Let’s Play Journalism, and Make Fake News
February 14, 2017
This journalism thingie has gotten so easy, anyone can do it. Let’s play make the fake news funtime! The elderly may remember the Old Journalism. Back in BT (Before Trump) journalists in mainstream outlets had to gather facts (i.e., true things) from sources (people with names who knew true things) that would withstand fact-checking (looking […]
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US Customs To Solve Terrorism by Asking Tourists for Their Social Media Accounts
February 13, 2017
The United States government seems to have a real thing for social media and terrorism, stoutly believing if only they could “take out” Twitter the global jihadi movement would collapse. Or something like that. Maybe it’s Instagram? Social Media vs. Jihad But while Trump talks the talk, Obama walked the walk. You may not know […]
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Peter Van Buren: Can’t Judge Fake News in the Dark
February 10, 2017
This isn’t about Trump. It’s about judging the media, whoever and whatever they report on. It is about reading critically when so much out there is just simply inaccurate. Not maybe inaccurate, pure dead solid perfect stupid. So don’t call me a nazi. Step One is to note if the story you’re reading/seeing is all […]
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‘Extreme Vetting’: Homeland Security’s Attack On Liberty?
February 8, 2017
Gen. John Kelly, Director of the Department of Homeland Security, told Congress yesterday that the Administration is considering even more “extreme” vetting measures, to possibly include demands for passwords and information about web browsing habits. For now, these measures would only apply to those coming from the seven countries included in the temporary visa ban, […]
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Elliott Abrams To State Dept? You Can’t Be Serious, says Ron Paul
February 7, 2017
Hardline neocon Elliott Abrams is rumored to be under consideration for Deputy Secretary of State in the Trump Administration. He is meeting President Trump today. Abrams has never seen a war, intervention, or regime change that he hasn’t enthusiastically endorsed. Each of the policies he has endorsed has ended up in disaster. Libya? Afghanistan? Iraq? […]
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STOP ELLIOTT ABRAMS!
February 6, 2017
TO: ALL PEACE ADVOCATESFROM: THE STAFF OF ANTIWAR.COMRE: STOP ELLIOTT ABRAMS! Dear friend of Antiwar.com, The news that President Trump is seriously considering neoconservative Elliott Abrams for the key position of Deputy Secretary of State should alarm all Americans who want to "avoid the mistakes of the past," as Trump put it in his major […]
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Rep. Maxine Waters: Trump Must Be Impeached Because Putin Invaded Korea!
February 6, 2017
It is often not fully understood just how ignorant most US Representatives are when it comes to the finer details of foreign policy. Members get their news from an even narrower pool of information than many Americans, who are by and large abandoning the mainstream media. They read the Washington Post or they rely on […]
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David Stockman Challenges Trump Administration’s Militarism: Video
February 6, 2017
In a recent interview at CNN, David Stockman, who is a Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board member and was director of the Office of Management and Budget during the Reagan administration, critiqued the Trump administration for pushing militarism and the drug war that fuel the problems they are supposedly fighting. Stockman explains that “we’re bombing, […]
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Ron Paul on Business As Usual – Is Trump’s Foreign Policy Just More Bush And Obama?
February 6, 2017
The last two weeks have been quite a disappointment for those who expected President Trump to make a clear break with the interventionist, warmongering foreign policy of his two immediate predecessors. The Trump Administration threatened Iran several times – including bizarrely putting the country “on notice” – conducted more than 150 drone strikes, launched a […]
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About That Intel ‘Treasure Trove’ From Trump’s Yemen Raid…
February 3, 2017
Shortly after the President Trump-authorized commando raid on Yemen, Fox News led the mainstream media in reporting on the great “treasure trove” of intelligence that was seized at the compound. With the claimed killing of a senior al-Qaeda official, the mission was proclaimed a success. Soon the initial triumphalist reporting on the raid gave way […]
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