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Alan MacLeod

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Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews. I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.

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For decades, we were told that bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was necessary and saved lives. This was a lie, as these testimonies from top US officials prove. My latest article: .
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Eighty years after Hiroshima and Nagasaki, declassified records and military testimony reveal the atomic bombings were unnecessary.
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This article is over 15 years old. 🇵🇸🇮🇱
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Apple has hired dozens of "former" Israeli spies to run their internal affairs. What's going on? . My new investigation explores my worrying new finding.
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A new MintPress investigation reveals that Apple has quietly hired dozens of operatives from Israel’s elite spying outfit, Unit 8200.
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Can you imagine if it were a European saying this about an Israeli, and not the other way around?
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@wikileaks This protest won't be covered in a proper fashion, partly because Rupert Murdoch, Australia's most powerful media oligarch, is a close friend and funder of Benjamin Netanyahu. Read my investigation into Murdoch's pro-Israel activities here:.
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Rupert Murdoch, who has for decades championed Israel’s cause and is now pushing his media empire into overdrive to defend the indefensible. If the pen is indeed mightier than the sword, then Murdoch...
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Right at the front of the protest is @Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Legend.
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Incredible scenes right now in Sydney 🇦🇺, as hundreds of thousands people brave the terrible weather to call for an end to the genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸. They've shut down Sydney Harbour Bridge!
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RT @mattlieb: When children are being shot to death by Israeli snipers, the enemy is physics.
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RT @Lowkey0nline: By "lawyers" the BBC means the UK Lawyers for Israel lobby group.
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Oh, now we're pretending to care about international law, are we?.
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Lawyers warn the government that recognising a Palestinian state would breach international law.
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The Onion just doesn't miss.
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RT @SabbySabs2: Except this man wasn't the shooter. He was arrested during a protest. But if you're looking at this article, you would assu….
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Even by the standard of the US media, the New York Post stands out as particularly egregious.
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"He is disabled, so it doesn't count as genocide" is a truly depraved, ghoulish take, even for an outlet as scummy as The New York Post.
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Insane headline from a deeply sick society.
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Who else wants this button everywhere?.
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Can we have this button on Pinterest plz
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This person is totally delusional.
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The Israeli government told me you're not brave or cool enough to follow me on Instagram. Click here to prove them wrong.
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