2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2021 | naked capitalism
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FAIR’s Alan MacLeod writes that “as of Friday, July 2, there has been literally zero coverage of it in corporate media; not one word in the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, NBC News, Fox News or NPR.” “A search online for either ‘Assange’ or ‘Thordarson’ will elicit zero relevant articles from establishment sources, either US or elsewhere in the Anglosphere, even in tech-focused platforms like the Verge, Wired or Gizmodo,” MacLeod adds. Key Assange Witness Recants—With Zero Corporate Media Coverage https://t.co/UkidtDocNm “We have not found a single repor...
Mark Ruffalo rightly apologized for accusing Israel of genocide, but leftists on Twitter rushed to condemn him for it.
POLITICO Playbook: Biden’s 7-day sprint Updated Presented by If you want a true sense of Joe Biden’s presidency, you don’t need to go back 100 days. This past week showed us all what a “progressive” White House could really look like. | Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images DRIVING THE DAY You are going to hear a lot this week about President JOE BIDEN’s first 100 days in office — he marks the milestone on Friday. It’s a yardstick that presidencies have been measured by for nearly a century. But if you want a true sense of Biden’s presidency, you don’t need to go back 100 days. Thi...
Tweet House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks as Chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, right, and other members of the Congressional Black Caucus listen, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, after the jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder and manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) There are lots of reasons why Nancy Pelosi is a horrible person, and this might just be at the top of the list. Regardless of what you think about George Floyd or Derek Chauvin and what hap...