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Essays media News Russiagate

NinaIllingworth January 25, 2019November 17, 2022 Abby Martin, ABC News, Alex Nichols, Amy Siskand, Andrew McCabe, ANSSI, Anthony Weiner, anti-Russian propaganda, AP, Associated Press, Breaking the Set, Brian Flood, broken bombshell, CIA, CNN, corporate media, Crimea, CSPAN, Current Affairs magazine, debunking, debunking Russiagate, Democratic Party, Department of Justice, dissent, DoJ, Donald Trump, Doug Johnson Hatlem, edits and corrections, Eduard Mikhailov, Essays, Evan Perez, Fantastic Lies, FBI, Ferguson protests, foreign policy, Fortune magazine, Fox News, France, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, Guillaume Poupard, hacking, Impeach Trump, Iran, James Comey, Jeff Sessions, Joy Reid, liberal mainstream media, Louise Mensch, Macron, Manchurian Candidate, Manu Raju, Maxine Waters, McCarthyism, Media, Mueller investigation, Nathan J Robinson, new cold war, new McCarthyism, New York Times, New Zealand Herald, News, Nina Illingworth, obstruction of justice, OODS, Patribotics, Patrick Leahy, Philippines, Politics, proxy war, Putin, Real Clear Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retractions, Reuters, Robert Mueller, RT, Russell Goldman, Russia, Russia Today, Russiagate, Russiagate grifters, Russian allies, Russian bots, Russian Hacking, Russian hacking of French Election, Russian trolls, Sessions, shady, Six Things I Think, skepticism, Steve Bannon, swine emperor Trump, Syria, The Guardian, The Intercept, The Wrap, Trump, Trump-Russia, Twitter, US media, US politics, US power grid, US sanctions against Russia, Vermont, Vermont utility grid, Vladimir Putin, walk backs, Washington Post, Wikileaks

Insidiocracy: Russiagate, Corporate Media & Losing My Religion – Part Two

Part two of a five part series looking at mainstream corporate media retractions, walk backs, and debunked articles about Russia and reflections on my own personal experiences with the objectively surreal “Russiagate” saga.

Essays media News Russiagate

NinaIllingworth January 23, 2019November 17, 2022 Alfa Bank, Ango-American School of Moscow, Anonymous, AP, Arizona, Associated Press, Bellingcat, Ben Jacobs, Bernie Sanders, Bill Moran, CIA, Clinton campaign, CNN, corporate media, Craig Timberg, David Frum, DCLeaks, debunking, Democratic Party, dissent, DNS, Donald Trump, Doug Johnson Hatlem, Ellen Nakashima, Essays, Fake News, Fantastic Lies, FBI, Franklin Foer, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, Guccifer 2, hacked voting registrtaions, hacking, hacktivism, Hillary Clinton, hoax, Illinois, Impeach Trump, John Podesta, Joy Reid, Julian Assange, Kurt Eichenwald, Malcolm Nance, Manchurian Candidate, Matt Taibbi, McCarthyism, Media, Mueller investigation, Naked Capitalism, new cold war, new McCarthyism, News, Newsweek, Nina Illingworth, Podesta Emails, Politics, President Obama, Prop or Not, Putin, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retractions, Robert Mueller, Rolling Stone, RT, Russia, Russiagate, Russian bots, Russian Hacking, Russian trolls, shady, Sid Blumenthal, Six Things I Think, skepticism, Slate, Sputnik, The Guardian, The Intercept, treason, Trump, Trump hotels, Trump-Russia, Truthdig, Twitter, US media, US politics, US sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin, walk backs, Washington Post, Wikileaks

Insidiocracy: Russiagate, Corporate Media & Losing My Religion – Part One

Part one of a five part series looking at mainstream corporate media retractions, walk backs, and debunked articles about Russia and reflections on my own personal experiences with the objectively surreal “Russiagate” saga.

