Allen Dulles was sent by the State Department in 1943 to negotiate a US-only withdrawal from the war and he enthusiastically supported the preservation of Hitler's "Greater Germany" as part of an anti-Soviet plan for "order and rehabilitation" in Europe
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Tonight on Tucker Carlson Coretta Scott King’s cousin said MLK was “assassinated by the US gov’t” bc he shifted from discussing “racial bigotry to class & the war in Vietnam”
Tucker said while he doesn’t know who killed MLK, it’s “very obvious” James Earl Ray did not act alone
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Tucker said while he doesn’t know who killed MLK, it’s “very obvious” James Earl Ray did not act alone
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Canada’s UN ambassador Bob Rae is a useful idiot for US empire who supplied Haiti’s dictatorship with heavy weapons, props up Israel’s apartheid regime and lusts for war with Russia
Bob hates antiwar activists because they call his crimes out to his face
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Bob hates antiwar activists because they call his crimes out to his face
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Bill Gates on Ukrainian govt: "One of the worst in the world, corrupt, controlled by a few rich men."
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Jared: speaking of clouding public perception, any reason why your article on the OPCW's Douma probe doesn't mention that OPCW whistleblowers, backed by five OPCW veterans including its founding leader, have accused the OPCW of censoring the Douma probe?
https://mronline.org/2021/03/15/statement-of-concern-the-opcw-investigation-of-alleged-chemical-weapons-use-in-douma-syria/
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https://mronline.org/2021/03/15/statement-of-concern-the-opcw-investigation-of-alleged-chemical-weapons-use-in-douma-syria/
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MR Online
Statement of Concern: The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria | MR Online
The OPCW investigation of alleged chemical weapons use in Douma, Syria.
"The Pentagon has spent about $3.8 million on balloon projects, and plans to spend $27.1 million in fiscal year 2023 to continue work on multiple efforts" on surveillance balloons targeting China and Russia
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/05/u-s-militarys-newest-weapon-against-china-and-russia-hot-air-00043860
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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/07/05/u-s-militarys-newest-weapon-against-china-and-russia-hot-air-00043860
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POLITICO
U.S. military’s newest weapon against China and Russia: Hot air
The Pentagon is quietly transitioning high-altitude balloon projects to the military services.
While McCarthy makes a martyr out of Ilhan Omar for twisted reasons, many Somalis and Ethiopians countered Ilhan's portrayal of herself as the voice of Africa by pointing to her cynical advancement of US imperialism in the Horn of Africa
https://blackagendareport.com/ilhan-omar-not-mama-africa
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https://blackagendareport.com/ilhan-omar-not-mama-africa
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Black Agenda Report
Ilhan Omar Is Not Mama Africa | Black Agenda Report
The new Speaker of the House announced he will remove Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. The attack from republicans has given her image a boost, but her record shows the credibility is not deserved.
A massive police raid foiled extremist plans to topple Germany’s government
But the timing of the plot and its absurdity raised questions about a state security role in instigating it – something seen many times in Germany's past
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/02/02/state-security-germanys-far-right-coup/
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But the timing of the plot and its absurdity raised questions about a state security role in instigating it – something seen many times in Germany's past
https://thegrayzone.com/2023/02/02/state-security-germanys-far-right-coup/
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The Grayzone
Suspicions of state security set-up in Germany’s far-right ‘coup’ - The Grayzone
A massive police raid foiled extremist plans to topple Germany's government. But the timing of the plot and its absurdity raised questions about a state security role in instigating it – something seen many times in Germany's past. On the morning of December…
Today in the battle by Zelensky’s Ukraine to save democracy, Kiev withdraws 19 million Russian and/or Soviet era books from libraries and bans the speaking of the Russian language at a top Ukrainian university
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has said that circulating images and interviews of Russian POWs online – as CNN is currently doing – constitutes a violation of Article 13 of the Geneva Conventions.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/ukraine-s-videos-of-crying-russian-prisoners-could-violate-the-geneva-conventions-20220307-p5a2f7.html
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https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/ukraine-s-videos-of-crying-russian-prisoners-could-violate-the-geneva-conventions-20220307-p5a2f7.html
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The Sydney Morning Herald
Ukraine’s videos of crying Russian prisoners could violate the Geneva Conventions
The videos often show handcuffed soldiers decrying Russia’s military campaign and breaking down as they speak to relatives on the phone.
US has pressured Nicaragua to release prisoners jailed for participating in the failed, violent US-backed regime change effort of 2018 for years
Managua offered to release the criminals on condition it could deport them to the US. Biden accepted. Who did they work for all along?
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Managua offered to release the criminals on condition it could deport them to the US. Biden accepted. Who did they work for all along?
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In December 2021, Russia presented draft treaties to the US & NATO for resolving its security concerns about NATO enlargement and weapons on its borders.
As Sy Hersh reveals, rather than negotiate, the US plotted blowing up the Nord Stream 2, an obstacle to its proxy war plans:
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As Sy Hersh reveals, rather than negotiate, the US plotted blowing up the Nord Stream 2, an obstacle to its proxy war plans:
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One of the founders of Pink Floyd, Roger Waters, spoke at a meeting of the UN Security Council and said that he did not consider the Russian operation in Ukraine to be unprovoked.
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BBC journalist hugs Zelensky in the middle of a press conference with the UK prime minister.
Do you really think Western mainstream media informs the public objectivly?
Perfect little encapsulation of how journalistic standards get tossed right out the window on this subject..
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Do you really think Western mainstream media informs the public objectivly?
Perfect little encapsulation of how journalistic standards get tossed right out the window on this subject..
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