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Censorship Essays Patreon Social Media

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2021November 5, 2022 Andy Ngo, anti-Bernie campaign, Bernie Sanders, blue check hierarchy, Bob Mercer, Cambridge Analytica, censorship, CIA, Clinton media list, coordinated harassment, corporate propaganda, Correct the Record, data harvesting, disinformation, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, Facebook, Gamergate, Google, Ian Miles Cheong, influence market, Jack Dorsey, Mike Cernovich, MP6, Neera Tanden, neofeudalism, Nina Illingworth, Offsite Writing, online censorship, online marketing, online surveillance, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Pizzagate, Politics, profanity is praxis, Project Mockingbird, Propaganda, ratfucking, Sally Albright, selling user data, Snowden Leaks, social media, spying on users, ST2, swearing, troll armies, trolls, Trump, Twitter, Twitter rules, twitter suspension, unregulated, Wikileaks

On What Twitter Is & Why I’m Fine With Never Coming Back

A link to a new essay on my free Patreon blog that discusses why Twitter’s role in public discourse is frankly pretty sinister, and I don’t miss it one bit.

Blog Patreon Politics Social Media War

NinaIllingworth October 31, 2019November 17, 2022 American fascism, anti war, Anti-climate conspiracy, Bernie Blackout, Bernie Sanders, blog, capitalism, climate catastrophe, CNN, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, fascism, faux left, fixed, foreign policy, Gaetz Gang, GOP stunt, Greta Thunberg, Hillary Clinton, Imperialism, Joe Biden, layman history of liberalism, Liz Warren, McCarthyism, media bias against Sanders, MP6, Odds and Ends, Opinion, Patreon, Patreon Blog, Permanent Record, pig empire, Politics, polling, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republicans are fascist sympathizers, Russiagate, social media, Squad endoresments, swing voters are an excuse, Trump impeachment, Trump is guilty, Tulsi Gabbard, Ukraine Call Scandal, war, war in Syria, Warren native status lie, Warren Technocrat, WD7, western support of terrorism

Odds and Ends: Thick Skinnys and Malcolm on the Margins

A collection of links to all of my recent Skinny social media essays and Can’t You Read blog posts previously unshared on this site.

Books Can't You Read Essays Police State

NinaIllingworth October 1, 2019November 17, 2022 1984, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, corporate media, Edward Snowden, Espionage Act, Essays, George Orwell, Jeff Bezos, Julian Assange, Karl Rove, liberal media, manufacturing consent, Marshall McLuhan, mass surveillance, Media, Michael Parenti, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Permanent Record, police state, privacy rights, Propaganda, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Reviews, Russia, spying, The Guardian, the medium is the message, US government spying, war on freedom of the press, War on Whistleblowers, Washington Post, whistleblowers, Wikileaks

Link: The Casualties of Cacophony – New Essay

A look at the disappointing change in mainstream attitudes towards Edward Snowden and other whistleblowers who’ve spoken out against the abuses of American intelligence.

Books Can't You Read media Police State

NinaIllingworth September 30, 2019November 5, 2022 a culture of falsehood, a propaganda system, all news is fake news, blog, Books, Can't You Read, class war, corporate media, corporate propaganda, culture war, deep state, Edward Snowden, FA1, Fake News, Fantastic Lies, for profit media, JA5, leaks, manufacturing consent, Mass Surveillance program, Media, MP6, National Security State, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, Pentagon, Permanent Record, police state, Propaganda, Snowden Leaks, spying on everyone, the Panopticon, the real deep state, War on Whistleblowers, whistleblowers, why people believe fake news

Blog: the Panopticon, Public Trust, and “Fake News”

A medium length blog post exploring why government lies about mass surveillance have had unintended consequences in the fight against “fake news.”

Blog Books Can't You Read Police State

NinaIllingworth January 5, 2019November 5, 2022 ARPANET, blog, book review, Books, Can't You Read, Chelsea Manning, CIA, COINTELPRO, cold war, computers, DARPA, data harvesting, deep state, digital imperialism, Edward Snowden, FA1, FBI, Hoover, Imperialism, informal writing, Internet Freedom movement, Julian Assange, metadata, Military Industrial Complex, military intelligence, National Security State, NatSec, neoliberalism, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Offsite Writing, online surveillance, panopticon, Pentagon, police state, public private partnerships, Reviews, spying, Surveillance Valley, Surveillance Valley The Secret Military History of the Internet, the internet, the Panopticon, Tor, Vietnam War, War on Terror, WD7, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Yasha Levine

Digital Imperialism & Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley CYR

A link to a book review and short discussion about Yasha Levine’s Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet on Can’t You Read.

