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"When the revolution is for everyone, everyone will be for the revolution"

Media Madness socialism Theory War

NinaIllingworth March 31, 2021November 17, 2022 anti-Indigenous policy, Antony Blinken, Bolivia, Catholic Church, christian fundamentalism, Christian nationalism, CIA, coup, Edward Herman, Essays, Evo Morales, FA1, FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, Fantastic Lies, fascism, fascist coup, foreign policy, Imperialism, Jacobin, Jeanine Áñez, Jeff Bezos, Joe Biden, Latin America, left wing theory, lie, Luis Arce, Luis Fernando Camacho, MAS, Media, Media Madness, Media Theory, MP6, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, OAS, Offsite Writing, pig empire, Pig Empire imperialism, practical examples of a propaganda model, Propaganda, propaganda model, propaganda theory, re-writing history, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, regime change, Six Things I Think, Socialism, soft power, ST2, The New Old Forever War, Theory, US backed coups, US imperialism, USA, WaPo editorial board, war, war mongers, Washington Post, WD7

Bolivian Stroke: WaPo’s Imperialist Memory Games on Media Madness

A heavily sourced Media Madness essay about the propaganda model and renewed Pig Empire efforts to undermine the socialist government of Bolivia.

Essays Fascism media Politics Theory

NinaIllingworth September 28, 2020November 5, 2022 2008 Financial Crisis, 2016 US Election, Alt Right, Amerikan Musik, conspiracy theory, David Renton, Deep Dives, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, fascism, for profit medial propaganda model, Fox News, Fox News Fear Factory, Hannah Arendt, Harvey Weinstein, How Fascism Works, Hugo Weaving, Inventing Reality, Iraq War, James Clapper, Jason Stanley, Jeff Epstein, Joy Reid, Julius Evola, left wing theory, lie, Lügenpresse, mainstreaming white supremacy, manufacturing consent, Matt Taibbi, Media, Michael Lynch, MP6, MSNBC, neoliberalism, New York Times, News Corp, Noam Chomsky, Owen Jones, pig empire, Political Mind Games, Politics, Poor Democracy, Pork Reich, Rich Media, Robert Paxton, Roy Eidelson, Rupert Murdoch, Russiagate, ST2, The Daily Beast, The Establishment, the New Authoritarians, Theory, Washington Post, white genocide is a nazi conspiracy theory, white nationalism

Theory Discussion: On Media, White Nationalism & Hugo Weaving

An lengthy discussion about why propping up corporate “liberal” media is no antidote to the rise of white nationalism; triggered by reading an interview with Hugo Weaving.

Books Can't You Read Essays Police State

NinaIllingworth October 1, 2019November 17, 2022 1984, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, corporate media, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, Essays, George Orwell, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Karl Rove, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Marshall McLuhan, mass surveillance, Media, Michael Parenti, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Permanent Record, police state, privacy rights, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Russia, spying, The Guardian, the medium is the message, US government spying, war on freedom of the press, War on Whistleblowers, Washington Post, whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Link: The Casualties of Cacophony – New Essay

A look at the disappointing change in mainstream attitudes towards Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers who’ve spoken out against the abuses of American intelligence.

Essays media News Russiagate

NinaIllingworth February 6, 2019November 17, 2022 2016 US Presidential Election, 21 states election systems hacked, Alex Padilla, AP, Associated Press, Atlantic Council, Belarus, Bernie Sanders, Bloomberg News, Brexit, Brian Ross, British Intelligence, British nationalism, broken bombshell, California, Christopher Steele, CIA, CIA mole Ken Dilanian, Clinton campaign, CNN, corporate media, debunking, debunking Russiagate, Democratic Party, Department of Homeland Security, Deutsche Bank, DHS, dissent, DNC Hack, Donald Trump, Doug Johnson Hatlem, Dutch foreign minister, Dutch Intelligence, Dutch media, edits and corrections, Essays, Facebook, Fake News, Fantastic Lies, FBI, Flynn, Fusion GPS, German police, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Greenwald, Glenn Simpson, GOP, hacked voting registrtaions, hacking, Hallbe Zijlstra, Hamilton 68, hashtag, Hillary Clinton, Impeach Trump, IP addresses, ISIS, Jason Stein, Jeroen van der Veer, Jill Stein, Josh Marshall, Kazakhstan, Ken Dilanian, Klepto Kaiser, liberal mainstream media, live reports, London housing market, Manchurian Candidate, Matt OBrien, Matt Taibbi, McCarthyism, Media, Michael Flynn, MIG, Mike Flynn, Molly McKew, Mueller investigation, NBC, neocon, new cold war, new McCarthyism, New Yorker, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA, nuclear war, OODS, opposition research, Patrick Marley, Patrick Wintour, Paul Manafort, People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Politico, Politics, Putin, raw intelligence, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Release the Memo hashtag, retractions, Reuters, Robert Mueller, Rolling Stone, RT, Russia, Russia desk, Russia Today, Russiagate, Russian bots, Russian Hacking, Russian trolls, Sam Theilman, shady, Shell Oil, Six Things I Think, skepticism, Steele dossier, Steve Arons, swine emperor Trump, Talking Points Memo, the Baltic States, The Guardian, The Intercept, the Netherlands, think tanks, Tom LoBianco, treason, Trump, Trump Dossier, Trump Transition, Trump-Russia, Truthdig, TV, Twitter, Ukraine, US media, US politics, US sanctions against Russia, US Senate, US Senate Judiciary Committee, USA Today, Vkontakte, Vladimir Putin, walk backs, Wall Street Journal, Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, Wisconsin

