US tries to Sanction the Planet to Gag Russian News Media

Washington coerces Global South to ban popular Russian News. India refuses. – “US regime only protects its own “freedom of speech,” / Margarita Simonyan

from thefreeonline – https://wp.me/pIJl9-E2j on 16 September, 2024 by RT Banned News (on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )

US media merged with intelligence services – RT News Editor Margarita Simonyan

The “freedom of speech” the US trumpets applies only to those who support official narratives and obey instructions from its intelligence services, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan has said, following the latest crackdown by Washington on Russian media.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced new sanctions against the news outlet on Friday, accusing it of engaging in “covert influence activities” and “functioning as a de facto arm of Russian intelligence.”

Earlier in September, Washington imposed sanctions on Simonyan and three other senior RT employees over alleged attempts to influence the 2024 US presidential election.

Simonyan asserted that the latest attack on Russian media is a clear effort to clamp down on the information space ahead of the November vote.

Israel strips foreign journalists of accreditation .. The Qatari network “constitutes a threat to the IDF,” according to a government statement https://www.rt.com/news/603922-israel-aljazeera-journalists-ban/ … The Israeli government has said it is revoking the press credentials of Al Jazeera journalists working in the country.

“They need to silence everyone. This is the story of freedom and democracy in the so-called free West. It seems to me that only clinically insane people or those who are obviously biased can believe in it,” she stated.

In practice, the US idea of a free press doesn’t extend to others, she added.

It’s very easy to promote freedom of speech and practice it when it’s only your speech that counts and no one else’s.

Simonyan argued that Washington’s claims about RT collaborating with Russian intelligence are a “classic case of projection.”

“The idea that you can’t achieve results without being part of the intelligence service has exposed them for what they are,” she said.

She noted that the way US mainstream media publishes various intelligence “leaks” and insider information from unnamed security officials points to their close ties with American intelligence services.

“If you look at who runs these foundations and often the media, they’re either families of intelligence employees, former intelligence officers, or future ones,” she added.

They receive orders from intelligence services: write this, write that. They have long since merged with each other.

“Everything was going fine until Grandma brought out the roast Palestinian child for dinner”- Caitlin Johnstone

Don’t Talk About Politics At The Dinner Table

from thefreeonline – https://wp.me/pIJl9-E2q on 15th Sept 2924 by Caitlin Johnstone – READ IN HER APP ( on Telegram: https://t.me/thefreeonline )

Listen to a reading by Tim Foley:

Everything was going fine until Grandma brought out the roast Palestinian child for dinner.

“Who’s hungry?” she chirped, a small honey-glazed human corpse on a platter in her arms.

“I am!” said Grandpa.

“Oh boy!” said Tommy.

“OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCKING FUCK??” Susan shrieked.

“Jesus, Sue, my ears,” said Ellen.

“What’s wrong, honey?” Grandma asked, frozen in shock.

“That’s a dead kid! Why the fuck is there a dead kid on that plate??” Susan yelled.

“Hey, you can’t talk to your grandmother like that,” Grandpa warned.

“Yeah, Sue, watch your mouth,” said Stanley, covering his daughter’s ears.

“It’s — oh my God! It’s a dead kid! Why is everyone acting like this is fine?? What the fuck is happening??”

“Oh, Susan, sweetie, are you a vegetarian? I’m sorry, I didn’t know!” said Grandma.

“Did — did you kill this kid??” Susan asked, struggling to catch her breath.

“Oh Christ, no!” said Grandpa. “Is that what this is about? No, it’s some Arab kid that got killed in that Israeli war. They started selling them by the pound at Costco last month.”

“YOU MEAN THE GENOCIDE IN GAZA??” Susan bellowed, falling to her knees and sobbing.

“Oh, here we go,” Tommy sighed.

“Can we please not get all political at the dinner table?” said Stanley.

“Yeah, no politics!” said Grandpa. “We’re all here together as a family, let’s just try to have a nice time.”

“Politics??” Susan screamed. “I’m staring at a dead Palestinian kid right in front of me and it freaks me out! How the fuck is that political??”

“I mean, calling it a ‘genocide’, Sue?” said Ellen.

“Look, we can sit here arguing about the war and who started it and whether Israel has a right to defend itself and whether Jews have a right to exist in their homeland, or we can all just take a deep breath, and relax, and enjoy this delicious meal Grandma spent hours in the kitchen preparing,” said Grandpa, reaching for the carving knife.

“I swear to God if any of you so much as touches that kid I will never speak to you for the rest of my life,” said Susan.

“Oh for fuck’s sake,” said Tommy.

“Tom!” said Stanley, putting down the knife to again cover his daughter’s ears.

“God, Sue why do you always gotta be such a hysterical drama queen?” said Ellen. “We’re just trying to have a nice meal together and you gotta come in playing Woke Police on everyone.”

“It’s a victim of genocide! You want to eat a human child who was killed in a genocide!” screamed Susan.

“You say it’s a genocide victim, I say it’s dinner,” said Tommy. “But nobody can be right except you, right Sue? Only Saint Susan gets to decide which opinions are valid.”

“I think we just need to have respect for one another’s different political opinions, Susan” said Grandma. “We’re not all going to agree on everything, and we need to be able to set that aside and get along together. This is a complicated issue. Who’s to say who’s right?”

“But this isn’t political!” wailed Susan. “How can you guys not see that?? There’s a DEAD KID on the dinner table! A dead kid!”

