we are undeniably seeing is extremely pernicious, however, and it should concern us all. The plutocracy which is driving our species toward extinction is far more afraid of the left than they are of the right, which is why they’ve poured unfathomable amounts of resources into sabotaging leftist and civil rights groups with psyops and infiltrations.
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Syria: revisiting the feckless left’s gyrations
MOON OF ALABAMA—MALOOGA—With that type of background, top-notch intellectual credentials and a life spent in radical politics, along with a doctorate in economics, one might expect Dr. Alpert to understand the processes of globalization. And in theory, he might. But when the rubber hits the road, as it did in with Libya, where I tracked his site closely, he transforms into a card-carrying member of the feckless left.
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Trump’s Durable Base: Eight Reasons
PAUL STREET—A second factor is that a significant part of the white electorate is every bit as ignorant, stupid, unreflective, selfish, vile, and anti-intellectual as the president.
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The Propornot Psyop: Unpacking the Shadowy Outfit Behind 2017’s Biggest Fake News Story
G H ELIASON—As journalist Robert Parry wrote in October 2016, the propaganda campaign in favor of military confrontation with Russia was driven by “a consensus among the major think tanks of Official Washington, where there is near universal support for Hillary Clinton, not because they all particularly like her, but because she has signaled a return to neocon/liberal-hawk strategies.”
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CBS tries to tarnish RT.com, and fails miserably.
American television’s most celebrated newsmagazine “60 Minutes” featured RT’s editor-in-chief last night. However, critics say accusations against the network unfairly targeted employees with ‘unfounded assumptions.’ RT America’s Ed Schultz and senior writer at Alternet Max Blumenthal have more.
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The Public Enemies of World Truth
PHIL BUTLER—The point here is that the Kremlin’s organic support network is minuscule when compared to the forces arrayed against a peaceful order. The networks are established and they sit in direct opposition as in the case of Weisburd following Alexey Kovalev and several hundred others collaborators across real and fake social accounts.
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