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It was the easiest thing in the world to predict: The media’s moment of half-hearted contrition for “missing” President Joe Biden’s obvious physical and cognitive decline has given way already to a fixation on President Trump’s health. The journalists have no choice, you see. They’re humbled now. Their renewed zeal for the truth compels them to correct for the reporting mistakes of the Biden era. Therefore, they must now be unrelentingly suspicious of Trump’s mental and physical health. They learned their lesson! The mea culpas seem awfully hollow now — more like a thin cover for a public relations reset,...

Elissa Slotkin, the former CIA analyst turned battleground senator, will on Thursday start road-testing what she calls a “war plan” to “contain and defeat Donald Trump.” In the first of a series of speeches about the Democratic Party’s path out of the wilderness, the Michigan senator said she will span everything from strategy to tactics and tone, acknowledging public perception of the party as “weak and woke” needs to change. She is urging Democrats to “fucking retake the flag” with appeals to voters’ sense of patriotism, to adopt “the goddamn Alpha energy” of Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell and to...

ᑕᗩ乙✓ @Paul_RevereJr Also, groups of what appear to be trump supporters roaming the halls of the capital well before the breach! Lara Logan✓ @laralogan Release the evidence & charge those responsible. These tapes belong to the American people. Lara Logan✓ @laralogan This was my interview. No one has been held responsible for this set-up. If that does not happen, they will continue to get away with treason & sedition. @Chicago1Ray 🇺🇸✓ @Chicago1Ray We have evidence of metro police and Capitol police entering rooms in uniform and coming out as Trump supporters People have to go to jail for what they...

Major AI service providers continue to deploy content moderation algorithms designed to suppress and manipulate viewpoints, actively enforcing censorship under the guise of moderation. From Foreign PsyOps to Domestic Thought Control The censorship and content manipulation we see today did not emerge organically—it was the result of government-directed psychological operations (PsyOps) repurposed for domestic control. What was once used in foreign influence campaigns to destabilize adversarial regimes or control narratives abroad was turned inward—against the American people. The Twitter Files, exposed by investigative journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, provided irrefutable evidence that U.S. government agencies used taxpayer dollars to...

All citizens in a free society need to understand psychological warfare to protect their property, their freedom, and possibly their lives from tiny self-serving minorities and even lunatic fringe organizations. "Scientists discover tipping point for the spread of ideas" explains how a handful of Nazis could gain control of an advanced, civilized, and educated nation like Germany. "Researchers have found that minority rules; when only ten percent of the public holds a firm opinion, the majority will always follow." Linebarger, however, set the figure at two percent: The Communists had shown that an organization calling itself a party, actually a...

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,...

DARPA scientist Joshua Elliott, the documents show. He was a DARPA program manager from 2017 to 2023, according to his LinkedIn. Beforehand, he studied things like “socio-technical change,” and worked in academia for 10 years on things like “computational climate economics.” At DARPA, he was allowed to “program” $600 million in federal research and development funding, according to the Federation of American Scientists. Afterward, Elliott worked for the radical group Quadrature Climate Foundation, and more recently, Renaissance

Are you being manipulated without even realizing it? In this video, we unveil the Manipulation Playbook—a detailed guide to recognizing the 20 indicators of reality control used by media, corporations, and even governments to shape what you think, feel, and do. From fear tactics and emotional scripts to the overuse of authority and timing tricks, we break down how these strategies work and how you can spot them in real-time. Using the F.A.T.E. Model, we’ll show you actionable steps to resist manipulation, think critically, and stay in control of your perspective. This isn’t just about uncovering the lies—it’s about empowering...

The men behind the shocking explosion of a Cybertruck outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas and the terrorist truck attack in New Orleans share a curious link. Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, whose Tesla vehicle rained fireworks and steel shrapnel outside the hotel, and Army veteran Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, 42, who killed 14 people with his truck, worked at the US military's Fort Bragg. Fort Bragg, now known as Fort Liberty, is home to the 4th Psychological Operations Group (POG), which conducts 'influence activities to target psychological vulnerabilities and create or intensify fissures, confusion, and doubt in adversary organizations.' Inside...

Recent UFO and drone sightings over New Jersey have sparked a wave of speculation—but what if this isn’t about aliens at all? As a PSYOPS expert, I’ll break down how to spot the signs of a psychological operation (psyop) and uncover whether these events are part of a larger, planned agenda. Are these sightings a cover-up, a distraction, or something even more sinister? Watch as we expose the truth behind these mysterious lights in the sky and dive into the tactics used to manipulate public perception. Don’t let yourself be fooled. The truth might be closer than you think. 🔍...

