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The Battle for Our Minds

The Battle for Our Minds

September 25, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

There are battlefields in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, but given the state of corporate media, perhaps the most consequential battle now being fought is for our minds, says Patrick Lawrence. After reading The New York Times piece “The Plot to Subvert an…

‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack

‘Too Big to Fail’: Russia-gate One Year After VIPS Showed a Leak, Not a Hack

August 13, 2018 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

One year later, the VIPS memo contending that the DNC emails were leaked and not hacked has yet to be successfully challenged. Meanwhile, the country sinks deeper into the morass of the new McCarthyism, comments Patrick Lawrence. A year has…

A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack

A New Report Raises Big Questions About Last Year’s DNC Hack

August 9, 2017 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

Former NSA experts say it wasn’t a hack at all, but a leak—an inside job by someone with access to the DNC’s system. It is now a year since the Democratic National Committee’s mail system was compromised—a year since events in…

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