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World War I

How World War I unleashed total war and the power of propaganda

November 11, 2018 Michael Robbins History, Ideas, Language/Words, War Leave a comment

Nov. 11, now called Veterans Day, was originally Armistice Day, a commemoration of the end of World War I, in 1918, the cessation of

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freedom

Fighting to protect our freedom?

April 2, 2018 Susan Cunningham Military Leave a comment

I have to share some thoughts about how we are being manipulated into repeating the falsehood that our military men and women are “fighting

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Fox

Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

March 21, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik Media, Resignations, Transcripts, Widgets: Letters of protest Leave a comment

Calling Fox News “a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration,” Lt. Colonel Ralph Peters [US Army, retired]  quit his job

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Republicans haven’t beheaded anyone yet…but

February 25, 2015 Susan Cunningham Missouri region, Republicans, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I recently watched a segment on Rachel Maddow’s show about how the US State Department is seriously trying to combat the propaganda ISIS puts

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Taken in by Republican propaganda

September 3, 2012 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2012 Election, Campaigns, Congress, Government, Media, Obama One comment

The 90-year-old, college-educated woman sitting across from me is someone whom I know for sure voted for President Obama in 2008. I also know

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Unions are hitting the bull’s-eye

June 22, 2011 Bobbi Clemons Consumer issues, Employment, Labor and unions Leave a comment

I’d never heard of Valley Stream. It sounds like the sorta non-descript town that could be anywhere in America. (Apparently it’s in New York.)

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