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STONEZONE (Roger Stone) - LBJ, The Coup in Dallas: The Fingerprints They Cannot Erase

For more than 60 years Americans have been ordered to believe a fairy tale fit for children and fools. The shots in Dallas ended JFK’s presidency. The evidence left behind may yet end a lie. Some crimes are so monstrous that the guilty must kill twice. First they kill the victim. Then they kill the […] The post LBJ, The Coup in Dallas: The Fingerprints They Cannot Erase appeared first on StoneZone .

For more than 60 years Americans have been ordered to believe a fairy tale fit for children and fools. The shots in Dallas ended JFK’s presidency. The evidence left behind may yet end a lie. Some crimes are so monstrous that the guilty must kill twice. First they kill the victim. Then they kill the truth. On November 22, 1963, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was murdered in broad daylight before the eyes of the world. Yet the gunfire in Dealey Plaza was followed by something quieter and in many ways more enduring: the systematic burial of evidence, the laundering of suspicion, the elevation of fantasy into official doctrine. For more than 60 years Americans have been ordered to believe a fairy tale fit for children and fools. A lone…Open

THEFEDERALIST (Jordan Boyd) - 6 Things To Know About 2019 Impeachment Coup Against Trump, As New Docs Confirm Federalist Reporting

It’s been a long six and a half years since the first sham impeachment of Trump, but the story isn’t over.

NYTIMES (Richard C. Paddock) - Myanmar Junta Chief Ascends to President, Five Years After Coup

U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military.

NYTIMES (Jonah E. Bromwich and Santul Nerkar) - Former Green Beret Behind a Failed Coup in Venezuela Is on the Run

The U.S. government said the military veteran, Jordan G. Goudreau, had been missing for months, and that an ankle monitor assigned to him had been found hidden in a piece of furniture.

AXIOS (Jason Lalljee) - Times the U.S. has backed a foreign leader, as Trump hones in on Iran

The United States has an extensive history of interventionism , but President Trump has grown especially frank about his intentions abroad in recent months. The big picture: Trump told Axios this week that he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader, which — alongside his recent moves in Cuba and Venezuela — demonstrate that aggressive military force has become part and parcel of his foreign policy. - It wouldn't be the first time, however, that the U.S. has pushed for specific leaders to fill the vacancies it helped create. Driving the news: Trump on Thursday acknowledged that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei, is his most likely successor — a move the president opposes. - "Khamenei's son…

NYTIMES (Richard C. Paddock) - In Myanmar, Junta Leader Eyes the Title of President

The military ruler of Myanmar, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, is expected to seek a civilian post to add a veneer of legitimacy after sham elections.

NPR (Joe Hernandez) - 7 key points in U.S.-Iran relations since 1953

The U.S. and Iran have a long history of tensions, including a CIA-led campaign to topple Iran's prime minister in 1953 and the taking of American hostages in 1979.

NYTIMES (Jason Horowitz) - 45 Years After Failed Coup, Spain Declassifies Files About Why It Failed

Ending more than four decades of conjecture, the Spanish government moved to publish documents from a long-secret investigation of a failed 1981 coup.