giving instructions secretly and so forth they they have now a sidekick which is the national endowment for democracy now joining us now to discuss his investigations into the national endowment for democracy is investigative journalist and senior editor of the gray zone project thanks for joining us thanks for having me and thanks for saying i on lease to document and i . just and i don't know these documents so i don't just release it i'll. go through this was a boom other for a lot of people because i think when you look at like the national endowment for democracy it sounds so nice and wonderful i'm sure we'll hear that moves in and tell me exactly but no one but i want to ask you you you know kind of women do it and look to what it was really doing and you know what is the measurable bellwood for democracy really doing around the world and what inspired you to actually take a look at it the first voice the first time i wrote about this organization was actually in two thousand and four an article i wrote for salon dot com called the other regime change and. was about how the national endowment f

giving instructions secretly and so forth they they have now a sidekick which is the national endowment for democracy ned joining us now to discuss his investigations into the national endowment for democracy is investigative journalist and senior editor of the gray zone project. thanks for joining us thanks for having me and thanks for saying i unleashed a document and the. document and i don't just release it i don't know. whom and this was a boom for a lot of people because i think when you look at like the michelin down one for democracy it sounds so nice and wonderful i'm sure will make millions and endowment exactly but no one but i want to ask you you you know kind of women do it and looked at what it was really doing and you know what is the measure for democracy really doing around the world and what inspired you to actually take a look at it the first voice the first time i wrote about this organization was actually in two thousand and four an article i wrote for salon dot com called the other regime change and it was about how the national endowment for democracy and its republican partner

i think that the national endowment for democracy. if there is a peace treaty that they should cease funding civil society groups that seek a transition or regime change no i think i don't know that that's what they do but i do know that they promote human rights they mean for example if russia were funding civil society groups inside the us and that going into the hype i support the worth they do. why do you think she didn't want to give you a straight answer to that question. well i think it's pretty obvious i mean two things are going on there first of all you have. these activists and organizations that are funded by the national endowment for democracy the u.s. regime change arm in south korea who are dedicated to regime change in north korea really worried that the money's going to stop rolling in from washington if there is a peace treaty so basically conflict is an entire industry and it's part of this fake human rights and democracy promotion industry so pelosi wanted to duck that issue and then the other issue she wants to d

in mainstream media to end that war the public needs to look at this organization the national endowment for democracy and call for it to be totally defunded and for those for those tax dollars to come back home and be reinvested in building democracy in this country where one still doesn't exist in those. very true americans are going to thank you for coming on the great work oh as always always thanks for having me you're thinking yourself. open concept offices stand up desk air purifiers an ergonomic keyboard all work to make what work slightly less soul crushing but the folks at the mit media lab gone one step further and are developing a smart cubicle as part of the mediated atmosphere project which seeks to improve wellbeing and productivity in the workplace the workplace is not only modular but also as a frameless scream custom lighting speakers a video projection and both wearable and contact bio signal sensors the whole thing is designed to self regulate based on the user's activities and physiology it collects over thirty biological signals including heart rate facial expressions and posture

democratic and republican parties currently operates in more than ninety countries the national endowment for democracy says its work aims to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in those places and blumenthal couldn't help but notice some parallels. right i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets control farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. are two spoke to the journalist behind that report max blumenthal he told us more about his findings so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens french and me we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to so

want to an event organized by the national endowment for democracy it's a nonprofit ngo that was founded in one thousand nine hundred three and is supported by both the democratic and republican parties currently operates in more than ninety countries the national endowment for democracy says it's working to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in those places and blumenfeld couldn't help but notice some parallels right i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets and troll farms of doing in the united states they interfere in other countries politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. r.t. spoke to the journalist behind the report my split with ali tell us more about the findings. so once again. i'd like to express our sincere got to to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's

democratic and republican parties currently operates in more than ninety countries and the national endowment for democracy says its work aims to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in those places and blumenthal couldn't help but notice some parallels. right i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets control farms of doing in the united states they interfere in other countries politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. are two spoke to the journalist behind the report next blumenthal he told us more about his findings so once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing to score with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow

