The release of two Senate-commissioned reports has sparked a new round of panic about Russia manipulating a vulnerable American public on social media. Headlines warn that Russian trolls have tried to suppress the African-American vote, promote Green Party candidate Jill Stein, recruit “assets,” and “sow discord” or “hack the 2016 election” via sex-toy ads and Pokémon Go. “The studies,” writes David Ignatius of The Washington Post, “describe a sophisticated, multilevel Russian effort to use...
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US Attack on Syria Would Be Cash Cow for Military Contractors
US military contractors are ready to rake in hundred of millions of dollars from missile sales alone if the US launches a "limited" attack on Syria. Ray Downs describes the...
The Real Elizabeth O’Bagy Scandal
So now we know that Elizabeth O'Bagy, the "expert" cited by Secretary Kerry, Senator McCain, and others as an important impartial source claiming that moderates, not radicals,...
US Customs and Border Protection Rolls Out Unconstitutional Searches Far from Borders
US Customs and Border Protection appears to be engaged in the dragnet detaining of general aviation pilots and searching of private airplanes around the country. Expect this...
Is This Why Obama is So Desperate for a Nice Little War?
The president and his coterie of humanitarian interventionist laptop bombers have been so desperate to push the US into another war in the Middle East they have resorted to...
Obama’s Defeat on Syrian Strike: The Downside
With the increasing possibility of no vote being held on a Syria attack in the House and Senate, President Obama's uphill battle to win over lawmakers and the US public -- and...
NH City Council Approves Acquiring Tank Despite Public Opposition
The Concord, New Hampshire city council voted tonight to acquire a Lenco BearCat G3 tank. The acquisition passed by a vote of 11 to 4 despite hundreds of people coming to the...
Mother Agnes Mariam: ‘Footage of Syria Chemical Attack is a Fraud’
Mother Agnes Mariam el-Salib, mother superior of St. James Monastery in Qara, Syria, told RT today that she has evidence that the video footage currently being shopped around by...
Should Administration’s Syria Lies be Revealed to Us?
Two very commendable Members of the House of Representatives over the past week have each made some reference to White House manipulation of intelligence in the classified...
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