Trump’s Support and Praise of Despots Is Central to the U.S. Tradition, Not a Deviation From It
The jingoistic fairy tale that casts the U.S. as defender of freedom and democracy in the world is an obvious farce.
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Trump's CIA Director Pompeo, Targeting WikiLeaks, Explicitly Threatens Speech and Press Freedoms
Why is the U.S. press corps so silent about an actual threat to press freedom?
White House Meeting With Egypt’s Tyrant Highlights Key Trump Effect: Unmasking U.S. Policy
Supporting savage dictators is not new for the United States. Trump just makes it harder to hide.
Obama Killed a 16-Year-Old American in Yemen. Trump Just Killed His 8-Year-Old Sister.
The war on terror framework continues to savage the world’s poorest civilians.
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U.S. and U.K. Continue to Actively Participate in Saudi War Crimes, Targeting of Yemeni Civilians
Obama was explicitly warned the U.S. could be liable as a war crimes participant. That changed nothing.
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Why Did the Saudi Regime and Other Gulf Tyrannies Donate Millions to the Clinton Foundation?
It doesn’t exactly take a jaded disposition to doubt that donations from some of the world’s most repressive regimes are motived by a desire to aid the foundation’s charitable work.
Hillary Clinton, Stalwart Friend of World's Worst Despots, Attacks Sanders's Latin American Activism
In light of her long record, Clinton's campaign is an odd vessel for demonizing others for their support for human-rights abusers.
When the State Department Tries to Choose Muslim Thought Leaders to Win "Hearts and Minds"
In the latest comically humiliating failure for U.S. propaganda efforts, its "hearts and minds" program touts Ayaan Hirsi Ali, whose views could not be more anathema to the targeted regions.
BBC Protects U.K.’s Close Ally Saudi Arabia With Incredibly Dishonest and Biased Editing
The U.K.-funded media outlet unwittingly publishes a Saudi admission that it is arming al Qaeda, then whitewashes it with shoddy editing.
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U.S. State Department “Welcomes” News That Saudi Arabia Will Head U.N. Human Rights Panel
Elite sectors of the West want everyone to avert their eyes from this deep and close relationship with the Saudis for good reason: It single-handedly destroys almost every propagandistic narrative told to the Western public about that region.