Essays News Politics Russiagate

NinaIllingworth May 20, 2017November 17, 2022 25th Amendment, A Brief Thought, advisor, CIA, Citizenfour, Congress, conspiracy theory, criminal investigation, Deep Dives, deep state, Dianne Feinstein, DNI, Donald Trump, downfall of Trump, Edward Snowden, Essays, FA1, Fantastic Lies, FBI, FBI investigation, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Hillary Clinton, how Trump falls, impeachment, international relations, James Clapper, Jared Kushner, Justice, liberal conspiracy theories, liberal media, liberalism, Lindsey Graham, Louise Mensch, mainstream media, Make America Great Again, Manchurian Candidate, McCarthyism, Media, Meme, Mercer family, Michael Morell, Mike Flynn, MP6, national security, National Security Advisor, NatSec, Nazi, nazi Trump supporters, neoliberal media, new cold war, News, Nina Illingworth, not the crime but the coverup, NSA, Occam's Razor, ODNI report, partisan, Permanent Government, Politics, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Republican, Richard Nixon, Robert Mueller, Russia Probe, Russiagate, Russiagate is a conspiracy theory, Russigate, Senate, Senate Intelligence Committee, Six Things I Think, special counsel, Syria, threat to US national security, Tiny Hands, Trump Administration, Trump is not working for Russia, Trump resigns, Trump supporters, US attacks in Syria, Vault 7, Vladimir Putin, Watergate, Wikileaks

Fantastic Lies: How He Falls

Over the course of 36 hours three stories that prove Trump is in a lot of trouble but still isn’t working for Putin quietly broke; Nina examines the evidence in closer detail.

Blog Censorship News Police State

NinaIllingworth April 22, 2017November 17, 2022 A Brief Thought, Amerikan Musik, Attorney General, blog, British government, censorship, Chelsea Manning, CIA, classified information, CNN, Department of Justice, DoJ, Ecuadorian embassy, Edward Snowden, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, first amendment, government surveillance, Jeff Sessions, journalism, Julian Assange, Justice, leaks, London, mainstream Democrats, mass surveillance, Mike Pompeo, MP6, neoliberalism, New York Times, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA, Obama, Obama administration, Op-Ed, police state, President Trump, privacy rights, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Russia, Russiagate, Six Things I Think, surveillance, Theresa May, Trump, Trump Administration, War on Whistleblowers, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, Wikileaks is journalism

A Brief Thought: Freedom to Oppress

Nina takes a look at the terrifying ramifications of news that the US Department of Justice is going after Julian Assange.

Fascism Memes News Politics

NinaIllingworth November 27, 2016November 17, 2022 Amerikan Musik, anti-abortion, anti-EPA, anti-Iran deal, anti-Muslim, anti-Obamacare, anti-same sex marriage, Benghazi hearings, Benghazi investigation, bigot, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, CIA, CIA Director, Donald Trump, drain the swamp, Edward Snowden, EPA regulations, FA1, fascism, Fascism Ascendant in the USA, fascist, fearmongering, fundamentalism, Fundie Fascism, Gitmo, GOP, Guantanamo Bay, Info Meme of the Week, Islamophobia, Kansas Congressman, Kansas GOP, Koch Brothers, Koch network, Kochtopus, liar, lobbyist, Meme, Mike Pompeo, moron, MP6, neanderthal, News, Nina Illingworth, NSA, NSA surveillance program, Observations from Outside the Death Star, Oil & Gas lobby, oil pipelines, OODS, Planned Parenthood, Politics, pro-life, pro-torture, Racism, racist, Rec Reads, Recommended Reading, Representative from Koch, Republican, Six Things I Think, swamp creature, TADMZ, Tales from the American DMZ, Tea Party, Trump, Trump Transition, Trump's Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, war, War on Terror, warmonger, WD7

Info Meme of the Week: Brotherhood of Evil Mutants Pt Four – Mike Pompeo

Nina continues her loon by loon look at the nutjobs, racists & bigots Trump has invited into the US Government; next up unhinged Tea Party survivor & nominee for CIA Director, Mike Pompeo.

Essays media Russiagate Take Downs

NinaIllingworth September 20, 2016December 30, 2020 2016 Election, agitprop, American left, Ann Coulter, Assad, Bashar al-Assad, BBC, Bircher nonsense, blacklist, Bloomberg, CBC, communism, Contras, corporate media, death squads, Democracy, Democratic Party, democratic socialism, DNC Leaks, Donald Trump, Edward Snowden, ethics, Fantastic Lies, foreign policy, Giant Russia Theory, GOP, Green Party, Hanoi Hannah, Harvard, Hillary Clinton, international news, Iran, Jill Stein, Jon Podesta, journalism, Joy Reid, Julian Assange, Karen Dawisha, kleptocratic authoritarianism, Larry King, lie, mainstream media, McCarthy hearings, McCarthyism, Media, meltdown, message crafting, MSNBC, neocon, neoliberal media, neoliberalism, New York and New Jersey attacks, News, Nicaragua, Nina Illingworth, NSA, oligarchy, Op-Ed, Paul Manafort, political class, Politics, Propaganda, Putin, Putinite, Racism, Rants, Red Scare, red-baiting, Republican, Ronald Reagan, RT, RT America, Russia, Russiagate, Russian Hackers, Russian plot, Sadinista, Saudi Arabia, smear, Snowdenista, Socialism, state sponsored broadcasting, Syria, Take Downs, Twitter, Ukraine, US State Department, Vladimir Putin, warmonger, wars, whistleblowers, Wikileaks, World War Three

Joy-Ann Reid & the Return of McCarthyism

Nina takes a terrifying look at noted neoliberal propagandist Joy-Ann Reid and the disturbing rebirth of McCarthyism in the 2016 US Presidential Election