CAPITALIST TENTACLES & FRONTS

RAY McGOVERN—As is well known, Rumsfeld’s lies were legion (as he so clearly demonstrated during that particular Q&A).  Clapper’s lies are less well known, partly because neither C-SPAN nor CNN were broadcasting live at Carnegie, as they were in Atlanta.  Rumsfeld was Clapper’s patron.  Before the 2003 attack on Iraq; he put Clapper in charge of the analysis of satellite imagery, in order to ensure that no imagery analyst would dare play skunk at the picnic and blurt out that there were no confirmed WMD sites.  Instead, with the help of a co-opted media, Rumsfeld, Clapper, Cheney/Bush, and others were able to convince over two-thirds of Americans not only that Saddam Hussein had all manner of WMD but also that he played a role in the attacks of 9/11.  That is roughly the same percentage of Americans who now have been led to believe that the Russias brought us Trump.

AUDIO SPECIAL- With Black Agenda report’s editor Glen Ford. Corporate Democrats Would Rather Lose to Trump Than Violate Pact With Rich

ANDY THAYER—That Chicago under soon-to-be-former Mayor Rahm Emanuel spied on anti-war activists will come as little surprise to those with a passing knowledge of the city’s history and politics.Others have previously documented how the Obama administration worked with city governments around the country, including Chicago, to use police to harass the Occupy movement out of existence. And in the run up to the NATO conference, two CPD officers worked to entrap three young, would-be protesters on “terrorism” charges, plying them with alcohol and goading them to say reckless things on tape to “prove” their case.

Between the EU parliamentary election, Yellow Vests, and now a potential leak to the press about French-made weapons sold to Saudi Arabia that are being used to kill Yemeni civilians, French President Emmanuel Macron has his hands full. Former UK MP George Galloway chats with RT America’s Manila Chan to unpack all of it.