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

Part four 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 29, 2019November 17, 2022 17 Intelligence Agencies lie, 2008 Financial Crisis, Abby Martin, Alternet, Anthony Scaramucci, anti-Russian propaganda, AP, Associated Press, Attack on Pearl Harbor, austerity, Axios, Bill Clinton, Brexit, Brian Stetler, broken bombshell, Carol Lee, Chuck Grassley, CIA, CIA mop up man, CNN, corporate media, cyberattack, debunking, debunking Russiagate, Democratic Party, Department of Justice, dissent, DNC email hack, DoJ, Donald Trump, Donations, donors, Doug Johnson Hatlem, edits and corrections, Edward Herman, Erik Wemple, Essays, Ewen MacAskill, Fantastic Lies, fascism, FBI, Ferguson protests, foreign policy, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Greenwald, GOP, hacking, Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, hit piece, Impeach Trump, Iran, Iraq war lies, James Clapper, James Comey, Jason Zinoman, John Brennan, John Pilger, Ken Dilanian, kompromat, Lee Camp, liberal mainstream media, Libya, Manchurian Candidate, manufacturing consent, Mark Ames, Marshall McLuhan, Matt Taibbi, McCarthyism, Media, Megyn Kelly, Michael Parenti, Mueller investigation, Naked Capitalism, Natalia Veselnitskaya, NBC, NBC News, new cold war, new McCarthyism, New York Times, News, Nina Illingworth, Noam Chomsky, obstruction of justice, Occupy Wall Street, ODNI, ONDI report, OODS, Paul Manafort, Politics, proxy war, Putin, Rajeev Syal, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Redacted Tonight, regime change, retractions, RNC, Robert Mueller, Ronald Reagan, Russia, Russia Today, Russiagate, Russiagate grifters, Russian allies, Russian bots, Russian Hacking, Russian trolls, shady, Six Things I Think, skepticism, swine emperor Trump, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Intercept, Trump, Trump Tower meeting, Trump-Russia, Truthdig, Twitter, UK, UK intelligence, US backed coups, US media, US politics, US sanctions against Russia, Vladimir Putin, walk backs, Washington Post, Wikileaks, WMD lies

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

Part three 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 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.

Essays Neoliberalism News Theory

NinaIllingworth November 29, 2017November 17, 2022 600M dollar CIA contract, A Brief Thought, abuse, Amazon, Amazon vs the World, anti-labor, anticapitalism, austerity, bidding, Black Friday, bribery, brutal work culture, business, CA4, capitalism, carnivore, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, class warfare, corporate welfare, could computing, dancing monkeys, death of Democracy, Democracy, Econ, Economics, elites, Essays, exploitation, feudalism, Foxconn, free money, fuck Jeff Bezos, government for elites by elites, graft, Jeff Bezos, Koch Bros, labor, labor law, labor rights, legalized bribery, libertarian, low wages, market share, Meme, money in politics, monopoly, National Razor Now, neofeudalism, neoliberalism, new Gilded Age, News, Nina Illingworth, oligarchy, on the take, online retail, Op-Ed, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, retail, rich people, right to work, ripping off the tax payer, scam, Six Things I Think, Socialism, special economic zone, ST2, tax credits, tech bro, tech industry, Theory, Washington Post, workers rights

A Brief Thought: An Empire of One

I’m back with a look at the growing power of Amazon founder and Washington Post CEO Jeff Bezos; being the richest man on earth has it’s advantages but is catering to corporate elites killing US Democracy? In a word, yes.

