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Ben Norton
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The US rogue state just sent an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to threaten Iran in what blood-soaked war criminal John Bolton described as a "clear and unmistakable message."

The Trump regime continues to threaten the planet with impunity.
bbc.com/news/world-us-…
ABC News is not even trying; it's simply serving as a propaganda mouthpiece for Trump regime lies, absurdly claiming "Iran planned attack on US forces"

ABC is showing once again how corporate media outlets just act as obedient stenographers for the US gov
abcnews.go.com/International/…
The in-house stenographer at Jeff Bezos' Washington Post (who blocked me -- very professional) is uncritically spreading the totally unsubstantiated claim by an anonymous US gov. official that Hezbollah was going to attack US forces.

Because when has the US government ever lied?
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Ben Norton
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This is ridiculous propaganda, funded by oligarch Bill Gates & written by pro-opposition activists in Turkey.

It's so misleading: It doesn't mention that the HTS "rebels" that control Idlib are rebranded al-Qaeda & are attacking civilians in the safe zone
theguardian.com/global-develop…
Aside from whitewashing the al-Qaeda fascists in "HTS," this propaganda (which was written in opposition hotbed Gaziantep, Turkey) also conveniently fails to mention that the other "rebels" in Idlib are literally embedded within the occupying Turkish army
theguardian.com/global-develop…
This propaganda, like most corporate media "reporting" on Syria, treats opinion quotes from opposition activists as facts. The absurdly hyperbolic headline is a quote from a random guy, but presented as a fact

Why doesn't The Guardian use similar quotes from Gazans in headlines?
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Ben Norton
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Hate to break it to you but from describing blood-soaked neocon McCain as an "unparalleled example of human decency," to throwing Ilhan under the bus, to now this on Venezuela, your fave @AOC has shown she's a coward who refuses to challenge US imperialism
.@AOC fawning over fanatic hawk McCain, who never saw a war he didn't like, was the beginning of the end.

Now that she openly admitted she is "deferring to caucus leadership" on the Trump-led rightwing coup in Venezuela, it's clear where her loyalties lie
It's been days since @AOC said she "defers to caucus leadership" (eg, neoliberal Pelosi) on the Trump-led rightwing coup attempt in Venezuela by rich racist oligarchs. She hasn't said anything else.

I guess her "democratic socialism" ends at the US border
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Ben Norton
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My favorite Eli Lake moment (aside from him wearing a t-shirt of fascist Menachem Begin) was when he wrote a PR article whitewashing Saudi-funded Salafi extremists in Syria that put Alawite civilians in cages as human shields, because they supported Israel
This fascist death squad full of wonderful Moderate Rebels™ was created and funded by the Saudi absolute monarchy, and they proceeded to put Alawite women in cages
bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
Not surprised to see Eli loves Jabotinsky, the far-right fanatic who led terror group the Irgun, which massacred Palestinian civilians at Deir Yassin.

"Zionist colonisation," he wrote in "The Iron Wall," must "proceed regardless of the native population."
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US sends an aircraft carrier to the Middle East to counter Iran: a thread. Lots of spin to counter here, which shouldn't be surprising because military posture is 50pc smoke and mirrors, something worth remembering.
USS Abraham Lincoln is in fact already on its way to the ME. It's no big deal - militarily. You might think from statement by John Bolton this was a rare event - in fact USS John C. Stennis was in the Gulf last month. (2) whitehouse.gov/briefings-stat…
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