Commentary To a friend, I was trying to explain what made the Brownstone Institute annual conference and dinner in Miami this past weekend so very special. It was just fantastic that The Epoch Times covered it with a livestream, which is now up and ready to watch. The interviews were great all day but the…
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American elites have constructed an alternate reality where truth is turned inside out: Former President Donald Trump is a Russian spy. COVID vaccines are safe and effective. Hunter Biden’s laptop is disinformation. Jan. 6 was an insurrection. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Churchill, etc. But U.S. elites don’t think they’re lying to you, they believe their…
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American elites have constructed an alternate reality where truth is turned inside out: Former President Donald Trump is a Russian spy. COVID vaccines are safe and effective. Hunter Biden’s laptop is disinformation. Jan. 6 was an insurrection. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Churchill, etc. But U.S. elites don’t think they’re lying to you, they believe their…
Why Does the Ruling Class Lie to Itself?
American elites have constructed an alternate reality where truth is turned inside out: Former President Donald Trump is a Russian spy. COVID vaccines are safe and effective. Hunter Biden’s laptop is disinformation. Jan. 6 was an insurrection. Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Churchill, etc. But U.S. elites don’t think they’re lying to you, they believe their…
College Affiliated With University of Waterloo Confirms Closure of Beijing’s Confucius Institute
A college affiliated with the University of Waterloo confirms its contract with China’s Confucius Institute (CI) ended last year—joining the ranks of other institutions in North America and around the world that are cutting ties with the Beijing-led program. A spokesperson for Renison University College said in an emailed statement on Nov. 18 that there…
Why the Mainstream Media Is Now the Biggest Threat to Democracy
Commentary What is the biggest threat to democracy? Is it technology? No, it’s not. How about the lack of youth in politics or even gender imbalances? No, and no. Maybe the climate crisis? Again, no. Okay, so it has to be voting machines, right? Wrong again. According to a recent poll commissioned by The New…
Journalism in Crisis: The War on Dissent
This article is based on speech by Whitney Webb to the First Annual Children’s Health Defense Conference on October 2022. Introduction and Background For years, the censorship of factual information that is inconvenient to certain powerful actors, including the U.S. Federal Government and Big Pharma, has been steadily increasing as “information warfare” has become an…
The Guilty Pleasure of Twitter Terminations
Commentary There is no English equivalent for Schadenfreude. It means to take guilty pleasure in the suffering of others when it is well deserved. We all know what that is like. We feel like it but don’t indulge it because we are not mean people. We are nice people. And yet, there are times when…
China Seeks to Influence US Politicians Ahead of Midterm Elections: Former Intelligence Officer
Just weeks before the midterm elections, the FBI issued a warning, to some of the Democratic and Republican state party headquarters, of possible attack by Chinese hackers. The hacking might be part of Beijing’s political espionage efforts or to influence the nominees’ positions on China according to Nick Eftimiades, a former senior intelligence officer and author. “And…
Canada Adds to Iran Sanctions, Targeting TV Station, Entities Accused of Torture
Canada is imposing more restrictions on Iranian officials with a focus on entities Ottawa is linking to propaganda and torture. The new sanctions target six people and four entities, including the Fars News Agency, which is believed to be affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Also sanctioned is Iran’s Guardian Council, which blocks electoral…
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