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DACA isn’t about DACA

  • Posted on September 14, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I was going to publish my post about police violence in the US today, but Schumer and Pelosi released a statement about DACA last night, so I figured that I should make a quick point about this instead. According to…

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A case study in propaganda about Trump’s imaginary collusion with Russia

  • Posted on July 28, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A week ago, the Washington Post broke another non-story on Trump’s imaginary collusion with Russia during the election, by revealing that Sessions had discussed “campaign-related matters” with Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the US, during the campaign. I wanted to write a…

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Moving the goalposts on Trump’s collusion with Russia

  • Posted on July 19, 2017June 13, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

I thought my last post on the Trump/Russia nonsense was clear, but it must not have been clear enough, since I’m still accused of having moved the goalposts on this story. In fact, not only have I done no such…

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On Trump’s collusion with Russia, if you add nothing to nothing, what you get is still nothing

  • Posted on July 14, 2017November 9, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

A few days ago, the New York Times published yet another story about the allegations that Trump’s campaign had colluded with Russia during thee election, which has since then resulted in massive hysteria in the media. It may have been…

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Trump is absolutely right about CNN

  • Posted on July 7, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

People at CNN often throw a tantrum because Trump say they are fake news. Of course, they’re not really mad, because they know it’s good for business to be one of Trump’s targets. Anyone who is targeted by Trump automatically becomes…

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CNN wants you to know it’s absolute garbage

  • Posted on July 5, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

You have no doubt heard that, a few days ago, Trump posted a brief parodic video in which he is seen kicking McMahon/CNN’s ass. #FraudNewsCNN #FNN pic.twitter.com/WYUnHjjUjg — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 2, 2017 This gave the media another…

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Beware of propaganda about Syria (part 3)

  • Posted on July 4, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Some of the people who criticized my post in April just repeated some of the claims made by Higgins in the debate he had with Postol about the attack in Ghouta of August 2013. For instance, he claims that even…

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More on the chemical attack in Khan Sheikhoun (part 2)

  • Posted on July 3, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

My post about the chemical attack in Syria last year has been widely shared and some people have criticized it, so I wanted to reply to some of the criticisms, which is long overdue. (If you haven’t read it yet,…

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American Indians don’t give a shit about the Redskins, but that’s because they don’t know what really matters

  • Posted on June 27, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

Last week, in a case about the Asian-American band The Slants, the Supreme Court ruled that the government could not refuse to register a trademark it deems offensive. As the New York Times points out, this probably means that the…

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Two stories about Russian hacking the media won’t tell you about

  • Posted on June 16, 2017April 23, 2019
  • by Philippe Lemoine

You have no doubt heard that, not content with interfering in the US presidential election, the Russians have also tried to undermine democracy in Europe. In particular, Moscow has been accused of trying to interfere in the upcoming German election,…

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