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2016 U.S. Presidential election, Deutschland, Donald Trump, Germany, History, Rule of Law, Russia, State Department, television, Ukraine November 21, 2019

Democrats tear bricks out of Trump propaganda wall, but prepare to quit–and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll of Trump’s Job approval, November 20, 2019L Approve 46%, Disapprove 53% House Democrats have succeeded in tearing bricks out of Trump’s…

Donald Trump, elections, Impeachment, propaganda, television, U.S. Constitution, Ukraine

The missing elements in the war against ISIS — Taking down their websites and engaging in robust public diplomacy

coverage of foreign events, Crimea, Crimes Against Humanity, Culture and Communication, Dictatorship, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, elections, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, human rights, Russia, Spain, television, U.S. news coverage, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin

Russian propaganda and Western reporters who can’t think: Putin’s great rise in popularity, as revealed by polls

China, coverage of foreign events, Culture and Communication, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, freedom of speech, public diplomacy, State Department, television, United Kingdom

Shift in funding source spells dim future for BBC World Service

Crimea, Deutschland, electronic curtain, freedom of speech, Germany, human rights, internal supporters of human rights, International Law, Russia, sanctions, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.N. Charter, U.N. Security Council, Ukraine, use of force

OSCE report details serious human rights violations against pro-Kiev Ukrainians in the Crimea and the eastern Ukraine

Barack Obama, Crimea, Dictatorship, electronic curtain, Google, Intelligence, International Law, public diplomacy, Russia, sanctions, self-defense, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, television, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, Ukraine, United States, use of force

Russia’s propaganda and empty justifications for aggression in the Ukraine; the urgent need for the West to broadcast accurate news into eastern Ukraine

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Crimes Against Humanity, Dimming Vision of World Affairs, Egypt, electronic curtain, extrajudicial execution, foreign correspondents, foreign news coverage, freedom of speech, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, Iran, Israel, kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Middle East, NATO, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, State Department, State Department Legal Adviser, syria, Taliban, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, television, Torture, Turkey, U.N. Security Council, U.S Foreign Relations, U.S. Congress, U.S. Intervention, U.S. Military, U.S. news coverage, United States, use of force, war crimes November 22, 2012

Lies, Spies and Politics: The Incredible Evolution of the Benghazi “Talking Points” Narrative–Part I

DRAFT–developing Intelligence agencies use deception as a standard operating procedure. CIA operations are by nature secret, and intelligence agencies go to great lenghts to keep…

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