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Forget Russiagate, Now It’s US-gate! US Election Meddling Extends to Britain

Dave LINDORFF
So now we have pompous Mike Pompeo, America’s current Secretary of State, on a visit to the UK, assuring a group of British Jewish leaders in a closed-door meeting that the US would work to prevent Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn from becoming prime minister if his party were to win enough votes in the next national parliamentary election to get the opportunity to try and form a new British government.

Usrael Kurd Oil Deals and Tanker Attacks

Syrian Kurd Oil Deals and Tanker AttacksMultiple media outlets were claiming that the US led coalition launched an airstrike at oil tankers while the Kurdish meida reported they participated in targeting the tankers with machine gun fire and anti tank missiles- mentioned below. The online dis-info crowd claimed this was just Turkish propaganda- It seemed to me there was a little more to the reports then those advancing limited hangout claims.

Why the Sports Model of Political Reporting Has Had Disastrous Results

In the latter half of the 20th century, no one would confuse the hard news sections of newspapers with the sports sections. However, today, an era that has seen the center of gravity for journalism transfer from print to a combination of television and the Internet, on-air news reporting, in particular, reporting on political campaigns and elections, has largely adopted the format used by 24-hour sports channels.

Trump UK Visit: The Winners and Losers of That Not-So-Special Relationship

The superlatives stack up when you take in the sheer scale and significance of the Trump official state visit to the UK. The Queen pulled out all the stops and made sure that Trump and his family were given the full nine yards of pomp befitting of a US president during what is very troubling times in both the UK and the world in general.