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Ray McGovernRussia & Ukraine: The Critical Hour – A Light Conversation on Dark SubjectsRay McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity, and retired 27-year career CIA whose tasks included preparing and briefing The President’s Daily Brief and leading the Soviet Foreign Policy Branchhttps://raymcgovern.com/2022/02/19/russia-ukraine-the-critical-hour-a-light-conversation-on-dark-subjects/Moon of AlabamaRussia Is Pressing For More Concessions While Donbas Heats...

Mark your calendars, nerds. On next week’s podcast, Jon’s talking about the Fed with economists @StephanieKelton an @rohangrey.The Problem — TwitterPreviewJon Stewart

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The fog of war is thickening and so is the infowar to dominate the information space.  Claims and counterclaims are rife. The Western side is readily available in the media, but the other side of the story is not. Here are some other versions. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish "strategic communications" (euphemism for propaganda) from factual reporting, and sometimes not so hard. In fact, given the history of disinformation it seems incredible that the same playbook still works on the...

It's "tricky." Read the whole article if it affects you.For all of these reasons, passing Larson’s bill — or just forcing Republicans to defeat it — should be a potent issue for Democrats going into the midterms, especially in an atmosphere in which the party badly needs to demonstrate results.The InterceptDemocrats Have a Bill to Expand Social Security. Here's What It Would Mean for You.Jon SchwarzSee also at The InterceptThe Case for Expanding Social SecurityDeconstructed...

Avoided another shut down till March 11…The continuing resolution buys lawmakers an extra three weeks to pass an overdue omnibus appropriations package for the fiscal year that began last October. https://t.co/xbxT3rBJ23— Roll Call (@rollcall) February 18, 2022

We, the people, need to get together and put people like Matthew Kroenig behind bars.An article from Foreign Policy yesterday.

Despite all the war mongering market averages fell only 2% on the week.

CaitlinJohnstone.comThe US Has Zero Moral Authority: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative MatrixCaitlin JohnstoneCaitlin Johnstonehttps://caitlinjohnstone.com/2022/02/18/the-us-has-zero-moral-authority-notes-from-the-edge-of-the-narrative-matrix/ Reminiscence of the FutureBefore Making Conclusions...Andrei Martyanov, former USSR naval officer and expert on Russian military and naval issueshttp://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2022/02/before-making-conclusions.htmlConsortium NewsRussia Begins...

Hold up ….  I think I might have why Russia is surrendering to Ukraine….doing some research pic.twitter.com/V6iUPzzzRI— Frank Reynolds (The Warthog) (@Finance_Frank) February 17, 2022