The Digger

Excerpt: "Back in March 2016 we created  a list of news items  that accused Russia and its bear riding president Vladimir Putin of weaponizing things. Others have since  copied   the   idea . Several of the pieces listed in it are products of the recently uncovered  British government financed disinformation campaign , or of similar efforts by other governments. But these are only a part of the general anti-Russian reflex that is ingrained in our 'western' culture. Nothing else can explain the craziness of these 'weaponizing' claims. The updated list with some 65 issues, ideas and things that Russia allegedly 'weaponizes' will hopefully help to convince people that most of what is said or written about Russia is likewise blatant nonsense. How Putin's Russia turned  humour  into a weapon    BBC, December 2018 Weaponizing  an Economy : The Cryptoruble and Russia’s Dystopian Future    U.S. Army Tra...

" America’s post-Cold War presidents could have taken a road that didn’t end at Donald Trump." Excerpt: "Think back a quarter century, to the beginning of the “unipolar moment.” Having triumphed over the Soviet Union, the United States could have given itself a high-five, taken a victory lap, and adopted a grand strategy better suited to a world without a superpower rival. Rejecting isolationism, Washington could nonetheless have gradually disengaged from those areas that no longer needed significant American protection and reduced its global military footprint, while remaining ready to act in a few key areas should it become absolutely necessary. These moves would have forced our wealthiest allies to take on greater responsibility for local problems while the United States addressed pressing domestic needs. Making the “American dream” more real here at home would also have shown other nations why the values of liberty, democracy, open markets, and the rule of law ...

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"Political parties in the United States are nonideological, mass-based coalitions that by their very nature are best understood as vehicles for winning elections—nothing more and nothing less." Excerpt: "There are few controversies in American politics more enduring than the argument over whether the Democratic Party should be a “big tent” on the issue of abortion and welcome candidates and officials who oppose reproductive rights. The debate recurs every four years over the terms of the Democratic Party’s platform, and it simmers consistently beneath the surface of the party’s generally strong support for reproductive rights and access to abortion services. The controversy has flared with particular intensity in recent months in response to Sen. Bernie Sanders and DNC Chair Tom Perez offering their support to “prolife” Democratic mayoral candidate Heath Mello in Omaha, Nebraska. Perez backed down pretty quickly in the face of outrage among prochoice activists wit...

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" Menendez – a Cuban-American whose legal defense from corruption charges was bankrolled by the pro-Israel lobby – joined his neoconservative colleagues in referring to Nicaragua’s democratically elected president, [in line with "socialist Bernie Sanders referring to Hugo Chavez as a "dead dictator" and lodging no disagreement regarding Nicaragua] Daniel Ortega, as a “dictator” who leads a “regime.” -  Every Single Member Of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions On Nicaragua | PopularResistance.Org Every Single Member of US Congress Approved Crushing Sanctions on Nicaragua -  https://grayzoneproject.com/2018/12/14/congress-sanctions-nicaragua-nica-act/

In challenging the honesty of this self-appointed DP neo-mavericky political hack; this self contradicting bloviator on universal human rights principles and his Dem-soc commitment to capitalism and imperialism; on Russiagate, Israel-Palestine and BDS; on "terrorist" Iran and Syria; on Empire, the FED and MIC; his commitment to labor, his DP gatekeeping political rhetoric and, perhaps most importantly, on using healthcare as a validator of his authenticity as champion of public interest, it may be possible to delegitimize the entire rightwing DP as an trustworthy representative of the working class, once and for all. The non-existent, "our democracy" undermining, Trump-Russia collusion which Bernie's bought into wholesale, in spite of the left being in the forefront of debunking this "Washington planners" aka, "deep state" propaganda,  has got nothing on the quid pro quo collusion between sheepdog Bernie and the sheep abattoir that is the D...