#JeffreyEpstein and the #Spectacle of #Secrecy

Australian Investigative Journalist Exposes Mainstream Media Betrayal of Assange
By Oscar Grenfell
At a Sydney “Politics in the Pub” meeting on Thursday night, award-winning Australian journalist Mark Davis revealed new first-hand information exposing the extent of the betrayal of Julian Assange by the Guardian and the New York Times, and refuting the lies both publications have used to smear the WikiLeaks founder. Read more...

The MH17 Malaysian Airlines Tragedy, Blamed on Russia. NGOs Say They Will Seek PM Mahathir’s Support to Prevent the MH17 Trial of Four Men
By Ida Lim
Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) today said they will soon ask for Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s help to prevent the trial of four individuals over the 2014 shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 from starting. Read more...

Jeffrey Epstein and the Spectacle of Secrecy
By Edward Curtin
When phrases such as “the deep state” and “conspiracy theory” become staples of both the corporate mainstream media and the alternative press, we know the realities behind these phrases have outlasted their usefulness for the ruling elites that control the United States and for their critics, each of whom uses them refutably or corroboratively. Read more...

Trump-Netanyahu: The Disgraceful President and the Contemptible Prime Minister

#NATO’s #AntiDemocratic #Roots

On NATO’s 70th Anniversary Important to Remember Its Anti-democratic Roots
By Yves Engler
Formally, NATO was the West’s response to an aggressive Soviet Union, but the notion that the US, or even Western Europe, was threatened by the Soviet Union after World War II is laughable. Read more...

Gaddafi Spy Chief – Libya Gave Ex-French President Sarkozy $8 million Bribe
By True Publica
From Ian Allen at IntelNews comes the report the same senior intelligence advisor to Gaddafi has reportedly told French investigators that the Libyan government gave $8 million to the election campaign of France’s ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy as a bribe to clean up Gadaffi’s international reputation. Read more...

Jury Slams Monsanto for Corporate Malfeasance in Roundup Cancer Trial, Awards $80 Million in Damages
By EWG

#RussiaGate and the #MuellerReport

Three Lessons for the Progressive Left from the Mueller Inquiry
By Jonathan Cook
The left never had a dog in this race. This was always an in-house squabble between different wings of the establishment. One wing wants to make sure the pig’s face remains painted, the other is happy simply getting its snout deeper into the trough while the food lasts. Russiagate was never about substance, it was about who gets to image-manage the decline of a turbo-charged, self-harming neoliberal capitalism. Read more...

Trump Recognizes Israeli Annexation of Golan Heights: Green Light for Global War
By Bill Van Auken
The hastily completed White House ceremony in which President Donald Trump signed a decree granting official US recognition to Israel’s illegal annexation of Syria’s Golan Heights is an act which, on its surface, appears to change few facts on the ground in the Middle East. Read more...

Venezuelan Gov’t Presents Evidence of Alleged Opposition Paramilitary Plot
By Ricardo Vaz
Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez presented what he claimed to be evidence of “ultra-right plans to promote regime change.” According to Rodriguez, Venezuelan intelligence

#Danger of #US #Russia #Confrontation

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FISA Memo Released. Will witch-hunt Russiagate investigations end? Will Trump and his campaign team be exonerated?
By Stephen Lendman, February 04, 2018
The FBI and Justice Department sought multiple FISA warrants based on unverified information from former MI6 spy Christopher Steele’s dodgy dossier on Trump – his work funded by Hillary and the DNC to denigrate him during the 2016 presidential campaign, continuing once in office.

Spying on the Wrong People: The Hypocrisy of the Nunes Memo & FISA
By Juan Cole, February 04, 2018
The GOP is complaining about government surveillance. But it isn’t complaining about the principle of the thing (surprise!). It is complaining that its guy got caught up in these surveillance practices.

Turkey Establishing Long-Sought US “Safe Haven” in Northern Syria
By Tony Cartalucci, February 04, 2018