On the record · Updated October 1, 2026
89 things Aaron Maté said, verbatim, from July 24, 2026 to October 1, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the story each one belongs to.
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“The US has withdrawn its forces, but retains a more decisive form of leverage: controlling Iraq's access to its own oil revenue, which is held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.”
on US leverage over Iraq after withdrawing forces, via oil revenue held in New York
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“I'm not criticizing Zohran for doing this because I understand he has to deal with a very toxic political reality. Politics is a different game. But to me launching a "Strategy to Combat Antisemitism" in a time of the Gaza genocide is akin to a "Strategy to Combat Anti-Whiteness" at the height of South African apartheid. That's not even a fair analogy: Israel and its apologists do infinitely more to both fabricate and encourage anti-Semitism.”
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“This attempt at Gaza genocide spin from the Biden camp has some truth. Santa delivers presents for children. Biden delivered bombs that killed well over 21,000 children.”
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“As was obvious at the time, Biden's "red line" around Rafah was a green light to turn an entire city to dust. Never forgive, never forget.”
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“Recall that Biden went from declaring that an Israeli assault on Rafah was a "red line" to deploying his Pentagon to assist Israel with the assault:”
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“It’s crazy how many governments, politicians, and corporations are complicit in trying to deny Palestinians their basic humanity:”
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“I don’t give Nazis an exception just because they call themselves “the Jewish state.””
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“Addressing @The_Hague_Group meeting at UN, @dianabuttu stresses the need for accountability not only for the Gaza genocide, but all Israeli crimes dating back to the Nakba.”
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“South Africa has led the way in trying to stop the Gaza genocide and hold Israel to account. Working with @ProgIntl , they've convened a historic session at the UN to expand their campaign. Public outrage has forced many countries that stayed on the sidelines, or even acted as accomplices, to join the tide of humanity:”
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“Netanyahu should tell his pro-genocide NYC Jewish friends not to worry. Unlike that Jewish synagogue in Iran, he’s not going to bomb them.”
on Netanyahu and Iran's bombing of a synagogue there
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“When the mass murder apologist says “As a Jew”, the default response should be: “No Jew for you.””
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“After CIA/Israeli/Gulf-backed regime change, Syria's ruling ex-Al Qaeda leadership "has insisted on austerity measures that have made the cost of living even more unbearable for the average Syrian." Where are all the dirty war fans who cheered this on?”
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“The collapse in public support for Israel could trigger a financial and economic war against the Jewish state. The architecture for it is already taking shape. My latest: https:// fdd.org/analysis/2026/ 09/06/israel-must-prepare-for-the-possibility-of-financial-warfare/ …”
on warnings that declining support for Israel could bring financial and economic pressure
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“*the least complex, unless you’re a fan of ethno-supremacy and mass murder”
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““I want my music to be about humanity” — but I won’t oppose crimes against humanity.”
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“Kraft actually didn’t say he’s donating for aid “in Gaza.” He said “in the region.””
on Kraft's donation wording for aid to the region versus Gaza specifically
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“If only these trapped children could hear from enlightened grown adults that “Israel has the right to defend itself””
on trapped children hearing justifications for Israel's military actions
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“It’s a package deal: taxpayers get to subsidize both Israeli bombs and football stadiums that ban artists who oppose Israeli bombs”
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“If only Macklemore had said “F—k Palestine” and waved the Israeli flag, Robert Kraft would have instructed Ed to make him the headliner”
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“If you're against "cancel culture," wait till you hear about the one that's pro-genocide:”
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“Bill, a pale white Jewish man, actually thinks he’s “indigenous” to Palestine. Memo to Bill: Poland or Ukraine is not Palestine.”
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“Iran condemned 9/11 and fought Al Qaeda/ISIS. Jake Sullivan wrote that “Al Qaeda is on our side in Syria” and Trump gifted his branded cologne to the founder of Syrian Al Qaeda in the White House.”
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“The only honest thing about this group domimated by politicians, neocon pundits, and billionaires is that they call themselves a "Creative Community." Creative at denying genocide.”
