Russia is reaping a PR bonanza at the World Cup—and suddenly “Novichok” magically appears next door to Porton Down.
Iran is about to rally Europe against the sanctions—and just as Rouhani is touching down in Switzerland, an “Iranian bomb plot” explodes into the headlines, triggering a Bibi Netanyahu barking fit.
The Syrian government is about to take back the southern part of the country—and suddenly….well, tune in next week and see if the false flag warnings currently making the rounds turn out to have been prescient.
Below are the stories we covered this week with special guest commentator Jonathan Revusky.
1) PSA: Fight Fake News — Support FFWN! (and tell your friends about us) https://fundrazr.com/61N7E2
7/7 Anniversary: 13 Years of Injustice
2) Karin Brothers on 7/7 false flag anniversary http://kevinbarrett.heresycentral.is/2018/06/karin-ralph/
3) 7/7 Ripple Effect (updated version) https://youtu.be/kwyzpzEgUWE
Good News (Man Bites Dog)
4) Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Wins Presidential Vote as Rivals Concede https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-01/mexico-heads-to-polls-with-leftist-on-brink-of-historic-victory
5) Why Ocasio-Cortez’ Platform Is So Great http://davidswanson.org/why-ocasio-cortez-platform-is-so-great/
6) People Not as Stupid as Elites Think: Most Republicans, Democrats Believe US Media Knowingly Report Fake News – Poll https://sputniknews.com/us/201806271065830587-us-poll-fake-news/
“Conspiracy Theories”
7) NYT: Political assassinations are a MEXICAN problem (but it could never happen here!) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/world/americas/mexico-election-assassinations.html
8) Ron Unz on “American Pravda: The JFK Assassination: What Happened? and Who Did It?” https://www.patreon.com/posts/ron-unz-on-jfk-19784748
9) But why does Ron Unz blithely dismiss Betty Ong questions? https://heresycentral.com/2018/04/09/blackbetty/
10) Another “Kennedy Conspiracy Theory”: Anthony Kennedy’s son was Trump’s moneylender at Deutsche Bank http://theweek.com/speedreads/782149/anthony-kennedys-son-trumps-moneylender-deutsche-bank
11) MSM pushes back: “The Sad Delusion of Anthony Kennedy Conspiracy Theories” https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/anthony-kennedy-conspiracy-theories-are-a-liberal-delusion.html
12) Why you shouldn’t read conspiracy theories about the novichok poisoning, even if you really want to: If we get caught up in a culture of fake news, we’re as bad as Donald Trump https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/novichock-poisoning-amesbury-wiltshire-conspiracy-theories-salisbury-truth-facts-russia-a8432541.html
War on Russia
13) Britain demands Russia explain ‘what has gone on’ after latest nerve agent poisoning https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/alarm-in-britain-over-new-novichok-nerve-agent-poisoning/2018/07/05/d108205c-7fdb-11e8-a63f-7b5d2aba7ac5_story.html
14) Amesbury incident latest: Wiltshire couple were exposed to Novichok nerve agent, police confirm https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/amesbury-poisoning-latest-novichock-metropolitan-police-neil-basu-professor-dame-sally-davies-a8431886.html
War on Syria
15) The US Has Given Up on the Overthrow of Assad https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/06/29/the-us-has-given-up-on-the-overthrow-of-assad/
16) Syria in Perspective: Fabricating Incidents to Incriminate The Syrian Government. Peter Ford https://www.globalresearch.ca/syria-in-perspective-fabricating-incidents-to-incriminate-the-syrian-government-peter-ford/5646381
War on Iran
17) Iran slams Europe bomb plot arrests as ‘sinister false flag ploy’ https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514d304d544e78457a6333566d54/share_p.html
18) Netanyahu Tells Europe to Get Tougher on Iran After France Bomb Plot https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-07-04/netanyahu-tells-europe-to-get-tougher-on-iran-after-france-bomb-plot
19) Iran’s Rouhani In Vienna to Shore up Nuclear Deal, Dogged By Diplomat’s Arrest https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-s-rouhani-in-vienna-to-shore-up-nuclear-deal-dogged-by-diplomat-s-arrest/4466318.html
20) The ‘Forgotten’ US Shootdown of Iranian Airliner Flight 655 https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2017/07/03/the-forgotten-us-shootdown-of-iranian-airliner-flight-655%C2%AD/
21) Drought-stricken Iran accuses Israel of stealing clouds, snow https://www.jns.org/drought-stricken-iran-accuses-israel-of-stealing-clouds-snow/
War on Freedom
22) UK judge’s ruling favors Zionists seeking to silence Gilad Atzmon http://www.gilad.co.uk/writings/2018/7/2/falter-vs-atzmon-update
23) The NSA wiretap rooms https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hubs/
24) A Chinese-Style Digital Dystopia Isn’t As Far Away As We Think https://www.buzzfeed.com/mattstoller2/as-democracy-suffers-digital-dictators-are-seizing-power
War on Immigrants
25) From L.A. to N.Y., hundreds of thousands join nationwide rallies to protest Trump’s immigration policies http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-rally-family-separation-20180629-story.html
26) Judge rules that Trump administration has been wrongly detaining asylum seekers https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/07/02/judge-rules-trump-administration-has-been-wrongly-detaining-asylum-seekers/753151002/
27) NYPD arrests woman who climbed Statue of Liberty after hours-long protest of kids imprisoned in Trump’s ICE camps http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-statue-liberty-climber-20180704-story.html
Trials and Travails of Alex Jones
28) Husband of Sandy Hook victim joins defamation suit against Alex Jones https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jul/4/alex-jones-sued-by-husband-of-slain-sandy-hook-sta/
29) Lawyers for Neo-Nazi to Defend Alex Jones in Sandy Hook Case https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/us/politics/sandy-hook-alex-jones-lawyers.html
30) ISIS threatens Alex Jones: “Grow that beard longer or WE WILL BEHEAD YOU!” https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/07/03/isis-threatens-alex-jones-grow-that-beard-longer-or-we-will-behead-you/
Cult of the Sacred Holocaust
31) Political show trials in Germany! Lady Michèle Renouf, REPORTS FROM MUNICH on the SCHAEFER TRIAL, July 2-5, 2018 https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/07/05/renouf/
32) France converting Pantheon into yet another Holocaust museum https://www.dw.com/en/france-honors-holocaust-survivor-simone-veil-at-the-pantheon/a-44477038
33) Donald Trump supporter Dinesh D’Souza claims he didn’t mean to retweet ‘Burn the Jews https://www.thejc.com/news/us-news/dinesh-d-souza-donald-trump-burn-the-jews-tweet-1.466397
34) Settler terrorists call for making a Holocaust (burnt offering) of Palestinians https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2018/07/01/settler-terrorists-call-for-burning-palestinians-alive/
Odds and Ends
35) NYT: Saudis & Wahhabis in dysfunctional relationship but can’t “break up” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/opinion/saudi-arabia-monarchy-wahhabism.html
36) Indiana police say they seized ‘Trump-shaped ecstasy pills’ http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-trump-shaped-ecstasy-pills-20180702-story.html