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Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews. I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.
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Feb 29 4 tweets 2 min read
The IDF just committed one of the worst massacres in modern history. But if you rely on US media, you wouldn't even know that from their headlines.


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New investigation from me:

Alexey Navalny's death in a Russian prison dominated headlines for days. But US media barely covered the death of a US journalist in a Ukrainian prison last month.

Read more about its selective outrage here:

mintpressnews.com/worthy-vs-unwo…
Nov 9, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
[Thread] Across the world, activists have been organizing demonstrations at major train stations calling for an end to Israeli 🇮🇱 violence in Gaza 🇵🇸.

1) Across London 🇬🇧, activists have shut down many stations, including Liverpool St. ⤵️

2) Hundreds of activists gather in Toronto 🇨🇦 to demand an immediate ceasefire.

Oct 28, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
[Thread] For the third weekend in a row, cities across Europe 🇪🇺 have seen massive demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸

1) London: A wall of humanity marches through the city center. Some estimates say 500,000 people are there.

2) Hundreds of thousands of people in Istanbul 🇹🇷 create an ocean of red at their Great Palestine Rally.

Oct 24, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
Incredible scenes as @Lowkey0nline owns @PiersMorgan so hard that they end the interview early.

Lowkey tells Piers his previous guests, Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and CIA chief David Petraeus "deserve to be in The Hague and tried for war crimes."

"This badge was given to me by an employee of this building who said they were told they could not wear it because it was the Palestinian flag. You talk about 'uncensored'. This is censored!" - @Lowkey0nline
Oct 22, 2023 11 tweets 3 min read
[Thread] As the Israeli attacks intensify, Europe has seen a massive, unprecedented wave of protests this weekend condemning the violence and showing solidarity with Palestine.

1) France 🇫🇷: Thousands of Parisians defy President Macron's ban to protest.
2) Absolutely massive demonstration in London 🇬🇧 on Saturday saw over 100,000 people march to Downing Street, demanding their government stop supporting Israeli war crimes.

Oct 17, 2023 8 tweets 3 min read
[Video Thread] In response to the Israeli attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza earlier today, huge, spontaneous demonstrations have broken out across the Middle East tonight.

Let's go through them:

1) In Iran 🇮🇷, crowds have gathered in Palestine Square. 2) In Jordan 🇯🇴, protestors have surrounded the Israeli Embassy and set it on fire.

Oct 16, 2023 4 tweets 2 min read
Breaking: Israeli strike destroys a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) depot in central Gaza, incinerating what few crucial supplies the densely populated strip had left.

Another shocking war crime to add to the pile. More footage of the wreckage:

Oct 16, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
[Thread] Massive pro-Palestine demonstrations took place across Europe this weekend, even as governments across the continent rushed to have public opposition to Israel's attack banned.

1) Thousands march in Madrid 🇪🇸

A giant demo fills Dam Square in Amsterdam 🇳🇱

Oct 15, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
Colombia is considering breaking relations with Israel. “We don’t support genocides” says President Gustavo Petro.

This strikes a nerve because, for decades, Israel played a central role in facilitating a genocide against the Colombian people.

[Thread] Far-right, government-linked Colombian paramilitaries are thought to have killed tens of thousands of people, and forced millions more from their homes.

The most notorious of these groups was the AUC, whose leader, Carlos Castaño, went to Israel to be trained in terror tactics
Oct 15, 2023 9 tweets 3 min read
[Thread] Massive pro-Palestine demonstrations across the United States.

The media isn't giving them enough attention, so here is a roundup:

1) Chicago: 15,000 protestors shut down the streets.

New York City: Over ten thousand people attend a Palestine solidarity march.

Oct 14, 2023 8 tweets 2 min read
[Thread] Gigantic demonstrations across Britain in support of Palestine today.

1) London

Gigantic crowds march through central Liverpool today:

Oct 7, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
[Thread] Huge demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine are happening right now across the Muslim world

1. Istanbul, Turkey. 🇹🇷🇵🇸 Absolutely extraordinary scenes from Sana'a, Yemen 🇾🇪 today:
Feb 21, 2023 14 tweets 6 min read
When they do it vs. when we do it. ImageImage When they do it vs. when we do it. ImageImage
Feb 15, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
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An investigation into the 20 most influential US news outlets found that virtually all of them have completely ignored a star journalist’s bombshell report claiming the Biden admin blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.

Read my newest investigation:
mintpressnews.com/media-ignore-s… 1 week ago, Seymour Hersh published a report claiming US Navy divers placed explosive charges on the Baltic gas pipeline, engaging in what the Biden admin admitted was "an act of war" against Germany- one of the USA's closest allies.

seymourhersh.substack.com/p/how-america-…
Jan 24, 2023 13 tweets 4 min read
Washington Post headlines, but they get increasingly more insane. (Thread) Image "Too much democracy" Image
Dec 21, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
The #TwitterFiles have laid bare how Twitter actively worked with the US military to spread propaganda from US gov-run bot accounts.

But Twitter's relationship with the US national security state goes much further.

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mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring… Earlier this year, I reported on how Twitter has been actively recruiting dozens from the ranks of the FBI, CIA and NATO for top jobs in highly sensitive fields like trust & safety, security and content moderation.

mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring…
Dec 16, 2022 10 tweets 3 min read
[Thread]

The “Israeli spy” who “infiltrated” MintPress News.

My new investigation into the curious case of Catherine Perez-Shakdam.

mintpressnews.com/catherine-shak… Catherine Perez-Shakdam worked for @MintPressNews between 2014 and 2017. But many, including MintPress management, now believe her to be an Israeli intelligence plant. Find out why.
Dec 2, 2022 4 tweets 2 min read
Imagine being so drenched in ideology that you think this is a feel good story. Image One of my most read articles at @FAIRmediawatch was on this very subject.

"Media Just Can’t Stop Presenting Horrifying Stories as ‘Uplifting’ Perseverance Porn"

fair.org/home/media-jus…
Nov 19, 2022 7 tweets 3 min read
[Thread]

Since Elon Musk is center of attention right now, it's important to know that he is not (as he portrays himself) some radical outsider, but a crucial part of the US surveillance and national security states.

My investigation here:

mintpressnews.com/elon-musk-not-… From almost day 1 of SpaceX, Musk was a protégé the CIA, & in particular, CIA exec Mike Griffin.

Griffin mentored him, & when SpaceX was going broke, he argued for him at the CIA + NASA, saying he was the new “Henry Ford” of the rocket industry, securing huge contracts for Musk
Nov 18, 2022 11 tweets 4 min read
[Thread]

Call of Duty is a military/government psyop.

Military documents show how the Dept of Defense works closely with COD producers to make them more "credible advocates" for the US war machine.

mintpressnews.com/call-of-duty-i… A number of key Activision Blizzard staff came straight from the national security state.

e.g. Chief Admin Officer Brian Bulatao, was 3rd in command of the CIA until 2018. Image
Oct 31, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
[Thread]

Hundreds of former agents of a notorious Israeli spying organization are now working in key positions at the world’s biggest tech/comms corporations, including Google, Facebook and Microsoft.

My new investigation for @MintPressNews:

mintpressnews.com/revealed-forme… That organization is IDF intelligence regiment, Unit 8200, infamous for creating a surveillance state over Palestinians, using big data to amass info on their sexual and medical histories for the purpose of blackmail and extortion.