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Meet the Israeli Intelligence-Linked Firm Using AI to Profile Americans and Guide US Lockdown Policy

Whitney Webb • July 2, 2020

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AN ISRAELI GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR FOUNDED BY A FORMER ISRAELI SPY HAS PARTNERED WITH ONE U.S. STATE AND IS SET TO ANNOUNCE A SERIES OF NEW PARTNERSHIPS WITH OTHER STATES AND U.S. HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO MONITOR CIVILIAN HEALTH AND USE AN IDF-DESIGNED AI SYSTEM TO PROFILE AMERICANS LIKELY TO CONTRACT CORONAVIRUS AND TO INFORM U.S. GOVERNMENT... Read More

Some Conspiracy Theories Are for Real

Philip Giraldi • July 2, 2020

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What is the best way to debunk a conspiracy theory? Call it a conspiracy theory, a label which in and of itself implies disbelief. The only problem with that is there have been many actual conspiracies both historically and currently and many of them are not in the least theoretical in nature. Conspiracies of several... Read More

CIA Project MK-ULTRA

Larry Romanoff • July 2, 2020

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The United States government funded and performed countless psychological experiments on unwitting humans, especially during the Cold War era, perhaps partially to help develop more effective torture and interrogation techniques for the US military and the CIA, but the almost unbelieveable extent, range and duration of these activities far surpassed possible interrogation applications and appear... Read More

The Malign Russians and Chinese Are Coming

Pepe Escobar • July 2, 2020

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No less than 78.03% of Russians have just voted in support of constitutional amendments. Among these, we find the paramount Atlanticist obsession: the possibility that Vladimir Putin will be able to run for two more presidential terms. Predictably, anguished cries of “Dictator! Dictator!” have been lobbied like deadly shells all across the Beltway. They might... Read More

Browder speaks to the protesters in front of the Russian Consulate in Toronto in March 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mykola Swarnyk

Bill Browder, a Billionaire Accused of Being a Fraud and Liar

John Ryan • July 1, 2020

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William “Bill” Browder has been a figure of some prominence on the world scene for the past decade. A few months back, Der Spiegel published a major exposé on him and the case of Sergei Magnitsky but the mainstream media completely ignored this report and so aside from Germany few people are aware of Browder’s... Read More

Barbarism Begins at Home

Pepe Escobar • July 1, 2020

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Greece invented the concept of barbaros. Imperial Rome inherited it as barbarus. The original meaning of barbaros is rooted in language: an onomatopoeia meaning “unintelligible speech” as people go “bar bar bar” when they talk. Homer does not refer to barbaros, but to barbarophonos (“of unintelligible speech”), as in those who don’t speak Greek or... Read More

The Fourth Estate Has Murdered America

Paul Craig Roberts • July 1, 2020

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The “news service” of multi-billionaire Bloomberg echoes the New York Times lie that Russia paid the Taliban to kill US occupying troops: “Lawmakers from both U.S. political parties demanded President Donald Trump hold Russia accountable over allegations it offered cash bounties for the killing of American troops. Trump has denied reports by several major news... Read More

French Municipal Elections: Macron Régime Shudders as It Fails to Win in a Single City

Guillaume Durocher • June 30, 2020

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Results of second round of French municipal elections in selected cities. Image credit: Visactu. Under the shadow of coronavirus, the French people people have elected their mayors and local councilors for the next six years. Well, some of them did, as a vast wave of apathy swept the nation, leading to a turnout of just... Read More

Netanyahu and Covid19

Gilad Atzmon • June 30, 2020

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An interview conducted by Iran’s FNA FNA: Netanyahu was very quick to administrate a lockdown at the outset of the coronavirus outbreak in Israel. Was Covid-19 his only reason for the lockdown? Gilad: You are tapping here into a crucial aspect of the Covid 19 affair which none of the Western media has been brave... Read More

