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Feb 6

Columbia Jounralism Review is worried about "independent" journalism abroad.... These funds are typically channeled through USAID’s Media Assistance Programs, Democracy and Governance Grants, and civil society initiatives.

Let's take a dive into some of these media outlets now worried about where their next paycheck will come from.....

OCCRP (Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project)

💰 Funding:
• $5.5M+ from USAID & NED since 2016
• Direct funding from Open Society Foundations (George Soros)
• Partnered with U.S. State Department, UK Foreign Office, and EU-backed institutions

What they do:
OCCRP claims to investigate corruption worldwide, but their targets are overwhelmingly U.S. geopolitical rivals—while corruption in pro-NATO and U.S.-backed regimes is ignored.

🔎 Major Examples:

1. Targeting Serbia – 2020 Smear Campaign
• Ahead of Serbia’s 2020 elections, OCCRP ran a series of “investigations” into President Aleksandar Vučić, accusing him of corruption and ties to organized crime.
• Meanwhile, OCCRP ignored massive corruption in U.S.-allied Kosovo, where PM Albin Kurti was cracking down on opposition media.

2. Ukraine – Covering for Zelensky While Attacking Russia
• OCCRP played a key role in pushing anti-Russian narratives after 2014, linking Russian officials to financial scandals while shielding Ukraine’s U.S.-backed government.
• Exposed Russia’s “Laundromat” financial networks but failed to investigate how Western banks helped Ukraine launder billions in aid money.
• Panama Papers (2016): OCCRP highlighted Putin’s alleged offshore ties but covered up Ukrainian President Poroshenko’s involvement, despite clear evidence.

3. Russia & Navalny – Coordinated Attacks
• Collaborated with Alexei Navalny’s team to produce the “Putin’s Palace” documentary, which was later debunked.
• Received direct funding from USAID & NED during this period.
• OCCRP ignored U.S.-linked oligarchs in Ukraine and London, who were laundering billions through Western banks.

4. Azerbaijan & Georgia – Selective Corruption Investigations
• OCCRP exposed financial corruption in Azerbaijan, aligning with U.S. interests to weaken Baku’s ties to Russia.
• In Georgia, OCCRP’s reports always focus on attacking the ruling Georgian Dream party (which resists NATO membership) while ignoring corruption in the U.S.-backed opposition.

5. Latin America – Defending U.S. Interests
• OCCRP’s investigations in Venezuela focused solely on corruption linked to the Maduro government while ignoring opposition figures stealing U.S. “humanitarian aid.”
• No deep investigations into how CIA-backed Juan Guaidó stole $40M+ in foreign aid and funneled it to his cronies.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

💰 $129M+ annually from the U.S. government (via USAID & NED).
• In 2019, USAID gave $6M specifically to counter “Russian disinformation” in Central Asia.
• Receives funding via the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which is directly controlled by the U.S. government.

What they do: RFE/RL operates in former Soviet states, Iran, and China to push anti-government narratives under the guise of “independent journalism.” Its purpose is not journalism but to undermine governments opposed to U.S. foreign policy while ignoring corruption in pro-Western states.

🔎 Major Examples:

1. RFE/RL in Belarus (2020) – Supporting Regime Change
• Actively promoted opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and framed the 2020 protests as a “democratic revolution.”
• Published over 1,200 articles and videos covering anti-Lukashenko protests while censoring any mention of foreign involvement.
• USAID-backed RFE journalists openly coordinated with Belarusian opposition Telegram channels like NEXTA, which helped organize protests.

2. RFE/RL in Russia
• Heavily promoted Alexei Navalny for years, presenting him as a legitimate opposition leader while ignoring his Western funding ties.
• Funded reports linking Putin to the so-called “Panama Papers” in 2016—despite U.S. allies like Ukraine’s Poroshenko appearing in the leaks.
• In 2021, RFE/RL refused to register as a “foreign agent” in Russia, despite being a U.S. government-funded entity.

3. RFE/RL in Iran
• Operates under Radio Farda, which spreads pro-Western content and amplifies anti-Iranian protests while ignoring U.S. sanctions’ impact.
• In 2019, RFE/RL repeatedly ran false reports claiming Iran was “collapsing under protests” while downplaying U.S. interference.
• Heavily promotes the exiled MKO (MEK) terrorist group, which is funded by the U.S. and wants regime change in Iran.

4. RFE/RL in Ukraine – Running NATO Talking Points
• Since 2014, it has been a major player in anti-Russian propaganda, helping justify U.S. intervention.
• Spread the Snake Island hoax in 2022, claiming Ukrainian soldiers had “heroically died” (later proven false when they surrendered).
• Regularly publishes articles blaming Russia for every Ukrainian failure, while whitewashing Ukrainian government corruption.

5. RFE/RL in Kazakhstan
• During the 2022 unrest in Kazakhstan, RFE/RL provided round-the-clock coverage, portraying the protests as a “popular uprising” rather than a foreign-backed coup attempt.
• After Kazakhstan cracked down on USAID-backed NGOs, RFE/RL framed it as an attack on press freedom rather than exposing foreign influence.