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“Ahead of 9/11's 25 anniversary, the Trump admin has removed top figures from the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda from the US list of designated terrorists. Al Qaeda, which attacked the US, is so 25 years ago. In 2026, Trump is gifting cologne to the former Al Qaeda leader who now runs Syria thanks to a CIA-led dirty war and crippling US sanctions. And going after the real bad guys: college students and activists who support Palestinian freedom. Via @MaxBlumenthal of @TheGrayzoneNews , who's been on this story since the days when you'd get called an "Assadist" from across the spectrum for reporting on it:”
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“Do you care that the premise of your argument is fake? No, because you want the Muslim candidate, and anyone who opposes Israel's genocide, to lose.”
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“What is wrong with Zionists? Along with cheering the Gaza genocide and lying about people like Hasan who oppose it, they fabricate propaganda about atrocities against Israelis. There is not a single case of documented rape on October 7th 2023. No identified victims, and no physical, forensic, or visual evidence. By contrast, there is widespread evidence of Israel’s sexual violence against Palestinians.”
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“A crucial update on Israel’s continued sadism in Gaza under the so-called Board of Peace — delivered to a UN Security Council that let it happen.”
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“BTW, Hasan never "excused" anything. That's another lie. He said that if sexual violence did happen, it wouldn't excuse the genocide that Dana Bash supports.”
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“Trump declares Palestine Action a global terror group right after removing Syria, led by a former Al Qaeda leader, from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism. Shows you who the Israel First crowd sees as a bigger threat.”
on Trump labeling Palestine Action terrorists while clearing Syria's ex Al Qaeda leader
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“If you have the Ukraine and Palestine flags in your bio, Zelensky would like a word:”
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“A very Israeli "ceasefire": more slain Palestinian civilians, including two children in Gaza. Israel has murdered an average of at least one child per day since the "ceasefire" took effect. Where's the Board of Peace?”
on Palestinian civilian deaths, including children, continuing after Israel's ceasefire in Gaza
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“The Guardian once dubbed me “the most prolific spreader of disinformation” on Syria. I try to follow don Miguel Ruiz’s “Don’t take anything personally.” But sometimes it helps to get outside validation for that credo:”
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“Trump's "D-Day" stands for Defeat, and he's going to cope with that loss by inflicting more suffering on Iranian civilians:”
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“Israel took credit for installing Jolani. They had grounds to: throughout the dirty war, they bombed Syria hundreds of times, treated wounded Al Qaeda fighters, and armed insurgent groups. Israel's aim was to bleed Syria's allies, Hezbollah and Iran, and cut off their land bridge. Having achieved that, they can focus on their traditional practice of stealing Arab land. For advancing these aims, Israel can credit Western cheerleaders of the dirty war.”
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“The guy who built his political brand hyping fictional “Russian interference” insists on accepting Israeli interference:”
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“Even by Trump's Islamophobic standards, how is this an insult? He's such a fan of the founding leader of Al Qaeda in Syria, who was long on the U.S. "Global Terrorist" list, that he gifted him a bottle of "Victory 47" cologne.”
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“Oh my god. I just watched this clip. Remnick even throws in the canard about how Palestinians could have had their own state had they just accepted the Camp David accords of the early 2000s. In real life, that Palestinian "state" would have left all of Israel's illegal West Bank”[post continues]
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“David Remnick voices sympathy for Palestinians while routinely going out of his way to parrot the propaganda narratives used by Israel to mass murder, displace, and occupy them. He's declared that Hamas built "a militarized landscape of tunnels and outposts embedded in schools, homes, hospitals, and U.N. sites." He's also parroted the "horrific rape by Hamas" hoax, and wagged his finger at Palestinians who have "a reflex to discount" the blood libel of their genocidal Israeli occupiers. https:// x.com/aaronjmate/sta tus/1955654663140786397 …”
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“AIPAC says it remains "determined to ensure that voters reject Dr. El-Sayed and his radical anti-Israel agenda in November." Michigan voters just rejected $32 million worth of AIPAC's radical anti-Palestinian, anti-democracy agenda.”
