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  • Democrats’ Brilliant New Strategy: Learn To Speak Like An American

    06/02/2025 5:58:42 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 29 replies
    Issues & Insights ^ | 30 May, 2025 | I & I Editorial Board
    This week, we saw a spate of news stories blaming Democrats’ troubles on their vocabulary. They’re just using too many darn multisyllabic, academic-sounding words and turning off numbskull voters, is the basic message. Seriously? The Democrats’ problem isn’t linguistic, it’s ideological. But no one in the party wants to admit that. A Washington Post story this week – “Democratic troubles revive debate over left-wing buzzwords” – begins by saying: Maybe it’s using the word ‘oligarchs’ instead of rich people. Or referring to ‘people experiencing food insecurity’ rather than Americans going hungry. Or ‘equity’ in place of ‘equality,’ or ‘justice-involved populations’...
  • Trump's tariff tally: $34 billion and counting, global companies say

    05/29/2025 6:17:21 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 5 replies
    Reuters ^ | May 29, 2025 6:53 PM UTC | Sayantani Ghosh, David Gaffen and Arpan Varghese
    SummaryCompanies face uncertainty, paralyzing decision-making and affecting profit forecasts Economists predict final costs will be much higher than disclosed Tariffs impact automakers, airlines, and consumer goods importers significantly SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK/BENGALURU, May 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's trade war has cost companies more than $34 billion in lost sales and higher costs, according to a Reuters analysis of corporate disclosures, a toll that is expected to rise as ongoing uncertainty over tariffs paralyzes decision making at some of the world's largest companies. Across the United States, Asia and Europe, companies including Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab, Ford (F.N), opens...
  • 15 Examples of Regretful MAGA Folks Who Messed Around and Found Out After Voting for Trump

    05/26/2025 1:27:22 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 50 replies
    The Root ^ | 4/10/25 | Kalyn Womack
    There is a new trend of voters who chose President Donald Trump on the ballot speaking out against their vote and voicing their regrets now that they’ve had a few months to experience his presidency. These TikTok videos vary from satires to teary-eyed testimonials to cringy confessions that honestly don’t even seem real. However, it is astounding the amount of people — from a variety of backgrounds — who are denouncing the very man they just knew would help them prosper. The ignorance that blinded people from his racist, fascist, money-hungry ideals is beginning to lift slowly but surely.
  • Surrendering the Mind: How Disinformation is Winning the War We've Stopped Fighting [Censorship Industry Redux]

    05/23/2025 1:40:37 PM PDT · by AndyJackson · 17 replies
    Substack: Building the Future ^ | 5/23/2025 | Building Our Future
    Disinformation is on the rise, again. Russia has revitalized its long history of waging disinformation campaigns. While proving cause-and-effect is difficult, we suspect that Russia’s increased efforts likely are linked to the White House’s dismantling of counter-disinformation efforts. Executive Order 14149: "Restoring Freedom of Speech and Ending Federal Censorship". On his first day in office, President Trump signed Executive Order 14149, prohibiting federal agencies from engaging in activities related to combating misinformation and disinformation. Dismantling counter-disinformation organizations. FBI's Foreign Influence Task Force: Disbanded in February 2025, this unit previously investigated foreign attempts to influence U.S. elections. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...
  • Marco Rubio Shutters ‘Disinformation’ Agency at State Department

    04/30/2025 10:14:47 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 43 replies
    Breitbart ^ | Apr 16, 2025 | Sean Moran
    Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday announced the closure of the Global Engagement Center as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to shutter the “censorship-industrial complex.”“Today, it is my pleasure to announce the State Department is taking a crucial step toward keeping the president’s promise to liberate American speech by abolishing forever the body formerly known as the Global Engagement Center (GEC),” Rubio wrote in an op-ed for the Federalist, titled, “Rubio: To Protect Free Speech, The Censorship Industrial Complex Must Be Dismantled.”Rubio wrote that, in 2016, the Obama administration changed the GEC’s focus on combatting international terrorism cover...
  • Progress Report On Purging The Climate Scam From Federal Websites

    04/23/2025 4:38:09 AM PDT · by MtnClimber · 10 replies
    Manhattan Contrarian ^ | 20 Apr, 2025 | Francis Menton
    In a post on January 28 — a week into President Trump’s second term — I urged that it is time to “purge the climate scam from the federal websites.” Trump 1.0 did a remarkably poor job of taking control of communications on the climate issue on websites like those of EPA, the Department of Energy, and the Department of Transportation. Are they doing any better this time? They have definitely taken some significant steps to address this issue here in the early weeks of the new administration. For example, on April 15 the Guardian ran a piece with the...
  • Sen. Van Hollen Pleads: Stop Talking About Abrega Garcia’s Crime Links

