Thread by @ggreenwald

The New Ruling Coalition: Opposition to Afghanistan Withdrawal Shows Its Key Factions

greenwald.substack.com/p/the-new-ruli…

An unholy union of the National Security State and the neocon-backed and corporate-funded Democratic Party are about to assume power: with media-supported internet censorship a key weapon.

Here we see the new coalition of power that has formed during the Trump era: hawkish and corporatist Democrats, united when necessary with pro-war/neocon Republicans, Bush/Cheney operatives, the national security state and large corporate media outlets.

greenwald.substack.com/p/the-new-ruli…

The “disinformation” which these NBC, CNN and NYT “gatekeepers” combat is not the truly propaganda that spews forth from the most powerful sectors. That is the disinformation they specialize in endorsing. These are not anti-disinformation warriors: they are disinformation agents.

This is the thing that confounds me the most about the last 4 years, and one of the key reasons, if not the key reason, I see things so differently from some former allies and supporters on the liberal-left:

"The jarring pre-election internet censorship on behalf of this Democratic-led coalition is the tip of the iceberg of what is to come. The key players in that internet censorship campaign are the corporate U.S. media outlets who are still are a key part of this ruling coalition."