Down With Tyranny

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2000-2020 Archive

How U.S.-&-Allied 'News' Media Fabricate 'Reality'

Howie Klein

Feb 6, 20224 min read

How U.S.-&-Allied 'News' Media Fabricate 'Reality'

-by Eric Zuesse On February 3rd, America’s National Public Radio (NPR) headlined “Uyghur kids recall physical and mental torment at...

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What Would Make You Embrace A Lesser Evil Electoral Strategy?

Howie Klein

Dec 28, 202110 min read

What Would Make You Embrace A Lesser Evil Electoral Strategy?

In 2000 I felt duty-bound to vote for the most putrid politician I had ever met, Joe Lieberman, who was running for VP on the Al Gore...

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Ever Wonder What People-- Voters & Non-Voters-- Really Want?

Howie Klein

Dec 24, 20218 min read

Ever Wonder What People-- Voters & Non-Voters-- Really Want?

Yesterday, Marianne Williamson wrote in a much-discussed post that Neoliberalism is the political philosophy that dominates both major...

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Voters Want More Than Just A Lesser Of 2 Evils Party To Support-- But...

Howie Klein

Dec 22, 20218 min read

Voters Want More Than Just A Lesser Of 2 Evils Party To Support-- But...

Voters are in a surly mood and, as should be expected, it's largely directed towards the people in power, or at least perceived to be in...

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The Misinformation & Disinformation Being Pumped Into The Body Politic Will Have An Impact

Howie Klein

Nov 16, 20215 min read

The Misinformation & Disinformation Being Pumped Into The Body Politic Will Have An Impact

Yesterday, Monmouth released a new poll with data they described by noting that "Three in ten Americans now believe the nation’s system...

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Trump's Legacy-- The Normalization Of Over-The-Top Political Fabrication

Howie Klein

Sep 1, 20215 min read

Trump's Legacy-- The Normalization Of Over-The-Top Political Fabrication

It would be hard to deny that the Trump era was, more than anything else, marked by the normalization of unabashed public lying. Trump is...

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Are Voters Stupid Enough To Buy The GOP's Latest Bullshit About Trump's Failed Coup?

Howie Klein

Jul 31, 20216 min read

Are Voters Stupid Enough To Buy The GOP's Latest Bullshit About Trump's Failed Coup?

Wasn't it Putin who first started referring to the people arrested for the 1/6 insurrection as "political prisoners?" GOP spin doctors...

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Howie Klein

Jun 21, 20214 min read

Two Opposite Views of Alexei Navalny

-by Eric Zuesse The views of Alexei Navalny in Russia and in the United States are virtually opposites of each other. In America, for...

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How America Does Regime-Change Propaganda

Howie Klein

May 28, 20218 min read

How America Does Regime-Change Propaganda

-by Eric Zuesse In the case of Saddam Hussein, it was by lying about “WMD” and about Saddam’s being behind Al Qaeda. In the case of...

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Howie Klein

May 8, 20216 min read

Should Kyrsten Sinema Resign?

Conservatives-- like Kyrsten Sinema-- have always opposed not just raising the minimum wage, but the very concept of a minimum wage. In...

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I Understand Why The Right Is Pretending There's A Border Crisis-- But Why The Mainstream Media?

Howie Klein

Mar 23, 20217 min read

I Understand Why The Right Is Pretending There's A Border Crisis-- But Why The Mainstream Media?

The Washington Post is weird. The Republican Party and right-wing media across the board have mounted a non-stop, hysterical effort to...

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Americans Are More Susceptible To Russian Propaganda Than We Used To Be

Howie Klein

Mar 19, 20215 min read

Americans Are More Susceptible To Russian Propaganda Than We Used To Be

When I was a kid, Russian propaganda was a clunky joke-- but back then, so was American anti-Russian propaganda. Things have become a lot...

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