Leaked Anti-Defamation League Memo Exposes Elaborate Conspiracy to Enable Israeli Annexation of West Bank

Eric Striker • June 29, 2020

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An Anti-Defamation League memo obtained by Jewish Currents exposes an elaborate plot by the Zionist organization to enable Israel's coming illegal annexation of the West Bank. The main agenda is to snuff the opposition by controlling it. The ADL's public position on the annexation is to affirm support for a two-state solution and oppose the... Read More

The Fall of Eliot Engel: Israel-Firster Defeated in Congressional Primary

Philip Giraldi • June 26, 2020

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Sometimes listening to the morning news on television is a bit like entering into an alternate universe. Last Wednesday, the day after primary elections in New York State, CBS News reported that New York Congressman Eliot Engel was “facing a challenge” from Democratic Party challenger Jamaal Bowman. NBC News reported that Engel was “trailing.” The... Read More

Incompetence Links Britain’s Recent Wars and Its Coronavirus Response

Patrick Cockburn • June 26, 2020

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The government’s controversial Prevent programme aims to stop individuals becoming terrorists, but it would be much more effective if it taught British political leaders not to engage in wars that become the seed-beds of terrorism. Consider the case of Khairi Saadallah, the suspect in the killing of three people in a park in Reading who... Read More

Why Iran Won’t be Broken

Pepe Escobar • June 26, 2020

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So what’s goin’ on in Iran? How did the Islamic Republic really respond to Covid-19? How is it coping with Washington’s relentless “maximum pressure”? These questions were the subject of a long phone call I placed to Prof. Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran – one of Iran’s premier, globally recognized analysts. As Marandi... Read More

Trump Unloads on Bolton After Bolton Unloads on Trump

Philip Giraldi • June 25, 2020

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John Bolton’s new memoir “The Room Where It Happened,” which came out two days ago in spite of White House attempts to block it, is the standard kiss and tell that senior American politicians and officials tend to write to make money for their retirement. There should be no question but that Bolton has done... Read More

Connecting the Dots

Larry Romanoff • June 24, 2020

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As one example, this many decades ago, we noticed that in our city in Canada one brand of American convenience store seemed to have a habit of opening new stores within a stone's throw of the existing 'mom and pop' variety stores (as they were then called), these shiny and attractive new shops inevitably resulting... Read More

Victoria Nuland Alert

The foreign interventionists really hate Russia

Philip Giraldi • June 23, 2020

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It is difficult to find anything good to say about Donald Trump, but the reality is that he has not started any new wars, though he has come dangerously close in the cases of Venezuela and Iran and there would be considerable incentive in the next four months to begin something to bolster his “strong... Read More

Chokehold on Diplomat Exposes Israel’s Special Type of Apartheid

Jonathan Cook • June 23, 2020

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An Israeli diplomat filed a complaint last week with police after he was pulled to the ground in Jerusalem by four security guards, who knelt on his neck for five minutes as he cried out: “I can’t breathe.” There are obvious echoes of the treatment of George Floyd, an African-American killed by police in Minneapolis... Read More

COVID-19: China Reseeded with COVID-20

Larry Romanoff • June 22, 2020

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From the date of the initial outbreak in Wuhan I watched carefully on a daily basis the dispersion and progression of the coronavirus in China and then abroad, collecting as much data as were available on each location. By late May of 2020, China had been infection-free for many weeks, the concern turning to the... Read More

Were COVID-19 and COVID-20 Created in a US Lab?

Larry Romanoff • June 21, 2020

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It was amusing to watch the emergence of this debate on the US-China stage. The Chinese were understandably unwilling to be blamed for the emergence of a virus in which they had no part, and thus reacted strongly to accusations the virus originated in a Wuhan lab. The Americans proved to be even more terrified... Read More

Nuclear Rivals Clash in the Himalayas

Eric Margolis • June 20, 2020

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Last week, the world’s most populous nations, India and China, both nuclear armed, clashed in the high Himalayan region of Ladakh. At least 20 Indian troops died and 12 were reportedly taken prisoner before a cease-fire went into effect. So far, there were no reports of Chinese casualties. Ladakh is one of the world’s most... Read More

Can We Coexist with Asia's Communists?

