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Jim DiEugenio shows how distorted the lens is that CounterPunch writer David Schultz looks through to reach his own interpretation of the lesson of Vietnam that the U.S. should have applied to Afghanistan. The only lesson we learn from history is indeed that we learn nothing from it, if we rely on discredited sources like Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest.
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Saturday, 29 May 2021 16:00
A Special Request from Editor and Publisher Jim DiEugenio
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio makes a special appeal to our readers for assistance in exposing the truth in the JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X assassinations.
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Saturday, 03 April 2021 16:49
Biden, Trump, the CIA: Reflections in a Dark Mirror, Nixon vs. Helms, 1971
Written by Benjamin Cole With the looming October deadline for President Biden’s decision on the release of the remaining files from the JFK Records Act, Benjamin Cole reviews President Trump’s recent history with the National Security State and revisits President Nixon’s interactions with CIA director Richard Helms with implications toward the JFK assassination.
James Moore picks up where Steven Gillon left off and Jim DiEugenio puts him through the same treatment, decimating the false equivalence of QAnon conspiracy fantasies and JFK historical research. Jim makes the case that QAnon is at best a myth and at worst a hoax, while throughout the JFK case one can find definite evidentiary conclusions.
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Thursday, 28 January 2021 04:43
Caitlin Johnstone, JFK, and the Insurrection
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio interacts with some of Caitlin Johnstone’s published thoughts on what she terms the “Capitol Hill Riot” and looks at the insurrection from the perspective of a JFK research community seeking justice and accountability whatever the cost.
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Wednesday, 05 August 2020 04:23
25th Anniversary of Probe/CTKA/KennedysAndKing
Written by Kennedys&King Jim DiEugenio comments on his 25th Anniversary of publishing on the assassinations of the 1960s and gives some encouragement on how you can participate in keeping it going.
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Did Dovey Roundtree throw herself into the case a bit too hard? Jim DiEugenio examines the inconsistent stories surrounding the potential alibi witness, “Vivian,” and wonders if it is a story she spun beyond recognition to defend her client.
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Jim DiEugenio reviews the history of Politico in supporting the two-party status quo and then dissects sportswriter Peter Keating’s article, “How JFK Paved the Way for Donald Trump,” as uninformed and counter-factual.
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Michael Le Flem and Jim DiEugenio observe how The Atlantic Monthly has become a part of the oligarchical problem in trying to conceal what has happened to the Democratic Party behind a smoke screen of “pernicious conspiracy thinking,” which has now become part and parcel of the Democratic party’s legacy.
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As Soleded O’Brien launches her 8-part podcast on the murder of Mary Meyer entitled Murder on the Towpath, Jim DiEugenio recalls her work on the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination case and introduces a special 9-part series here on KennedysAndKing. We will post a Mary Meyer article each week of the podcast and then Jim will write a summary on the ninth week.
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Wednesday, 04 March 2020 19:16
Goodbye and Good Riddance to Chris Matthews
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio reviews the career of Chris Matthews upon his resignation from MSNBC, asserting, “I cannot help but wonder who will replace him, and if that person will be any kind of an improvement. I would think he or she could not be much worse.”
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Tuesday, 14 January 2020 00:12
Vince Foster, JFK and the Rise of Chris Ruddy
Written by James DiEugenio The irony of Newsmax posting an article entitled “Conspiracy Theories Merit Only Undivided Suspicion” is “too rich to be ignored,” writes Jim DiEugenio, because its CEO and founder, Chris Ruddy, was responsible for propagating one of the wildest and most rudderless conspiracy theories of recent decades: that Vince Foster was murdered by sinister forces employed by Bill and Hillary Clinton.
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Jim DiEugenio reviews Mad Brugger’s new film Cold Case Hammarskjold in light of the political struggle in Congo and the recurrence of European imperialism there.
Wednesday, 06 November 2019 03:22
Part 2: Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro's The Irishman
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio reviews Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro’s long and expensive new film, The Irishman, which propagates many of the myths surrounding Frank Sheeran found in Brandt’s book.
Wednesday, 06 November 2019 03:19
Part 1: Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio exposes some serious problems with Charles Brandt’s I Heard You Paint Houses, casting doubt on the veracity of many of the key stories.
Monday, 14 October 2019 00:57
Oliver Stone announces JFK: Destiny Betrayed
Producer Rob Wilson and writer Jim DiEugenio will inform the American public for the first time of the discoveries of the ARRB.
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Jim DiEugenio discusses Mark Zaid's connection to the whistleblower investigation against Trump and his earlier role in spreading misinformation about the JFK assassination.
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Thursday, 26 September 2019 06:39
Thomas D. Herman Smooches Halberstam and Sheehan
Written by James DiEugenio Jim DiEugenio critiques Thomas Herman's recent Boston Globe editorial for its ignorance of contemporary research and perpetuation of false narratives concerning JFK and Vietnam.
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Tuesday, 06 August 2019 18:47
Garrison Interview, "Some Unauthorized Comments on the State of the Union" (May 27, 1969)
We publish here a noteworthy interview Jim Garrison gave to a European publication on May 27, 1969, in which he draws attention to, among other things, the connection between the assassinations of JFK, MLK and RFK.
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Using powerful work by authors like Daniele Ganser and Phillip Willan about Gladio, and Michele Metta’s revelatory volume on Permindex, Rob Couteau’s milestone article shows how the murders of Kennedy, and Moro and the attempts on De Gaulle were not isolated events.
An article largely based upon interviews done with former FBI agent Don Wilson by correspondent Jim Douglass.
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Jim DiEugenio asks when Kamala Harris ever officially proposed busing programs during her political career.
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