What we’re about to share might not blow your mind—you probably already know what’s up. But something remarkable is happening in this country right now, and it’s worth talking about. Americans, from both sides of the aisle and even the middle, who used to blindly trust the government and so-called “experts,” are now questioning everything. The same people who used to “go with the flow” are now giving every story and every elite claim a well-deserved side-eye. READ MORE: Ric Grennell, Matt Gaetz and Beattie Take MAGA Fight Against Gov. Weaponization Global in Calls to Free Imran Khan… The awakening...

Excellent video by Chase Hughes, who is a leading expert in behavioral analysis, nonverbal communication, influence techniques, and psyops. Video description from youtube:Recent UFO and drone sightings over New Jersey have sparked a wave of speculation—but what if this isn’t about aliens at all? As a PSYOPS expert, I’ll break down how to spot the signs of a psychological operation (psyop) and uncover whether these events are part of a larger, planned agenda. Are these sightings a cover-up, a distraction, or something even more sinister? Watch as we expose the truth behind these mysterious lights in the sky and dive...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal agent Ray Epps will step down from his role as head of PSYOPS at the end of the Biden administration, the agency said Thursday, ending a distinguished career of covertly manipulating the American people. Epps said it was important to retire now and preserve his pension before he was forced out by Trump and lost it all. "I've paid my dues," Epps said with a smile. "I've secretly been pulling the strings for the deep state a long time and it's time for me to enjoy my retirement before Trump gets on my case about inciting...

It was a bone-chilling report. As North Carolinians reeled from the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) suddenly ordered emergency workers "to stand down and evacuate" Rutherford County due to reports of "trucks of armed militias saying they were out hunting FEMA," The Washington Post reported on October 13, based on an email obtained from the U.S. Forest Service... The threat turned out to be something less serious. ...Through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, Reason has obtained the original email thread about the threat. Forest Service firefighting official Gordy Sachs, quoting a message from...

ISRAEL has accused Iran and Hezbollah of a twisted cyber attack where phones across the country were flooded with sick messages. One of the texts read "Say goodbye to your loved ones", while another said "Don't worry, you will hug them in hell". The Cyber Directorate said Israelis were sent three versions of the messages, all containing harmful links to unknown websites. The links were made inactive within a short period of time, the Directorate said. A statement from the army read: ..."Since this afternoon, the IAF has struck approximately 100 launchers and additional terrorist infrastructure sites, consisting of approximately...

The German newspaper Bild on Friday revealed a secret Hamas document that it claims details the terrorist organization's war strategy and in particular it's plan for how to use the hostages it continues to hold in Gaza. The document, which the newspaper claims was personally approved by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, details the organization's strategy and emphasizes Hamas' intention to delay and stonewall, even if this results in the cancellation of the offers for a hostage deal and a ceasefire. Among other things, it states that Hamas aims to exhaust Israel politically and militarily and has been acting to accomplish...

There is a serious consequence to the fact that the nation’s socialist media are the marketing arm of the DNC. They are the gaslighting gatekeepers, the people who decide who is to be slapped with a “fact check” and suppressed and who is sanctioned as a “trusted source” and who is ignored. Thus, the media are free to propagate any propaganda for what is obviously their side, while mercilessly attacking pro-freedom media sources for the “crime” of telling the truth. This means that the left has become overly dependent on lies. Lying is the left’s only way to move “forward.”...

Former President Donald J. Trump keeps adding new tax cuts to his list of campaign promises, and their projected costs keep piling up.Independent analyses suggest Mr. Trump’s plans could add close to $4 trillion over the next decade to America’s already fast-growing national debt, even after factoring in additional revenues from new taxes he wants to impose on imports.It is impossible to make a similar estimate for Vice President Kamala Harris, Mr. Trump’s Democratic opponent this fall. She has not laid out any tax or spending plans, or other economic policy proposals, with enough detail to estimate whether they would...

Kamala Harris has taken a five-point lead in a head-to-head matchup with Donald Trump, according to a new nationwide poll. The Marquette University survey also found that when third party candidates including Robert F. Kennedy and Cornel West are added, Harris has an eight-point advantage. The shocking results show Harris continues to see a bump in popularity after President Joe Biden announced he wasn't running.

Former President Trump's comments about Vice President Harris to the National Association of Black Journalists are being treated as radioactive by many Republicans. Why it matters: The tense interview is being met with GOP reactions ranging from qualified concern to outright shock, with some Republicans questioning Trump's ability to adapt to the new Democratic ticket. ...