Pat Buchanan • June 19, 2020

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Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for seven hours at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii with the chief architect of China's foreign policy, Yang Jiechi. The two had much to talk about. As The Washington Post reports, the "bitterly contentious relationship" between our two countries has "reached the lowest point in almost half... Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen as he delivers remarks to West Point graduating cadets during their 2020 United States Military Academy graduation ceremony at West Point, New York, U.S. June 13, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2J8H9KGY5U

America’s Recessional: Time to Bring the Troops Home

Philip Giraldi • June 18, 2020

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Two weeks ago a senior Trump Administration official revealed that the president had decided to withdraw 9,500 American soldiers from Germany and that the administration would also be capping total U.S. military presence in that country at 25,000, which might involve more cuts depending what is included in the numbers. The move was welcomed in... Read More

America's Supernational Sovereignty

Iran and Syria again on the receiving end of sanctions

Philip Giraldi • June 15, 2020

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One of the most disturbing aspects of American foreign policy since 9/11 has been the assumption that decisions made by the United States are binding on the rest of the world, best exemplified by President George W. Bush’s warning that “there was a new sheriff in town.” Apart from time of war, no other nation... Read More

Washington Struggles to Manage the Crisis, But Israel Continues to Benefit

Philip Giraldi • June 13, 2020

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The self-inflicted cultural defenestration of what passes for Western Civilization in the United States continues apace. As George Orwell described the process in 1984 “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process... Read More

Russia Aiming to Realize Greater Eurasia Dream

Pepe Escobar • June 12, 2020

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Professor Sergey Karaganov is informally known in influential foreign policy circles as the “Russian Kissinger” – with the extra bonus of not having to carry a “war criminal” tag from Vietnam and Cambodia to Chile and beyond. Karaganov is the dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the National Research University... Read More

Russians Stirring Up Trouble: An Obama Retread Sees Moscow’s Hand in Protests

Philip Giraldi • June 11, 2020

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If one ventures into the vast wasteland of American television it is possible to miss the truly ridiculous content that is promoted as news by the major networks. One particular feature of media-speak in the United States is the tendency of the professional reporting punditry to go seeking for someone to blame every time some... Read More

Israel and the US Step Up Efforts to Intimidate the Hague War Crimes Court

Jonathan Cook • June 10, 2020

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In the near-two decades since the International Criminal Court was set up to try the worst violations of international human rights law, it has faced harsh criticism for its highly selective approach to the question of who should be put on trial. Created in 2002, the court, it was imagined, would act as a deterrent... Read More

Militarized Police a Gift from Israel?

Training of American police in brutal tactics revealed

Philip Giraldi • June 9, 2020

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The killing of black man George Floyd by white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has produced the highest level of national unrest seen in the United States since the 1960s. Tens of thousands of protesters are demonstrating against racism and perceived police brutality. As it also comes at a time of coronavirus pandemic and record... Read More

Russian Academician Arbatov’s Washington Leanings

Paul Craig Roberts • June 8, 2020

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If there were a Russian version of the website PropOrNot, Academician Arbatov could find himself listed there as “American agent/dupe.” Arbatov directs the International Security Center of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He demonstrates his Washington leanings by his recommendation that Russia avoid a strategic alliance... Read More

Now We Are Paying for the Incompetence of Brexit Leaders

Patrick Cockburn • June 5, 2020

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Britain is failing to cope with the Covid-19 epidemic as well as other countries in Europe and East Asia have. Out of 62,000 excess deaths in the UK, says former chief medical officer Sir David King, “40,000 excess deaths could have been avoided if government had acted responsibly”. The failure is devastating: on a single... Read More