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“In pretending to be critical of the genocide they fueled, the racist stock line from Blinken et al was that "far too many Palestinians have been killed" by Israel — as if even one Palestinian death was not only acceptable but necessary. Given how the genocide continued unabated after this massacre and so many others, the Biden team clearly thought that this slaughter wasn’t “too many”:”
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“The Trump admin went from "No new wars" to "can we get some new ideas for our failed new war?"”
on the Trump administration's shifting stance toward a new war
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“From Al Qaeda kidnapper of an American journalist in Syria to serving as Syria's top diplomat in America:”
on a former Al Qaeda kidnapper becoming Syria's top US diplomat
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“The New Yorker accepts the Biden team's dehumanization of Palestinians and endorsement of Israeli state terror against them: "Virtually everyone involved thought that Israel was killing more Palestinians than was necessary to achieve any legitimate objective." Unless you're a”
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“If Putin’s former press secretary was warning that he’s leading Russia toward national suicide, that person would be on every cable news network and front page. Zelensky’s former spokesperson @IuliiaMendel says the same about Ukraine. Her reception is a silencing at the European Parliament and being ignored by Western media. With one major exception:”
on Zelensky's ex-spokesperson Mendel being sidelined for warning of Ukraine's course
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“Zelensky imposed sanctions on his former spokesperson, Iuliia Mendel, a vocal critic of his government and of the Ukraine proxy war. Today the European Parliament barred Iuliia from a planned speaking event:”
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“To bail him out of having to accept a peace deal, Zelensky tries to summon the ghost of Lindsey Graham. Maybe he instead should recall what Graham boasted in July 2022, shortly after Zelensky walked away from the Istanbul peace talks: "As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and economic support, they will fight to the last person."”
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“Ukraine negotiated much more favorable terms for itself in Istanbul in April 2022. I hope that those who encouraged Zelensky to walk away — and the many more people who denied that this happened — reflect on how much death and suffering could have been prevented:”
on Ukraine's rejected 2022 Istanbul peace terms and the war's continued toll
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“Trump's CIA literally designed Ukraine's drone campaign to blow up Russian energy assets and refined products.”
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“They even took credit for it: “We found something that is working,” a senior U.S. official said.”
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“Every time Zelensky escalates against Russia, his country pays a heavier price. His NATO sponsors have repeatedly incentivized this by pouring in weapons and rejecting diplomacy.”
on NATO arms and rejection of diplomacy encouraging Zelensky to escalate against Russia
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“The initial spin was that CIA chief John Ratcliffe went to Moscow to warn against an attack on NATO territory. One day later, the new spin is that Ratcliffe was actually there in friendship: concerned that Putin is not getting "honest assessments of the conflict" from his aides, the CIA wanted to hand-deliver a hard dose of reality and urge him to end the war while he still can.”
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“Not buying it. Why would Russia want to fight NATO directly? It's already having a hard enough time fighting NATO indirectly in Ukraine. And if this really was a serious warning, why would the CIA chief be delivering it to Russian counterparts, as opposed to Trump delivering it directly to Putin? My own speculation: Ratcliffe either floating a new diplomatic track, or a quid pro quo in which Russia drops Iran -- Trump's main obsession, and source of embarrassment.”
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“Meh. What does Ukraine's recent Defense Minister know? So many Western proxy war cheerleaders have insisted that Ukraine is winning.”
on skepticism toward claims that Ukraine is winning the war
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“Vindman was showered with Democratic establishment adulation, cable news stardom, and a book deal because he decided that he could set US foreign policy over the elected president -- in this case, helping Kyiv attack Russia-backed eastern Ukrainians. His arrogance was rewarded, until voters finally had a say.”
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“Both Russia and Ukraine have persecuted anti-war activists. Boris Kagarlitsky, one of Russia's top leftist intellectuals, is serving a five-year sentence for criticizing the invasion of Ukraine. Kyiv's crackdown on Ukrainian dissidents gets far less Western attention. Ukrainian socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk has just been sentenced to 15 years in prison for "high treason" for writing six articles in @WSWS_Updates critical of the Zelensky government:”
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“If David Remnick didn't censor inconvenient facts from his liberal audience, they would be able to read that Ukrainian and Russians “managed to find a very real compromise” and “were very close in the middle of April 2022... to finalize the war with some peace settlement,” as one Ukrainian diplomat put it. They would also learn that the Biden admin and UK lobbied Zelensky to walk away from the compromise and "fight" Russia instead. By erasing this background, liberals can pretend that flooding Ukraine with weapons is the only sensible position, and those who dare advocate diplomacy are beyond the pale. In real life, @meganromer is the only one here with Ukraine's interests at heart.”