democratic and republican parties currently it operates in more than ninety countries the national endowment for democracy says its work to help non-governmental groups promote democracy in those places and blumenthal couldn't help but notice some parallels but i covered the ceremony because these organizations are doing exactly what congress accuses russia funded media outlets control farms of doing in the united states to interfere in other country's politics and with foreign money. the only difference is they do it openly and in the name of spreading freedom. activists at the meeting were quite clear on their agenda as they explained to max blumenfeld. once again. i'd like to express our sincere gratitude to bipartisan. support and also u.s. congress people as well and u.s. citizens eventually we are doing this work with the u.s. citizens tax americans have no idea that they're funding an organization that's explicitly dedicated to meddling in other countries affairs interfering in elections toppling often democratically elected leaders and spreading public relations campaigns to sow chaos against coun

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these activists and organizations that are funded by the national endowment for democracy the u.s. regime change arm in south korea who are dedicated to regime change in north korea really worried that the money is going to stop rolling in from washington if there is a peace treaty so basically conflict is an entire industry and it's part of this fake human rights and democracy promotion industry so pelosi wanted to duck that issue and then the other issue she wants to duck is the sheer hypocrisy of supporting an organization that funds civil society groups and opposition media to topple governments and so chaos and sovereign countries while complaining that for example this network r.t. does that in the united states and that's exactly what nancy pelosi and her colleagues in congress do every day when confronted with the issue there's nothing they can do but deflect and run away as palosi did. a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. and what the ne does is what the ci

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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 team bus 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 wer

our two favorites are usa id and the national endowment for democracy and he did what is the any day well as editor of consorting news robert perry put it in one thousand nine hundred three and he essential he took over the cia's role of influencing electoral outcomes because who has the time right and. the stabilising governments that got in the way of u.s. interests and also serves as a sort of slush fund for neo cons now i don't know about you but when i picture a neo con slush fund i picture like dick cheney mitch mcconnell and bill kristol naked in a small bath tub filled with vomit of all their victims. i mean i know it's gross but it's probably less gross then what a neo con slush fund really is. how we use anything and usa id to destabilize countries and keep in mind there are consequences to destabilizing countries you know we indirectly killing a lot of people a lot of people and poor destitute they end up with their lives or a lot of people at least lose their high scores on their video games which is i mean i understand why nobody cares about an infant with cholera but tw

these activists and organizations that are funded by the national endowment for democracy the u.s. regime change arm in south korea who are dedicated to regime change in north korea really worried that the money is going to stop rolling in from washington if there is a peace treaty so basically conflict is an entire industry and it's part of this fake human rights and democracy promotion industry so pelosi wanted to duck that issue and then the other issue she wants to duck is the sheer hypocrisy of supporting an organization that funds civil society groups and opposition media to topple governments and so chaos and sovereign countries while complaining that for example this network r.t. does that in the united states and that's exactly what nancy pelosi and her colleagues in congress do every day when confronted with the issue there's nothing they can do but deflect and run away as palosi did. a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. and what the ne does is what the ci

our two favorites are usa id and the national endowment for democracy and he did what is the any day well as editor of consorting news robert perry put it in one thousand nine hundred three and he took over the cia's role of influencing electoral outcomes because who has the time right and. these kids that got in the way of u.s. interests and also serves as a sort of slush fund for neo cons now i don't know about you but when i picture a neo con slush fund i picture like dick cheney mitch mcconnell and bill kristol naked in a small bath tub filled with vomit of all their victims. i mean i know it's gross but it's probably less gross than what a neo con slush fund really is. so we use anything and usa id to destabilize countries and keep in mind there are consequences to destabilizing countries you know we indirectly killing a lot of people a lot of people and poor destitute they end up with their lives or a lot of people at least lose their high scores on their video games which is i mean i understand why nobody cares about an infant with cholera but twenty thousand points on level f