Blog Fascism Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth April 28, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, advisor, Amerikan Musik, Angela Merkel, blog, bribery, CA4, China, civics, corruption, cruise missiles, diplomacy, Donald Trump, Eisenhower, ethics, Ethics violations, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, fashion, First Daughter, first lady, foreign policy, Germany, heiress, influence, Ivanka Trump, Japan, Jared Kushner, Jim Yong Kim, Kennedy, Melania Trump, Meme, MP6, nepotism, News, Nina Illingworth, Opinion, Politics, POTUS, presidential advisor, quid pro quo, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Senior Advisor, shadow secretary of state, Six Things I Think, Social Justice, Syria, teen model, Trump, unqualified, Washington Post, White House, Women's Issues, women's rights, Women20 Summit, World Bank

A Brief Thought: Who Elected Ivanka Trump?

Let’s all stop and take a moment to recognize how absurdly screwed up it is that Ivanka Trump is an official advisor to her father; President Trump.

Essays News Russiagate Videos

NinaIllingworth March 28, 2017November 17, 2022 "hack" vs "leak", 2016 US Election, Abby Martin, Amanda Erickson, Baffler, Ben Norton, Ben Smith, Beth Lynch, Bloomberg View, Brandon Sutton, Breaking the Set, Buzzfeed, Clinton campaign, Clinton Email Server, cold war, conflict, conspiracy theory, Counterpunch, Crowdstrike, cybersecurity, Deep Dives, Democracy Now, Democratic National Committee, disinformation, DNC, DNI report, Donald Trump, Donna Brazile, Essays, Fantastic Lies, FBI, FBI investigation, Flint, Giant Russia Theory, Glenn Beck, Glenn Greenwald, GRU-Ukraine Artillery hack, HA Goodman, hacking, House Intelligence Committee, Huffington Post, IISS, independent media, International Institute for Strategic Studies, IP addresses, Iraq War, James Clapper, James Comey, Jeffrey Carr, Jimmy Dore, John Podesta, Jordan Chariton, Julian Assange, Kremlin, Kremlin puppet, Kurt Eichenwald, Leonid Bershidsky, lie, Louise Mensch, low reach, Masha Gessen, Matt Taibbi, McCarthy, McCarthyism, McCarythyite, Media, Michael Morell, Michael Tracey, Miriam Elder, Moscow, MSNBC, new cold war, News, Nina Illingworth, no evidence, no smoking gun, NoDAPL, NYTimes, ODNI report, Oleksiy Kuzemenko, On Contact, Paul Street, Pete Cobus, Politico, poor process, President Trump, Progressive Army, Prop or Not, Putin controls Trump theory, Putin critics, Rachel Maddow, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Robbie Martin, Rolling Stone, Ron Placone, RT, RT News, Russia, Russia conspiracy hysterial, Russiagate, Russian Hacking, Russian hacking claims, Sam Biddle, Sean Hannity, silver bullet, Six Things I Think, smears, spoofing, Steele dossier, Stef Zamorano, teleSur, The Intercept, The Young Turks, Tor nodes, Trent Lapinski, Trump, Trump campaign, Trump Manchurian Candidate theory, Trump Russia Scandal, Trump wire tapping claims, Trump-Russia conspiracy, TYT Network, TYT Politics, Ukraine artillery app, Ukrainian military, US Intel, US Intelligence, US-Russia relations, Vault 7, Video, Vladimir Putin, VOA News, WaPo, war, Washington Post, Wikileaks, World War Three, WW3, X-Agent, Yasha Levine

Recommended Reading: Giant Russia Theory Edition

Nina takes an exhaustive look at 33 articles debunking aspects of what is now known as Russiagate in US political circles.

Blog media Take Downs Wall of Shame

NinaIllingworth January 1, 2017December 30, 2020 Amanda Marcotte, blog, Brockbot, Business Insider, cancer, Clara Jeffery, Clay Travis, collaborator, collusion, Cosmopolitan, fake conservative, fake progressives, Fantastic Lies, Fox Sports, Humor, Jamelle Bouie, Jamil Smith, Jason Whitlock, Jill Filipovic, Joan Walsh, Jonathan Capehart, Jonathan Chait, Josh Barro, Josh Marshall, Joy AM, Joy Reid, Kurt Eichenwald, liar, liberalism, Matthew Yglesias, Media, mendacity, message crafting, Michael Cohen, Mother Jones, MSNBC, neocon media, neoliberal media, New York Times, Newsweek, Nina Illingworth, NY Daily News, paid shills, Paul Krugman, Peter Daou, Politics, Propaganda, propagandist, Rants, Sady Doyle, Salon, shitheels, Site Updates, Slate, speech boy, sports hot take media, Take Downs, Talking Points Memo, The Daily Beast, The Nation, Tom Watson, trashfire, Vox, Wall of Shame, Washington Post

Wall of Shame: New Year’s Update Special

Nina takes a special look at our site’s illustrious Wall of Shamers as 2016 turns into the new year of 2017.

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