This week, two former servants of empire stepped forward to try to clear their names.
Matt Miller, who spent months defending Israel’s brutal attacks on Gaza, finally admitted Israel has “without a doubt” committed war crimes.
And Karine Jean-Pierre, Biden’s press secretary who gaslit the public while civilians were slaughtered, announced she’s now an “independent,” stepping away from the party she loyally served.
These are not acts of conscience. These are strategies.
They did not speak truth when it mattered. They did not resist. They defended the atrocities and waited for the smoke to clear before trying to wash their hands of blood.
This is how the two-party system of power works.
Commit the crimes, serve your time in power, then walk out the back door with a book deal and a clean conscience.
It’s happened time and time again.
Rahm Emanuel covered up the police murder of Laquan McDonald – then got promoted to Ambassador and is now floating a run for President.
Condoleezza Rice helped sell a war built on lies – then went back to Stanford and corporate boardrooms like nothing happened.
Henry Kissinger orchestrated coups, backed dictators, and helped slaughter millions in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and beyond. When he died, Democrats and Republicans alike called him a visionary.
The ruling class cleans up for its own and it’s our job to expose it.
Related Off-site Links:
Biden Administration Liars Need to Be Punished – Jeet Heer (The Nation, June 5, 2025).
Former State Department Spokesperson Matt Miller Now Says Israel Committed War Crimes in Gaza – Democracy Now! (June 3, 2025).
“Smirker of the Genocide”: Outrage After Matthew Miller Says Israel Committed War Crimes – Middle East Eye (June 3, 2025).
Biden Official Acknowledges Israeli War Crimes After 15 Months Backing Genocide – Sharon Zhang (Truthout, June 2, 2025).
Karine Jean-Pierre Is Leaving the Democratic Party. Her Former White House Colleagues Have Some Thoughts – Eli Stokols (Politico, June 4, 2025).
Karine Jean-Pierre Hawks Book and Leaves Democratic Party – The Young Turks (June 4, 2025).
Jake Tapper Slammed for “Rewriting History” to Cash In on Biden’s Decline in Bombshell Book — Despite Defending Ex-president While He Was in White House – Emily Crane (New York Post, May 14, 2025).
Jeremy Scahill Flames Jake Tapper for Israel Propaganda – Breaking Points (June 2, 2025).
Hasan Abi and Chris Hedges Discuss the Descent Into Fascism – Hasanabiism (June 2, 2025).
Jake Tapper Brutally Humiliated During Biden Book Tour After Being Exposed as a Raging Hypocrite – Sky News Australia (May 20, 2025).
Jake Tapper Book, Original Sin, Drives Corporate Media Backlash – Sabrina Salvati (Sabby Sabs, May 16, 2025).
The Gaza Genocide Is Biden’s True “Original Sin” – Richard Eskow (Common Dreams, June 4, 2025).
UPDATES: New Grift: Former Biden Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Leaves Democratic Party – Sabrina Salvati (Sabby Sabs, June 6, 2025).
Cashing In on Failure: Karin Jean Pierre Announces Exit From Democratic Party and New Book – Due Dissidence (June 8, 2025).
The Future Of Humanity Will Be Decided In Gaza – Nate Bear (Do Not Panic, June 10, 2025).
Ex-U.S. Diplomat Joins March to Gaza, Says Biden Official Matthew Miller Has “Blood on His Hands” – Democracy Now! (June 12, 2025).
For more of Butch Ware at The Wild Reed, see:
• Butch Ware on His Run for California Governor and the Wider Goal of Disrupting the Duopoly
• “The Moment Is Ripe”: Butch Ware on Building a “True Oppositional Alternative” to the Duopoly
• Butch Ware: Quote of the Day – January 30, 2025
• The Green Party’s Jill Stein and Butch Ware Give Their First Post-Election Interview
• “This Is a Tragic, Heartbreaking Moment in the History of Humanity”: Butch Ware on the Gaza Genocide
• Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Butch Ware in Minneapolis
• Butch Ware: “You Can Actually Vote Your Conscience”
• Butch Ware: “I’m Not Here as a Spoiler”
See also the previous Wild Reed posts:
• “People Are Sick of the Bullshit”
• How Genocide Becomes Ordinary
• The Theft of One’s Soul: Omar El Akkad on the “Lesser of Two Evils” Argument
• Anti-Genocide Presidential Candidate Jill Stein Reflects on the First Anniversary of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
• Peter Bloom on the Unmasking of the “Democratic Charade”
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