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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 team bus 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 wer

for democracy all around the world. through his work at the international republican institute under the partnership of the national endowment for democracy which i'm part of it and i respect the work that they do. but john mccain was a champion for democracy in america. but more significantly, he was a champion for democracy around the world and he actually did the work. he traveled with his colleagues from the republican party to do it with the international republican institute and with his democratic friends in the national democratic institute, all working to plant seeds of democracy in places all around the world so people could experience the remarkable way we have a government that invites people to be part of it and it is a -- it is a we the people government of the united states and john mccain made sure that every person in america recognized that they had a chance to be part of that we that makes this country great. >> thank you so much, andy card. thank you for your recollections about this great man, john mccain. and a statement from president george herbert walker bush, bush 41 writing john mccain was a public

has been doing the same thing, according to russia, with things like the national endowment for democracy.s. talks to businessmen who are willing to talk to them who have traveled to moscow to collect information from them. from moscow's turn of view is turn-about is fair play. >> kimberly dozier, thank you. >> thank you. >>> first lady melania trump brazie i praising lebron james for his charity work but after the president insulted the nba star on twitter. overwhelming air fresheners can send you running... so try febreze one. with no aerosols and no heavy perfumes. so you can spray and stay. febreze one. whenshe was pregnant,ter failed, in-laws were coming, a little bit of water, it really- it rocked our world. i had no idea the amount of damage that water could do. we called usaa. and they greeted me as they always do. sergeant baker, how are you? they were on it. it was unbelievable. having insurance is something everyone needs, but having usaa- now that's a privilege. we're the baker's and we're usaa members for life. usaa. get your insurance quote today. moderate to severe rheumato

for democracy all around the world. through his work at the international republican institute under the partnership of the national endowmentor democracy which i'm part of it and i respect the work that they do. but john mccain was a champion for democracy in america. but more significantly, he was a champion for democracy around the world and he actually did the work. he traveled with his colleagues from the republican party to do it with the international republican institute and with his democratic friends in the national democratic institute, all working to plant seeds of democracy in places all around the world so people could experience the remarkable way we have a government that invites people to be part of it and it is a -- it is a we the people government of the united states and john mccain made sure that every person in america recognized that they had a chance to be part of that we that makes this country great. >> thank you so much, andy card. thank you for your recollections about this great man, john mccain. and a statement from president george herbert walker bush, bush 41 writing john mccain was a public s

since leaving congress, he served four years as chair for national endowment for democracy and incoming president of the u.s. association of former members of congress. he's an adjunct professor in the george washington university graduate school of political management and holds journalism and history degrees from the university of missouri and a law degree from georgetown. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome martin frost. [ applause ] >> well, thank you, david. it's good to be back. the former members of congress in partnership with the archives has a series of events like this. and y'all have been great to help us put these on. i think people here tonight will find it interesting. people watching it, streaming it online and people in the audience. before we hear from the truly outstanding panelists who volunteered their time to share their personal stories of civic engagement with you tonight, i'd like to share a quick work about our association, the former members of congress. as fmc, we bring together a bipartisan group of over 600 former representatives and senators who worked to

since leaving congress, he served four years as chair for national endowment for democracy and incoming president of the u.s. association of former members of congress. he's an adjunct professor in the george washington university graduate school of political management and holds journalism and history degrees from the university of missouri and a law degree from georgetown. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome martin frost. [ applause ]

these activists and organizations that are funded by the national endowment for democracy. see the u.s. regime change arm in south korea who are dedicated to regime change in north korea really worried that the money's going to stop rolling in from washington if there is a peace treaty so basically conflict is an entire industry and it's part of this fake human rights and democracy promotion industry so pelosi wanted to duck that issue and then the other issue she wants to duck is the sheer hypocrisy of supporting an organization that funds civil society groups and opposition media to topple governments and so chaos and sovereign countries while complaining that for example this network r t does that in the united states and that's exactly what nancy pelosi and her colleagues in congress do every day when confronted with the issue there's nothing they can do but deflect and run away as palosi did a lot of what we do today was done covertly twenty five years ago by the cia it's even more the case since the color revolution model has been introduced. and what the ne d. does i