Catch 22 and the cult of loyalty

[Mark Kohut]

Can you spell Mueller, Joseph?

Russians proven and charged...

Durham disgraced...

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 6:24 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> *“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
> > <
> >
> 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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