Monday, February 03, 2020
Data Monarch
As Whitney Webb reports, ebay founder Pierre Omidyar, the multi-billionaire owner of First Look Media (parent company of the Intercept) is deeply connected to the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Omidyar Group holding company and Omidyar Network investments have, she says, forged extensive relationships with USAID and other elements of the national security state.
As Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal write, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power praised Omidyar for following in the footsteps of George Soros, known for insider-trading and undermining democracy worldwide.
As Alexander Rubinstein and Max Blumenthal write, former U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power praised Omidyar for following in the footsteps of George Soros, known for insider-trading and undermining democracy worldwide.
While backing media outlets around the world that produce news and commentary, Omidyar supports a global cartel of self-styled fact-checking groups that determine which outlets are legitimate and which are “fake.”
Saturday, February 01, 2020
1938
1938 featured some magical combinations, including George Woolf and Seabiscuit, as well as Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman. Artie Shaw got them all dancing.
