British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has just given a speech extolling the virtues of a free media, praising the journalists who've been brave enough to expose the truth about wicked governments in the face of tyrannical oppression. While he was preparing to give this speech,
Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer Per Samuelson has told the press that “Assange’s health situation on Friday was such that it was not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him.”This jarring revelation has been reported by a small handful of outlets, but only as an
"After the Mueller report was released, our president called Vladimir Putin, spent an hour on the phone with him," Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said on CBS's Face The Nation yesterday. "Described the report as a hoax, giving Putin a green light to further interfere in our
Rachel Maddow has aired a segment condemning the new indictment against Julian Assange for 17 alleged violations of the Espionage Act.Yes, that Rachel Maddow.MSNBC's top host began the segment after it was introduced by Chris Hayes, agreeing with her colleague that it's surprising that more
It has been about a week since the Working Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media (WGSPM) published a leaked internal document from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) investigation into an alleged chemical attack in Douma, Syria last year. The document, whose authenticity the OPCW has
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has begun responding to queries by the press about a leaked document which contradicts official OPCW findings on an alleged chemical weapons attack last year in Douma, Syria. The prepared statement they've been using in response to
Rachel Maddow doesn't think John Bolton is being hawkish enough.John. Fucking. Bolton.On a recent segment about Donald Trump's controversial phone call with Vladimir Putin, Maddow expressed concern for the way the White House's mustachioed Thanos wannabe has been unable to push back against Russian interests
Things keep heating up in Venezuela, with possible "military options" now being seriously discussed at the Pentagon. And of course you know what that means! That's right, it means we can expect to see even more lies and manipulations from the political/media class as the
Headlines were blaring the word "Russian" again the other day because the mass media narrative managers found yet another reason for westerners to feel terrified of the icy potato patch that we'd barely ever thought about prior to 2016. I'd like to talk about the
Our predicament is simple to describe.Since the dawn of civilization, powerful individuals have controlled the stories people tell themselves about who they are, who's in charge, how a good citizen behaves, what groups should be loved, what groups should be hated, and what's really going