Books Can't You Read Social Justice War

NinaIllingworth January 19, 2019April 13, 2025 African slavery, America as a corporation, America as a public private partnership, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, blog, Books, British Crown, Can't You Read, capitalism, chattel slavery, Christianity and colonialism, colonialism, colonists, colonization, cotton, Crown sponsored corporations, Essays, European colonialism, FA1, fascism, firearms, firearms and white supremacy, foundational myths, genocide, guns, Imperialism, Indigenous nations, Indigenous people, informal writing, JA5, land theft, legacy of colonialism, legacy of fascism, Loaded, Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, mass murder, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Quotes, Racism, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Second Amendment, settler-colonial corporate enterprise, slavery, Social Justice, ST2, the project of colonialism, US history, war, white supremacy, whiteness

Dunbar-Ortiz’s Loaded & America as a Corporate Enterprise

A link to an offsite essay about Roxanne Dubar-Ortiz’s “Loaded” and the true and terrifying origins of the American capitalist project.

Essays media Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth January 16, 2019November 5, 2022 2020 Dem Primary, 2020 US Election, Alex Thompson, Anderson Cooper, Arturo Carmona, Bernie 2016, Bernie 2020, Bernie Bros myth, Bernie Sanders, Bill Velazquez, California Nurses Association, Chuck Todd, civil law, class war, CNN, Colin Moir, corporate media, Deep Dives, defamation, Democratic National Convention 2016, Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Eoin Higgins, Essays, Fantastic Lies, felt, feminism, Forward, framing, Friends of Bernie, gender based discrimination, Giulianna Di Lauro, harassment, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Jeff Weaver, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Katie Benner, Kristian Denny Todd, liberal establishment, Linda Sarsour, Marco Antonio Regil, Masha Mendieta, Me Too, Media, Medicare for all, Meet the Press, MP6, MSNBC, Nevada, New York Times, Obama boys, Our Revolution, Politico, Politics, Propaganda, ratfucking, Rich Pelletier, Robert Becker, RoseAnn DeMoro, Sady Doyle, Sarah Slamen, Senator Sanders, sexism, Sexual Harassment, Social Justice, Sydney Ember, The Hill, toxic masculinity in US politics, Virginia Jeffries, Winnie Wong, women's rights, Zoey Jordan Salsbury

Fantastic Lies: Special Ratf*cking Edition Part Two

The battle for the 2020 Dem Nomination has started early this time and the corporate media smear machine is already after Bernie Sanders – Part 2

Essays media News Politics Social Justice

NinaIllingworth January 12, 2019November 17, 2022 2020 Dem Primary, 2020 US Election, Anderson Cooper, Arturo Carmona, Bernie 2016, Bernie 2020, Bernie Bros myth, Bernie Sanders, Beto ORourke, Bill Velazquez, California Nurses Association, CNN, corporate media, Cory Booker, Deep Dives, Democratic Party, Dianne Feinstein, Essays, Fantastic Lies, feminism, Friends of Bernie, gender based discrimination, Giulianna Di Lauro, harassment, Hillary Clinton, Jane Sanders, Jeff Weaver, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Katie Benner, liberal establishment, Linda Sarsour, Marco Antonio Regil, Masha Mendieta, Media, MP6, Nevada, New York Times, News, Obama boys, Our Revolution, Politico, Politics, ratfucking, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Rich Pelletier, RoseAnn DeMoro, Samantha Davis, Sarah Slamen, Senator Sanders, sexism, Sexual Harassment, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, Sydney Ember, toxic masculinity in US politics, Winnie Wong, women's rights

Fantastic Lies: Special Ratf*cking Edition Part One

The battle for the 2020 Democratic Nomination has started early this time and the corporate media smear machine is already in top gear; on Bernie Sanders, toxic campaign culture and the fine art of ratf*cking…

