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Ruling Ideologies
Since the end of the Cold War in 1989, the United States has been operating under the auspices of two mutually reinforcing ideologies–neoliberalism and neoconservatism. By criticizing trade treaties like the TPP and NAFTA, while promising to mend relations … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged 2nd Cold War, all-American corporate empire, Andrew Bacevich, bi-partisan elite, blowback, CIA, Cold War, corporate media, Council on Foreign Relations, cover story, Democrats, Donald Trump, globalization, Grand Areas, Great Britain, hacking, liberal interventionists, Margaret Thatcher, neoconservatism, neoliberalism, no alternative, Putin, Republicans, ruling ideologies, Russia, Soros funded NGO's, Soviet Union, US intelligence agencies
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Necessary Lessons
Liberals lamenting the election of Donald Trump have not absorbed the necessary lessons. Rather than examining the policies of financial neoliberalism and the identity politics that provided neoliberalism its moral veneer, they are still blaming the Russians, or the … Continue reading
War Pigs: or How Liberals Learned to Stop Worrying and to Love the Drone
When did the liberals turn into war pigs? If there was going to be anything positive from the election of Trump, it was the lowering of tensions between the US and Russia. With liberals excitedly pointing to the CIA’s … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives
Tagged bankers in orange jumpsuits, black sabbath, CIA, CIA as organized crime, deep state, Donald Trump, Douglas Valentine, F-35, Hillary Clinton, hypocritical liberals, liberals, neoconservatives, new Cold War, Operation Mockingbird, Putin, regime change, Russia, Samantha Power, Susan Rice, Victoria Nuland, war pigs
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Planned economy
The election of Donald Trump has caused an outpouring of grief and many commentators are convinced that the end of the world is nigh. However, Trump didn’t get us to this place, he was just a savvy opportunist who … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged Allen Greenspan, Bernie Sanders, Chicago Boys, classic economics, deep state, DNC, Donald Trump, economic planning, federal reserve, financialization, Hillary Clinton, Janet Yellen, Michael Hudson, neoliberals, planned economy, shareholder value, socialism, University of Chicago, Wall Street
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Internal divisions
The election of Donald Trump is provoking internal divisions within the deep state, leading to some very interesting disclosures. Indeed, there is a battle being waged for influence and control in the presumptive Trump administration. It might be useful to … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, CIA, deep state, DIA, DOD, Donald Trump, emptywheel.net, energy flows, General Michael Flynn, Gulf States, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, John Brennan, Marcy Wheeler, Mike Lofgren, new york times, pipelineistan, Qatar, regime change, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shia crescent, Syria, Wall Street, War on Drugs, war on terror is a hoax, Washington consensus, washington post
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Member Berries
To retake our country from the deep state we will have to end the American empire. To end the American empire we have to challenge the narrative of American exceptionalism, that has been promulgated with the help of a … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives
Tagged all-American corporate empire, American exceptionalism, banana republic, deep state, Democrats, Dineyfied, Donald Trump, false narrative, genocide, golden age, Hillary Clinton, indispensable nation, member berries, neocons, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, Republicans, slavery, South Park, straight-white-christian-conservatives, US foreign policy
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Stage–2
US neoliberal and neoconservative elite are going through the stages of grief in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Judging by the recent McCarthy-style smear campaign in the Washington Post, they’re still stuck at anger. On Thursday, the … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged Donald Trump, faith in American democracy, fake news, foreign policy elite, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Kubler-Ross, lost control of the narrative, McCarthy, neocons, neoliberals, New American Century, new york times, propaganda, Russia, Russian dupe, Saddam Hussein, smear campaign, Washington consensus, washington post, weapons of mass destruction
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Don’t mourn, organize
Trump is going to end the world, as we know it. Or, something. Liberals are always more energized and pugilistic when a Republican president gains power. My biggest peeve with liberals, is that they were aghast at the behavior … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged Big-Bill Haywood, Democratic Party, Democrats, don't mourn, Donald Trump, economic insecurity, Hillary Clinton, hypocritical liberals, Joe Hill, Margaret Mead, Milton Friedman, moral consistency, movement conservatives, Naked Capitalism, neoliberal economic policies, neoliberalism, organize, Republicans
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