Ian Kummer

I'm a former US Marine fire support specialist, and also worked for about 10 years as a public affairs specialist in the US Army National Guard and Reserves. For that reason I will mostly opine about the "information operations" aspect of current events. Please see my "about" page for more information. If you would like to reach out, you can email me at ian.michael@readingjunkie.com

Liberal Journalist gets “Canceled” For Opposing Israel

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fascism. American conservatives. Is this communism?

Remember all the liberals rejoicing that the world’s largest multinational corporations have gotten “woke?” Great news… except corporations only care about money and have no problem canceling liberals too. Oops. The latest victim of woke fascism is Emily Wilder, who just got canned from the Associated Press because she… wait for it… opposes Israel. Now in fairness, there are two sides. But that’s just it. There. Are. Two. Sides.

CBC Crushes dissent against Israel

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CBC Crushes dissent against Israel palestine

More than 2,000 journalists and community members signed an open letter asking Canadian news media to provide coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict. Two employees from the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) claim that CBC has retaliated by barring them from covering any more news in the region. It is now a thought crime to even suggest fair coverage in Israel.

Woke insanity: why is there so little pushback?!

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Woke insanity: why is there so little pushback?!

From The Saker: The Biden Administration has gone out of its way to show itself as absolutely “woke-compatible” and even as a champion of “wokeness” (Foggy Bottom has just allowed US embassies and consulates to fly the “gay pride” flag next to the Stars and Stripes. I bet you they won’t do that in Riyadh!).