Vladimir Putin said at the Eastern Economic Forum on Tuesday that he wouldn’t expect any meaningful changes in US policy toward Russia if former president Donald Trump secures re-election next year. TASS reports the following on the Russian president’s comments: “I...
Caitlin Johnstone
NATO Chief Openly Admits Russia Invaded Ukraine Because Of NATO Expansion
by Caitlin Johnstone | Sep 11, 2023 | Featured Articles
During a speech at the EU Parliament’s foreign affairs committee on Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg clearly and repeatedly acknowledged that Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine because of fears of NATO expansionism. His comments,...
Another Day, Another CIA Press Release Disguised As News
by Caitlin Johnstone | Aug 26, 2023 | Featured Articles
CNN has a new article out titled “Newly declassified US intel claims Russia is laundering propaganda through unwitting Westerners,” and it’s pretty much exactly what you’d expect if you’ve been critically observing the western mass media over the last several years....
Rename The Secretary Of State The Secretary Of Hypocrisy
by Caitlin Johnstone | Aug 17, 2023 | Featured Articles
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken tweeted in celebration of Pakistan’s preparations for “free and fair elections” on Wednesday, a week after it was revealed that the US pressured Pakistan to oust its popular democratically elected prime minister Imran Khan last year....
New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists
by Caitlin Johnstone | Aug 14, 2023 | Featured Articles
Citing a recent McCarthyite smear piece by The New York Times, Senator Marco Rubio published a letter on Wednesday that he’d sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the investigation of American leftist antiwar groups, claiming they are “tied to the...
The Illusory Truth Effect And The 'Unprovoked' Invasion Of Ukraine
by Caitlin Johnstone | Aug 11, 2023 | Featured Articles
Arguably the single most egregious display of war propaganda in the 21st century occurred last year, when the entire western political/media class began uniformly bleating the word “unprovoked” in reference to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On February 23 of last year,...
The Empire Knows It's Pouring Ukrainian Blood Into An Unwinnable Proxy War
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Articles
In a new article titled “Ukraine’s Lack of Weaponry and Training Risks Stalemate in Fight With Russia,” The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Michaels reports that western officials knew Ukrainian forces didn’t have the weapons and training necessary to succeed in their...
The Worst 2024 Election Interference Won't Come From Russia Or China
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jul 13, 2023 | Featured Articles
The New York Times has been churning out an amazing number of hit pieces on Robert F Kennedy Jr lately. On Tuesday the Times published an audio essay titled “Why I Regret Debating Robert F. Kennedy Jr.” by opinion columnist Farhad Manjoo. Manjoo debated Kennedy in...
Bono Is Doing Illustrations For The Atlantic Now, Because Everything’s Fake And Stupid
by Caitlin Johnstone | May 8, 2023 | Featured Articles
So U2 singer Bono is literally just doing illustrations for the imperialist propaganda rag The Atlantic now, because that’s the sort of thing that happens in a dystopian civilization during the death throes of a globe-spanning empire. A Washington Post article titled...
Biden DOJ Indicts Four Americans For "Weaponized" Free Speech
by Caitlin Johnstone | Apr 19, 2023 | Featured Articles
The Biden administration's Department of Justice has just charged four members of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP) for conspiring to act as agents of Russia by using speech and political action in ways the DOJ says "weaponized" the First Amendment rights of...
For The Record, NPR Absolutely Is US State Propaganda
by Caitlin Johnstone | Apr 6, 2023 | Featured Articles
American liberals are in an uproar over Twitter's recent labeling of National Public Radio as "US state-affiliated media", a designation typically reserved for state media from governments the US is trying to topple like Russia's RT, China's CGTN, and Iran's Press TV....
Russia And China Draw 'Red Lines' On Their Borders; US Draws Them On The Other Side Of The Planet
by Caitlin Johnstone | Feb 21, 2023 | Featured Articles
Reacting to China's announcement that it will be putting forward a proposal for a political settlement to end the war in Ukraine, the US ambassador to the United Nations said that if China begins arming Russia in that conflict this will be a "red line" for the United...
They're Not Worried About 'Russian Influence', They're Worried About Dissent
by Caitlin Johnstone | Feb 6, 2023 | Featured Articles
Being labeled a Russian propagandist all day every day for criticizing US foreign policy is really weird, but one advantage it comes with is a useful perspective on what people have really been talking about all these years when they warn of the dangers of "Russian...
Top 20 Most Cringeworthy Zelensky PR Moments
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jan 16, 2023 | Featured Articles
The US empire’s proxy war in Ukraine has had many jaw-dropping instances of imperialist sociopathy, propagandistic audacity and brazen journalistic malpractice that we’ve discussed in this space many times, but one of the most cringeworthy and degrading aspects of the...
CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger The Instant He Leaves Congress
by Caitlin Johnstone | Jan 5, 2023 | Featured Articles
CNN has shattered the speed of light in its haste to recruit former representative Adam Kinzinger to its punditry lineup the millisecond he left congress. Kinzinger, who prior to being redistricted out of his House seat received handsome campaign contributions from...
US Military Thanks And Praises Retiring CNN 'Journalist' For Her Service
by Caitlin Johnstone | Dec 21, 2022 | Featured Articles
The US military has been showering CNN's retiring Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr with effusive thanks and praise for her lifetime of service, giving some insight into the cozy working relationship between the media and the war machine inside the US empire....
You're Not Actually Helping When You 'Support' Protesters In Empire-Targeted Governments
by Caitlin Johnstone | Dec 20, 2022 | Featured Articles
Truthout has a recent article titled "The Left Can Support Protesters in China Without Shilling for US Imperialism" with a subtitle asserting that "Chinese workers and Uyghurs need solidarity from leftists worldwide," and it at no point attempts to defend either one...
AP Editor Said She 'Can't Imagine' A US Intelligence Official Being Wrong
by Caitlin Johnstone | Nov 23, 2022 | Featured Articles
The Associated Press journalist who reported a US intelligence official's false claim that Russia had launched missiles at Poland last week has been fired. As we discussed previously, AP's anonymously sourced report which said "A senior US intelligence official says...
Musk's Free Speech Moves On Twitter Have So Far Been Unimpressive
by Caitlin Johnstone | Nov 21, 2022 | Featured Articles
When Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter was first announced this past April I said that the purchase likely wouldn't go through if the empire thought it posed a threat to its information interests. I said that any reduction of censorship protocols which Musk implements...
Zelensky And Bush To Give Joint Pro-War Presentation
by Caitlin Johnstone | Nov 16, 2022 | Featured Articles
War criminal George W Bush and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will be appearing at an event next week at the George W. Bush Presidential Center, in partnership with US government-funded narrative management operations Freedom House and National Endowment for...
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