For over seven weeks, events in Nicaragua have devolved into an increasingly common scenario for leaders who find themselves at odds with Washington: the country’s president, Daniel Ortega, stands accused of “killing his own people” after authorities have used “lethal force” in quelling recent protests. The unrest, which has resulted in...
CIA Offshoot, the National Endowment for Democracy, Faces Significant Budget Cuts in Age of Trump
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As part of its evisceration of government agencies, the Trump administration imposed a funding freeze for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA offshoot that meddles in elections and pushes regime change around the world in the name of “promoting democracy.”
On February 12, Elon Musk’s Department of Government...
With Failure of Counter-Offensive in Ukraine, U.S. Looks to Step Up Regime Change Efforts in Georgia
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On December 1, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) hosted a forum by female lawmakers in Georgia who favored its integration into the European Union (EU) and embrace of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) membership, and who were fiercely hostile to Russia.
One of the panelists, Khatia Dekanoidze, was the...
Stanford Center Gives Journalism Award to CIA-Linked Media Outlet That Helped Provoke Disastrous Regime-Change Operation in Bangladesh
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 0
In May, Stanford University’s Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) announced that the Bangladesh-focused media outlet Netra News was the recipient of the 2025 Shorenstein Journalism Award.
Left unmentioned was that Netra News received funding from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA-front organization founded in the 1980s to advance U.S. global...
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) has appointed a big-time China hawk to its Board of Directors
On November 4, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—a CIA offshoot that finances dissident media and political organizations in countries targeted by the U.S. for regime change—announced the appointment of John...
Sinister Agency Created To Do CIA’s Dirty Work in Public Has Just Named New Leaders
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New Appointees Picked to Pursue Same Imperialist Goal of Fomenting Disruption and Regime Change in Countries that Won’t Toe U.S. Line
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is an innocently named, “wolf-in-sheep’s clothing” offshoot of the CIA that funds dissident foreign organizations and media trying to overthrow their own governments...
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Cravenly Rubber Stamps CIA Plan for More Coups, Assassinations, Drone Strikes, Kidnappings and Torture to Save America from Fabricated Foreign Enemies
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 1
March 28 Hearings Provided a Platform for the CIA’s “Nice Guy” Public Face, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), and the Violent Coup Plotters and Regime Changers That it Supports
The concept of separation of powers was pivotal to the so-called ideal of democracy laid out by the founding fathers...
Is There Really a U.S. Government Agency that Gives Out Awards for Deceiving the Public?
Jeremy Kuzmarov - 9
Check out this year’s “Democracy Awards” handed out by the National Endowment for Democracy. They were presented to Ukrainian NGOs that specialize in creating manipulative “psyops” and fake “atrocity porn” designed to inflame public opinion against Russia.
On June 8, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) awarded its annual “Democracy...
Outrageous Brainwashing Event—Sponsored By Bush Institute and CIA-Backed National Endowment for Democracy (NED)—Deliberately Falsifies History to Inflame American Hatred Against Russia and China
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Head of International Republican Institute Dan Twining ridiculously compares Putin-Xi meeting to Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact between Hitler and Stalin, while former Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs accuses Russia of igniting protests in Chile
Russia-bashing was in full vogue at a conference at the George W. Bush Institute in Dallas...
Army of Secret Propagandists in Ukraine Funded by U.S. to Win Western Hearts and Minds for NATO Policies
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In my previous article on the Kyiv Independent, I touched on the Media Development Foundation (MDF), a “media accelerator” founded in 2013 by the CEO and CFO of the Kyiv Independent, Daryna Shevchenko and Jakub Parusinski.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED), a CIA offshoot that tries to advance U.S.-style...









