I was a war correspondent in Vietnam. Some 63 journalists were killed there in 10 years. But never did we fear we were deliberately targeted by the VC or the NVA. The UN says the Israelis have killed >240 journalists in Gaza in less than two years. Deliberately and criminally.
🧵Zelensky being publicly berated by US president and VP (a mass media spectacle par excellence) has left western Europe stunned, shocked, and floundering. There was much ‘unprecedented’ about the spectacle but I want to talk about something that isn’t being discussed.
What happened to ‘Give Peace a Chance’? (Thread)
Truly an upside-down world when you see people infuriated over the terms ‘diplomacy’ and ‘peace’. They consider themselves morally superior while also calling for a stalemate war to continue, and more humans to be sent to die.
Again, fighting 🇷🇺 ‘to the last Ukrainian’ is not a strategy. It’s a sick idea. And for the party who prides themselves on empathy and inclusion, it’s the complete inverse of that.
2020: Joe Biden has a stutter.
2021: Joe Biden has a stutter.
2022: Joe Biden has a stutter.
2023: Joe Biden has a stutter.
2024: Joe Biden has a stutter.
2025: Buy my book on the cover-up of Biden’s mental decline!
@SharpFootball You’re exactly right. He let Mcdavid go in the slot. Bad play by Matthews and right after he misses a couple on the other end. Just brutal.
Is it appropriate for a member of a government advisory committee to have a $1.5 million salary paid by Merck and receive millions in pharma royalties while he’s issuing guidance on products those companies make?
USAID was funding over 6,200 journalists across 707 media outlets and 279 "media" NGOs, including nine out of ten media outlets in Ukraine.
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For the first time, a national US audience heard about one of the greatest natsec scandals in the 21st century, as Tulsi Gabbard detailed the CIA’s Op Timber Sycamore, which armed the org responsible for 9/11, and ultimately placed it in power in Syria