Kudos to Glenn Greenwald, a rare leftist voice of sanity on so many issues, for opening his recent article this way: In virtually every realm of public policy, Americans embrace policies which they know will kill people, sometimes large numbers of people. They do so not because they are psychopaths but because they are rational: they assess that those deaths that will inevitably result from the policies they support are worth it in exchange for the benefits those policies provide. This rational cost-benefit analysis, even when not expressed in such explicit or crude terms, is foundational...
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Glenn Greenwald On The The Media’s Role In The Russian Bounty Story
Glenn Greenwald on the role the media played in propagating CIA disinformation to stop Trump from removing troops in Afghanistan. More here
News Roundup 10/30/20
US News Glenn Greenwald resigns from the Intercept after editors censored his article. [Link] Biden says he would never suggest withdrawing US troops from South Korea. [Link] France French President Macron announces he will deploy 7,000 troops within France to defend schools and religious sites from terror attacks. [Link] Nagorno-Karabakh Azerbaijan is making gains in Nagorno-Karabakh. [Link] Middle East In a nod to recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Secretary of State Pompeo says the US will allow people born in Jerusalem to list their birthplace as Israel. [Link] Israel...
US Escalates Campaign of Aggression Against China On All Fronts
On Conflicts of Interest #27, Will and Kyle break down a series of recent stories that illustrate ramped up tensions between the US and China, as Washington carries out joint war games with Japan with eyes on Beijing and attempts to build an alliance of Asian states to act as a bulwark against the Chinese. The Trump administration is fighting lawsuits brought by several corporate media outlets, who – ironically – are urging the government to release unredacted materials related to Russiagate after the president tweeted that "all" Trump-Russia documents would be declassified without...
Joe Rogan Interviews Glenn Greenwald
Veddy interesting. Update: okay, mildly interesting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0rcLsoIKgA&t=455s
Attempting to Rein in the Killer Cops
On FPF #505, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss efforts to rein in the police. The recent weeks of protests have produced 100s of videos of police murdering and assaulting people. The police have committed these crimes with a very small chance of facing any repercussions. The lawless law-keepers must be restrained if we want to live in a free society. Will and Kyle discuss the new proposed laws and how they can help hold killer cops accountable. Links Glenn Greenwald on Covid Mike Maharrey on qualified...
Glenn Greenwald Charged With Cybercrimes in Brazil
Breaking in the New York Times. Note that this is the same as Trump's case against Julian Assange: The recipient and publisher of a leak is a co-conspirator with whoever did the leaking. It's a war against honesty in language first and foremost, and it's a threat to the future of journalism here just as it is in Brazil. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1219688194846883848
Chomsky on Russiagate: Don’t Be Stupid
Here's some more Chomsky from a couple weeks ago on what he called the "farcical" fixation on Russiagate and Trump/Russia collusion. Twitter often distorts the critical difference between establishment liberalism & leftism so Chomsky is great to listen to on all of this: pic.twitter.com/8zqQ9VhFhl — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) April 20,...
A Real Attack on Journalism guest Will Porter
On FPF #336, Will and Kyle discuss how the indictment of Julian Assange is an attack on journalism. Will exposes errors made in the mainstream media about the charges. The errors have led to the false belief that Assange's work did not fall under the category of journalism. Will and Kyle review the statements from key figures to the arrest of Assange. Links Will's first RT article Glenn Greenwald Trevor...
Punk-Ass New York Times Editorial Board Says Nothing About Assange Persecution
We will all suffer for their sin. But on the bright side, at least they will too. See Glenn Greenwald on why this represents an attack on all journalism here. I chimed on the Assange vigil thing today with Joe Lauria and Kim Dotcom and them. Cue to 1:50:45 for my part....
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