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“If David Remnick didn't censor inconvenient facts from his liberal audience, they would be able to read that Ukrainian and Russians “managed to find a very real compromise” and “were very close in the middle of April 2022... to finalize the war with some peace settlement,” as one”[post continues]
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“"The United States aids Ukraine and her people, so that we can fight Russia over there, and we don’t have to fight Russia here." -Adam Schiff”
on the rationale for US aid to Ukraine against Russia
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“Obama resisted bipartisan pressure to increase arms to Ukraine. His argument 10 years ago was that “Ukraine, which is a non-NATO country, is going to be vulnerable to military domination by Russia no matter what we do.” Because of this he lobbied, half-heartedly, for the Minsk peace accords. That message of restraint and diplomacy evaporated when he left office. Russiagate got Democrats on board with Lindsey Graham's policy of fighting Russia to the last Ukrainian. Now Zelensky is left without proper air defenses and pleading to NATO sponsors who've left his country to bleed:”
on Obama's past restraint toward arming Ukraine versus Democrats' current hawkish shift
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“For weeks, the prevailing establishment media narrative has been that Ukraine is winning the war. Meanwhile, Russian ground forces are advancing; Ukrainians are resisting forced military conscription; and Ukraine is losing control of vital ports, possibly on the path to becoming a landlocked country. If proxy war cheerleaders think this is "winning", maybe they don't have Ukraine's best interests in mind.”
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“I'm starting to think that progressives shouldn't have lined up with Joe Biden, Lindsey Graham, and the rest of the bipartisan foreign policy establishment to fuel the Ukraine proxy war:”
on progressives' role in the Ukraine conflict
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“A proxy war supporter might argue that this outlook is the product of Russia's invasion. Yet Drapatyi is expressing a longstanding sentiment that ultra-nationalists have held toward millions of fellow Ukrainians, primarily in the Donbas, who identify with Russia. This is the”
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“I’m looking forward to Antony’s forthcoming: “Blinken: A Memoir (Up Until January 19 2021 — Nothing Happened After That)””
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“Thanks to the Bush’s invasion of Iraq, which Trump claimed to oppose, Trump gets to decide whether flights can operate between neighboring Iran and Iraq. I fail to see what this has to do with freedom or American First:”
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“Every time a former Al Qaeda leader who now leads Syria thanks to the CIA speaks, a "Tankie" is newly vindicated.”
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“This foreign policy wiz presided over the disastrous Ukraine proxy war and then Israel’s genocide in Gaza and all its consequences. Is this like a George Costanza thing where they pay him to give advice, and then do the exact opposite?”
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“1) This is Islamophobic 2) Trump recently gifted his branded cologne to the founder of Al Qaeda in Syria”
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“Has Treasury Secretary Bessent considered spending more time on his own country’s economy, rather than trying to destroy Iran’s?”
on Treasury Secretary Bessent's focus on damaging Iran's economy
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“Amen. The end of a certain era where neocon war hawks were elevated as Resistance heros. Good riddance.”
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“NYT describes @tparsi and @QuincyInst as being "critical of American foreign policy that relies on military aggression." The Nuremberg Trials were also critical of aggression, describing it as "the supreme international crime." Yet somehow adopting this same position is unique for a think tank in Washington.”
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“. @democracynow issues a correction for falsely reporting an AI-generated meme. Meanwhile, it still hasn't retracted its parroting of State Dept. and corporate media propaganda that Nicaragua -- a Global South country long targeted by US destabilization -- "Will No Longer Hold Elections."”
on Democracy Now's coverage of Nicaragua's elections and US destabilization claims
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“. @democracynow issues a correction for falsely reporting an AI-generated meme. Meanwhile, it still hasn't retracted its parroting of State Dept. and corporate media propaganda that Nicaragua -- a Global South country long targeted by US destabilization -- "Will No Longer Hold”[post continues]
on Democracy Now's coverage of Nicaragua's elections and US destabilization claims
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“Israel shared "intelligence" with Trump to encourage war on Iran, and now Zelensky is attempting the same move with "intelligence" that promotes more belligerence against Russia. Biden's Ukraine proxy war and Trump's Iran regime change war are increasingly converging.”
