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23 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
New @PushbackShow: Kash Patel, whose work on the House Intel Committee helped unearth major misconduct in the Trump-Russia probe, says top intel officials have blocked the release of documents that expose more malpractice and critical evidentiary holes.
For people who read my July 2019 piece "Crowdstrikeout" (realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2019/…) & follow-ups, this interview bolsters the major evidentiary gaps I highlighted on US intel's most pivotal -- and largely unquestioned -- claims about "sweeping and systematic" Russian interference.
.@PushbackShow is also available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/pushbackshow/h…
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24 Feb
Rather than reach out for comment — you know, journalism — @olliecarroll of @theindependent chose to print some sleazy innuendo about me and @TheGrayzoneNews. independent.co.uk/news/world/eur…
He says we're "Kremlin-sympathising media.” @olliecarroll, what do you mean by this? I advocated Biden’s victory — does that make me "White House-sympathising media"? Image
And if media is a schoolyard where we all have to pick sides, are you saying you're "Downing Street-symphasising media" -- aka a state propagandist? Journalists, I think, should sympathize with people and facts, not governments -- no matter which side of the schoolyard may agree.
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23 Feb
Twitter adds a warning to @MaxBlumenthal's report in @TheGrayzoneNews on leaked UK gov't files (thegrayzone.com/2021/02/20/reu…) exposing a major propaganda campaign targeting Russia: "These materials may have been obtained through hacking."

Is this warning applied equally? I doubt it. Image
Quite possible these files were hacked. The group that released it is anonymous and UK gov't has previously claimed a hack. Curious to see this label applied to @TheGrayzoneNews leaks that challenge Western narratives, versus say Intercept leaks on China & Iran that advance them.
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23 Feb
It is crazy how freely "genocide" is used, when the sources are A) US gov't-funded fraudster Adrian Zenz (thegrayzone.com/2021/02/18/us-…) B) Mike Pompeo, citing Zenz.

Credible sources say there's repression, a draconian response to Uyghur militant violence. (thegrayzone.com/2020/12/25/vet…)
Here's @TheIntercept claiming that Xinjiang is "the site of a genocide against Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic groups." According to who, Mike Pompeo? TI would never say this about Gaza, where repression is far worse. Parroting US state propaganda even engulfs the "adversarial."
@ryangrim @jeremyscahill Is TI in the business now of letting Mike Pompeo decide for you what constitutes a "genocide"? This is straight-up propaganda in your pages.
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20 Feb
Reviewing @JobyWarrick's new book on Syria, @gcaw claims that Ake Sellström, who led the UN probe of 2013 Ghouta sarin attack, "proved the Syrian government’s culpability." That would be news to Ake Sellström, who has repeatedly said he could not establish culpability:
Q to Sellström, re: Ghouta rockets: "And are those the sorts of rockets that would be in possession of the Syrian military?"

Sellström: "Yes, but also in possession of others."

Q: "So the rebels could also have them?"

Sellström: "I would think so."
.@gcaw claims that "every reputable source" blames the Syrian gov't for "all" major chemical attacks in Syria. That's also false. The OPCW's own inspectors undermined the Douma allegation -- but had their findings censored, a cover-up he completely omits. thenation.com/article/world/…
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18 Feb
New @PushbackShow: As thousands of Haitians defy repression to protest Jovenel Moise, the Biden admin continues a long US tradition of backing right-wing autocrats and undermining Haiti's popular movements. w/ guest Daoud Andre:
Thank you to @freedomrideblog for making this one happen!
This segment has a lot of info on the current crisis in Haiti, including how the US helped install Moise & his predecessor, and coerce Haiti into betraying Venezuela, its historical ally. This colonial meddling dates back to when Haiti became the hemisphere's first free country.
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15 Feb
1/ I appreciate that @PeterBeinart highlights the murderous impact of US sanctions worldwide. It's a vital issue, and he deserves credit for bringing attention to it. Unfortunately he adopts the imperial mentality underlying the sieges he opposes:
nytimes.com/2021/02/15/opi…
2/ @PeterBeinart says sanctions "might be more defensible — or at least briefer — if they stood a reasonable chance of success" or "married to remotely realistic objectives."

So it's OK to strangle Venezuela and Syria if we could overthrow their leaders? Are we Darth Vader?
3/ In reality, where all people are equal, US has no right to destroy others’ economies and health care systems, no matter how “realistic” the “objectives” are. There’s also something called international law and the UN Charter, which bars the unilateral imposition of sanctions.
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