The Intercept has the story NBC News, to Claim Russia Supports Tulsi Gabbard, Relies on Firm Just Caught Fabricating Russia Data for the Democratic Party.

NBC News published a predictably viral story Friday, claiming that “experts who track websites and social media linked to Russia have seen stirrings of a possible campaign of support for Hawaii Democrat Tulsi Gabbard.”

But the whole story was a sham: the only “experts” cited by NBC in support of its key claim was the firm, New Knowledge, that just got caught by the New York Times fabricating Russian troll accounts on behalf of the Democratic Party in the Alabama Senate race to manufacture false accusations that the Kremlin was interfering in that election.

I knew they were lying to me when I heard the story. I may just stop watching the oligarchs’ news media. I had settled on NBC as the least objectionable news to watch, but they have fallen below my minimal acceptable standard.

The Tulsi Gabbard campaign has a page where you can watch (and sign up) for TULSI 2020: Tulsi Gabbard Presidential Campaign, The ALOHA Launch – Live from Hawaii, USA.

The festivities don’t even get under way until 40 minutes or so into the video. Tulsi doesn’t even appear until the last 30 or so minutes. You can watch as much of the pre-appearance entertainment as you want, or you can use the slider to go right to Tulsi’s speech. I found her speech to be inspiring.

YouTube has the video Bernie Sanders answers student question about the coup d’état against Salvador Allende in 1973 in English with Spanish subtitles.

After seeing this video, could you possibly believe that today’s Bernie Sanders could be as naive about Venezuela as he claims to be? Bernie certainly understands how dangerous it is to give any credibility to USA propaganda even if he makes a good policy choice in the end.

These tweets should be read from the bottom up. In other words, this is in three parts, with the first one at the bottom.

Naked Capitalism has the article Michael Hudson: Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony.

The end of America’s unchallenged global economic dominance has arrived sooner than expected, thanks to the very same Neocons who gave the world the Iraq, Syria and the dirty wars in Latin America. Just as the Vietnam War drove the United States off gold by 1971, its sponsorship and funding of violent regime change wars against Venezuela and Syria – and threatening other countries with sanctions if they do not join this crusade – is now driving European and other nations to create their alternative financial institutions.

14 hours ago I posted a question “How long can the USA wage economic war against other countries before they band together to rebel?” Now I see the answer in this article.

Here is that previous posting on my Facebook page Internal US Gov’t Document Outlines Program of ‘Economic Warfare’ on Venezuela

YouTube has the video Venezuela Propaganda Debunked – People Are Against Coup.

One question that Abby Martin raised that I often wonder about, too – if the reporters from the oligarchs’ news media go to these countries to report, how is it that they do not see what Abby Martin sees? It is just so hard to listen to the lies they tell with a straight face. It has gotten to the point that I have to mute the TV when Andrea Mitchell speaks.