    04/21/2025 6:00:32 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 60 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 04/20/2025 | Neil Munro
    President Donald Trump’s deputies should stop talking about the apparent criminal record of the deported Salvadoran illegal migrant, says Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). “Don’t put everything out on social media” about deported migrant Kilmar Abrega Garcia, Van Hollen told ABC’s This Week show on April 20. The issue should be decided by judges, he said, adding: The Trump administration is trying to change the [Democrats’ lnarrative]. They’re trying to distract attention. Here’s where they should put their facts: they should put it before the court. They should put up or shut up in court [under] Judge Xinis, who’s the...
  • How an Autopen Conspiracy Theory About Biden Went Viral

    03/22/2025 10:48:48 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 59 replies
    The New York Times ^ | March 22, 2025, 5:02 a.m. ET | Ken Bensinger and Steven Lee Myers
    Mike Howell was looking at his phone in an airport lounge this month when he saw a letter from the attorney general of Missouri questioning whether President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had the “mental capacity” to sign the pardons and executive orders he issued during his final months in office. Mr. Howell, executive director of the Oversight Project, a branch of the conservative Heritage Foundation, sensed an opportunity, he said in an interview. For months, he had been comparing Mr. Biden’s signature on dozens of official documents and noting that many of them appeared identical. Before boarding his flight, Mr....
  • Musk uses immigration and claims of voter fraud to sell Social Security Administration cuts

    03/19/2025 4:03:23 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 38 replies
    NBC News | Comcast ^ | March 19, 2025 | By Jane C. Timm (D-NBC)
    Elon Musk and the Trump administration are pitching cuts in one of the most politically dangerous arenas in America — the Social Security Administration. Musk has cast the idea as one that’s primarily about immigration, falsely claiming that undocumented immigrants are fraudulently accessing hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of entitlements, including Social Security, Medicaid and disability programs, as part of a Democratic scheme for votes. “By using entitlements fraud, the Democrats have been able to attract and retain vast numbers of illegal immigrants,” Musk, the billionaire tech CEO behind the Department of Government Efficiency, said Monday on Sen. Ted...
  • Misleading reports about ‘slaughter of Christians’ could endanger Syrians, says Open Doors expert

    03/15/2025 6:42:50 PM PDT · by imardmd1 · 49 replies
    Open Doors ^ | 13 March 2025 | Staff (Simon, Open Doors Team)
    An Open Doors spokesperson warns that misleading reports online of a ‘slaughter of Christians’ in Syria could leave Syrian believers in danger. Open Doors supporters are among many around the world who are steadfastly praying for Syria, in the wake of recent violence. More than 1,500 people were killed in recent hostilities in Syria’s coastal provinces of Latakia and Tartus, which began last Thursday (6 March). Most of those killed are civilians. The church in Syria is asking for urgent prayer as the country faces further turmoil. There have been reports on social media that Christians are particularly targeted in...
  • Crockett: ‘Actual ecosystem’ pumps out disinformation on behalf of Republicans

    02/24/2025 8:55:28 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 44 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/24/2025 | Ailia Zehra
    Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Sunday there is an “actual ecosystem” of conservative media and online influencers that spreads disinformation on behalf of the Republican Party. “There’s an actual ecosystem that pumps out this disinformation consistently on behalf of them,” she said on MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” adding that Democrats in Congress need to figure out how best to communicate with the public. “We’ve got to settle into that and recognize that not everyone is going to sit on a podcast. Not everyone’s going to be social media savvy. But they are going to have to find their communication...
  • Fact check: Trump lies at CPAC about the 2024 election he won

    02/23/2025 5:34:39 AM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 68 replies
    CNN ^ | February 23, 2025 | By Daniel Dale (D-CNN)
    CNN - President Donald Trump keeps lying not only about the 2020 election he lost but the 2024 election he won. In a Saturday speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference, Trump correctly noted that he earned 77 million votes in 2024 — then falsely said his vote total was “actually much more than that,” since unspecified people “cheated like hell.” There’s no basis for this claim. Trump’s official vote total is his actual vote total, and there is no evidence of unsuccessful cheating by vote counters or by his Democratic foes. Trump made various other false claims at CPAC,...
  • Trump ‘lives’ in Russian ‘disinformation space’: Zelensky

