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Former Negotiator on How the Ukraine War Should End
Quigley notes however that the Biden administration “has framed the conflict in apocalyptic terms as a battle between democracy and authoritarianism. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s claim that the West is viewing the conflict as a proxy war against Russia cannot be lightly dismissed. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has set a long-term aim of weakening Russia. It’s reasonable to question whether the U.S. goal is less to force Russia out of Ukraine than to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian.”
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Media Shocked by the Leak, Not the Opinion
“…in the flood of coverage, too many elite media outlets focused on the leak itself and treated the issue as a political football, rather than centering the real-world implications the opinion would have for everyday people.”
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“Handbook for a Post-Roe America”
“…the alternative is continuing a pregnancy and giving birth when you don’t want to. There’s no end to the desperation of people who want to terminate a pregnancy.”
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“How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free”
A new book from press freedom advocates Joel Simon and Robert Mahoney shows how during the pandemic, the Trump White House was part of a wave of global censorship in which governments hijacked the narrative to tell their own story. Mahoney says: “President Trump’s campaign strategy rested on a strong economy. Trump saw that the actions he would need to take to protect public health would curtail economic activity and undermine his campaign message. He didn’t have the ability to employ top-down censorship, so instead, he used ‘censorship through noise,’ or ‘flooding,’ to confuse the public. He pumped out information…
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On World Press Freedom Day, Fighting Big Tech’s “Censorship by Proxy”
On World Press Freedom Day, director of Project Censored Mickey Huff said: “In this digital era, the biggest private tech companies can engage in what we term ‘censorship by proxy,’ restricting freedom of expression or ability to raise funds in ways that the government cannot. These corporations exert control of online information through algorithms, deplatforming, demonetizing, and ultimately censoring sources and perspectives that don’t align with official U.S. government policy.”
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“Debt Shaming” Has Dampened Democracy
“The single and most simple thing President Biden can do to help save the Democratic majority this midterm, while stimulating the economy, is cancel student debt; and he should do it without delay.”
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Pandemic Poverty and Government Policies
Inflation is hitting poor families hard, but pandemic economic policies that support families have largely run out. Research shows that the child tax credit helped millions get enough to eat, but it expired at the start of 2022. Shawn Fremstad says: “Today’s high inflation is being driven by excessively powerful corporations. Until recently, strong employment gains and support from temporary policies like the expanded Child Tax Credit shielded the diverse working class from harm. But it is now clear that corporate greed is hitting the working class head on.
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Albright’s Legacy and Ukraine War
“Albright’s policies of expanding NATO, bombing Yugoslavia and falsely claiming that the bombing of the Chinese embassy there was not intentional helped set the stage for the extraordinarily dangerous situation now with Russia and China, despite recent claims from the Clintons. These policies may have actually helped lead to the rise of Vladimir Putin — he was given an elevated position by then-President Boris Yeltsin just after the bombing of Yugoslavia started in March of 1999. Albright helped deceive the public regarding the negotiations with Yugoslavia at Rambouillet, setting them up to fail to justify the bombing.”
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* Mexico Voting to Nationalize Lithium * Pakistan’s Ousted PM Challenged Corporate Investment Agreements
“The reasons for the former cricket star’s political downfall are not entirely clear. His economic policies were a mixed bag at best, but he deserves credit for one thing: he’d taken a bold stand against international investment agreements that give transnational corporations excessive power over national governments.”
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Refuting Anti-Vaccine Disinformation on so-called “VAIDS”
Online anti-vaccine influencers are claiming that Covid-19 vaccines cause “Vaccine-Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome”, or “VAIDS.” Dr. John Moore, who is widely known for his research on HIV/AIDS, says that “bringing AIDS into the existing web of deceit is a blatant attempt at fear-mongering.”
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“With a tiny staff, it has managed to place on the air and in newspapers, points of view otherwise excluded from the national debate.”
Howard Zinn