Inside Boris Johnson's Plan to Transplant Almost Half of Hong Kong's Population to Britain

Eric Striker • June 4, 2020

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China's coming National Security Law, which will give the mainland the right to engage in counter-espionage against foreign intelligence operatives organizing riots in Hong Kong, has been met with indignation by the governments of America and the United Kingdom. The irony is especially rich in Britain's case. During the country's 2019 general election, UK intelligence... Read More

Operating Outside the Rule of Law: Washington Pressures International Criminal Court

Philip Giraldi • June 4, 2020

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There is apparently no limit to what the United States and Israel can get away with without any consequences. The United States has been waging devastating economic warfare against Iran and Venezuela while also blaming China for a global health crisis that it is unwilling to help address due to its withdrawal from the World... Read More

COVID-19: FEMA and Mossad Stealing from Peter to Pay Paul

Larry Romanoff • June 4, 2020

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Masks and Medical Supplies First, let's accept that the need in March, April and May of 2020 for face masks, respirators and ventilators was urgent and real in every nation, so much so that the US was experiencing enormous blowback from the medical community. There were too many media reports to list, of health care... Read More

Pro-BLM Demonstrations Sweep Across Europe

We’re all living in Amerikwa

Guillaume Durocher • June 3, 2020

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In the great capitals of Western Europe, thousands of people have been protesting against the death of George Floyd and in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In the Netherlands: In Copenhagen: And in front of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin: There is a long history of Europeans shaming Americans for mistreating Negroes. For... Read More

The Russians Did It

Paul Craig Roberts • June 3, 2020

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The Obama regime’s National Security Advisor, Susan Rice, the most unqualified person ever to have had that job, told Wolf Blitzer on CNN that the organized burning and looting violence of the George Floyd protests “is right out of the Russian playbook” — Other nutcases are blaming “foreign adversaries” such as China. Susan is not... Read More

The Pandemic Revives Fears the U.S. Is Developing ‘ethnic Bioweapons’ Against Russia

Max Parry • June 2, 2020

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It has been 75 years since the surrender of Nazi Germany and the end of World War II in Europe. Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Russia postponed its annual Victory Day celebrations last month due to the health crisis as did other former Soviet states, with the sole exception of Belarus which went ahead with... Read More

Government Mischief in an Age of Coronavirus

Bad decision-making continues

Philip Giraldi • June 2, 2020

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It is interesting to watch how the folks in Congress and the White House have been using the at-least- somewhat self-generated crisis over COVID-19 to serve as cover for legislation and other activities that many Americans just might object to. They are assuming that the public is so consumed with the virus, as well as... Read More

Rep. Omar Surrenders to Israel Lobby

Philip Giraldi • June 1, 2020

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The nearly complete corruption of the U.S. republican form of government has largely come about due to the Citizens United decision by the Supreme Court in January 2010 that basically permitted unlimited donor-spending on political campaigns based on the principle that providing money, normally through a political action committee (PAC), is a form of free... Read More

Beijing Sees Trump’s Hand and Won’t Fold

Pepe Escobar • May 30, 2020

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Stranger things have happened. Everyone was expecting US President Donald Trump to go nuclear by de facto sanctioning China to death over Hong Kong. In an environment where Twitter and the President of the United States are now engaged in open warfare, the rule is that there are no rules anymore. So in the end,... Read More

Trump’s Withdrawal of Troops from Afghanistan Marks a Huge Failure

Patrick Cockburn • May 30, 2020

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In October 2001 I was standing on a hilltop 40 miles north of Kabul watching US aircraft bomb the Taliban front line. The night sky was lit up with the flash of explosions and the sparkle of ineffectual anti-aircraft fire. It was fairly obvious who was going to come out the winner. A few weeks... Read More

