What, exactly, will they be charged with? What could someone say that would warrant federal prosecution?
And why should, say, you feel safe from this?
ha, I knew you'd object to this when I posted it.
free speech issues notwithstanding, there are cases where it is simply negligent not to repress it ("fire!" in a theatre case).
I see RT as a massively successful propaganda tool of a foreign government to topple democratic institutions. It has already culminated in Brexit and is doing a fine job of destabilising both the US and the rest of Europe. The evidence that this is their intent is there. The evidence of the programs efficacy is there. Ergo it falls under basic negligence law.
That's more than enough for me to shut it down. Not to do so is tantamount to supporting the repressive actions of an autocratic government (whose intent is ultimately about repressing free speech).
"Attorney General Merrick Garland is announcing charges against RT for waging a war of Russian disinformation and election interference via social media against the United States."
What on earth took them so long?
What, exactly, will they be charged with? What could someone say that would warrant federal prosecution?
"Attorney General Merrick Garland is announcing charges against RT for waging a war of Russian disinformation and election interference via social media against the United States."
"Attorney General Merrick Garland is announcing charges against RT for waging a war of Russian disinformation and election interference via social media against the United States."
This was very encouraging and hopeful news. If the Facist steal another election and we end up like the UK or even worse Canada and they start to hunt us conservatives down and round us up into camps we have somewhere to flee. It is always good to have an escape plan. The wife will just have to get used to the cold. Never thought I would end up a refugee but it could happen:
This was very encouraging and hopeful news. If the Facist steal another election and we end up like the UK or even worse Canada and they start to hunt us conservatives down and round us up into camps we have somewhere to flee. It is always good to have an escape plan. The wife will just have to get used to the cold. Never thought I would end up a refugee but it could happen:
This is a mighty fog of obfuscation. Can someone please point out somethingâanythingâthat justifies invading a neighboring country, starting a war that has killed hundreds of thousands and made refugees of millions?
I'll wait.
c'mon guy, its only been a month
give it some time!
It is nice to see that some people understand what really happened:
So true. Tragically, the corporate media in the neo-liberal (and neo-con) bubble all fall for the blob (military industry, deep state). That includes most all the sheeple consuming the media of the West, refusing to think by themselves and eating anything being fed.
I agree that this is a war, but I beg to disagree about this assignment of blame. In any case, I couldn't really hold it against the Russians if they were finally following the old English motto "Right or wrong, my country!" Ukraine and the West are at fault here. See "Minsk II".
It is nice to see that some people understand what really happened:
Anatoly Dremov, ruzzian war blogger tells it strsight out: âFor humanists and righteous people I repeat, this is war! And in war, all methods are good. If we do not bomb maternity hospitals, schools, and ordinary houses, we will not win this war. Only pressure from the Saloreich (Ukraine) population on Zelensky can force him to capitulate. The reputation of Russia and its army is at stake. We must win, no matter the cost! And remember, you cannot speak bad about your country during the war. Even if she's wrong!â
I agree that this is a war, but I beg to disagree about this assignment of blame. In any case, I couldn't really hold it against the Russians if they were finally following the old English motto "Right or wrong, my country!" Ukraine and the West are at fault here. See "Minsk II".
Perhaps the most striking thing about Moscow today is its calm. This is a city that has been barely touched by war. Indeed, until you turn on the television â where propaganda is omnipresent â you would hardly know that there is a war. Any economic damage from Western sanctions has been offset by the large number of wealthy Russians who have returned due to sanctions. The Russian government has deliberately limited conscription in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and this, together with a degree of repression, explains why there have been few protests by educated youth. No longer fearing conscription, many of the younger Muscovites who fled Russia at the start of the war have now returned.
As to the shops in central Moscow, I couldnât say if the Louis Vuitton handbags are the genuine articles or Chinese knock-offs, but there is no lack of them. And far more important, Russia since the war demonstrates something that Germany once understood and the rest of Europe would do well to understand: that in an uncertain world, it is very important indeed to be able to grow all your own food.
In the provinces, it is reportedly very different. There, conscription, and casualties, really have bitten deep. This however has been balanced by the fact that the industrial provinces have experienced a huge economic boom due to military spending, with labor shortages pushing up wages. Stories abound of technical workers well into their seventies being recalled to work, fostering their income and restoring the self-respect they lost with the collapse of the 1990s. As I heard from many Russians, âthe war has finally forced us to do many of the things that we should have done in the 1990s.â
In Moscow at least, there is, however, little positive enthusiasm for the war. Both opinion polls, and my own conversations with Russian elites, suggest that a majority of Russians do not want to fight for a complete victory (whatever that means) and would like to see a compromise peace now. Even large majorities however are against surrender, and oppose the return to Ukraine of any land in the five provinces âannexedâ by Russia. (...)
