Archiv: the self-hating smear


16.05.2022 - 18:10 [ Wikipedia ]

Allegations of CIA drug trafficking

Several conspiracy theories assert that the CIA used Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport to smuggle weapons and ammunition to the Contras in Nicaragua, and drugs back into the United States.[19][20] Some theories even invoke the involvement of political figures, including Oliver North and former presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.[20][21]

The CIA’s self-investigation, overseen by the CIA’s inspector general, stated that the CIA had no involvement in or knowledge of any illegal activities that may have occurred in Mena.

02.05.2021 - 00:52 [ Gleen Greenwald ]

The Left Continues to Destroy Itself and Others With Evidence-Free Destruction of Reputations

Equating accusations with proven fact is reckless and repressive. It is also standard behavior in liberal politics, whereby they ruin lives without a second thought.

11.12.2019 - 13:45 [ order-order.com ]

Fifteen Former Labour MPs Sign Letter Saying Don’t Vote Labour

The letter, organised by Ian Austin’s Mainstream campaign, accuses the party of “antisemitism and extremism”, whilst being “weak on national security”. It concludes “Jeremy Corbyn: not fit to be Prime Minister.” Just one day to go…

19.09.2019 - 09:46 [ Politico.com ]

Congress: Ilhan Omar urges Twitter to take down Trump’s false tweet

In fact, the video accompanying the tweet of Omar dancing was from a Sept. 13 Congressional Black Caucus event. Omar later rebuked the president for his rhetoric and Twitter for failing to take down the post. “The President of the United States is continuing to spread lies that put my life at risk. What is Twitter doing to combat this misinformation?” she tweeted.

A Twitter spokesperson confirmed Williams has deleted his tweet, but the company did not comment on the president’s post. Omar told POLITICO she’s „still getting threats“ because of Trump’s retweet.

15.07.2019 - 14:24 [ Haaretz ]

Pro-Israel Groups Promoted anti-BDS Resolution in German Parliament, Der Spiegel Reports

The report claims that local groups such as the Middle East Peace Forum and WerteInitiative (Values Initiative) worked together with Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs in order to promote the resolution, an enterprise that included “donations to politicians.” The groups deny these charges, but the story has evoked a stormy public debate. Bild, the most widely-read newspaper in Germany, sharply criticized the report, calling it anti-Semitic.

25.05.2019 - 07:15 [ Promises Rust ‏/ Twitter ]

What is happening to the Labour Party? Lifelong lexiteers are in charge but now instead of standing up for the millions of working class Labour voters who want to leave the EU, they are branding them racists, bigots, xenophobes and far right. They’ll crash as badly as the Tories.

08.04.2019 - 12:52 [ Paul Embery, Blue Labour ‏/ Twitter ]

‚A nation is not a home.‘ I fear this encapsulates the divide in our society – between a rootless, cosmopolitan, bohemian middle-class (in this case a bloke who used to sing folk songs on the BBC) and a rooted, communitarian, patriotic working-class.