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The ADL Ignores Yet Another Elon Musk ‘Great Replacement’ Meltdown
Why does the alleged civil rights group continue to give a free pass to America’s most prominent antisemite?
Sep 12 • Adam Johnson
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It’s Not Just 'Netanyahu': The Rise of Liberals’ One Bad Man Theory to Explain Away Gaza Genocide
Attempts to pin the horrors on “Netanyahu" obscure the reality of just how popular genocide is with US elites and within Israel itself.
Aug 9 • Adam Johnson
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Child Amputees, Aid Massacres, Mass Starvation—the Israeli War Crimes NYT Covers Less than Mamdani and 'Globalize the Intifada'
Theoretical, third order, speculative violence must be condemned while actual, real world mass violence, that actually exists in reality, is seen as…
Jul 19 • Adam Johnson
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Lawmakers and Pundits Speed Run Iraq WMDs-Level Lies About Iran
The US intelligence consensus is that Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program. Why does our media and political class keep implying—and explicitly…
Jun 22 • Sarah Lazare and Adam Johnson
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Israeli Leaders Hiding in Tunnels, Underground IDF Bases in ‘Populated Areas’: US Media’s Human Shields Double Standard
Why is Jake Tapper not lamenting the IDF doing the exact same things he accuses Hamas of doing?
Jun 16 • Adam Johnson
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If Harris Opposes Trump’s Horrific Gaza Policies, She Should Say So
Her defenders insist she would have been “better on Gaza.” This is very possible. But why doesn’t she explain how in her own words?
May 19 • Adam Johnson
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As Trump and Israel Escalate Genocide in Gaza, Popular Media Continues to Ignore It
Under Biden, Gaza was excused, downplayed and natural disaster-rized. Under Trump it’s simply not a priority at all.
Apr 24 • Adam Johnson
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Jeffrey Goldberg Dismissing Yemeni Deaths Is Why He Was in the Group Chat to Begin With
As someone who launders pro-Israel, pro-US government talking points for a living, Goldberg being on Trump officials’ speed dial makes perfect sense—and…
Mar 27 • Sarah Lazare
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