Ask an anti-imperialist what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about real things like Yemen, Venezuela, Soleimani, Assange, the JCPOA, and the new cold war. Ask a Democrat what's the worst thing Trump did and they'll talk about pretend nonsense like Russian collusion and insurrection.
The US government is doing literally hundreds of things right now as you read this that are more harmful and concerning than a pretend "insurrection" that never at any time had a higher than zero percent chance of succeeding, but that's the issue liberals have been shrieking about for the last two and a half years.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Democrats Don't Care About Trump's Real Crimes

The reason the mass media have been bleating the word "unprovoked" in unison with regard to this war is because the mass media are propaganda organs of the US empire. Their repetition of this war propaganda slogan exploits a glitch in human cognition known as the illusory truth effect, which makes it difficult for our minds to tell the difference between the experience of hearing something many times and the experience of hearing something that's true. Just repeatedly inserting the word "unprovoked" into Ukraine war commentary across the board causes people to assume it must have been launched without provocation, because the illusory truth effect can circumvent reason and logic to insert a narrative into the collective consciousness of our civilization.

Reading by Tim Foley.

The Illusory Truth Effect And The "Unprovoked" Invasion Of Ukraine

We talk about US presidents all the time - Obama did this, Trump did that, blah blah blah. But really it's never the president doing those things, it's the empire. The president is just the face of the operation, the name they put on the door that they change every few years to create the illusion that the US government is responsive to the will of the electorate.

Reading by Tim Foley.

It's Never About The US President, It's About The US Empire

Citing a recent McCarthyite smear piece by The New York Times, Senator Marco Rubio published a letter on Wednesday that he'd sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for the investigation of American leftist antiwar groups, claiming they are "tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and operating with impunity in the United States."

Reading by Tim Foley.

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists

If people really understood just how much suffering and destruction is unleashed by US foreign policy, they'd stop making such a big deal about the minor differences between two political parties who always come together to support the most destructive US foreign policy decisions.

The human suffering caused by the minor differences in domestic policy between Democrats and Republicans is dwarfed by the suffering caused by foreign policy bipartisanship by orders of magnitude. The ways they are the same are vastly more significant than the ways in which they differ.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Their Similarities Matter More Than Their Differences

The 2024 presidential election will be THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF ALL TIME, because if Americans don't make the correct choice between the two candidates something terrible might happen to their country. The US might even turn into an abusive totalitarian dystopia where everyone's mind is controlled by propaganda engineered to shape them into unthinking gear-turners for a globe-spanning empire.

Reading by Tim Foley.

THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION OF ALL TIME

It really is nuts how there's now talk of Julian Assange being offered a "plea bargain" for rightly exposing US war crimes. What's he meant to plead guilty to? Good journalism?

Reading by Tim Foley.

An Assange Plea Deal? For What Crime?

US Secretary of State Tony Blinken tweeted in celebration of Pakistan's preparations for "free and fair elections" on Wednesday, a week after it was revealed that the US pressured Pakistan to oust its popular democratically elected prime minister Imran Khan last year.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Rename The Secretary Of State The Secretary Of Hypocrisy

Basically the problem is that our whole planet has been gamified. All the Earth's life, resources and geography have been folded into this sick game where people commodify them into points called money, for no other reason than to score as many points as possible.

Reading by Tim Foley.

De-Gamify The Earth

Western officials have been spending the last few weeks whining to the media that Ukraine's inability to gain ground is due to an irrational aversion to being killed. They've been decrying Ukrainian cowardice to the press under cover of anonymity, from behind the safety of their office desks.

Reading by Tim Foley.

Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards

Most mainstream western reporting on Chinese military activity essentially amounts to "OMG you guys China isn't just passively sitting there while we militarily encircle it and prepare to attack it!"

Reading by Tim Foley.

Evil, Scary China Refuses To Passively Let Us Encircle It

Readings of all Caitlin Johnstone's articles, usually by her co-writer Tim Foley.

Their Similarities Matter More Than Their Differences

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