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This is a great article.

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Having spent over 30 years studying the oligarchs'-directed U.S. intelligence and their war on the 99% of us, for the last 30+ years, I really appreciate this article. Thanks for writing for The Kennedy Beacon David Talbot!

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Thanks for the comments. Re: Gaza, I've made clear that I disagree with RFK Jr. about Israel, which I have said is guilty of war crimes in Gaza. But he has made significant strides on the issue, tweeting recently for Justice Department intervention in the student protests and peaceful debate on the issue, which is how the JFK administration began to get engaged in the civil rights tumult in the South. I never agree 100 % with political leaders I support -- do you? But I think that Bobby would be a much better president on Israel and Palestine than the two men he's running against. He's committed to a just peace in the region.

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The Abraham Accords

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Operation Mockingbird, CIA Media Control Program

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDCfTIapds0

OPERATION MOCKINGBIRD: How The CIA Took Over The Mainstream Media

MOCKINGBIRD: The Subversion Of The Corporate Media By The CIA

https://themillenniumreport.com/2017/07/operation-mockingbird-how-the-cia-took-over-the-mainstream-media/

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There ya go.

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Rockefeller & JP Morgan went around buying up major newspapers circa 1900 to control information. They couldn't buy public broadcasting, so they control it through "donations". I was never here & we never had this conversation.

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THANK YOU! I swear, no matter how many people I tell that to, they all just go straight into denial about it. "It's the paper of record!" "Ah, I see. BTW, how do you know that?" "Duh, because it SAYS it is!"

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TY!

"Rockefeller was acquainted with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director Allen Dulles and his brother, Eisenhower administration Secretary of State John Foster Dulles—who was an in-law of the family —since his college years. It was in Rockefeller Center that Allen Dulles had set up his WWII operational center after Pearl Harbor, liaising closely with MI6, which also had their principal U.S. operation in the center."

So the OSS, precursor to the CIA, was set up in Rockefeller Plaza.

"Rockefeller had a lifelong association with the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) when he joined as a director in 1949."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller

Former CIA Officer Kevin Shipp; "The CFR created the CIA."

https://www.bitchute.com/video/1DISq2Hyhj79/

Operation Mockingbird was where the CIA infiltrated the media, exposed by the Church Committee in 1976; but just because it was exposed doesn't mean that it ever ended. It didn't, & we know that because the CFR controls most major media today:

https://swprs.org/the-american-empire-and-its-media/

So when Targeted Justice can't get media coverage for a $1.3 billion lawsuit against the government, you know why.

"Did CIA Director William Casey really say, "We'll

know our disinformation program is complete

when everything the American public believes is

false"?" Yes.

https://ia802201.us.archive.org/2/items/cia-director-william-casey-disinformation-program-quote-soruce/CIA%20Director%20William%20Casey%20Disinformation%20Program%20Quote%20Soruce.pdf

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I remember when left became right, up became down and the world was split into two alternate realities. Coincidentally, that was when "Listener supported non commercial public radio" changed to "Support comes from The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and Archer Midland Daniels, Supermarket to the world. I think Mellon, Carnegie and Rockeffeller foundation were there too.

Go figure.

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Great article . Maybe Bobby needs to listen to less NPR so he can correct his Zionist stance on the genocide in Gaza .

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Just wondering if you have listened to this?! Maybe you should so you can stop hating this man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwRUfFxHnoE

Robert F Kennedy Jr. is the only candidate for President of the United States who is actively engaged with Israelis and Palestinians to seek out solutions to permanently end the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

This is the first of a series of podcasts called "Path To Peace." In this First Episode, Mr. Kennedy has a conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Professor Mohammed Dijon Daoudi.

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I'm listening to these podcasts and they are very informative and demonstrate the balanced approach that Kennedy is known for when it comes to investigating the issues affecting the world.

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Would you pls. explain what his Zionist stance on the genocide in Gaza is? Thx.

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While you're at it, please explain your definition of Zionism in 25 words or less.

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The CIA and the media

"The Central Intelligence Agency owns everyone of any significance in the major media." - former CIA Director William Colby.

