The 2016 Trump Campaing Never Had Any Contacts with Russian... Oops, Never Mind

22 September 2021

Glenn Greenwald, The Indictment of Hillary Clinton's Lawyer is an Indictment of the Russiagate Wing of U.S. Media:
Spurred on by Hillary Clinton herself, the liberal sector of the corporate media used [a] fake claim to bolster their narrative that Trump and the Russians were secretly in cahoots.

The Washington Post, The brazen timeline of the GOP consultant accused of funneling Russian money to Trump's 2016 effort:
...in 2012, [Jesse Benton] made a significant jump – to running the campaign of Kentucky's [...] senator, then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

What has transpired since then is a stunning series of missteps and accusations that culminated in Benton being indicted Monday for the third time in six years. The alleged scheme: illegally funneling $25,000 from an unnamed Russian national to Donald Trump's 2016 campaign effort.


Yes, There is Media Bias, Just Not In The Way You Think

19 August 2021

This is a must-see video for anybody who believes that the media has a "left-wing" bias. The truth is, the conservative movement has moved the goalposts so far to the right, that popular opinions and common-sense standpoints are being decried as "socialist" or "extreme left".

When you have time, watch the rest of Robert Reich's videos. Reich is a great, entertaining, down-to-earth communicator, and his videos thoroughly dismantle the myths spread by the right-wing apparatus.


It's Déjà Vu All Over Again

18 August 2021

Rep. Barbara Lee is the only person with any moral authority to speak about the war in Afghanistan, and of the failures of the American Empire in the Middle East.