It’s a story pulling together some of the biggest issues of our time: the Trump administration’s battles with the press, the war in Iran, global terrorism, nuclear threats, and an anti-democratic monarchy’s efforts to influence the West. The media missed virtually all of it.
In the new episode, I take you through what you haven’t heard about Trump’s plane ruse. I speak with Joe Lockhart, who was President Clinton’s press secretary during a previous plane ruse in 2000.
I explain what no one is pointing out: News agencies are railing against the possible threat they faced. Which groups presented that threat? The same Iranian proxies that the media is helping by pretending their activists are “journalists.”
Plus, how a giant event of the 20th century fits in — one most people don’t know happened: the invention of a country, originally known by the acronym “Pakstan,” without the “i.”
The founding of India and Pakistan created the largest displacement in human history, with an estimated 15 million people losing their homes — and as many as 2 million people killed in violence.
In other news…
Some Michigan polls are showing Abdul El-Sayed with a lead. This is a danger to democracy, so I’ve made this transcript available with no paywall.
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