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17 hours ago

Pentagon-Funded Think Tank Simulates War With China On NBC

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ NBC’s Meet the Press just aired an absolutely freakish segment in which the influential narrative management firm Center for a New American Security (CNAS) ran war games simulating a direct US hot war with China. CNAS is funded by the Pentagon…

China

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Pentagon-Funded Think Tank Simulates War With China On NBC
Pentagon-Funded Think Tank Simulates War With China On NBC

1 day ago

Celebrities Are Such Scumbags Because They’re Invested In The Status Quo

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Have you ever wondered why a famous person whose work you’ve enjoyed has such a myopic perspective on world events? …

Celebrity

5 min read

Celebrities Are Such Scumbags Because They’re Invested In The Status Quo
Celebrities Are Such Scumbags Because They’re Invested In The Status Quo

2 days ago

Israel’s PR Problem, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Israel’s mounting PR crisis boils down to the fact that its violence and oppression isn’t happening in some far off land as in the case with US wars, it’s happening right at home surrounded by video cameras and enforced by police…

Israel

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Israel’s PR Problem, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Israel’s PR Problem, And Other Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

2 days ago

Lao Sue — New Song And Music Video By Tony King, Lyrics By Caitlin Johnstone

A singer/songwriter named Tony King and his band Beautifully Mad took me up on my public offer for any musicians so inclined to put my poem “Lao Sue” to music, and it’s so gorgeous I need to share it immediately. King won Australian Songwriter of the Year in 2020 and…

Songwriting

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Lao Sue — New Song And Music Video By Tony King, Lyrics By Caitlin Johnstone
Lao Sue — New Song And Music Video By Tony King, Lyrics By Caitlin Johnstone

3 days ago

“The Squad” Doesn’t Exist Outside Of Social Media

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The US House of Representatives has voted 368–57 to spend $40 billion on a world-threatening proxy war while ordinary Americans struggle to feed themselves and their children. All 57 “no” votes were Republicans. Every member of the small faction of progressive…

Politics

5 min read

“The Squad” Doesn’t Exist Outside Of Social Media
“The Squad” Doesn’t Exist Outside Of Social Media

6 days ago

Fake Political Parties In A Fake Democracy: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I remember feeling such solidarity with Democrats who opposed Bush’s warmongering. …

Politics

5 min read

Fake Political Parties In A Fake Democracy: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix
Fake Political Parties In A Fake Democracy: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

6 days ago

The Most American Thing That Has Ever Happened

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ We are once again witnessing history being made, folks. Today, in the Year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-two, we get the great privilege of bearing witness to the single most American thing that has ever happened. The Biden administration…

News

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The Most American Thing That Has Ever Happened
The Most American Thing That Has Ever Happened

May 9

The US Could’ve Prevented This War Just By Protecting Kyiv From Nazis

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ As we hydroplane toward the brink of nuclear armageddon while Bono and the Edge play U2 songs in Kyiv, it’s probably worth taking a moment to highlight the fact that this entire war could have been avoided if the US had…

Ukraine

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The US Could’ve Prevented This War Just By Protecting Kyiv From Nazis
The US Could’ve Prevented This War Just By Protecting Kyiv From Nazis

May 8

Ukraine Alone Makes Biden The Worst US President In A Long Time

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ Antiwar libertarian hero Scott Horton has a viral tweet going around which reads simply, “Biden’s refusal to attempt to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine is the greatest scandal in American political history.” Kind of smacks you in the…

Biden

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Ukraine Alone Makes Biden The Worst US President In A Long Time
Ukraine Alone Makes Biden The Worst US President In A Long Time

May 6

On Psychopathy, Power, Empire And Ego

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ I’ve been watching The John Wayne Gacy Tapes on Netflix, which features previously unheard recordings of the serial killer known as “The Killer Clown” who murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970s. I wasn’t able to…

Psychopathy

6 min read

On Psychopathy, Power, Empire And Ego
On Psychopathy, Power, Empire And Ego
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