alex jones but her conspiracies are that not the government but the people of the united states the voters are somehow involved in a conspiracy against the government and against the elite the crazy conspiracy theorists that they're all worthless there i'll throw money at the bus forget about the back of the bus just run them over with the we cuz we want rush limbaugh wonder bread and fake news so you die that's america hating i take a break come back right after this go away. join me every focused on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see you.

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lip. just say. lisa. live. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max kaiser time now to turn to max blumenthal who is senior editor at the gray zone project welcome back to kaiser report good to

be back you know the one question i want to ask you and just keep in the back your mind is that there's a timeline of how the slippery slope that america's falling down into some. absolute kind of tar pit of horribleness and we're going to we're going to come to that question a minute just keep that in the back you know my. first. facebook they shut down the page for a local d.c. based anti-fascist group the headline shouted to the american public that it was the russians but the activists were not russians ok your thoughts yes this was one of the few facebook pages organizing counter protest to the upcoming neo nazi unite the right march all of the pages that were shut down by facebook most of which average between zero and seven followers clearly a threat this must be putin's thirteen dimensional chess to like out match the u.s. by attracting zero followers all of them were left wing liberal sites and some of

them may have been fake this one was real and as i said at the beach when russia gate really exploded into the open and i said this very publicly it will blow that back on the left yet there's a point there's a point so when you go out there and you start censoring folks you know it now they can know where to stop and now it's blowing back it's all coming on the chickens are coming back and now it's like a just a madhouse of such a ship ok what is the atlantic council coup finances them what role is the atlantic council playing in monitoring and censoring content posted to facebook what anyone who's watching this show cares about independent media should know because facebook has been so important for those of us who are in alternative and in. pendent media that facebook has hired a group called d.f. r.l. lab which operates out of the nato and arms industry funded atlantic council also funded by saudi arabia and another bunch of pro freedom advocates in the gulf

including turkey which arrests more journalists and any other country and. job is basically to market facebook's findings and takedowns of these pages and to justify it they put out a report on medium dot com justifying taking down these pages which were said to be russian they tried to link them to russia without coming up with conclusive proof the pages were wrecked the report was actually authored by the atlantic council's resident bot hunter who falsely identified two living human beings including a british pensioner and vala sits a ukrainian concert pianist as russian bots and here he's linked pages like resistors and a page on mindfulness and holistic living to a supposed russian propaganda plot to sow division in the u.s. there's a racial undercurrent in the findings on this medium dot com post that one of the pages that was taken down was dedicated according to the atlantic council to celebrating the beauty of african women and black pride and that they concluded was

an attempt to divide americans and so division so celebrating the beauty of black women is sowing division and that's how they're filching out these pages and it's it's very disturbing to me along with the fact that many of my alternative media colleagues like lee camp from redacted tonight have noticed that facebook is deep prioritizing their posts they've refused to allow me to take out ads for my own factual reporting and they've basically put a ceiling on the amount of followers people like lee camp can get something fishy is going on and i'm sure has been going to something less about alex jones for a second that he spent time in the doghouse for a while. is what i would call an extreme satirist is conspiracy theories etc are you know off the charts in terms of their connection to reality and a lot of times us but we've seen the extreme satire in the past and jonathan swift

for example his work of eating babies and things like that work and said it's just anyway all these major media companies seemed like they colluded they got on a conference call and they just all together at one time d. platform my thoughts on alex jones is that you know after nine eleven there was a lot of questioning about what was behind this attack and questioning of the official version i think there was an illegitimate side of the truth movement which was interested in internal explosions in the world trade center and you know false flags and there was a legitimate side that was interested in the saudi connection which we validated and you know question asking legitimate questions about blowback things like that alex jones role was to eliminate the legitimate side and take everyone and take all that energy that was questioning the bush administration in the official line and move it to the right he started injecting anti immigrant vitriol into the kind of truth movement and just generally moved everyone to the right i think in that sense he's actually benefited the establishment but at this point he's been singled out

kind of as the most prominent and chaos causing conspiracy theorists so he's the easiest target for silicon valley and collusion do you platforming across the board huge tech companies acting at the same time does that smack it what is there is there that if you have huge tech companies that can pretty much control everything we see and hear colluding with the government to shut down someone who i have nothing but contempt for and it's a precedent for shutting the rest of us down it has to be opposed on principle i said the same thing right surely. someone i respect you know i say like he if you're out in the woods or their friend in a bears attacking you you don't have to run. bear is at that run your friend like for me out challenge with the guy who if they're going to come after alternative media they would eat him first yeah he's the most recognizable right rigger right and he's the most so there they just ate him he made it into a you know richard linklater film you know as

a cult figure ok so and so he's not you know now the next layer you know who's next type of thing i mean they're totally without control by the way i would actually say that artie was first and it's the easiest target because it's russian backed go after r.t. then you start taking on people who are simply you know private american backed individuals ok let me go to my my my original question is the timeline question i remember at the receiving end of the thirty ok so this sounds like dystopian nightmare stuff like you read in one thousand any for you know like this isn't like media out of control censorship out of control so historically were what worse the precedent for this where we've seen this type of behavior before historically or is this unprecedented and are we going down a slippery slope somewhere with all this because it seems like now we're at a pier a point of no return in a lot of ways with something that's clearly out of control can you can you give us

