Posted on 03/19/2025 1:16:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
fact checkers covered up his high-ranking role in a genocidal regime, helping democrats avoid a scandal that could have taken down the squad
For most of the past decade, the misinformation complex — a decentralized, ideologically aligned network of fact-checking sites, media outlets, NGOs, government agencies and social media companies — ruled our information ecosystem. Today, the archives of this ancien régime are being opened. What they show is how, with shockingly little effort, the misinformation complex could shut down investigations into even the most clear-cut claims that threatened the Democratic party’s great narratives.
This was precisely the case with one of the most prominent progressive politicians in the US today, Ilhan Omar. In 2018, Omar rode a wave of identity politics into high office as representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. The media was not just jubilant but triumphant. Along with the nascent Squad, this Trump-taunting black female politician and former refugee became an instant icon of the new color-bound progressive politics.
But there was a catch: Omar herself would not be shoved into this cardboard cutout of a squeaky clean, infinitely tolerant diversity figure. In her very first weeks in office, she made a series of comments about Israel that fell well within the discourse of antisemitic speech as the Democratic Party itself had long since defined it. Then, far more damagingly, allegations that Omar had married her own brother to secure his visa to the US exploded in the conservative media.
There was, however, another claim that was overshadowed by allegations of (to coin a term) fratrimony. This was that Omar’s father had been a “terrorist” or had served the Somali government in a capacity that could have made his entry into the United States illegal. While it didn’t have the tabloid qualities of...
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Snopes is not credible. It never has been. Just a couple old hippies.
I’m publicly asking the Washington Post to please either confirm or debunk PJ Media’s “evidence” that Ilhan Omar married her brother in order to commit immigration fraud
A long time ago Snopes was considered the final arbiter on the truth of anything. Today, no one in their right mind would trust Snopes on anything. They’ve sold out to the Leftists’ agenda.
Online myth busters fact checker BS.
Worthless. Just another propaganda arm of the left.
Snopes has the credibility of the NYT, Politico, Media Matters, and PBS. Omar is a jew hating pig.
Never mind that her father was a terrorist. It won’t stick. Voters don’t pay attention to that anymore.
Now marrying her brother-voters understand icky.
Lee Harvey Oswald is to JFK
As Ilhan Omar is to the United States.
Snopes is so 90’s.
Not credible to us.
The liberals will quote it as the truth even if they don’t believe it
Thank you for posting this. I had never known of Pirate Wires before. I’m going to check them out more often.
She’s the one who married her brother.
You mean she’s the one who committed immigration fraud, a federal crime.
I think it’s a divorced hippy now...
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