War on Journalism Comes Home: Max Blumenthal ARRESTED in DC

 

Ben Norton:

Max Blumenthal, the editor of the news site The Grayzone, was arrested on the morning of October 25 on a fabricated charge related to the siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC that took place between April and May.

A team of DC police officers appeared at Blumenthal’s door at just after 9 AM, demanding entry and threatening to break his door down. A number of officers had taken positions on the side of his home as though they were prepared for a SWAT-style raid.

 

‘This charge is 100% false’: Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal arrested months after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence

Blumenthal was informed that he was accused of simple assault by a Venezuelan opposition member. He declared the charge completely baseless.

Max Blumenthal is one of the few real journalists left in this plastic fake news empire. He tells the truth about terrorism, foreign policy, Syria, etc. Get his book:

 

The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump

 

 

His request for a phone call was denied by DC police and corrections officers, effectively denying him access to the outside world.

ps

 

Of course Hitler said it: it was his entire shtick #MAGA

There are a lot of delusional Trumptards in this shithole nation.

Adolf Hitler once said he wanted to ‘Make Germany Great Again’

 

And again, in 1940, the St Louis Star and Times included a speech Hitler made, where he said:

Nationalism and Socialism had to be redefined and they had to be blended into one strong new idea to carry new strength which would make Germany great again.

 

The Trump idiots don’t seem to comprehend that Hitler DID make Germany “great” again, great enough to invade and attack all of Europe! They don’t seem to have any concept of history; it’s all right-wing talking point propaganda. That’s all that fits in their little minds.

The difference between Trump and Hitler is significant, as Trump rejects Socialism as that would be a way of helping the majority with government programs. He does the opposite and only helps the rich by slashing government programs designed to help the rest.

Trump’s similarities to the fascists are quite important too, as he deliberately divides people along class and racial/ethnic lines to create scapegoats for the country’s problems, when the real problems of this nation stem from limitless CORRUPTION by the billionaires. It’s a plutocracy, run by the rich, or an oligarchy, run by a group of elite industrialists who install and bribe the politicians.

Trump’s fascist tendencies are numerous and obvious if you’re not one of the regulars at his Nazi-styled hate rallies. No other American Presidents toured the country after they were elected riling up the rabble in show after show. That’s a Hitler stunt. He’s a dangerous, potentially psychotic asshole.

“You see, we’ve seen what these rhetorical techniques can do. Much of Trump’s rhetoric—as a candidate and in office—mirrors the strategies, even the language, used by Adolf Hitler in the early 1930s to erode German democracy.”

Trump is copying Hitler’s early rhetoric and policies in 20 different ways

Trump/Koch Bros. Fascism Couldn’t Be Clearer

 

Mississippi ICE Raids Targeted Workers Who Fought for Better Conditions

 

THEY.

WANT.

SLAVES.

 Wednesday’s raids targeted chicken processing plants operated by Koch Foods, one of the largest poultry producers in the U.S. Last year, the company paid out $3.75 million to settle an Equal Employment Opportunities Commission class-action suit charging the company with sexual harassment, national origin and race discrimination, and retaliation against Latino workers at one of its Mississippi plants. Labor activists say it’s the latest raid to target factories where immigrant workers have organized unions, fought back against discrimination or challenged unsafe and unsanitary conditions.

The Captain – Review

Twisted Satire

Somewhere between Salo and Oh Brother, Where Art Thou, this surprising journey twists things around unexpectedly.

I found this story amazing and disturbing, but with gag moments thrown in to lighten the mood. It’s a very strange take down of the fascist mindset, by having a rogue fascist, a deserter no less, turn the tables and out-fascist the fascists.

It kind of boggles the mind what Private Herold managed to accomplish, more so as we learn that this is a true story! 

The character gets darker and darker and darker. If that’s your kind of tale…

 

Plutocracy on Parade

 

Everything Wrong With MSNBC

CNN’s Tsunami of Lies Smearing Assange

 

Serial fabricator CNN on a Jihad to attack the one news source that never had to retract anything.

New CNN Assange Smear Piece Is Amazingly Dishonest, Even For CNN

Fascistic Lunacy: Trump Declares Himself Above the Law

 

 

On Fox News, WH spox @hogangidley45 said the quiet part loud about Trump's citizenship question executive order: "The president said, 'listen, I'm not going to be beholden to the courts anymore.'"

(Instead of asking any sort of follow-up Q @BillHemmer immediately changed topic) pic.twitter.com/wlO1SFY30f

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 12, 2019