“I think they’re right, Aunt Susan,” said Morgan, taking off her headphones. “I didn’t want to say anything but a lot of the stuff you’ve been saying online about the war is really problematic and antisemitic, and actually kind of borderline fascist-adjacent. The kinds of things you’ve been saying about President Biden and Vice President Harris are going to land Trump back in the White House.”

“Alright, alright, what did we just say about politics at the dinner table?” said Grandpa. “This is what it leads to. A bunch of hurtful words and hurt feelings.”

“Fuck. Your. Feelings,” said Susan.

“Okay, well, dinner’s ruined,” said Stanley. “Morgan, Louise, come on, we’re getting McDonald’s. Thanks a lot, Sue.”

“Yeah, Sue,” said Tommy. “Selfish bitch.”

Everyone left, leaving Grandpa and Grandma alone with Susan — who was still crying on the floor.

“Susan,” said Grandpa. “Someday you’re going to have to learn that other people have feelings just like you, and that we all deserve to be treated as human beings, just like you do.”

“Really, sweetie, you’ve just got to learn to have a little compassion,” said Grandma, picking up the platter with the Palestinian child on it and carrying it into the kitchen.

“I guess we can use all these leftovers for sandwiches later,” she mumbled, shaking her head sadly.

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WW3 cancelled! Putin Wins deadly Nuclear Chicken as US/UK back down on hyped use of their Long Range Missiles

So why did the US warmongers have to back down? + The Great Pranksters smash Western Fake News

on 14th Sept 2024 by thefreeonline and Simplicius’s substack (on Telegram: t.me/thefreeonline )

Because this time Russia was serious, with intense preparations and well publicized explanations why the ATACMS and Storm Shadow missiles can only be fired by NATO personnel and their satellite guidance. Why it must mean war with NATO.

Because this demand is a last gasp ploy by Zelensky to save his own skin as Ukraine collapses.

Because perhaps of an unproven shocking massive unstoppable hypersonic warning attack by Russia on a deserted mountain right next to a key US Naval base near Seattle (see Has WW3 begun! Possible Hypersonic Missile Strike as Warning Near US Naval Base . War begins if Biden Okays Missile Attacks on Russia today)

The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) transits the Puget Sound on the way to its homeport of Bremerton,

Because European Russophobia is finally falling apart, with even Scholz calling for peace.

Because of a shocking prank interview with Poland’s foreign minister Sikorsky dynamiting the Euro position (see below).

Because it made no practical sense, even if Russia backed down, as there is little stock of the hyper expensive long range missiles and Russia has been shooting many of them down.

So what happens next

The war goes on. Logically Ukraine had lost from the beginning, only for US’s post Afghanistan desire for looting Ukraine, supposedly weakening Russia, promoting its arms industry and fanning russophobia to self sabotage its EU economic rivals.

Has WW3 begun? Possible Hypersonic Missile Strike as Warning Near US Naval Base? War begins if Biden Okays Missile Attacks on Russia today?

thefreeonline/ https://wp.me/pIJl9-E0Q

A screen shot of the USGS website reporting this “Other Event.” See https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw62037567/executive

Bremerton Naval Base – Hal Turner. The United States Geological Survey reports an “Other Event” caused the equivalent of a Magnitude 2.6 earthquake, 0.8 km ABOVE ground at 09:12 UTC this morning. Word is this “Other Event” was . . . . an explosion – possibly of a Hypersonic missile –sent as “a message” to the […]
Possible Hypersonic Missile Strike Near Bremerton Naval Base in Washington State

Musk channels Star Wars over WWIII threat

The billionaire has weighed in on a potential imminent escalation of the Ukraine conflict

US entrepreneur Elon Musk has reacted with foreboding to President Vladimir Putin’s warning to NATO about the consequences of potential long-range strikes against Russia with weapons provided by the US-led military bloc.

Putin said on Thursday that Ukraine would depend on satellite intelligence and programming by NATO specialists to enable long-range strikes deep into Russia. Any such attacks “will mean that NATO nations, the US and European countries, are at war with Russia,” he stated.

Musk shared a video of Putin’s remarks posted by the popular X account Wall Street Silver, which warned that the US is “expected to launch WW3 this weekend and authorize attacks deep in Russian territory.”

“I have a bad feeling about this,” the billionaire commented, using a catchphrase popularized by the Star Wars character Han Solo upon seeing the Death Star space station.

Putin issues new warning to NATO

Ukraine has been asking for the capability to strike targets deep inside Russia with Western weapons for months, claiming that the lack of permission to do so has undermined its positions on the front line.

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer is meeting with US President Joe Biden in Washington on Friday, where they will discuss relaxing restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range Western weapons.

The meeting comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Kiev with his British counterpart, David Lammy. Both NATO members have provided long-range weapons to Ukraine, which have been used against targets inside territories that Kiev claims, but not inside internationally-recognized Russian territory.

The original post with Putin’s remarks attribute personal responsibility for a possible outbreak of a world war to Biden and US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is also the Democratic Party’s nominee in the upcoming presidential election.

Approval of Western Weapons Strikes Deep into Russia means a “State of War” will exist

Hal Turner Radio Show Russian leadership has issued a follow-up statement to President Vladimir Putin’s Thursday brief video address warning that if the US and UK authorize Ukraine to pursue long-range strikes on Russian soil, then NATO and the Russian Federation will be in an official state of war. On Friday Russia’s ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily […]