Alan MacLeod
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Senior Staff Writer/Podcast Producer, @MintPressNews. I mostly tweet about US/Mid East & Lat Am. politics, but complaining about corporate media is my passion.
Articles by Alan MacLeod
Revealed: Documents Show Bill Gates Has Given $319 Million to Media Outlets - Global Research
First published five years ago in November 2021, this carefully documented article points to a vast data bank of media, NGOs, Universities funded by Bill Gates *** Sifting through over 30,000 grants in the company’s database, MintPress can reveal that the Gates Foundation has bankrolled hundreds of media outlets and ventures, to the tune of at least $319 million. Up until his recent messy divorce, Bill Gates enjoyed something of a free pass in corporate media.
Pedophile President: Trump & Epstein Argued Over Who would Take 13-Year-Old’s Virginity, New House Report States
by Alan MacLeod MintPress News A new Democrat-led House Committee on the Judiciary report released this week sheds more light on President Donald Trump’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
Pedophile President? Trump & Epstein Argued Over Who Would Take 13-Year-Old's Virginity, New House Report States
A new Democrat-led House Committee on the Judiciary report released this week sheds more light on President Donald Trump's close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Document, entitled "'We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey': The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ's Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up," is based on ...
Pedophile President? Trump & Epstein Argued Over Who Would Take 13-Year-Old’s Virginity, New House Report States – The Washington Standard
A new Democrat-led House Committee on the Judiciary report released this week sheds more light on President Donald Trump’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Document, entitled “‘We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey’: The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ’s Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up,” is based on the accounts of eleven women, five of whom alleged Trump raped or sexually assaulted them in the presence of the disgraced financier.
The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music And Global Hip Hop
When most people are asked “who controls hip hop?” they are unlikely to think of a 67-year-old Israeli Zionist who comes from a family of Israeli spies and state officials. But Lyor Cohen is the real deal. The brash, cigar-smoking 6 ft 5 in head of YouTube Music is the undisputed king of rap, and arguably the most important and influential person in the entire music business.
Pedophile President: Trump & Epstein Argued Over Who would Take 13-Year-Old’s Virginity, New House Report States
A new Democrat-led House Committee on the Judiciary report released this week sheds more light on President Donald Trump’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The Document, entitled “‘We Have Certain Things in Common, Jeffrey’: The Case Against Donald Trump Emerging in the Epstein Files and DOJ’s Desperate Efforts to Cover it Up,” is based on the accounts of eleven women, five of whom alleged Trump raped or sexually assaulted them in the presence of the disgraced financier.
Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & the Global Hip Hop Industry
Entering his fifth decade in the industry, Cohen began his career as the manager of legendary rap group, Run-DMC, and has launched the career of countless hip hop acts, including LL Cool J, Public Enemy, De La Soul, Slick Rick, A Tribe Called Quest, the Beastie Boys, and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince (Will Smith). He later moved beyond just rap and worked with stars like Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Nickelback, The Killers, Shania Twain, and Elvis Costello.
Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & The Global Hip Hop Industry
The son of an Israeli secret agent, Lyor Cohen is the most important man in hip hop. With inordinate influence over the genre, he has made his views on Israel/Palestine clear, and has used his influence to stamp out what he sees as anti-semitism in the industry. He is now head of YouTube Music, and ...
Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & The Global Hip Hop Industry – The Washington Standard
The son of an Israeli secret agent, Lyor Cohen is the most important man in hip hop. With inordinate influence over the genre, he has made his views on Israel/Palestine clear, and has used his influence to stamp out what he sees as anti-semitism in the industry.
Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & the Global Hip Hop Industry
Alan Macleod Archive Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & the Global Hip Hop Industry ◄►◄►▲▼ • B When most people are asked “who controls hip hop?” they are unlikely to think of a 67-year-old Israeli Zionist who comes from a family of Israeli spies and state officials. But Lyor Cohen is the real deal. The brash, cigar-smoking 6 ft 5 in head of YouTube Music is the undisputed king of rap, and arguably the most important and influential person in the entire music business.
Lyor Cohen: The Shady Israeli Executive Running YouTube Music & the Global Hip Hop Industry
When most people are asked “who controls hip hop?” they are unlikely to think of a 67-year-old Israeli Zionist who comes from a family of Israeli spies and state officials. But Lyor Cohen is the real deal. The brash, cigar-smoking 6 ft 5 in head of YouTube Music is the undisputed king of rap, and arguably the most important and influential person in the entire music business.
Black Agenda Report
The U.S. government has promoted rappers to destabilize governments around the world to drive regime change. Originally published in MintPress News. Through its myriad of agencies, the United States government has recruited and groomed rappers from around the world to further its political interests. Washington has spent tens of millions of dollars funding, training, and promoting artists who foment public discontent, organize protests, and lead color revolutions in nations in its crosshairs.
