Tag: Mother Jones Magazine

Front: Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF)

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Strengthening the Financial Independence of Independent Media Organisations

The key findings of the literature review with regard to international donor assistance and private funding for independent media are as follows:

  • The United States and Germany are the largest contributors of international media assistance (Myers & Juma, 2018); China is emerging as a large donor for media and communications infrastructure projects although it is less interested in freedom of the media (Myers & Juma, 2018);
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George Santos Suggested the Chinese Communist Party Kidnapped His Niece. Huh?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The fabulist congressman’s latest tale connects to his courtship of Chinese exile Guo Wengui.

George Santos Suggested the Chinese Communist Party Kidnapped His Niece. Huh?

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Santos Introduces GUO Act to Fight CCP Infiltration of U.S. Government

Like former CIA officer and Donald Trump campaign national security advisor Anthony Shaffer and others, Santos believes the CCP is infiltrating the U.S. government. Indeed, with the Bidens’ financial ties to China, it seems that infiltration might even extend to the White House.

Spook Tony Shaffer is a regular on Judge Napolitano. Must be one of those ‘realists’ like John Mearsheimer?! 🙄

Who is Guo Wengui?

Hong Kong ‘Protests’ (New Federal State of China)

When Even The Nazis Aren’t Nazis

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

In what Matt Taibbi has described as “the worst op-ed in history”, Politico Europe has published an astonishing article titled “Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi”, which defends the scandal of the Canadian parliament applauding a literal SS Nazi veteran as a “complicated” issue that is being exploited by “propagandists”.

When Even The Nazis Aren’t Nazis

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The Worst Op-Ed in History? Politico gives National Socialism its finest makeover since “Springtime for Hitler”

[2008] Yes, Joe Biden’s Helicopter Really Was “Forced Down” in Afghanistan

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

One of the narratives the blogs are talking about this week is that Joe Biden is—gasp!—”gaffe-prone.” Nevermind the fact that this has been the story about Biden for 30 years: now journalists are even finding gaffes where none exist. In a post on The Stump exploring Biden’s unfortunate attack on his own campaign’s ad, Michael Crowley claims that this Joe Biden anecdote is a “gaffe”:

Yes, Joe Biden’s Helicopter Really Was “Forced Down” in Afghanistan

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The Story Behind Biden’s Emergency Helicopter Landing in Afghanistan

U.S. senators in emergency Afghan landing

The gaffe-o-meter

Biden made the claim, again, last Friday. So-called fact-checkers are saying that the first time he made the claim was in 2015. The first time was actually during his 2008 presidential campaign. The argument, I guess, is between whether his helicopter was forced down or made an emergency landing?! Sure, he makes quite a few gaffes, but this one seems like a nothingburger compared to his Fallujah one (or other numerous gaffes).