Confirming Dangers of FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal, New Study Shows Telecoms Throttling YouTube, Netflix, and Other Apps
[Media] Confirming Dangers of FCC’s Net Neutrality Repeal, New Study Shows Telecoms Throttling YouTube, Netflix, and Other Apps by Jessica Corbett Posted December 7, 2018 An ongoing study first reported by Bloomberg reveals the extent to which major American...The Koch Brothers Are Watching You — And New Documents Reveal Just How Much They Know
[Social] The Koch Brothers Are Watching You — And New Documents Reveal Just How Much They Know By Calvin Sloan Posted December 1, 2018 New documents uncovered by the Center for Media and Democracy show that the billionaire Koch brothers have developed detailed...For Russia Change Comes SWIFT
[Economic] For Russia Change Comes SWIFT by Tom Luongo Posted November 28, 2018 During the ruble crisis of 2014/15 Russia announced in the wake of U.S. and European sanctions over reunifying with Crimea that it would begin building a domestic electronic financial...America Is On The Brink Of A Nervous Breakdown
[Social] America Is On The Brink Of A Nervous Breakdown by John Whitehead Posted November 23, 2018 Authoritarian regimes begin with incremental steps. Overcriminalization, surveillance of innocent citizens, imprisonment for nonviolent—victimless—crimes, etc. Bit by...Why American Leaders Persist in Waging Losing Wars
[Politics] Why American Leaders Persist in Waging Losing Wars By William J. Astore Posted November 21, 2018 As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including...Quotable Sayings
Mainstream American liberals think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by Fox and Donald Trump, and mainstream American conservatives think they’re clear-eyed because they can see the propaganda strings being pulled by MSNBC and the Democrats, but the propaganda strings on both trace back to the same puppet master. And seeing that is just the beginning.
Caitlin Johnstone
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You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.
Deepak Chopra
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It is obvious that the US government is destroying Assange to signal to journalists the consequences of publishing information. It is therefore also obvious that any journalist who fails to use whatever platform they have to speak out against Assange’s persecution has no intention of ever publishing anything that the US government doesn’t want published. Their silence on or support for what is being done to this man can and should be taken as an admission that they are nothing other than state propagandists.
Caitlin Johnstone
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