Rappers For Regime Change: How The Cia Recruits Hip Hop Artists From The Gambia And Around The World
By The Standard Newspaper27 October 2026, 9:11 AM GMT 9 min read27 October 2026, 9:11 AM GMT 9 min read Rappers for regime change: How the CIA recruits Hip Hop Artists from The Gambia and around the world Through its myriads of agencies, the United States government has recruited and groomed rappers from around the world to further its political interests.
Rappers For Regime Change
How the CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around the World. Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion “The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice for young people,” Professor Sujatha Fernandes, a sociologist at the University of Sydney and the author of the book, “Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation,” told MintPress News.
Rappers For Regime Change: How the CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around the World
Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion “The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice for young people,” Professor Sujatha Fernandes, a sociologist at the University of Sydney and the author of the book, “Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation,” told MintPress News.
Rappers For Regime Change: How The CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around The World
Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion "The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice for young people," Professor Sujatha Fernandes, a sociologist at the University of Sydney and the author of the book, "Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop ...
Rappers For Regime Change: How The CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around The World – The Washington Standard
Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion “The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice for young people,” Professor Sujatha Fernandes, a sociologist at the University of Sydney and the author of the book, “Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation,” told MintPress News.
Rappers For Regime Change: How the CIA Recruits Hip Hop Artists Around the World
Bangladesh: Songs of Subversion “The U.S. government has observed the power of hip hop culture as a vehicle for expression, protest, and a political voice for young people,” Professor Sujatha Fernandes, a sociologist at the University of Sydney and the author of the book, “Close to the Edge: In Search of the Global Hip Hop Generation,” told MintPress News.
Black Agenda Report
Progressive candidates rarely remain so after winning public office. Zohran Mamdani is no exception, but his capitulation to New York zionists angered his supporters, and the people he hoped to placate are still working to make him a one-term mayor.
Black Agenda Report
The liberal news media treat U.S. violence and oppression as aberrations from the country's founding ideals rather than expressions of its fundamental character as a settler colony, empire, plantation, and concentration camp. Short overview: Each installment features a literacy guide on a particular issue, institution, or journalistic strategy to help readers understand the ways that liberal media outlets frame the news.
Revealed: German “Anti-Semitism Expert” Driving Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity is Former Israeli Spy
by Alan Macleod, MintPress News: A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism.
German ‘Anti-Semitism Expert’ Driving Crackdown Is Former Israeli Spy
Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism.
Revealed: German "Anti-Semitism Expert" Driving Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity is Former Israeli Spy
A Munich-based "anti-Semitism expert" organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism. Katz ...
Revealed: German “Anti-Semitism Expert” Driving Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity is Former Israeli Spy – The Washington Standard
A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism.
Revealed: German “Anti-Semitism Expert” Driving Crackdown on Palestine Solidarity is Former Israeli Spy
A Munich-based “anti-Semitism expert” organizing political action helping restrict pro-Palestine protests across Germany is a former Israeli spy, MintPress can reveal. Since October 7, 2023, Guy Katz, professor of international management at Munich University of Applied Sciences, has become one of the leading figures in German politics on the subject of Israel and anti-Semitism.
Robert Kraft: The Billionaire Friend of Netanyahu Pulling The Strings Behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran Blow Up
The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements.
Billionaire Friend Of Netanyahu Behind Macklemore/Sheeran Blow Up
he world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements. The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, and caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and brought worldwide attention to both Israel’s crimes and its attempts to silence dissent across the world. But who is Robert Kraft?
Robert Kraft: The Billionaire Friend of Netanyahu Pulling The Strings Behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran Blow Up
The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper's pro-Palestine statements. The incident has ignited widespread outrage, blown up in the Israel Lobby's face, caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and ...
Robert Kraft: The Billionaire Friend of Netanyahu Pulling The Strings Behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran Blow Up – The Washington Standard
The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements. The incident has ignited widespread outrage, blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and brought worldwide attention to both Israel’s crimes and its attempts to silence dissent across the world. But who is Robert Kraft?
Robert Kraft: The billionaire friend of Netanyahu pulling the strings behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran blow up
The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements. The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, and caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and brought worldwide attention to both Israel’s crimes and its attempts to silence dissent across the world. But who is Robert Kraft?
Robert Kraft: The Billionaire Friend of Netanyahu Pulling The Strings Behind the Macklemore/Ed Sheeran Blow Up
The world of pop culture is ablaze with fury, as billionaire plutocrat Robert Kraft successfully pressured Ed Sheeran into dropping Macklemore from his North American tour over the rapper’s pro-Palestine statements. The incident has ignited widespread outrage, and blown up in the Israel Lobby’s face, and caused all of his supporting artists to quit in protest, and brought worldwide attention to both Israel’s crimes and its attempts to silence dissent across the world. But who is Robert Kraft?
