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PUBLICITY STUNT: Soros-Funded Fake News Outfit Co-Hosting Anti-Trump SOTU Boycott
NewsBusters ^ | 2/24/2026 | Joseph Vazquez

Posted on 02/24/2026 7:12:48 AM PST by JV3MRC

We’re not sure what the actual flex is for Courier Newsroom -- a literal fake news organization heavily financed by the George Soros empire -- to be co-hosting a supposed rebuttal to President Trump’s upcoming State of the Union address aimed at “bring[ing] together elected officials, cultural figures, journalists, veterans, and organizers for a live counter-address focused on defying Donald Trump's abuses of power[.]”

Last week, the radical leftist anti-Trump group DEFIANCE.ORG put out a press release boasting of its supposedly star-studded speaker lineup for its boycott titled, “STATE OF THE SWAMP: The Rebuttal to the State of the Union.”

In one of the most ironic plot twists, DEFIANCE listed fake news outfit Courier Newsroom as one of the event co-hosts, which became notorious for spreading mass amounts of false information in past elections to manipulate voters.

Courier Newsroom has been fueled with at least $20 million between 2021 and 2023 alone by Soros, emphasizing the leftist billionaire’s vested interest in the group’s antics. The operation was founded by Democrat Senator Chris Murphy's (CT) former girlfriend and leftist activist Tara McGowan, who was a frequent visitor to the Biden White House.

McGowan once spewed in her Twitter bio: “[W]eaponizing truth to get Trump TFO.” McGowan, in a 2019 internal memo, explicitly outlined how Courier’s role was to help Democrats get elected. Go figure.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: alexsoros; donaldtrump; fakenews; georgesoros; sotu
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1 posted on 02/24/2026 7:12:48 AM PST by JV3MRC
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To: JV3MRC

What it is about is creating a division, this is the stuff of insurrections where you create a counter narrative to mislead people.


2 posted on 02/24/2026 7:14:26 AM PST by Skwor
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To: JV3MRC

Don’t they need a License ?


3 posted on 02/24/2026 7:20:16 AM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: JV3MRC

They hate Trump. I get it. I am still waiting to hear what they are actually mad about.


4 posted on 02/24/2026 7:23:24 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: JV3MRC

“Courier Newsroom — a literal fake news organization heavily financed by the George Soros empire”

Lots of “News” organizations are propaganda arms for Rich Folks.

Didn’t one “Compost” just fire a whole bunch of folks?
Doesn’t the “. . . Fit to Print” gang have a particular pitch?
Fox had the Kangaroos.
Wash Times has the Moonies.


5 posted on 02/24/2026 7:24:28 AM PST by Macoozie (Roll MAGA, roll!)
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To: JV3MRC

There’s got to be a reason they’re leaving the Soros family alone.


6 posted on 02/24/2026 7:25:39 AM PST by dljordan (Yeah, I'm a Boomer and it's all my fault you whiny little bitch.)
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To: JV3MRC

Soros-Funded fake news outfit The Sheep Show.


7 posted on 02/24/2026 7:28:59 AM PST by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: JV3MRC

Why give ‘em press?


8 posted on 02/24/2026 7:34:00 AM PST by Beowulf9
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To: JV3MRC

Democrats have a new, creative and different plan to look like fools and embarrass themselves with every SOTU now.


9 posted on 02/24/2026 7:35:55 AM PST by volare737 ( Diversity is something to be overcome, not celebrated. )
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To: JV3MRC

Dems in hiding isn’t a problem. It’s when they show up that the problems happen.


10 posted on 02/24/2026 7:38:00 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Annnd....I voted for this too!)
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To: bk1000

“They hate Trump. I get it. I am still waiting to hear what they are actually mad about.”

Think of almost any negative trait, assign it to Trump, that’s what they’re angry about.

Racist
Divider
Pervert
Grifter
Hater
etc.

Doesn’t have to be true, in fact none of it’s true, but the left takes comfort in believing all of it. It gives the minions a purpose, and provides the leaders a dedicated base.


11 posted on 02/24/2026 7:38:58 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: JV3MRC

Petulant children. Take your toys and go home!


12 posted on 02/24/2026 7:44:28 AM PST by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: Macoozie
--- "Lots of “News” organizations are propaganda arms for Rich Folks."

Indeed.

Messaging is all a part of manipulating the public for gain for the few.

One must read between the lines, check facts for one's self, and especially THINK FOR ONE'S SELF.

13 posted on 02/24/2026 7:44:43 AM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: bk1000

lol, don’t hold your breath, FRiend!


14 posted on 02/24/2026 7:45:51 AM PST by rlmorel (Factio Communistica Sinensis Delenda Est)
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To: JV3MRC

What it will really be is a confession of crimes.


15 posted on 02/24/2026 8:15:53 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence." -Marx the Smarter (Groucho.))
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To: dljordan

Money. That’s the reason.


16 posted on 02/24/2026 8:21:04 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: bk1000

Most of them can’t even say. They just regurgitate fake news media talking points.


17 posted on 02/24/2026 8:22:08 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: JV3MRC

Curious Newsroom?


18 posted on 02/24/2026 8:25:24 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: sauropod

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19 posted on 02/24/2026 8:25:57 AM PST by sauropod
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To: JV3MRC

The EVIL soros


20 posted on 02/24/2026 8:58:09 AM PST by Muhammy
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