BATTLE OF COMMUNICATIONS

DD—The video presents a critical and satirical review of prominent media personalities, political figures, and influencers labeled as “hacks” of the year. It opens with a focus on Megyn Kelly, who is portrayed as a divisive figure using inflammatory rhetoric, particularly regarding controversial topics like the war on Christmas and racially charged debates such as the depiction of Jesus and Santa Claus. The DD Team highlights Kelly’s extreme commentary on a military incident involving fishermen, exposing her lack of empathy and provocative stance.

The discussion then shifts to other media figures like Douglas Murray, who is criticized for speaking authoritatively about places he has never visited, and Matt Taibbi, [obviously a sell-out], who is accused of abandoning critical issues like Israel-Palestine in favor of superficial cultural commentary. Barry Weiss is singled out as a twice-nominated hack for promoting biased narratives and setting questionable editorial standards at CBS, including pulling stories under dubious pretexts.

Joe Rogan is mentioned as a podcaster who avoids hard-hitting questions, especially when interviewing influential figures connected to oligarchic interests, thus enabling elite agendas.

FINIAN CUNNINGHAM—Observers speak of a new Cold War between the United States, Russia, and China. Yet this geopolitical standoff was supposed to have ended more than 30 years ago.

The discomfiting truth is that warmongering by Washington was not an unfortunate byproduct of the five-decade Cold War period. Such warmongering existed long before the Cold War started and long after it ended. One must conclude, therefore, that such relentless aggression is an inherent feature of imperialist status, whose power is premised on acquiring global dominance. This kind of candid public discourse is off-limits in the Western mainstream media. To criticize the United States as a belligerent rogue regime is simply impermissible, even though that criticism can be substantiated by the historical record.

Wars, regime-change operations, coups, proxy wars, and economic warfare (sanctions) are all forms of aggression that the United States has engaged in, often with the complicity of other Western states. The record of conduct can be accurately defined as “state terrorism.”

No other modern nation comes close to matching the criminal record of the United States in waging wars and other forms of aggression.

HUA BIN—An American youth YouTuber, Speed (a.k.a. I Show Speed) shot a series of videos for his trip to China where he drove a “dancing” BYD car, rode in an unmanned flying car, boxed with a kung fu master, and met the Chinese Trump in Chongqing. His videos garnered hundreds of millions of views.

Though those clips are filled with details and granular observations, it is hard to get a wide-angled view. So I thought it might be interesting to share a few short videos that show aerial views of a few Chinese mega-cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, and Chongqing.

TGP—Gabriel Salazar’s interview offers a sweeping diagnosis of Chile’s political and social crisis, deeply intertwined with global upheavals and the disintegration of neoliberal consensus. His historical perspective reveals the persistent failure of political representation and democratic legitimacy, the emergence of citizen-led social movements, and the critical need to reimagine democracy as a participatory, mandate-driven process rooted in local communities. Salazar’s cautious optimism rests on the resilience of life and human dignity, calling for renewed citizen engagement to navigate the complex challenges ahead.

OLIVER BOYD—If Putin persists in playing along with the succession of bids for negotiation with the critically and credibility bankrupted West – in place of the demonstration of significant and urgent force against the prime sources of aggression – then he and Russia have already lost. Does that mean nuclear war? Only if Europe and the US are stupid enough to respond to Russian oreshniks with nuclear missiles, and they’re not quite that stupid.
Are they?