What Happens Next in Afghanistan? the Neo-Taliban

Ted Rall • May 30, 2020

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I shouted the text of my latest story about the invasion from a Palm Pilot into a balky Iridium satellite phone. It was at least my third attempt, and the battery was dying. A Village Voice employee assigned to take dictation on the other side of the world interrupted me. "I don't understand," she said,... Read More

Trump the Peace Candidate? This President Abhors International Treaties

Philip Giraldi • May 28, 2020

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Let us consider why the Donald Trump White House is currently considering detonating a nuclear weapon. It would be the first “test” of a nuke since 1992 and is clearly intended to send a message that those weapons sitting around in storage will be available for use. The testing is in response to alleged development... Read More

India, China Teeter Toward a Border Clash

Pepe Escobar • May 27, 2020

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It would be counter-productive for BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization members India and China to come to blows on account of some extremely remote – albeit strategically important – snowy mountain passes. But when one looks at the 3,488-kilometer-long Line of Actual Control, which India defines as “unresolved,” that can never be totally ruled out.... Read More

Du Wei, the Chinese ambassador to Israel. Courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in Israel, via Reuters

A Death in Herzliya

Mystery Remains About the Death of the Chinese Ambassador

Philip Giraldi • May 27, 2020

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On Sunday morning May 17th, China's Ambassador to Israel, Du Wei, was found dead in bed inside his official residence in the Tel Aviv upscale suburb of Herzliya. He was 57 years old, married and the father of a son, and had been appointed to his position in February. He was reported to be in... Read More

Corona-Bonds: Mama Merkel Promises €500 Billion to Shore Up Rickety EU

Guillaume Durocher • May 27, 2020

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France and Germany recently agreed in principle to create a €500 billion three-year fund to relaunch the European economy after the coronavirus crisis. This would be funded by the EU raising funds on financial markets and then using these to invest in those countries and sectors worst-hit by the crisis. This represents a great leap... Read More

Ron Unz and Other Truth-Seekers to Explore Corona Bioweapon Hypothesis This Sunday

Kevin Barrett • May 27, 2020

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The Unz Review has been blacklisted by Facebook and Google in apparent retaliation for its articles exploring the COVID-19 bioweapon hypothesis, especially Ron Unz’s blockbuster “American Pravda: Our Coronavirus Catastrophe as Biowarfare Blowback?” When deep state censors react that way, we may reasonably assume that they have something to hide. By sending such a strong... Read More

Did Trump Just Cancel a Potential Double-War?

The Saker • May 27, 2020

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At this time of writing, it is too early to declare the danger over, but at least three out of five Iranian tankers have made it safely to Venezuela (confirmation from TeleSur and PressTV). Furthermore, while we should never say "never", it appears exceedingly unlikely that the US would let three tankers pass only to... Read More

Epstein Victim Maria Farmer Speaks with Whitney Webb, Full Phone Call - Part 2

Whitney Webb • May 26, 2020

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This is Part 2 of the conversation between Whitney Webb and Maria Farmer, a victim of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell who had reported both to the FBI in 1996 for child pornography, sex trafficking and sexual assault. Farmer, who has been interviewed by mainstream media outlets including The New York Times and CBS News,... Read More

Jinping Takes Up the US Challenge

Pat Buchanan • May 26, 2020

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Is the U.S. up for a second Cold War -- this time with China? What makes the question newly relevant is that Xi Jinping's China suddenly appears eager for a showdown with the United States for long-term supremacy in the Asia-Pacific and the world. With the U.S. consumed by the coronavirus pandemic that has killed... Read More

Zionists Have Feelings Too

Words to criticize Israel are fast disappearing

Philip Giraldi • May 26, 2020

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Regular visitors to this site will be aware that I frequently write about the massive propaganda campaign being run by supporters of Israel to conceal the damage done by the Jewish state to actual United States’ interests. One of the more interesting aspects of that effort is the bowdlerization of language to extirpate some words... Read More

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