JOHNSTONE September 23: Mitch McConnell's Brief Flash Of Humanity

The September '23 edition of a monthly magazine-style digital publication of essays, articles, poems, art and short stories about the end of illusions. Includes: Thirty Signs You Might Be An Empire Simp, Vivek Ramaswamy Is Just Another Disgusting Warmonger, and The Illusory Truth Effect And The "Unprovoked" Invasion Of Ukraine.

Plus Victoria Nuland has gone to Africa (p22), we glimpsed the humanity of Mitch McConnell (p7) and another day, another neocon Republican posing as a populist anti-war hero (p50). 

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Another Day, Another CIA Press Release Disguised As News ... 3

Thirty Signs You Might Be An Empire Simp ... 5

Mitch McConnell’s Brief Flash Of Humanity ... 7

They Dupe People Into Debating War With Russia Vs War With China, Instead Of War Itself ... 9

In A World Ruled By Propaganda, A Sane Worldview Will Necessarily Be A Fringe Worldview ... 12

Searching For Bigfoot ... 14

New York Times Helps Marco Rubio Push Persecution Of Antiwar Leftists ... 16

It's Never About The US President, It's About The US Empire ... 20

Victoria Nuland Has Gone To Africa ... 22

The Illusory Truth Effect And The “Unprovoked” Invasion Of Ukraine ... 24

Their Similarities Matter More Than Their Differences ... 27

Revisiting John Pilger’s 2016 Warnings About US Warmongering Against Russia And China ... 28

We’re Taught About Liberal And Conservative Bias In Media, But Not US Empire Bias ... 30

For The First Time In History, Humanity Has A Single Common Foe ... 34

Big Brave Western Proxy Warriors Keep Whining That Ukrainian Troops Are Cowards ... 36

De-Gamify The Earth ... 39

US Officials Keep Boasting About How Much The Ukraine War Serves US Interests ... 41

Opposing The Empire Means Widening Our Circles Of Compassion ... 44

Think Tanks Are Information Laundering Ops For War Profiteers ... 46

The More Inner Work You Do, The More You See How Humanity Is Dominated By Narrative ... 48

Rename The Secretary Of State The Secretary Of Hypocrisy ... 50

Vivek Ramaswamy Is Just Another Disgusting Warmonger ... 52

Unipolar Hegemony Is A Freakish Historical Aberration ... 55

The Last Time A Foreign Military Threat Was Placed Near The US Border, The World Almost Ended ... 56

Abnormalize The Empire ... 58

Only Idiots Believe The US Is Protecting Australia From China ... 60

Even The Bald Eagle’s Call Is Propaganda ... 63