on a store a goal kind of view were we are it goes back to you know the founding of the united states we've never been a democracy can look at the alien and sedition act which limited speech you can look at the palmer raids under wilson which were just used to basically round up anyone promoting socialism inside the united states and arrested an entire generation of leftist and destroyed the you know the first real left wing movement in the u.s. you can look at the mccarthy era everybody knows about the mccarthy era but now we're in a much more confusing era where a lot of people who are traumatized by the election of trump and the rise of trump ism are. willing to justify in their own minds the suppression of someone like alex jones who i find completely contemptible without considering the long term consequences and the consequences will be the same a limiting of speech this is being carried out by the i think the most dangerous

element in the us which is the radical center the john brennan center the center of these you know former intelligence agents who have been hired as the radical center what is it out a call center the you know the center of the american political mainstream which pushes the most radical policies from regime change around the world to structural adjustment policies on the third world and has completely destabilized entire regions of the world while posing as moderates they are the ones in control of the suppose it rules based liberal international order that hasn't served the majority of people in the west and they cannot handle the fact that they are being rejected in the u.k. whether it's by people who voted for breaks that are people who are supporting jeremy corbyn and they've been rejected in the us whether it's by people who supported bernie sanders or what their vision of donald trump as an anti-establishment figure is and they came up with this plague of fake news in order to shut down alternative media as part of

a general agenda to limit our freedom to think ok an international scene you've recently interviewed daniel ortega who's been president nicaragua's a six thousand and seven there's been some recent unrest violence what's going on first according to the mainstream media presents it and then according to what you believe is actually happening it's really shocking if you just google nicaragua you'll find a greek chorus of pro regime change grey propaganda in every outlet from the guardian to democracy now to the new york times and none of them did what i did have done what i did which was to actually go to nicaragua and talk to the masses of send a nice to support. years who are abused and tortured during a violent right wing coup attempt that nearly shut down the country cost it five hundred million dollars and was designed not just to topple daniel ortega but to destroy the send in east a movement of two to two point five million people one of the most cohesive

movements per progress of social change to benefit workers in latin america and that's what this is about it was about destroying an example of socialism to the rest of latin america it was funded substantially by usa id and the regime change arm of the united states the national endowment for democracy and we don't hear about any of that we don't meet any of the student leaders who were beaten half to death shot or tortured because they turned against this plan for regime change and we see no analysis of it what it was was a classic color revolution like the kind we saw in eastern europe blended with the horrors of libya and syria except fortunately for the people of nicaragua the rebels in this case were not armed by the u.s. they had been the bloodshed would still be continuing to send in east the government has defeated a coup and in the us media it's still being portrayed as some kind of people's revolution it was a right wing counterrevolution initiative in israel very similar very similar to

what we saw in venezuela with the go to where the right wing opposition would close off entire neighborhoods with roadblocks to try to damage the economy they would attack anyone any supporters of the government in that area and then they'd been given clashing with the police who were attempting to restore order they actually shared tactics online and even traveled to nicaragua to share their violent tactics and for the first time in nicaragua we didn't see this during the civil war in the one nine hundred eighty s. supporters of the send in east as were burned alive burned alive that's what we saw in venezuela the republic you million people lashed to trees and strip nude and whipped on video i interviewed the wife of a police. officer who on his day off was kidnapped by the opposition dragged by a truck and taken to a road block where he was burned alive on video the videos there for everyone to see but for some reason u.s. media isn't reporting this side and as i reported at the grey zone project doing

working with a independent researcher in nicaragua to do a case by case analysis of each death that occurred between the middle of june and april eighteenth when this kicked off send in east as have probably suffered more deaths more murders at the hands of the opposition than the opposition suffered at the hands of daniel ortega government so this is the big lie that is being pushed in congress and in the media that ortega and his government have killed over three hundred people that's totally false. the red sun thanks me on the hazard thanks for having me was going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me most guys are and states i would like to i guess max blumenthal you can reach us on twitter a times report the next time.