Books Can't You Read Police State Social Justice

NinaIllingworth January 6, 2019April 13, 2025 activism, anti-racism, Assata Shakur, Assata was framed, Assata: An Autobiography, attacks on protesters, Black Panther Party, Black power, blog, Books, Can't You Read, capitalism, Civil Rights movement, COINTELPRO, coverup, Cuba, establishment power, exile, exploitation, FA1, FBI, federal police, frame up, Hoover, informal writing, JA5, liberal antiracism is a joke, liberalism, liberals, lie, MLK, Police, police state, policing, Racism, Social Justice, Socialism, ST2, state power, the myth of tolerance, war on the Black Panthers, white liberals, white moderate

Assata is Innocent & the Myth of Moderate Liberal Tolerance

A link to a short Can’t You Read discussion about the innocence of Assata Shakur and the failure of white moderate liberal anti-racism.

Blog Books Can't You Read Police State

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2019April 13, 2025 ARPANET, blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, COINTELPRO, cold war, computers, DARPA, data harvesting, deep state, digital imperialism, Edward Snowden, FA1, FBI, Hoover, Imperialism, informal writing, Internet Freedom movement, Julian Assange, metadata, Military Industrial Complex, military intelligence, National Security State, NatSec, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, online surveillance, panopticon, Pentagon, police state, public private partnerships, Reviews, spying, Surveillance Valley, Surveillance Valley The Secret Military History of the Internet, the internet, the Panopticon, Tor, Vietnam War, War on Terror, WD7, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Yasha Levine

Digital Imperialism & Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley CYR

A link to a book review and short discussion about Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet on Can’t You Read.

Blog Books News Site Updates

NinaIllingworth January 4, 2019November 17, 2022 blog, blogging, Books, Facebook, left wing literature, News, Offsite Writing, Patreon, quotations, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Site Updates, Six Things I Think, Tumblr, update

Odds and Ends: December 2018

A collection of links showcasing my off-site writing from December 2018.

Blog Patreon Politics socialism

NinaIllingworth December 30, 2018April 13, 2025 2020 Dem Primary Season, 2020 Democratic Party Nomination Contest, 2020 US Election, antifascism, Bernie Sanders, Beto ORourke, blog, corporate media, Democrat Machine, Democratic Party, DNC, Donald Trump, Horse Race coverage, how I cover politics, Media, MP6, neoliberal machine, neoliberalism, Offsite Writing, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Politics, rigged, Socialism, stolen primaries

Blog: Thunderdome 2020 & How I Write About Politics (Link)

A link to a short essay on Patreon that outlines the way I cover politics; on the off chance we keep having elections even as the world burns.

Blog Books Can't You Read Neoliberalism

NinaIllingworth December 29, 2018April 13, 2025 2008 Financial Crisis, activism, Alan Greenspan, austerity, Ayn Rand, bailout, banker, blog, book review, Books, CA4, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism as religion, casino, corporate welfare, Deregulation, Essays, FEC, Federal Exchange Commission, Foreclosure Crisis, Fraud, free market fundamentalism, Griftopia, hot money, investment banking, laissez faire, Matt Taibbi, Meme, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, Racism, speculators, the fraud economy, Theory

Blog: Ayn Rand, Alan Greenspan & Matt Taibbi’s Griftopia

A collection of links to my writing about Taibbi’s Griftopia, including an essay about Ayn Rand & Alan Greenspan.

Books Can't You Read Police State Social Justice

NinaIllingworth December 22, 2018April 13, 2025 13th Amendment, blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, capitalism, capitalism is white supremacy, critical race theory, exploitation, extraction, FA1, informal writing, JA5, Jim Crow, knowing without knowing, Mass incarceration, Michelle Alexander, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, prison, prison labor, prison labor is slave labor, prisoner, prisoner rights, private prisons, Psychology, racialized incarceration, Racism, Rants, slaver labor, slavery, Social Justice, systemic racism, TADMS, Tales from the American DMZ, The New Jim Crow, white supremacy, whiteness

Blog: New Jim Crow Mini-Review & Commentary (Link)

Link to a short blog post combining a mini-review of The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander with additional commentary about cognitive deceptions.