    02/19/2025 7:32:40 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 31 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/19/2025 | Filip Timotija
    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to President Trump’s latest rebuke, calling out Trump for living in a Russian “disinformation space.” “Unfortunately, President Trump, I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us, unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky told reporters early Wednesday. His claim follows Trump’s news conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday evening, where he criticized the Ukrainian leader and claimed his approval ratings were low. Zelensky also pressed Trump and U.S. officials to “be more truthful.” The request follows a high-stakes...
  • Federal cuts weaken election security against foreign interference

    02/16/2025 6:48:53 PM PST · by Jyotishi · 27 replies
    The Pioneer ^ | Monday, February 17, 2025 | PTI
    New York -- When a suspicious video of ballots being ripped up in Pennsylvania gained attention on social media last October, federal agencies responded quickly and called it out as Russian disinformation. On Election Day in November, bomb threats to polling places in numerous states caused relatively few disruptions to voting. It’s one of the many scenarios covered by the nation’s cybersecurity agency in its outreach to state and local officials.The Trump administration’s downsizing and disbanding of federal agencies has hit efforts that improve election security and monitor foreign influence. That could create gaps for America’s enemies to exploit the...
  • Meghan Markle and Prince Harry paying big bucks to Dem operatives via their charity – sparking calls for a congressional investigation

    02/15/2025 2:14:25 AM PST · by Libloather · 36 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2/14/25 | Isabel Vincent
    Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to controversial political operatives through their charity, according to documents reviewed by The Post. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been spending big on high level Democrat party aligned sources, according to public records, including hiring a ‘disinformation expert’ who worked at a company involved in every high-profile US election since the 90s. The move could further widen the divide between Harry and his family, after brother Prince William recently met with President Donald Trump. King Charles is also said by the British press to have maintained...
  • Vance Threatens Sanctions, U.S. Troops in Ukraine if Putin Rejects Peace Deal

    02/14/2025 6:59:55 AM PST · by USA-FRANCE · 75 replies
    Washington could impose tougher sanctions on Moscow and send U.S. troops to Ukraine if Russian President Vladimir Putin fails to negotiate a Ukraine peace deal in good faith, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Friday. “There are economic tools of leverage, there are of course military tools of leverage,” Vance was quoted as saying. “I think there is a deal that is going to come out of this that’s going to shock a lot of people.”
  • Fake News Falls Flat: WSJ Hit with Community Note After Completely Misrepresenting J.D. Vance’s Comments on Russia in Munich Speech – J.D. Weighs In!

    02/14/2025 9:45:24 AM PST · by Kazan · 32 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Feb. 14, 2025 | Jim Hoft
    Vice President J.D. Vance delivered his first major speech in Europe on Friday speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany.During his speech VP Vance did not hold back – just like his boss! Vice President Vance lectured Europe on the continent’s moves to eradicate free speech and free expression in the formerly free societies.Vice President Vance also spoke about ending the Ukraine-Russia War. J.d. Vance told the European crowd that there are certainly military tools and economic tools the West could use to pressure Vladimir Putin from reengaging Russian military operations in Ukraine.The Wall Street Journal immediately took the...
  • I Dug Deeper into USAID & You WON’T BELIEVE What I FOUND!

    02/13/2025 6:46:34 PM PST · by b4me · 32 replies
    Youtube ^ | Feb 10, 2025 | Professor Nez
    USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, "Internews Network" (IN), which has “worked with” 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and "training” over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives. More at 17 min Youtube Video above link
  • Homeland Security puts staff involved in 'disinformation' board on administrative leave, review coming

    02/11/2025 11:14:49 PM PST · by Libloather · 18 replies
    Fox News ^ | 2/11/25 | Alexandra Koch
    The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on "mis-, dis-, and malinformation" were put on administrative leave. In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to "refocus on its mission," starting with election security. "The agency is undertaking an evaluation of how it has executed its election security mission with a particular focus on any work related to mis-, dis-, and malinformation," according to the statement. As first reported by Fox News Digital, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified in April 2022...
  • Trump continues federal purge, gutting cyber workers who combat disinformation

    02/07/2025 4:20:12 PM PST · by RandFan · 34 replies
    politico ^ | Feb 7 | By John Sakellariadis and Maggie Miller
    The Trump administration has moved to push out a swathe of federal workers previously involved in combating election-related disinformation, according to three people familiar with the matter, amid allegations from congressional Republicans that their work unfairly targeted conservative speech online. Roughly half a dozen employees from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who once worked in its Election Security and Resilience division were notified Thursday night they were being put on administrative leave, said the three people, who were granted anonymity to discuss sensitive personnel matters.