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Freedom for me but not for Assange (or thee): The breathtaking hypocrisy of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020By Editor

CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour has some strange ideas about democracy and journalism, believing her colleagues to be above elected officials – but only if they have the correct politics and serve the right masters, obviously. … Read More >Freedom for me but not for Assange (or thee): The breathtaking hypocrisy of CNN’s Christiane Amanpour

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Convenient hysteria: US is no longer sugar-coating the fact its nuclear drills are aimed at Russia

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020By Editor

Last week, the US conducted a military exercise which simulated a nuclear exchange with Russia and contrary to traditional practices, the Pentagon put that politically explosive designation out in the open. … Read More >Convenient hysteria: US is no longer sugar-coating the fact its nuclear drills are aimed at Russia

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BBC vandalizes literary classics with woke rewriting supposed to make it more ‘yoof’ friendly as it faces licence-funding crisis

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020By Editor

Desperately seeking audience share, the state-funded BBC’s attempts at rewriting classics for TV are part of a deliberate woke strategy that messes with masterpieces believing they, not the Beeb, need to change to be relevant. … Read More >BBC vandalizes literary classics with woke rewriting supposed to make it more ‘yoof’ friendly as it faces licence-funding crisis

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The whole Democratic primary is an Obama lookalike contest (and everyone’s losing)

Posted on February 26, 2020February 26, 2020By Editor

Within the Democratic primary is the real contest of 2020: who can convince voters they’re most like former president Barack Obama, whom nostalgic alchemy has transformed into the closest thing the US has to a political saint? … Read More >The whole Democratic primary is an Obama lookalike contest (and everyone’s losing)

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Credibility of European Court of Human Rights lies in ruins after judges’ links to Soros revealed

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020By Editor

A study by the European Center for Law and Justice in Strasbourg has revealed several conflicts of interest between judges at the European Court of Human Rights and NGOs funded by George Soros. … Read More >Credibility of European Court of Human Rights lies in ruins after judges’ links to Soros revealed

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Double standards: MSM goes with alarmist headlines over Russia’s coronavirus measures… which are milder than those in EU

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020By Editor

As nations around the globe struggle to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Russia’s efforts are being undermined by the sensationalist MSM via poor online ‘journalism’, while stricter quarantine laws in Italy are applauded. … Read More >Double standards: MSM goes with alarmist headlines over Russia’s coronavirus measures… which are milder than those in EU

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Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Establishment Democrats have now used the claims of ‘Russian meddling’ to go after their own progressive wing as well as President Donald Trump. The bogus accusation seems to be nothing more than cover for their own wrongdoing. … Read More >Democrats resurrect ‘Russiagate’ to go after both Trump and Bernie Sanders, hide their own election trickery

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US wants to spend $38mn raising a generation of Euro-Atlantic Ukrainians, but it has to fight Ukraine to do it

Posted on February 22, 2020February 22, 2020By Editor

USAID wants to spend $38 million on reimagining the Ukrainian identity as something bigger than language, ethnicity and place of birth. And the biggest obstacle is not ‘Russia’s malign influence,’ in spite of what pundits claim. … Read More >US wants to spend $38mn raising a generation of Euro-Atlantic Ukrainians, but it has to fight Ukraine to do it

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Russia isn’t just mapping Ireland’s internet cables – it’s planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank

Posted on February 22, 2020February 22, 2020By Editor

ussia is poised to invade Ireland and seize control of global communications, according to a crew of Cold War relics and professional Russophobes who’ve taken an already absurd James Bond-esque story and doubled down on it. … Read More >Russia isn’t just mapping Ireland’s internet cables – it’s planning to INVADE, foams Cold-War-revivalist DC think tank

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Russiagate returns: MSM & #Resistance ecstatically exploit evidence-free NYT claim Moscow ‘helping Trump in 2020’

Posted on February 22, 2020February 22, 2020By Editor

The same media that flogged the insane ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theory for years are resurrecting that particular dead horse, in what appears to be an effort to stop the White House from cleaning up the US intelligence community. … Read More >Russiagate returns: MSM & #Resistance ecstatically exploit evidence-free NYT claim Moscow ‘helping Trump in 2020’