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"The mass slaughter in Srebrenica, for example, is certainly a horror story and major crime, but to call it 'genocide' so cheapens the word."

Noam Chomsky on the Srebrenica Massacre, which left 8,000+ Bosniak Muslims dead.
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"Russia is fighting more humanely than the US did in Iraq."

Noam Chomsky on the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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"The US is living under a totalitarian culture much worse than Soviet Union."

Noam Chomsky on press freedoms in Russia as Russian demonstrators were being arrested for opposing the invasion of Ukraine.
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"What filters through to the American public is a seriously distorted version of the evidence available, emphasizing alleged Khmer Rouge atrocities..."

Noam Chomsky on refugee accounts of genocide by Pol Pot's regime, which wiped out 25% of Cambodia's population.
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“You can hardly accuse Iran of illegal or criminal behavior by supporting the [UN] recognized government of [Syria]."

Chomsky on Iranian involvement in the Assad regime mass-murder of 500,000+ Syrians.
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May 20
US government official accusing Romania, a NATO ally, of having "statistically unlikely, if not impossible" election results, with quite literally no evidence, because his preferred pro-Russia candidate lost. Image
His citation is an "article" written by a disinformation account. Image
This is the "analysis" of statistical impossibility in question, which omits the fact that Romania has a multiparty system and that it is completely normal for voters to unify in a second round, especially against extremist candidates. Image
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Mar 6
TRUMP: "We have an interesting deal with Japan, that we have to protect them, but they don't have to protect us.... who makes these deals?"

The United States! After we literally wrote in a pacifist clause into the Japanese Constitution and neutered their military!
Someone close to Trump is now railing against the US-Japan Security Treaty.

The security treaty guarantees the US basing rights for tens of thousands of our troops on China, DPRK, and Russia's doorstep.

This is beyond the pale. I can't imagine this won't make Tokyo panic.
Also notice his quip about Japan making a "fortune" off the US. Trump's obsession with a trade deficit with Japan dates back to the 1980s.

I write why it's so dangerous here:
thehill.com/opinion/white-…
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Feb 11
Tonight, the Senate votes on Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to become Director of National Intelligence.

Here's a quick thread recap of who exactly Tulsi is. Image
In November, after Tulsi's nomination was publicized, Russian state media immediately began loudly lobbying in her favor. Image
Several former aides spoke out with concerns about Tulsi regularly reading and sharing articles from RT (Russia Today), even after being advised it was unreliable.

ABC obtained a memo from Gabbard to her staffers which lamented the United States' 'hostility toward Putin."" Image
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Feb 3
JUST-RELEASED: In further written questioning, Sen. Warner asks Tulsi if she was aware that the foundation that paid $20000 for her trip to Italy is chaired by Pierre Louvrier, a Russian oligarch-connected businessman.

Tulsi says she doesn't recall.

Warner follows up by saying Louvrier's assets in Russia are literally on his Wikipedia page.

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Sen. Heinrich confronts Tulsi for lying to him in the public hearing that she was unaware that the pro-Assad Grand Mufti in Syria she met in 2017 had threatened to unleash suicide bombers on the US.

Tulsi says she doesn't recall. Image
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Sen. Gillibrand confronts Tulsi over her comments calling Japan's efforts to enhance its defense infrastructure "escalatory" (Japan is a key American military and intelligence partner).

Tulsi refuses to answer. Image
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Jan 30
LANKFORD: Was Edward Snowden a traitor?

Gabbard doesn’t answer the question.

LANKFORD: Was he a traitor the time that he took America’s secrets, released them in public, and then ran to China and became a Russian citizen?

Gabbard doesn’t answer the question, again. Image
BENNET: Was Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America?

Gabbard refuses to answer the question for a third time.

Bennet asks again.

Gabbard refuses to answer the question for a fourth time. Image
BENNET (Shouting): Is Edward Snowden a traitor to the United States of America?! That is not a hard question to answer when the stakes are this high!

Gabbard refuses to answer the question for a fifth time. Image
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Jan 28
JUST NOW: Shortly after Tulsi's 2017 Assad tryst, the US intercepted a call between two Hezbollah members discussing her visit to Syria.

The Hezbollah members say Tulsi met "the big guy," which some US intel officials assume is a senior Hezbollah official.

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Remember when Tulsi went on a public rampage over temporarily being placed on the TSA Quiet Skies list?

It was because she went on a trip to the Vatican in 2024 organized by a businessman on a watch list maintained by the FBI Terrorist Screening Center. Image
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The businessman who organized Tulsi's meeting in the Vatican is an investor in... you guessed it... Russia!

He was once pictured with Igor Girkin, a former Russian intelligence officer who helped Moscow annex Crimea. Image
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