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The Making of Lina Hidalgo: From Democratic Party Nursery to Omicron Hysteria Queen

This first part of an investigative series by Dan Cohen reveals that, despite her image as a progressive and political outsider, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo is the ultimate insider and works with billionaires to crush the working class and poor, and usher in a new technocratic biosecurity state.

Dan Cohen
بواسطة Dan Cohen
Lina Hidalgo Feature photo

HOUSTON -- On the afternoon of December 20, Harris County, Texas’s top elected official, Judge Lina Hidalgo held a press conference to announce what she claimed was the county’s first death from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It was a moment in the national spotlight for the 30-year-old Democrat, who, since her teenage years, has been rising

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The Lesson of Covid: When People Are Anxious, Isolated and Hopeless, They’re Less Ready To Think Critically

The corporate media is not our friend. Its coverage of the pandemic is not there to promote the public good. It is there to feed our anxieties, keep us coming back for more, and monetize that distress. The only cure for this sickness? A lot more critical thinking.

Jonathan Cook
بواسطة Jonathan Cook
Covid critical thinking feature photo

When I criticize meddling in Syria by Britain and America, or their backing of groups there that elsewhere are considered terrorists, it does not follow that I am, therefore, a cheerleader for the dictatorship of Bashar Assad or that I think that Syrians should be denied a better political system. Similarly, when I criticize Joe Biden or the

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يكشف التدقيق الدقيق مدى قرب ساشا بارون كوهين من سلطة الدولة

قامت MintPress بمراجعة الوثائق وتحدثت إلى عميل سابق في وكالة المخابرات المركزية عمل مع ساشا بارون كوهين للكشف عن كيفية عمل الممثل الشهير مع دولة الأمن القومي لبيع حروب أمريكا.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Sacha Baron Cohen Feature Photo

MINNEAPOLIS – Sacha Baron Cohen is widely hailed as a comedic genius, using his sheer audacity to mock the absurdity of his targets. The creator of Ali G, Borat and Brüno has become one of Hollywood’s hottest commodities. Yet his outrageous stunts often belie his agenda and his own proximity to state power. Baron Cohen is often reluctant to make

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Israel’s New Air Force Head Talks Scared and Tough on Iran: He Has Little Reason to be Either

Two things prevent an all-out war between Israel and Iran. The first is that Israel knows that attacking Iran will end in a total Israeli defeat. The second is Iran’s exercise of discipline in the face of ongoing threats by both the U.S. and Israel.

Miko Peled
بواسطة Miko Peled
Tomer Bar Feature photo

JERUSALEM – As 2021 came to a close, Israel had raised the so-called "Iran Threat" issue to a whole new level. Upon his promotion in December to Commander of the Israeli Air Force, General Tomer Bar was asked by the Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot (Ynet), "Are you able to attack Iran tomorrow?" His answer was "Yes!" He was then asked, "Will you be

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Photo-Shopped History: Editing Out Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s Support for Palestine

Rewriting history – essentially negating the historical relations between the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa and the ongoing struggle to free Palestine – serves the interests of mainstream Western media and their acolytes.

Clinton Nzala
بواسطة Clinton Nzala
Desmond Tutu Feature photo

On January 1, 2022 – as South Africa buried one of its most illustrious sons and anti-apartheid icons, Archbishop Desmond Tutu – the hypocrisy of the corporate media was on full display. Reuters described him as “Africa’s ‘moral compass’.” Al Jazeera referred to him as “South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon.” CNN published articles referring to him as

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