npr, which i refer to as nancy pelosi radio, was once, forty years ago, somewhat independent but these days i can barely stand to hear it when it speaks about the 'news';

American liberals are in an uproar over Twitter’s recent labeling of National Public Radio as “US state-affiliated media”, a designation typically reserved for state media from governments the US is trying to topple like Russia’s RT, China’s CGTN, and Iran’s Press TV.

In an article titled “Twitter labels NPR’s account as ‘state-affiliated media,’ which is untrue,” NPR’s Bill Chappell attempts to argue that his outlet does not deserve to have the same labels affixed to it as state media from naughty governments like Russia and China:

“Noting the millions of listeners who support and rely upon NPR for ‘independent, fact-based journalism,’ NPR CEO John Lansing stated, ‘NPR stands for freedom of speech and holding the powerful accountable. It is unacceptable for Twitter to label us this way. A vigorous, vibrant free press is essential to the health of our democracy.'”

It is an interesting choice to spotlight NPR’s CEO John Lansing while trying to argue that NPR is not state-affiliated, given that Lansing spent his pre-NPR years as the CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). USAGM is the US government narrative management umbrella which runs overt US state propaganda outlets like Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and Voice of America.

In a 1977 article titled “Worldwide Propaganda Network Built by the C.I.A.,” The New York Times explicitly names Radio Liberty, Radio Free Europe, and Radio Free Asia as part of the network constructed by the Central Intelligence Agency to circulate  propaganda. As Fair.org’s Bryce Greene recently noted, USAGM received $810 million in US federal funding in 2022, which is more than twice the amount RT received from Russia for its global operations in 2021..........more............

 rfk jr running for pres will provide lots of speculation on when he becomes the next target but in the meantime we'll at least have a bit of intelligence featured as we will if desantis speaks as well;

"China has displaced the American Empire by deftly projecting, instead, economic power," Kennedy continued.

"Over the past decade, our country has spent trillions bombing roads, ports, bridges, and airports. China spent the equivalent building the same across the developing world."

Kennedy ominously added that "The Ukraine war is the final collapse of the Neocon's short-lived 'American Century',"

"The Neocon projects in Iraq and Ukraine have cost $8.1 trillion, hollowed out our middle class, made a laughingstock of U.S. military power and moral authority, pushed China and Russia into an invincible alliance, destroyed the dollar as the global currency, cost millions of lives and done nothing to advance democracy or win friendships or influence," he concluded.

Kennedy is absolutely correct.

His point was further underlined last month when Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador went off on the U.S. State Department for accusing Mexico of "human rights abuses" when the Biden regime is working to imprison former President Donald Trump, extradite Julian Assange and bombed the Nord Stream pipelines.........more.......

 if guns choose to kill, then pencils choose to make errors, and then we're not responsible for any thing,  but guns don't have a means of motivation anymore than pencils;

From politicians to special interest groups to private citizens who share the same anti-gun, anti-2nd Amendment sentiment, the responses have been reduced to redundant, recycled talking points.

• Enough is enough

• Ban assault weapons

• Who needs weapons of war?

• We need gun violence prevention legislation to keep or children safe.

‘Assault weapons”? There is no legal definition of ‘assault weapon.’ At best, it’s a poor attempt at fear via semantics. In fact, such weapons so referenced are only guilty of objectionable cosmetics having one or more: black color, flash suppressor, magazine capacity, pistol grip, folding stock and the dreaded bayonet lug due to the rash of drive-by bayonetings so prevalent in America today. Operationally, they are no different than the millions of semi-automatic hunting and target rifles languishing peacefully in millions of homes where, on a daily basis, they kill no one.

As previously noted, gun legislation that will "keep our children safe" is a lie within a lie. Federal and State laws regulating firearms number in the thousands. Banning ‘assault weapons’ to ‘keep our children safe’ is a cruel lie told by liberal politicians to uninformed parents.  Nevertheless, hysterical ‘elected officials’ and their ilk continue with lies and hysterical tirades whenever a tragic opportunity makes headlines. And then the news cycle moves on leaving frustration, anger, sorrow, and even more ignorance in its wake.

In fact, no legislation is capable of keeping children, women, the elderly or anyone “safe.” No legislation is capable of keeping anyone “safe” from anything. Individual responsibility exercised with situational awareness is the only ‘protection’ universally available. No legislation required.

The shock and tragedy of murder -- especially of children -- are major contributors to the resulting cognitive dissonance that stuns survivors.

Emotion stampedes intellect; rational thought is the primary casualty.

This is how lies, distortion, and misinformation thrive in the face of facts, logic, and reason.

Some examples:.......more.........

 trust us because what everyone else is saying ain't the truth;

Remember New Zealand's crazy ex-Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who not-so-subtly (as in, completely) got off on forcing Kiwis to follow draconian, unscientific "Covid-Zero" lockdown rules?

A quick reminder;

•  "COVID Zero" New Zealand Has Completed Its Transformation Into A Full-Blown Police State

• "We've Been Locked Up For Almost 50 Days" - 1000s Rally Against Auckland Lockdown As Public Opposition Grows

• New Zealand Approves Orgies Of Up To 25 People As Part Of New COVID Rules 

• New Zealand High Court: Vaccine Mandate Not "Demonstrably Justified", Breach Of Rights

The WEF acolyte also was adamant about quashing non-approved narratives which questioned the safety or efficacy of vaccines, masks, lockdowns, or other government mandates.......more.......

 sain't obama's third term;

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 a clear case of the empire's take on journalism;

Censorship queen Rachel Maddow thinks she knows what’s good for her audience. Here she is deciding not to allow them to watch Trump’s historical post-arraignment speech, and then telling them what to think about the speech. This is called journalism on MSNBC:....watch......

 thirty seconds of one flew over the cuckoo's nest;

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