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a very warm welcome it's six pm here in the russian capital and you're watching r.t. international with me the care and. our top story it's a key day for world diplomacy flatterer putin is about to land in the german capital for talks with angela merkel among the pressing issues on the agenda are syria and sanctions our correspondent daniel hawkins is there for us need joins me now live from berlin daniel good to see you and what more do we know about their meeting so far. this is of course the second meeting between mr putin and mrs merkel in the matter of months her last visit to russia came back in may where they took part in but actual talks this is their first but actual talks in germany for quite some time the shots it has been quite blunt with a message don't expect results has been the message so far quite pragmatic with what can be expected saying this is a normal working visit nevertheless though the media has already been speculating

what can be gained from this meeting who will come out on top and can headway be made on the key issues there one of them of course being the syrian conflict which is coming to simmer down at least the military front differences though do remain among global leaders this will be viewed as an opportunity by michael to try to make some headway that you have with some of them and he says that's what's going on and a meeting on syria and between germany france russia and turkey could be useful if needs to be well prepared that's the reason why there is no date for it yet but we're working on in prepared three meeting of our advisors and afterwards who will decide whether such a meeting makes sense. for the timing of merkel has been clear that a functioning relationship open channel of communication and dialogue is key with russia and indeed the two leaders have being pushed together by circumstance into a sort of political marriage of convenience. to their rift with trouble with the united states both countries russia and germany have fallen victim to u.s.

attacks russia of course also put under sanctions with more to come from donald trump as a result of the scandal merkel was also criticized by trump indeed for being a russia's captive jew to the gas shipments from that country indeed speaking of the latter and north stream to a pipeline will also be a key subject on the agenda despite its controversy and criticism now lost the u.k. . the thorn in the saw the russian german relations six twenty fourteen that will also be suppling confirmed as being on the agenda the above station of the minsk agreements the peacekeeping mission there as well something the two leaders will talk about now the two leaders do have a story as the leaders of other states the u.k. u.s. frocks have come and gone and localizer might still walk she has been a fierce critic of mr putin on numerous occasions they have clashed never the less though they do have some common ground on the iran nuclear deal for one which of

course the united states pulled out of some but actual economic relations as well bring them together as well as language of course german merkel's knowledge of russian mr putin is large of germany has met their relationship was always been somewhat courtier. which in the. muslim world while we don't know is still there well enough but i'm amazed by her ability to listen to. this because there was still so she does know the russian president likes to drink german beer and sometimes there's

a possibility that we can make exchanges i have also gotten very good smoked fish because. i think you know from time to time since i've come from the bull run the bus. no it's a few hours flight from moscow to. where we are just an hour or so outside of the city center will be a shorter trip though for mr food and he's currently or has been there the last few hours in neighboring austria at the wedding of the austrian foreign minister cutting ties still to business one. mullingar in this city in the state of studio he was a personal guest of the foreign minister there. come under some criticism for inviting mr putin as a head of state that didn't stop them though having fun enjoying

a wedding dance and of course mr putin signing off the couple's limousine as he sped off to meet mrs merkel a little later he's expected to arrive here in the next hour and a half to two hours we'll of course bring you updates from those talks as they come in could have caused that all important meeting far as daniel hawkins thanks for now don you know. the syrian army reestablishing control of the country a new war is being four to nothing the destruction by militants and terrorists during seven years of conflict the rebuilding of key infrastructure is under way we travel to syria to witness the recovery efforts firsthand. much of the city of aleppo is still in ruins reviving it to its former glory is a task of gargantuan proportions and of immense political and economic importance

the citadel of aleppo has become the symbol of the city's resistance. but our lipo is much more than just a maze of antique streets and attractions from history books. the militants have stolen computer units with chips for the machines they destroyed the factory on purpose they wanted to damage syrian industry as a home and specifically in the street in aleppo reviving this that. would. see one rebel control of this area. and feet and basically very

dysfunctional hunker. down want to be immense but now that the former industrial hub is slowly getting back on track things are finally looking up for the people of aleppo. two years ago during the war we couldn't even open our shops the shelling snipers were everywhere you couldn't live under such circumstances we covered the roof of the building back then so that we could take cover it was unbearable we took shelter for about half an hour whenever the shelling started we just locked ourselves in here thank god now we can work peacefully day and night we just hang around. just like the good old days under joe the atmosphere is really good around here the weather is nice everybody is feeling safe and it's only getting better you can see getting better day by day. i was lucky enough not to leave my home the wind this is the district the rebels couldn't

get to at the time there was a blockade once but it was firmly lifted now saying god things about or despite all the things we've been through we are no better than woman when you know it's safe you can return home if your house lies in ruins you can still thinks it the main thing is it's safe now. just a couple of years ago these turned used to protect people in the street from falling shows and debris well now they're sheltering them from the sun story the city of aleppo has been the economic capital of syria and now with the world gone finally some traders are coming back to treat. reporting from aleppo in syria. meanwhile the u.s. state department says it will redirect american stabilisation funding plans for syria to other foreign policy efforts washington insists though this will not affect its humanitarian assistance program it comes as saudi arabia pledges one

hundred million dollars to syrian reconstruction efforts however the money will only go to the northeast of syria a region under the control of u.s. backed kurdish forces and while some programs are cut others remain in place with the u.s. saying it will stay in syria for some time yet to battle the last pockets of terrorists. we're remaining in syria the focus is the ensuring defeat of isis we still have not launched the final phase to defeat the physical caliphate this is actually being prepared now and that will come at a time for choosing but it is coming joshua landis head of middle east studies at the university of oklahoma says america's interest in thirty year go far beyond elimination of terrorists the united states does not want assad to become too strong there are hoping to keep leverage in order to try to push iran.