(Thread) A new poll shows the world thinks the US is the greatest threat to democracy.

But this Western NGO is aiming to "defend democracy" against China by expanding NATO into the Pacific and by taking greater control over the net at home.

My new study:
mintpressnews.com/alliance-of-de…
Even in key ally states like the UK, Israel and Canada, the public considers the US a much greater threat to democracy than Russia or China.

But the Alliance of Democracies, a US-funded NGO wants to save democracy by uniting like-minded nations.
The AoD's new conference featured such noted democrats as Venezuela's Juan Guaidó, who called for more sanctions and economic warfare against his country.

Meanwhile, war criminals like NATO boss Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Gen. HR McMaster worried that China was the real threat.
The world does not want this version of “democracy” that these tech billionaires, senior politicians and military generals are offering. But, considering their overwhelming power and the lack of an organized opposition to it, we might just get it anyway.

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14 May
This is a call for a massacre.

Please, and I cannot stress this enough, cancel any subscription you have to the New York Times (and tell them why you did it).
Israel only targets civlian infrastructure in Gaza. This whole thing was started off by an unprovoked attack on worshippers at the third holiest mosque in Islam during Ramadan.
Lol, this is how Brett "Bedbug" Stephens describes the police attack.
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11 May
(Thread) Im collecting many of the most egregious media depictions of the Israeli assault on Palestine.

Please add any you've seen too. #PalestinianLivesMatter

1. The @nypost totally reversing who's responsible, claiming Hamas bombed itself with its own, non-existant jets Image
2. @dwnews' tweet implies that the Palestinian kids murdered by Israel were actually fighters themselves. Image
3. The @AP:

Palestinian rockets kill 2 Israelis, but 26 Gazans simply "die" under mysterious circumstances.

Nice switching between active and passive voice.

Also, kudos for leading with 2 Israeli deaths, which suggests they are more important & newsworthy than 26 Palestinians. Image
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7 May
(Thread): My new @MintPressNews report into how Israeli propagandists are trying to push back against the new @hrw report labeling Israel an apartheid state and calling for sanctions, feat. @AsaWinstanley

mintpressnews.com/human-rights-w…
The Israeli government is using an app called Act.IL to organize its supporters into troll armies to challenge its findings.

Act.IL users are active on Facebook, Insta, YouTube, Twitter and all other big platforms.

Below is an app screenshot
I messaged Facebook, YouTube, Quora and other big platforms to ask whether they thought this conduct was legal on their platforms. But none of them replied.
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7 May
(Thread) The woke CIA is back with a whole set of new videos.

1.“Growing up gay in a small Southern town, I always struggled with the idea that I may not be able to discuss my personal life at work. Imagine my surprise when I noticed a rainbow on CIA Director Brennan’s lanyard.”
These are all real and taken from an unlisted CIA YT playlist I was sent.

“Ive been able to inspire not only women to pursue being on the Director’s protective staff but also people who wouldn’t normally consider themselves qualified to be an agent” says a POC mom of two boys.
“I want people with disabilities to know that the agency does hire,” says a blind employee, claiming the CIA’s top goal is to “create a more inclusive environment”.
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1 May
Last winter, the US govt removed the East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) from its terrorist list, claiming they hadn't existed in a decade.

But in 2018, they were at war with them in Afghanistan.

My new investigation into this shadowy group (thread):

mintpressnews.com/us-was-at-war-…
Here's a 2018 video of the NATO commander of Afghanistan detailing how they are at war with ETIM, bombing them in order to reduce terrorism in Xinjiang Province.

But now, official US policy is that they don't exist.

So who are the ETIM?

ETIM hope to start up a Muslim ethnostate in Xinjiang. For years, they were persnally bankrolled by Osama Bin Laden, and its leader, Abdul Haq is on Al-Qaeda's council of elders.

US intel concluded that in 2001, ETIM protected OBL and helped him escape from a US capture attempt.
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Exclusive: my @MintPressNews investigation into the London department training many of the West's spooks and spies, and its connections to supposedly independent intelligence outfit Bellingcat. (Thread)

mintpressnews.com/school-for-spo…
No fewer than 6 Bellingcat contributors all did the same Master's course at the Department of War Studies at King's College, London (KCL).
KCL is known as the training ground for British, US and European intelligence operatives.

“I deeply appreciate the work that you do to train and to educate our future national security leaders, many of whom are in this audience,” ex-CIA boss Leon Panetta said.
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