Esquire: EVEN! Lindsey Graham and Liz Cheney believe the latest claims against Russia by anonymous "intelligence officials" (we don't even get to know what agency). So you see right there! That's how serious it is! When forced to choose between Trump and claims by...
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‘The Computer Got It Wrong’: How Facial Recognition Led To False Arrest Of Black Man
Check out this story from NPR about the false imprisonment of a man based on facial recognition technology. What's interesting to me is the first part of the headline: Ain't nobody's fault! The box did it! This is a theme heavily explored by the great Neil Postman in...
Trump Withdraws from Another Important Treaty with Russia
On FPF #495, I discuss the US leaving the Open Skies Treaty. The treaty allows for member states to conduct surveillance flights over each other. The treaty is key to keeping countries informed about each other's military capabilities. Without the treaty in place, war...
Philip Weiss Interviews Rashid Khalidi: The Hundred Years’ War On Palestine A History Of Settler Colonialism And Resistance 1917-2017
https://mondoweiss.net/2020/05/rashid-khalidi-hundred-years-war-book-interview/?utm_source=mailpoet&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-email-mailpoet The book is compelling for its understanding that Zionism and its friends have waged a century of aggression...
News Roundup 4/9/20
US News Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential race. [Link] Los Angeles requires people to wear masks when shopping. [Link] The US will seize all personal protective equipment that someone attempts to export. [Link] Hospitals are accusing the federal government...
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US Intelligence Briefer Overstated Assessment of 2020 Russian Interference
Oh no really? You don't say. To any and everyone who believed and ran with these stories, punch yourself in the face three times now.
Bernie on Russian Interference: “I’ve seen some of their Tweets and stuff”
Bernie was put in an awkward spot. As Consortium News put it: Sanders was put in a difficult spot. If he said, “Show me the proof that Russia is trying to help me,” he ran the risk of being attacked for disbelieving (even disloyalty to) U.S. intelligence,...
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