Yearly Archives: 2022

Bigotry Unbound: the U.S. Media’s Anti-China Propaganda Blitz

Hate crimes against Asian Americans mushroomed over the past two years. According to the Guardian, they jumped 567 percent in San Francisco since 2021, and you don’t have to look far to find out why. The main reason is, quite simply, incessant China-bashing in the mainstream media. This propaganda campaign …

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America’s Real Adversaries are Its European and Other Allies

The U.S. aim is to keep them from trading with China and Russia The Iron Curtain of the 1940s and ‘50s was ostensibly designed to isolate Russia from Western Europe – to keep out Communist ideology and military penetration. Today’s sanctions regime is aimed inward, to prevent America’s NATO and …

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US orders embassy in Kyiv to evacuate amid concerns about Russian military action

The U.S. State Department began evacuating staffers from the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv Saturday, amid mounting warnings that Moscow could imminently launch an invasion of Ukraine, according to a security update emailed to U.S. citizens in the country. “U. S. citizens should not travel to Ukraine, and those in Ukraine …

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US F-22 fighter jets arrive in UAE after Houthi attacks

U.S. F-22 fighter jets arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, part of an American defense response to recent missile attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels targeting the country. The Raptors landed at Al-Dhafra Air Base in Abu Dhabi, which hosts some 2,000 U.S. troops. American soldiers there launched Patriot …

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Russia’s military move into Belarus poses risks to more than Ukraine

The Baltic countries are warning their NATO allies that Russian military exercises underway in Belarus could lead to a permanent Russian troop presence in that Eastern European country, with alarming risks for the long-term security of the Western alliance. The Russian military buildup in Belarus appears aimed at Ukraine for …

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US, NATO prepare to sharpen eastern defenses if Russia invades Ukraine

The United States will consider rotating additional U.S. troops through NATO member countries on Europe’s eastern flank, should Russia mount a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and NATO would also bulk up its presence in those countries with forces and armaments, U.S. and European officials said. The White House has repeatedly …

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Pentagon orders US soldiers out of Ukraine as war fears mount

U.S. Army National Guard troops on a training mission in Ukraine have been pulled out of the country amid growing concerns about a possible Russian invasion, the Pentagon said Saturday. About 160 members of the Florida National Guard, who have been in Ukraine since November, have been repositioned elsewhere in …

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Hungarian PM warns of refugee wave if Russia invades Ukraine

Hungary’s nationalist prime minister warned Saturday that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could send hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing across the border into his country. Right-wing populist leader Viktor Orban, speaking in an annual address that this year kicked off his political campaign for Hungary’s parliamentary election on …

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Yemeni officials say suspected militants abduct 5 UN workers

Suspected al-Qaida militants have abducted five U.N. workers in southern Yemen, Yemeni officials said on Saturday. The officials said the workers were abducted in the southern province of Abyan late Friday and taken to an unknown location. They include four Yemenis and a foreigner, they said. In response to a …

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Navy denies Moscow’s claim that US submarine was chased out of Russian waters

The U.S. Navy denied operating in Russian territorial waters on Saturday after Russia’s military claimed it chased away a Virginia-class submarine in the Kuril Islands after the American vessel refused an order to surface. A Russian navy destroyer used “appropriate means” against the U.S. submarine after the order was refused, …

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