The CIA and Studies on Guerrilla Warfare
“In the period since 1969, one can detect the same old close ties between right-wing U.S. academics, think tanks, foundations, and the U.S. Government…” What is the role of the scholar in the face of imperial onslaught? What is the work of the anti-imperialist scholar?
Celebrities Are ‘Protected’ By Israeli Security Teams
From Lionel Messi, Kanye West to Taylor Swift. From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces. But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying agencies with a long track record of infiltrating, surveiling, and blackmailing foreign targets?
From Lionel Messi, Kanye West To Taylor Swift: Celebrities Are "Protected" By Israeli Security Teams
From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces. But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying agencies with a long track ...
From Lionel Messi, Kanye West to Taylor Swift: Celebrities are “Protected” By Israeli Security Teams
From Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian to Jennifer Aniston and Lionel Messi, celebrities across the world are hiring teams of Israeli bodyguards made up of former Shin Bet, Mossad, and Israeli special forces. But how safe is it to entrust your life and most intimate details to agents from spying agencies with a long track record of infiltrating, surveiling, and blackmailing foreign targets? MintPress explores how Israeli security took over Hollywood and the world.
United States Meddling In Brazilian Elections
Preparing For Possible Military Intervention. The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being laid for a potential military intervention.
US Meddling In Brazilian Elections, Preparing For Possible Military Intervention – The Washington Standard
The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being laid for a potential military intervention.
US Meddling In Brazilian Elections, Preparing For Possible Military Intervention
The United States is interfering in the Brazilian presidential elections, pressuring the Brazilian electorate into voting for right-wing candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of disgraced former president, Jair Bolsonaro. If that does not work and President Lula da Silva secures a fourth term in office, the groundwork is already being laid for a potential military intervention.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children To Support War Through STEM
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children To Support War Through STEM If Saudi Arabia is Washington’s biggest customer, then Israel is its prime recipient of welfare. A study from Brown University found that in the two years following the October 7, 2023 attack, the United States spent $21.7 billion on military aid to Israel, including aircraft, missiles, and all manner of small arms munitions.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children To Support War Through STEM
Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children to Support War Through STEM - Global Research
Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children to Support War Through STEM
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children to Support War Through STEM By Alan Macleod| MintPress News | August 1, 2026 Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science.
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon And BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children
To support war through STEM. Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems Are Propagandizing Children To Support War Through STEM – The Washington Standard
Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
How Lockheed Martin, Raytheon & BAE Systems are propagandizing children to support war through STEM
Raytheon sponsors the Girl Scouts of America. BAE Systems is reading your toddlers their favorite fairytale stories. And Lockheed Martin funds children’s math and STEM festivals. This is done with great fanfare, supposedly to empower and inspire children to pursue their passion for science. In reality, though, these companies are attempting to launder their images and enlist the next generation to become cogs in the military-industrial complex.
Lionel Messis bånd til Benjamin Netanyahu, det israelske militæret og dets elitespionasjenettverk
KI-generert illustrasjon ved MintPress. Alan Macleod. Som verdens fremste fotballstjerne er Lionel Messi forståelig nok beskyttende på sitt image. Den argentinske spissen velger nøye hvem han assosieres med, og har signert lukrative langsiktige avtaler med enorme globale merkevarer, som Adidas, Pepsi og Mastercard. Derfor ble mange overrasket da han i 2020 annonserte et samarbeid med OrCam, et relativt lite israelsk AI-firma som lager bærbare kunstige synsenheter (ligner på Google Glass).
The Israeli Spy Behind PragerU’s Plan To Rewrite American Education To Indoctrinate Children
PragerU is trying to take over American schools. The right-wing, pseudo-educational group is now an official educational partner in at least ten states, and blitzes children with highly questionable messaging on race, history, and politics. Even more concerning, PragerU is led by former Israeli spy, Marissa Streit, who has stated she uses the tactics and techniques honed by IDF military intelligence on the American people.
Les liens de Lionel Messi avec Netanyahou, l’armée israélienne et son unité d’espionnage d’élite 8200
Les regards du monde entier seront tournés vers Lionel Messi mercredi soir, alors que l’Argentine affrontera l’Angleterre en demi-finale de la Coupe du Monde. La "petite" superstar a acquis un immense public à travers la planète, notamment en Israël, grâce à ses nombreuses relations commerciales et sécuritaires avec l’État d’apartheid.
Lionel Messi’s Ties to Netanyahu, the Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200
By Alan MacLeod – Jul 15, 2026 The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the planet, not least in Israel, thanks to his numerous business and security connections with the Apartheid State.
Lionel Messi’s Ties to Netanyahu, The Israeli Military and Its Elite Spying Unit 8200 – The Washington Standard
Lionel Messi has quietly built relationships with companies and security firms closely linked to Israel’s military-intelligence establishment. From becoming the global face of Israeli AI company OrCam staffed by former Unit 8200 officers to relying on ex-Israeli operatives for personal security, MintPress investigates the football icon’s connections to Netanyahu’s security network The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final.
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