USS Liberty Survivor Talks to Consortium News Radio After Release From Israeli Jail
August 14, 2018
On Consortium News Radio this week: A USS Liberty survivor who was arrested by Israel this month trying to break the Gaza blockade joins Episode 2 of Consortium News Radio. Joe Meadors was a signalman on the USS Liberty surveillance ship on June 8, 1967 when Israel attacked, killing 34 U.S. sailors and injuring 173 […]
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Peter Van Buren on Tucker Carlson About His Lifetime Ban by Twitter
August 13, 2018
Tucker Carlson interviews Peter Van Buren on his Twitter ban. Tucker begins with a short report on Google tracking your location without your consent.
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Why Does Facebook Use NATO To Help Censor Users?
August 13, 2018
Facebook is using a NATO think tank, the Atlantic Council, which is also funded by the US government and foreign governments, to help it determine which posts are authentic and which are fake. The Atlantic Council is hardly an unbiased judge, however. It is extremely hawkish and has even encouraged US military strikes against Russian […]
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The US Is Deeply Complicit in Saudi Coalition Crimes in Yemen
August 13, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. Micah Zenko catches Secretary Mattis making an obviously false claim about U.S. involvement in the war on Yemen: Stunning assertion by Sec. Matts; 40 months into America's involvement in Yemen's civil war. https://t.co/PAazy5d777pic.twitter.com/0GEc04npJh — Micah Zenko (@MicahZenko) August 13, 2018 I saw Mattis’ comment yesterday and said this: No […]
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Bear Witness to American War Crimes
August 10, 2018
Look. Look! 50 children killed when USA-Saudi bomb a school bus traveling through a market. On your dime. In your name. Here are some of the 80+ wounded/survivors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFDm6SEttlY
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The Pathetic US Response to the Latest Saudi Massacre
August 9, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The U.S. response to the massacre of dozens of children and other civilians earlier today was predictably feeble: The U.S. State Department called on Thursday for the Saudi-led coalition to investigate reported air strikes in Yemen that killed dozens of people, including children. “We are certainly concerned about the […]
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Pompeo Slaps On Major Russia Sanctions… Over Unproven UK Poisoning!
August 9, 2018
The US State Department has out of the blue decided that Russia is guilty in the case of the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter in the UK, and has slapped on yet another round of sanctions. This time the sanctions call for the president to completely break diplomatic relations with Russia. On […]
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Peter Van Buren on Consortium News Radio Talks Whistleblowing and His Lifetime Twitter Ban
August 9, 2018
In a long-form interview here with veteran journalist Joe Lauria at Consortium News Radio, I try and lay out exactly what happened on Twitter that led to me being banned. Peter Van Buren blew the whistle on State Department waste and mismanagement during Iraqi reconstruction in his first book, We Meant Well: How I Helped […]
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Israeli Peace Activist Uri Avnery Hospitalized in Critical Condition
August 9, 2018
Reprinted from Haaretz Left-wing peace activist Uri Avnery has been hospitalized in very serious condition after suffering a stroke on Saturday and is said to be unconscious. Avnery, 94, has written opinion pieces on a regular basis for Haaretz. He is a former Knesset member and a founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement who worked as […]
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What if a #MAGA Guy Ate Twitter’s Face?
August 8, 2018
More than a few people have cited the exchange below as justification for my forever trip down the Memory Hole, my ban from Twitter. I used to be there as @wemeantwell. My bad zombie joke about #MAGA, or anything else I wrote that was flippant, is not writing I’m proud of. But ask yourself if […]
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