At some point over the past few years, the Biden administration revoked one of the few progressive policies that Trump-era officials implemented in the effort to bring greater transparency to foreign influence in Washington. The New Republic has learned that with little fanfare, and with even less explanation, the White House has stopped requesting that American think tanks disclose funding from foreign governments. “This is not the policy of the U.S. State Department,” an agency spokesperson said last month.
Biden Is Letting Think Tanks and Dodgy Foreign Funders Get Cozy Again (archived)
Tag: Foreign Policy
How NATO seduced the European Left
The anti-war movement has fallen for a progressive circus
How NATO seduced the European Left
Previously:
Angelina Jolie’s MI6 Interview Shows Just How Connected Hollywood Is To the Deep State
The Military-Industrial Complex Has Never Been Worse
How bad has the military-industrial complex gotten? The arms industry donates tens of millions of dollars every election cycle, and the average taxpayer spends $1,087 per year on weapons contractors compared to just $270 for K-12 education.
The Military-Industrial Complex Has Never Been Worse
The army we don’t see: The private soldiers who fight in America’s name
While Putin embraces private contractors, the US seldom acknowledges its own version of the privatization of war
The army we don’t see: The private soldiers who fight in America’s name
Kissinger makes Ukraine peace prediction
With China involved, serious negotiations could begin by the end of the year, the elder statesman said.
Kissinger makes Ukraine peace prediction
Zelensky TOLD Rupert Murdoch To Fire Tucker Carlson?
Fox News Executive Chairman Rupert Murdoch held a previously unreported call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this spring in which the two discussed the war and the anniversary of the deaths of Fox News journalists last March. The Ukrainian president had a similar conversation with Lachlan Murdoch on March 15, which Zelenskyy noted in a little-noticed aside during a national broadcast last month.
The Murdochs’ Ukraine connection
Previously:
Murdoch was displeased with Carlson’s stance on the Ukraine war—a graphic on Carlson’s show had previously called the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky a “Ukrainian pimp.” The host also repeatedly chided the U.S. for providing military aid to Ukraine. Murdoch’s opinion of Carlson’s commentary had become so negative that he complained about it during a newsroom meeting, according to anonymous sources cited by the Washington Post
Ron DeSantis Is A ‘Knight of Malta’
No matter how much everyone’s gushing for DeSantis, we cannot erase the following facts from his background.
Ron DeSantis Is A ‘Knight of Malta’
Related:
What Is the Full Extent of DeSantis Aide Christina Pushaw’s Foreign Ties?
Honduras: A Coup in the Making
Another coup in the making in Honduras?
The president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, created a stir when she recently called out a coup in the making against her government. On April 22, the president decried that her government is the victim of “a conspiracy in the making,” which is being plotted by the very same people who had carried out the coup against ex-President Manuel Zelaya in 2009.
Honduras: A Coup in the Making
What China’s growing power means for Palestine
What does China’s growing power and the shift towards a multipolar world mean for Palestine and its broader region?
What China’s growing power means for Palestine
Video clip via Danny Haiphong. Full Video, here.
Army Info War Division Wants Social Media Surveillance to Protect “NATO Brand”
The U.S. Army Cyber Command told defense contractors it planned to surveil global social media use to defend the “NATO brand,” according to a 2022 webinar recording reviewed by The Intercept.
Army Info War Division Wants Social Media Surveillance to Protect “NATO Brand” (archived)
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