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Merry Christmas, America! Let’s Remember the Children that Live in Fear of Our Killer Drones.

theintercept.com - The movie “Love Actually” has some good advice: At Christmas, you tell the truth. It’s the perfect day to be honest about what you’ve done in the past year, what that says about who you are, and what…

U.S. Cybercom contemplates information warfare to counter Russian interference in 2020 election

washingtonpost.com - Gen. Paul Nakasone, then a lieutenant general, at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) By Ellen Nakashima close Ellen Nakashima National security reporter Email…

The Christmas Eve Confessions of Chuck Todd - PressThink

pressthink.org - ‘Round midnight on Christmas eve, Rolling Stone posted a short interview with Chuck Todd, host of “the longest running show on television,” NBC’s Meet the Press. Its contents were explosive, embarras…

In aftermath of Ukraine crisis, a climate of mistrust and threats

washingtonpost.com - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump in their only meeting so far, at the United Nations in New York on Sept. 25. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) By Greg Miller and close Greg Mill…

Australia fires: rain offers little respite as out-of-control bushfires continue to burn

theguardian.com - Rainfall over parts of eastern Australia during the Christmas break did little to extinguish some of the country’s major bushfires, ahead of worsening conditions and a heatwave due to arrive in the c…

Sen. Lisa Murkowski ‘disturbed’ by McConnell’s vow of ‘total coordination’ with White House over impeachment

washingtonpost.com - Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) speaks to journalists on Oct. 5, 2018. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) By Katie Mettler and close Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Ema…

Revealing the Real Threats and the Manufactured Ones: The Intercept’s 2019 National Security Coverage

theintercept.com - Wait! Before you go on about your day, ask yourself: How likely is it that the story you just read would have been produced by a different news outlet if The Intercept hadn’t done it? Consider what t…

Michael Pento: Farewell Paul Volcker Hello Monetary Madness - DollarCollapse.com

dollarcollapse.com - God bless Paul Volcker. He was truly a one of a kind central banker, and we probably won’t see another one like him ever again. It took his extreme bravery to crush the inflation caused by the moneta…

Anti-Putin activist Ruslan Shaveddinov 'forcibly conscripted' and sent to Arctic

theguardian.com - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has said that one of his allies had been forcibly conscripted and sent to serve at a remote Arctic base, in a move his supporters said amounted to kidnapping.…

An Iranian Activist Wrote Dozens of Articles for Right-Wing Outlets. But Is He a Real Person?

theintercept.com - In 2018, President Donald Trump was seeking to jettison the landmark nuclear deal that his predecessor had signed with Iran in 2015, and he was looking for ways to win over a skeptical press. The Whi…

A New Era of Cyberwar: Wired's Andy Greenberg on the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers | Gaslit Nation on Patreon

patreon.com - It's the holidays! That means it's time to light the fire, pour yourself some eggnog, and crack open a riveting real-life thriller like the latest book by Andy Greenberg of WIRED -- Sandworm: A New E…

The Collapse of Civilization May Have Already Begun

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Firefighters in Australia Say Situation 'Out of Control' as Prime Minister Denies Request for Emergency Aid

commondreams.org - The ring of bushfires raging around Australia is "out of control," firefighters said Monday night, and the country's government appears unwilling—or unable—to take action to assist those battling the…

Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change

smh.com.au - They are all gone and it was all for nothing. The paddocks are bare, the dams dry, the grass crispy and brown. The whole region has been completely destocked and is devoid of life. For 22 years, I ha…

Why Winning a War for Capitalism Is Losing One to Fascism

eand.co - As the world commemorates World War I — even while, strangely, ironically, terribly, the nationalist, extremist sentiments that sparked World War II sweep the globe again — it’s worth, I think, remem…

What the NYT Doesn't Understand About Russia's Economy Under Putin - CounterPunch.org

counterpunch.org - That is the inevitable conclusion for readers of a NYT article on Putin and Russia that had the headline, “Russia is a mess. Why is Putin such a formidable enemy.” While the article notes the recent …

No One Likes Private Health Insurance.

medium.com - There’s no denying that the healthcare system in the United States has been at the forefront of national discourse in the midst of the democratic presidential primaries. Of course, largely due to the…

An In-Depth Analysis of the Greatest Christmas Song of All Time

theroot.com - When the Temptations released Give Love at Christmas in 1980, they had already cemented their position as one of the greatest musical groups of all time. Now, I know that some Caucasian baby boomer w…

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