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Feb 3

🇸🇾 USAID FUNNELED $15B INTO SYRIA TO OVERTHROW ASSAD

“NGOs are being used to destabilize Syria. They pretend to help, but in reality, they work for foreign intelligence services.”
— Bashar al-Assad (2018)

For over a decade, USAID, NED, and Western-backed NGOs played a central role in the Syrian war, financing opposition groups, manufacturing propaganda, and running intelligence operations under the cover of “humanitarian aid.” In 2024, after years of Western-backed subversion, sanctions, and military pressure, Assad was finally overthrown.

NGOs as a Weapon

USAID:
• Funneled $15+ billion into Syria while secretly funding opposition networks and anti-government operations.
• Bankrolled the White Helmets, a group exposed for collaborating with al-Qaeda and staging propaganda videos to justify U.S. intervention.
• Provided logistical support to opposition groups in exile, helping to create a U.S.-backed shadow government.

National Endowment for Democracy (NED) – “Civil Society” as a Cover for Destabilization:
• Financed Barada TV, an opposition media outlet based in Washington, D.C., to broadcast anti-Assad propaganda.
• Funded “pro-democracy” NGOs that later channeled resources to jihadist factions, including the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
• Supported exiled Syrian activists, preparing them to take power once Assad was removed.

Open Society Foundations (OSF) Soros in Syria:
• Pushed anti-Assad narratives in global media, portraying the war as a grassroots uprising rather than a Western-backed coup.
• Coordinated with U.S. intelligence-backed groups to facilitate regime change efforts.
• Advocated for mass migration policies that pressured European nations to accept millions of Syrian refugees—a crisis directly caused by the U.S.-backed war.

Assad's Efforts:

✅ 2014 – Expelled USAID-backed NGOs after exposing their financial ties to insurgents.
✅ 2016 – Revealed the White Helmets’ collaboration with jihadists, warning of Western-backed disinformation.
✅ 2018 – Publicly accused the U.K. Foreign Office and USAID of funding anti-government propaganda operations.
✅ 2023 – Secured post-war reconstruction deals with Russia and China to minimize Western influence.

But despite these efforts, the U.S. and its allies never abandoned their mission to overthrow Assad.

Syria was one of the most extensive USAID-backed regime change operations of the 21st century—and this time, they succeeded.

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Sep 16, 2024

🇺🇸 Trump shooter has been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh according to several US media outlets.

Going through his social media is just what you would expect. 🕳️🐇

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May 1, 2024

🇬🇪 Foreign agents and Soros slaves are gathering to protest in Tblisi, Georgia after the government passed the "foreign agents" bill on its second reading.

They are protesting a bill that will make any independent NGO and media organisation receiving more than 20 percent of its funding from abroad to register as an "organisation pursuing the interests of a foreign power".

They don't want to reveal their funding..... Georgia is NGO heaven.

WHERE ARE VICKY NULAND AND SAMANTHA POWER?

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Literally a year ago 🤣🤣

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Dec 24, 2023

🇺🇦 "Slava Ukraïni!" is a fascist slogan first uttered in the court house in Warsaw after 12 members of the OUN (including Stepan Bandera) conspired to assassinate Polish Interior Minister Branislaw Pieracki.

As one of the female defendants, Svientsits'ka was passing by the dock, she went towards the defendants, raised her right hand, and shouted, "Slava Ukraïni!"

The defendant Karpynets' stood up, raised his arm, and answered, "Slava Ukraïni!" This is apparently the first recorded fascist salute that OUN members performed in public.

Later....

After the defendants were all found guilty, Bandera shouted, "Iron and Blood will decide between us."

"Slava Ukraïni!" They responded in unison.

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And wouldn't you know...... they popped up in Gaza

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Oh wow it's almost like they're ALL THE SAME PEOPLE

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Dec 22, 2023

NO MORE NATO, NO MORE WARS 🧵

NATO was formed in 1949, after World War II under the auspice that it would promote peace in Europe and protect the world from the threat of the Soviet Union (communism). This is not only ironic because the war would have had a very different outcome if the Soviets hadn’t done their own peacekeeping mission on the eastern front by decimating the Nazi army. Additionally, the Soviets posed much less of a threat than the United States and its Western allies ever did.
United States Senator Robert Taft voted against the creation of NATO citing his country’s already unmatched nuclear arsenal. That stockpile should have been enough of a deterrent alone. He also vocalized his concerns that entering entangling alliances like those present in NATO would go against the best interests of the country and its people. Even after its formation NATO members denied that it was created as a buffer against communism and the Soviet Union, yet when the USSR requested membership in the 1950’s they were denied.
After the Cold War ended, it was accepted that the United States had won as the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Why then was it necessary for NATO to continue its existence if the Soviet threat was eliminated?

