After today’s horrific events, I was reminded of some of the darker days in the history of democracies destroyed. Notably, the Reichstag fire and the days leading to the 1995 assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. Seeing that noose and scaffold in view of the U.S. Capitol, and hearing of gun shots fired inside the halls of […]
Mueller Investigated Former Lebanese Phalangist, Trump Advisor, for Ties to Egyptian Dictator
The ranks of Republican consultants are filled by hoaxsters, swindlers and crooks. In the era of Trump, this phenomenon has become even more pronounced. One of them is Walid Phares, a former ideological commissar for the Lebanese Phalangist militia which warred against the Muslim forces during the Civil War. Phares was the burning spear of […]
Iranian-American Viral Video Falsely Claims #IranDetestsSoleimani
Those of you reading this blog for some time know that I have a soft spot in my reporting for frauds: there are so many and so little time to expose them all! In this post, I’m going to revisit one of my old fraud-‘flames’ from the past, and introduce you to a new one […]
Ready for Your Close-Up, Mr. Sondland?
UPDATE: The State Department prevented Sondland from testifying before the House Intelligence Committee today, even though he’d traveled from Europe to DC to do so. He would have likely refused to answer most questions put to him even if he had testified. Trump also indicated today that he would refuse to cooperate with the House […]
