Kevin Gosztola
Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, Unauthorized Disclosure. Follow him on Twitter: @kgosztola
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Views Sunday, September 23, 2018 Death Of Jon Burge: Commander Set Standard For Police Terror In Chicago Former Chicago police commander Jon Burge was involved with several officers in the torture of more than 110 black men. He was never held fully accountable for the trauma inflicted on black communities and died on September 19. At the trial for former Officer Jason Van Dyke, who is accused of... Read more |
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News Thursday, August 23, 2018 NSA Whistleblower Reality Winner Receives Longest Sentence Ever For Unauthorized Disclosure Former National Security Agency contractor Reality Winner was sentenced to five years and three months in prison at a federal courthouse in Augusta, Georgia. It was part of a plea agreement approved by the court, where Winner admitted she disclosed classified information in violation of the... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, June 13, 2018 Backlash to Trump-Kim Summit Is Motivated By Commitment to Projecting American Superpower President Donald Trump’s talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have the potential to usher in an era of nonviolent coexistence. However, the political establishment, corporate media, and foreign policy think tanks are deeply upset that Trump offered to end United States military exercises... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 26, 2018 Jonathan Alter Thinks Democrats Need to Be Less Democratic There is a genre of commentary from liberal pundits that persistently appears like crab grass, and it involves scolding progressive or left-wing voters for their activism around elections. Jonathan Alter, a columnist for The Daily Beast and an MSNBC analyst, is the latest pundit to pen a nauseating... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 24, 2018 Senate Proposal To Constrain Trump’s War Making Would Actually Expand Perpetual War A new authorization for the use of military force proposed by Democratic and Republican senators would further entrench the United States in endless war. It would also streamline the ability of President Donald Trump and future presidents to expand the “war on terrorism” to additional countries and... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 11, 2018 Who’s Who Of American War Criminals And Torture Apologists Endorse Gina Haspel For CIA Director An array of former intelligence and other government officials signed a letter to the Senate intelligence committee in support of Gina Haspel, the nominee for CIA director. Haspel, who is currently the deputy CIA director, was briefly in charge of a black site prison in Thailand during President... Read more |
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Views Sunday, January 21, 2018 Trump Administration Turns ICE Into Tool for Political Repression Immigration and Customs Enforcement appears to be escalating its targeting of immigrant rights activists for deportation. Since President Donald Trump was inaugurated, there have been at least ten prominent cases where immigrants involved in community activism were deported or faced an increased... Read more |
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Views Saturday, September 16, 2017 Harvard Kennedy Succumbs to CIA Pressure, Revokes Chelsea Manning's Fellowship The Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School revoked an invitation for United States military whistleblower Chelsea Manning to serve as a visiting fellow after intense pressure from the CIA. According to the Harvard Crimson , the school newspaper, "high-ranking current and former CIA... Read more |
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Views Saturday, August 05, 2017 Facing Crisis of Legitimacy, Trump Administration Pledges to Intensify War on Leaks President Donald Trump's administration is in the throes of a crisis of legitimacy and leadership, with federal government employees concerned and unwilling to stay quiet about chaos, incompetence, and questionable acts unfolding within institutions. To respond to an increase in leaks to the press... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Democrats’ ‘Better Deal’ Platform Isn’t Anything Working People Haven’t Been Sold Already Over the past eight months, the Democratic Party has floundered and sputtered around while trying to develop an agenda that can convince citizens they are a clear alternative to President Donald Trump. What Democrats have mostly done is unleash volleys of accusations as if this somehow beats back... Read more |