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Regime Change, Anyone?
Regime Change, Anyone? After Wayne Madsen’s comprehensive catalog of imperialist interventions, executed without the slightest hint of subtlety, to undermine and “change” displeasing regimes in every corner of the world, going back decades, the topic seemed all but exhausted.But that turned out not to be correct. A very important piece of that mosaic needs to be […]
State Department Committs $40 Million For “Information Wars”
State Department Committs $40 Million For “Information Wars” The Pentagon will allocate $40 million into an inter-agency unit housed at the State Department to counter online propaganda and disinformation campaigns conducted by foreign nations, in an effort to respond “aggressively” to attacks. The program was announced by the State Department this week in conjunction with the US Department […]
Their Meddlers and Ours
Their Meddlers and Ours Photo by Satish Krishnamurthy | CC BY 2.0 By the end of World War II, the United States had become a serial meddler in the affairs of the nations of the world, friend and foe alike. American intelligence services took particular aim at Third World and Western countries with large Communist […]
The US-UK Deep State Empire Strikes Back: ‘It’s Russia! Russia! Russia!’
The US-UK Deep State Empire Strikes Back: ‘It’s Russia! Russia! Russia!’ There’s no defense like a good offense. For weeks the unfolding story in Washington has been how a cabal of conspirators in the heart of the American federal law enforcement and intelligence apparat colluded to ensure the election of Hillary Clinton and, when that failed, to […]
The Media Stopped Reporting The Russia Collusion Story Because They Helped Create It
The Media Stopped Reporting The Russia Collusion Story Because They Helped Create It The press has played an active role in the Trump-Russia collusion story since its inception. It helped birth it. Half the country wants to know why the press won’t cover the growing scandal now implicating the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Department […]
Russia In the Crosshairs
Russia In the Crosshairs Defending the latest round of US/Israeli aggression against Syria, US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert struck a Hitlerian note when she blamed Syria and Iran for an act of overt Israeli aggression, saying “The United States . . . strongly supports Israel’s sovereign right to defend itself,” and when she lied […]
US State Department Hints At Iran Overthrow: Are We Witnessing The Early Stages Of Regime Change?
US State Department Hints At Iran Overthrow: Are We Witnessing The Early Stages Of Regime Change? The US State Department has issued a formal condemnation of the Iranian government following two days of economic protests centering in a handful of cities, calling the regime “a rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos” […]
US State Department Admits Plans To Meddle In Hungary’s Democracy
US State Department Admits Plans To Meddle In Hungary’s Democracy As we noted last week, hypocrisy may be the only consistent guiding principle of US foreign policy. The Rex Tillerson State Department will pump $700,000 into Hungarian media to remove Viktor Orban. TheDuran’s Alex Christoforou writes: When another nation state uses media to communicate it’s […]
The Legacy of Reagan’s Civilian ‘Psyops’
The Legacy of Reagan’s Civilian ‘Psyops’ Special Report: When the Reagan administration launched peacetime “psyops” in the mid-1980s, it pulled in civilian agencies to help spread these still-ongoing techniques of deception and manipulation, reports Robert Parry. Declassified records from the Reagan presidential library show how the U.S. government enlisted civilian agencies in psychological operations designed […]
40 Million Russians To Take Part In “Nuclear Disaster” Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow
40 Million Russians To Take Part In “Nuclear Disaster” Drill, Days After US General Warns Of War With Moscow As relations between Russia and the US disintegrate as a result of the escalating proxy war in Syria, which today culminated with Putin halting a Plutonium cleanup effort with the US, shortly before the US State Department announced […]
LAVROV MAKES HISTORY: ‘Ceasefires’ were bogus, nixes future ‘unilateral measures’ [VIDEO]
LAVROV MAKES HISTORY: ‘Ceasefires’ were bogus, nixes future ‘unilateral measures’ [VIDEO] Lavrov at today’s security council meeting – Video below after text Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov made history today at the UN’s meeting of the Security Council, declaring that future unilateral pauses couched as ‘ceasefire agreements’ are off the table. He has skillfully referred […]
Against Cultural Senility
Against Cultural Senility For the connoisseur of sociopolitical absurdity, the last few weeks’ worth of news cycles very nearly defines the phrase “target-rich environment.” I note, for example, that arch-neoconservative Robert Kagan—the founder of the Project for a New American Century and principal architect of this nation’s idiotically bloodthirsty Middle East policies, a man who […]
Washington’s Dog-Whistle Diplomacy Supports Attempted Coup in Brazil
Washington’s Dog-Whistle Diplomacy Supports Attempted Coup in Brazil The day after the impeachment vote in the lower house of Brazil’s congress, one of the leaders of the effort, Senator Aloysio Nunes, traveled to Washington, D.C. He had scheduled meetings with a number of U.S. officials, including Thomas Shannon at the State Department. Shannon has a relatively low profile in […]
