P. GREANVILLE—This act of theater by the sanctimonious Democrats set a new record for the duopoly’s capacity to play any card, no matter how revolting, to remain in power, while abjectly doing the bidding of their masters, the world’s oligarchs. If you know of other events that match this exhibition, do let us know and we’ll feature them. However, we know it will be hard to top this performance for sheer gall.
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Twitter files hearing: Matt Taibbi warns about the government looking for info on reporters. House Select Subcommittee holds a hearing on the weaponization of the federal government on the Twitter files. The Subcommittee has just begun to uncover a vast network of government and private organisations working hand in glove to manipulate the mass communications flows in the US and overseas with the aim of imposing a narrative favorable to the global oligarchy with headquarters in Washington.
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JIMMY DORE SHOW—Rachel Maddow famously ran a remarkably duplicitous, even for her, story about the recent anti-war rally in Washington DC, focusing on fringe elements and even outright lying about who attended. But another reporter on her network, Marissa Parra, covered the event honestly, actually interviewing attendees for their perspective and acknowledging the myriad viewpoints represented by speakers who set aside their differences to collectively call for a negotiated resolution to the Ukraine conflict. Guest host Aaron Maté and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger note that this superior segment on the rally could not be found anywhere on the MSNBC website or YouTube channel.
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JIMMY DORE—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh published a bombshell report alleging that the United States, in conjunction with ally Norway, conspired to sabotage the Nord Stream pipeline. If true, this represents an extraordinary violation of international law and an attack on Germany, a fellow NATO nation. Yet for some reason, the corporate news media in the United States (and European Union) seem determined to bury the story.
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It is unclear what kind of “disinformation” Google’s effort in Germany will focus on. Jigsaw describes itself as countering “threats to open societies,” a term most commonly associated with liberal financier George Soros’ ‘Open Society Foundations’. Jigsaw is similarly liberal and internationalist in its outlook. Its first CEO, Jared Cohen, was an aide to Hillary Clinton at the US State Department, and a proponent of using technology to advance US interests abroad, including by engaging in regime change operations.
