the russians in the days of the ussr knew that there was no truth to be found in the national newspaper: pravda, which means truth in russian. americans are coming to realize that there's no truth in 'our free press' and the show now going on in the district of corruption certainly makes that clear. the point is in case i ain't being clear is: is this the sort of actions you'd expect to find from an empire that tells everyone about its fair, open and honest elections of popular government, and assaults those countries who act as this one is now doing;

Downtown Washington, DC is currently under what essentially amounts to military occupation. Streets are locked down, guarded by Army vehicles and blocked off by huge, garish checkpoints. Vehicular traffic is limited to motorists who can show papers demonstrating that, as one Guardsman told me, they are conducting “legitimate business.” (Apparently this includes Uber drivers and food delivery workers.)According to official estimates, 25,000 military personnel are now deployed to the area — on top of countless federal, state, and local law enforcement agents. Troops roam around carrying rifles with no ammo loaded. If you can manage to navigate on foot to the perimeter of the National Mall, you encounter an enormous fencing apparatus, complete with barbed wire..........read more........