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Dems now ♥ internet censorship, not just the CIA

Posted on November 9, 2019 by | 4 comments

‘The Democrats’ campaign for internet censorship: Who is to determine what are “lies”?’, Andre Damon, 9 November 2019

As wsws editor Joseph Kishore has kindly given me permission to use the site’s content, plus the fact that it’s not a long read, I’ll borrow all Damon’s essay, then add more at the bottom.

“In recent weeks, the New York Times and Washington Post have published innumerable editorials and op-eds arguing that Facebook has a responsibility to carry out political censorship, or in their words, to “moderate” political speech online.
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the hypocrisy level of pelosi’s impeachment ‘inquiry’ rises

Posted on September 28, 2019 by | 14 comments

Yes, even further than this:  (smile) 

 In his Sept. 29, 2019 ‘CIA sets terms for Democrats’ impeachment inquiry into Trump’s crimes’, Joseph Kishore reports in part:

“The scandal over the Ukraine call has been instigated by the intelligence agencies. It was a CIA agent in the White House who prepared the report that is the basis of the inquiry. It was the decision by a group of Democrats drawn from the military and intelligence agencies that led Pelosi and Schiff, both with longstanding ties to these same agencies, to shift from their previous opposition to impeachment.
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Scurrying Fascist Cockroaches

Posted on March 1, 2019 by | 19 comments

…is the title of a recent essay of John Steppling’s, and I contacted him at his website  (http://john-steppling.com/) to ask if given its length and breadth if I might use more of it than is strictly Fair Use as neither the Café nor c99% are for profit.  He wrote back and kindly said, “Use what you want from any of my writings”.  So I’ll most all of his Feb. 25 essay at DissidentVoice, although there’s a version at Counterpunch as well.
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a Trump/Putin #TreasonSummit Helsinki 2.0 Trifecta

Posted on January 15, 2019 by | 2 comments

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Racist Puerco-in-Chief Addresses the Nation

Posted on January 10, 2019 by | 15 comments

(Sorry to subject you to him…)

(the full transcript is here)
http://time.com/5497569/donald-trump-oval-office-address-transcript/
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the ‘New Left’ on Communism/Socialism & Totalitarian/Fascism

Posted on January 8, 2019 by | 16 comments

My choice is to dig deeper into Noam Chomsky, as I’ll explain later, and I can only imagine how you’ll loathe the length.  But given that: ‘When Avram Noam Chomksy speaks: People Listen™…the length is unavoidable, imo.)
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asylum seekers & caravans at the mexican border

Posted on December 1, 2018 by | 6 comments

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