Catch 22 and the cult of loyalty

[David Morris]

*“Durham report […] concludes of russiagate that there were no Russians, no
collusion dirt”*

Straight out lies, first sentence.  Of course.

I guess these days if you’re going to support, Russia, you have to support
Trump also. What a wonderful irony.

Way to go, JoeyT!

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 5:32 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> Below is a link to a long intelligent and literate discussion between Matt
> Taibbi and Walter Kirin about the Durham report, a report  that concludes
> about the origins and development of russiagate mania that there were no
> Russians, no collusion dirt, no telling emails but a fair number of drinks.
> The sad part is there is also no acknowledgement by mainstream media of any
> value for this attempt at a conclusive neutral review,  no admission of
> McCarthyist witch hunting, no learning from past mistakes, and no
> renunciation of the dangers posed by over 50 well funded private and
> government operations to censor the kind of skeptics who got russiagate
> right, those doubters  who questioned the safe and effective narrative, who
> questioned WMDs in Iraq  and who  currently question the US’s headlong rush
> toward WW3?  After years of research showing no evidence supporting the
> Russiagate accusations ( I have always despised Trump and would be happy to
> see him convicted of a real crime) it is time to accept that political
> propaganda is dangerous, corrupting and expensive and that a media guided
> by political, commercial or  blind government loyalty does not serve our
> still precarious attempt at a constitutional democratically-elected
> republic.
>   The discussion in the last 3rd of the show about Catch 22,  focusing on
> the loyalty oath, is particularly relevant and illustrates the power of
> well constructed satire vs  the political arguments taking place in a world
> where everyone wants to have their own facts.
>
>
>
> https://www.racket.news/p/episode-39-america-this-week-with?utm_source=podcast-email%2Csubstack&publication_id=1042&post_id=122552662&utm_medium=email#details
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> https://www.racket.news/p/episode-39-america-this-week-with?utm_source=podcast-email,substack&publication_id=1042&post_id=122552662&utm_medium=email#details
> >
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