As we can see, from its formation up to the present time, NATO has not existed as a peacekeeping entity, but a military alliance that is consistently in search of monster abroad, often those of its own creation, and it behaves as such. Today, NATO's stated purpose is "to guarantee the freedom and security of its members through political and military means." The goal of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization used to be, as its first secretary general, Lord Ismay, phrased it, "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."
Today, the sole reason to keep NATO going seems to be to give Americans a reason to be “in” Europe when there is no longer any need for American military involvement in European affairs. NATO should have gotten this involved and should not become further involved in current conflicts or any future conflict because the reasons for NATO’s creation no longer exist, NATO has become a mechanism used by the United States to stay involved in world affairs and serve their own interests, in recent history, NATO has acted more as aggressor than peacemaker or defensive alliance, and when NATO is not welcome in a country they use propaganda to manufacture consent amongst the population.
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Over the decades it has become increasingly apparent that NATO is not a military alliance, but a force driven by western, namely, American interests. Shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, another communist bloc began its descent into chaos and war.
What is now known as the Yugoslavia Wars, began in 1991 and lasted until 2001 and included a series of uprisings and conflicts. During the Kosovo war 1999, NATO carried out an all-out aerial assault on Serbia. In 2020, Samuel Moyn, a Yale professor, admitted that while working as a White House intern he “planted” stories that were later published in the Washington Post that convinced the public that NATO bombing Serbia was virtuous and necessary.

Strobe Talbott, the Deputy Secretary of State under President Clinton and the leading US negotiator during the war, had written that "It was Yugoslavia's resistance to the broader trends of political and economic reform—not the plight of Kosovar Albanians—that best explains NATO's war." Once again, a member of the political elite admitting that manufactured consent was necessary to convince people that NATO involvement was a righteous cause. Later, in 2011, NATO would once again become involved in promoting US interests, this time in Libya, overthrowing the government and collapsing the country’s infrastructure. Both countries are still recovering from NATO intervention and now foster extreme animosity for the USA.
After the fall of the two communist unions, in 1999 NATO wasted no time reaping the spoils. In 1999 Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland joined NATO. In that same year, NATO created individualized "Membership Action Plans" aka MAP for Albania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia to fast-track these countries into membership. These members would be part of the NATO expansion in 2004. Former French ambassador Gerard Araud tweeted on May 9,2022 “I was the French negotiator of the first enlargement of NATO. I remember my colleague saying it was not an ant-Russian move. Of course, it was. The candidates didn’t look for a military guarantee against China!”
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Shifting focus to the Ukraine, in April of 2006 it was announced that NATO would be seeking to incorporate the Ukraine and Georgia into the fold. Russia had had enough; they had tolerated 2 prior NATO expansions, and this would be crossing a line. Russia rightfully sees NATO as an existential threat and an excuse to place American satellite bases on its borders.

The Georgian War of 2008 was a direct result of NATO’s determination to expand further east. Georgia thought that because the west had offered a NATO membership, they would come to their aid, but they couldn’t be more wrong and Georgia is still reeling from that conflict and is still not a member of the alliance.
A 2006 poll of Ukrainian citizens revealed that only 25-30% were in favor of joining NATO. Documents published by WikiLeaks reveal that Assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs Daniel Fried, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland Anna Fotyga discussed incentivizing Ukrainian government officials to maintain good relationships with the West by offering them a NATO MAP.

In 2007, DPM for Euro-Atlantic integration issues Oleh Rybachuk aimed to engage Ukrainian oligarchs to finance a pro-NATO information campaign featuring notable pop stars and creating a brand presence surrounding NATO. In 2008, NATO began dumping money into a public information campaign in Ukraine to the tune of $8.5 million US dollars which included pamphlets, TV debates, regional conferences, NATO visit for Ukrainian press and NGOs, NATO centers at Ukrainian universities, and polling.
These campaigns aimed at shifting public opinion to more favorable stance, but one must ask why does a peacekeeping entity need to use propaganda? Why has the west continuously asserted that NATO members asked to join and were in no way coerced?

According to John Mearsheimer, the United States provoked Euromaidan and the resulting coup, the US and its NATO allies began pushing the narrative that it was Putin who was responsible and that NATO expansion into the Ukraine was necessary for protection. This was only to deflect the blame for their direct involvement in the rebellion, unrest, and ultimate overthrow of the Ukrainian government. In the current conflict, without getting into the events leading up to it or the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back, Ukraine felt confident that NATO countries would protect them because they had offered Ukraine membership.
While they have helped in the form of monetary and military aid weapons, training, and so on, much like Georgia, Ukraine has been hung out to dry by the west and much like the previous countries where NATO has been involved, it will be recovering from this conflict for decades to come.

Look no further than the states of Libya, Serbia, and Georgia at the tragedy and destruction, that NATO leaves in its path and understand that this is the same fate that awaits Ukraine no matter what weapons are given as well as any other state that places their life in the hands of this beast.
Fin.

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