We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false" - William J. Casey

Source of CIA Director William J. Casey's Disinformation Program Quote

https://archive.org/details/cia-director-william-casey-disinformation-program-quote-soruce

Deception is a state of mind and the mind of the state - James Angleton, CIA Chief of Counterintelligence, 1954-1974

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“No matter how paranoid or conspiracy-minded you are, what the government is actually doing is worse than you imagine.” - William Blum, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower

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There are so many things to fix... Katherine Watt is making a list of "evidence to support prosecution of members of Congress, presidents, cabinet secretaries and federal judges for treason under 18 USC 2381."

https://bailiwicknews.substack.com/p/evidence-of-presidential-and-congressional

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And don't forget how well NPR did in feeding the public heavy Covid fear mongering.

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A lot has been written on the new NPR CEO, but nothing as perfect as this piece. This report goes directly into the center of the controversy without apology, but makes clear what the precise facts are and aren't.

Brilliant piece David!

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In Abraham Lincoln's day, the press was extremely partisan, so he would read both Whig and Democratic newspapers to get an idea of what was actually going on. The MSM today is partisan but also monolithic, so the only alternative is the well-named alternative press.

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I was just reading about Lincoln ignoring the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision. His 1860 inaugural address says:

"[I]f the policy of the government, upon vital questions, affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made . . . the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their government, into the hands of that eminent tribunal."

We need more like Lincoln.

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Another COURAGEOUS piece Mr.Talbot.

It’s become a “ Brave New World” …. With the Corporate capture of Media, Big Pharma and the Govt agencies designed to protect our freedoms!!

You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows!!

It’s here and happening right now.

Steady as she goes mates!!

We are building a Tsunami 🌊 with this movement in order to recover and reclaim our birthrights of freedom , democracy, justice and prosperity for all.

Our spirits are strong and they are FULLY aligned with the Original keepers of the flame of CIVIL RIGHTS and FREEDOM

JFK -Malcolm X -MLK & RFK.

Which RFKJr has so courageously picked up before it was FULLY EXTINGUISHED!!

Keep up the good work Mr Talbot thank you for your continued courage and diligence speaking the TRUTH!!

As Mr Mailer would have said “Your A Pearl”!!!!

God bless you sir!!

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NPR was created to be a CIA mouthpiece by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which was created by a Democratic-majority Congress for that express purpose.

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The difference between the truth and a lie is the lie needs to be believable, the truth stands on its own. Believable lies always contain some shading of the truth.

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As is Kennedy with his Daughter in law Campaign Manager. You are never Ex-CIA. Hey Kennedy should Free Speech be taken away to protect the Genociders of tens of thousands of defenseless women and children? Coward.

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Most cowards are sitting behind a keyboard!!

Just wondering if you have listened to this?! Maybe you should so you can stop hating this man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwRUfFxHnoE

Robert F Kennedy Jr. is the only candidate for President of the United States who is actively engaged with Israelis and Palestinians to seek out solutions to permanently end the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.

This is the first of a series of podcasts called "Path To Peace." In this First Episode, Mr. Kennedy has a conversation with Yossi Klein Halevi and Professor Mohammed Dijon Daoudi.

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I'm no coward and I don't hide who I am. Your delusional. Kennedy with his boyfriend Smut Merchant with his Daughter Rabbi Shmuley supported the GENOCIDE AND STARVATION OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF MOSTLY DEFENSELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN!BY THE PSYCHOPATHIC ZIONISTS. That he found a Palestinian Apologist who will give away the rest of Palestine to the Psychopaths makes Kennedy a peace-lover? Your nuts and your the Coward for supporting the Genocide.

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You didn’t even checkout what I sent you!! You just repeat the same BS over and over. You don’t care about the truth whatsoever. Coward.

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The same thing was sent to me by another fool. It is Whitewashing. You Hide I don't, I write the Truth you Don't.

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BTW: I was one of Kennedy's biggest supporters for many years until he showed who he was with this HORRIBLE GENOCIDE! There were many signs before he was unhinged including Heroin Addiction, how he treated his wife who suicided and his Totalitarianism. Is he marginally better than Trump and Biden? Yes but he is worse because he is a Snake clothed as a Truth Teller.

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You’re sick and delusional! You never make any sense. Your hate is what Bobby is trying to heal in this country. Best of luck to you! #kennedy24

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