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O please. The United States government persecutes Edward Snowden and Julian Assange precisely because they release information which is truthful.

Not only that, but do I really need to provide a list of US government sponsored false flags and pretexts based on lies? Is there any way I can post that infamous image of Colin Powell at the UN? And it's not as if that was the first or the last time that something like *that* happened.

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Perhaps it’s just me but our elites seem to have reached a level of desperation that I cannot recall in my 70 years. Not only are their lies and propaganda more blatant, but now they are accompanied with demands for cancelling, censoring, or de-platforming anyone who chooses to challenge them. Thanks to independent media and services like Substack this type of intimidation no longer works.

And, slightly off topic, but I can’t help remark that today’s joint declaration by Xi and Putin at the opening of the Olympics marks a major geopolitical milestone. The de facto alliance of these two Eurasian giants effectively spells the end of US unipolar hegemony. The US “rules based order” is officially over. It will take time for the arrogance of US leaders to catch up with this fact, so we can expect increasing elite desperation in the months and years ahead.

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I saw this Caitlin Johnstone tweet (@caitoz) on Consortium News: "I'm declassifying evidence that Nigeria is planning a false flag operation in Switzerland. Are you ready? Here it is: Nigeria is planning a false flag operation in Switzerland. The evidence is me asserting it. If you doubt this evidence, you're a propagandist for Nigeria."

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That exchange between Ned Price and the AP reporter was priceless, no pun intended.

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McCarthyism, plain and simple.

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