Archives for December 2015

Alex Jones Is ‘No Better Than ISIS’: How The Infowars Host Spreads Fear For Profit

Disseminating misinformation about Muslims is the controversial talk show host’s latest attempt at nurturing a climate of fear that earns big money for Jones and his advertisers.

Alex Jones

AUSTIN, Texas --- Allying himself with figures like Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, infamous talk show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is spreading misinformation about Muslims online and in his weekly radio program. This tactic is Jones’ latest effort to use fear to generate clicks for his popular website and weekly

Vox’s Max Fisher Is Wrong About Seymour Hersh, Explained

Individuals like Fisher should be inspired to dig deeper when Hersh publishes investigative reports, but instead, they publish hammy explainers and demonstrate they are nothing more than ornamented stenographers of power.

Seymour Hersh (novecentino on Flickr)

Published in partnership with Shadow Proof. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh published a report on how the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff deviated from President Barack Obama’s policy on Syria by sharing military intelligence indirectly with Bashar al-Assad’s government. It also indicated the Joint Chiefs dissented against Obama’s

A Call For Proof On Syria Sarin Attack

One reason why Official Washington continues to insist that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “must go” is that he supposedly “gassed his own people” with sarin on Aug. 21, 2013, but the truth of that allegation has never been established and is in growing doubt, U.S. intelligence veterans point out.

MEMORANDUM FOR: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, and Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Lavrov FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Sarin Attack at Ghouta on Aug. 21, 2013 In a Memorandum of Oct. 1, 2013, we asked each of you to make public the intelligence upon which you based your differing conclusions on

Hundreds Of Military Vets Promise To Fight Government If ‘President Trump’ Tries To Deport Muslims

“This is un-American. This isn’t how we do things.”

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If you’re like most of us, you’ve heard about Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s threats to deport Muslim immigrants and force Muslim Americans to wear special ID badges, reminiscent of those worn by Jews in Nazi Germany. How would Trump enforce such executive orders? By using the police and military, of course. But hundred of military

Police Officer That Killed Sixth Grader Tamir Rice Unlikely To Face Charges

“This is apparently how long it takes to engineer denying justice to a family when the video of the incident clearly illustrates probable cause to charge the officer,”

Activist Art McCoy holds a photo of Tamir Rice before a protest march at Cudell Park in Cleveland

Police officers involved in the shooting death of a child in Cleveland are unlikely to be indicted, the lawyer for the victim's family said Sunday. Attorney Subodh Chandra told the Washington Post he had lost faith in the possibility of the officers facing charges in the year since the killing of the child, Tamir Rice, he has lost faith in any

Iran Calls Saudi Arabia To Task Over Promoting Terrorism

Rouhani said a Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing Yemen since March has prompted a humanitarian crisis and greater poverty in Yemen, saying these were among the main causes behind the spread of extremism in the region.

President Rouhani said a Saudi-led coalition that has been bombing Yemen since March has prompted a humanitarian crisis and is main cause behind the spread of extremism in the region. (Photo by: Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx)

TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani accused archrival Saudi Arabia Sunday of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Yemeni rebels and supporting armed rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria. Addressing a conference in Tehran, Rouhani suggested that destroying Syria won't strengthen those