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“Fox News airs frequent meltdowns about Iranian protesters chanting “Death to America.” Here, Fox News takes a break from that to discuss how America can bring death and suffering to millions of Iranians:”
on Fox News inconsistency in Iran coverage and US military policy
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“New: FBI secretly investigated Trump as Russian asset over his 'views' on arming Ukraine After a more than nine years of secrecy, declassified files show that the FBI investigated Trump as an agent of Russia over a manufactured Ukraine controversy and a quote from his son.”
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“Accomplice now expresses regret for failing to rein in school shooter while providing him bullets and blockading classrooms during the school shooting.”
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“The “resistance” was never cool, but it was right about Trump’s nature—and about how to defeat him, @jonathanchait argues. https:// theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/ resistance-10-was-not-crazy/688340/?taid=6a873e87b743e900013cdb96&utm_campaign=WigwamQuan&utm_content=edit-promo&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter …”
on an Atlantic essay arguing the anti-Trump resistance movement was right about him
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“When it comes to Michigan and red-baiting, Hillary has a wealth of experience. She not only lost Michigan in 2016 but then proceeded to blame "the Russians" for having helped "convince blacks not to vote in Michigan."”
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“Palestinians in Gaza can't even receive PayPal donations to help them survive. Meanwhile, AIPAC gets to spend at least $32 million against a Michigan candidate who wants to stop arming Israel:”
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“If they’re looking for an icebreaker, I’d start off by sharing how much they’ve each gotten from the CIA:”
on public figures' past payments from the CIA
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“The New York Times and Washington Post received Pulitzers for parroting Russiagate, aka the scam of the century. Declassified documents recently showed the basis for the FBI launching a counterintelligence probe of Trump as a possible Russian asset during his first months in office. The FBI's pretext was an overblown Post op-ed about a meaningless RNC platform edit on arming Ukraine, and a 2008 quote from Trump's son about Russians buying Trump-branded properties. Here's the NYT's verdict: "There is little new of substance in the documents, and nothing that fundamentally undercuts the F.B.I.’s rationale for pursuing the Russia investigation." I look forward to the day when the NYT manages to print something of substance on the Russia investigation.”
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““I had nothing to do with 9/11. I was 13 years old at that time. [Actually, it was 19.] …All I did was pledge allegiance to Al-Qaeda, which carried out 9/11. I was 30 years old at that time.””
on a militant figure's contradictory claims about his age and Al-Qaeda ties
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“More than 400 Klan Democrats refuse to support Black candidate”
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“Written by CBS News' summer 2026 Islamophobia-promotion social media intern (Bari Weiss):”
on accusing CBS News and Bari Weiss of promoting Islamophobia
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“Zelensky’s former spokesperson, banned from speaking inside the European Parliament, still delivered her message:”
on Zelensky's ex-spokesperson barred from speaking in the European Parliament
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“From the country that brought you “right to rape” protests, a new civic cause: harassing the parents of filmmakers who document war crimes”
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“Imagine a politician saying that lying is a part of the Jewish religion. Mike Johnson declares that about Islam and the host just moves on to the next question. Another obvious follow-up is: what's an example of Iran lying "every day"? The answer is none. When it comes to designated adversaries, politicians are given carte blanche to lie every day.”
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“Rep. Randy Fine (R-Israel First) writes that Max Blumenthal “has been cultivated as an agent of influence by an FTO and current military adversary.” Along with sleazy, this is defamation. Does Congressional immunity apply to a letter to the executive branch?”
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“Will CNN's Dana Bash condemn CNN's Dana Bash for dangerous anti-Semitism?”
on CNN anchor Dana Bash and accusations of anti-Semitism in media coverage
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