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A meeting of the House Oversight Committee erupted into chaos when Republican Nancy Mace challenged a Democratic lawmaker to a fight.
The Republican congresswoman, known for having sexual threesomes with men and women, was offended that Jasmine Crockett had called her “child” while criticizing her fixation on anti-trans messaging.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #LGBT
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Featured story: Even before the estrogen had time to actually alter my figure, I felt overcome with a sense of wholeness. I laugh more, and when I laugh, my heart rises. I’m more present to my family. Even my eyes are different. I am alive.
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#LGBTQIA #trans #news #politics #USpol #SouthTexas #Texas #culture #Uvalde
Trans in the Heart of Texas
Trans people are a gift to the world. They show us how creative God can be, and they are the embodiment of a fundamental journey that every Christian must make.April Maria Ortiz (The Texas Observer)
So...facts are only a problem in the United States...
Meta tells Brazil it's only axing fact checkers in USA
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#META #FactsMatter #MarkZuckerberg #FaceBook #USPol
Meta tells Brazil it's only axing fact checkers in USA
Meta has told the Brazilian government that it doesn't yet have to worry about the end of fact checkers in its country because it is only removing them in the United States for the time being.Brad Reed (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
#SixYearsAgoToday #AreYouBetterOff
January 14, 2019 – The Clemson Tigers football team visited the White House after winning the national championship. Previous White House celebrations for sports teams have featured elegant meals that highlight the best of American cuisine. Trump served them a candlelit dinner of McDonald’s fast food, still in paper wrappers.
#DonaldChump #PresidentMusk #GOPKakistocracy #ResistFascism #NoRepublicansEverAgain #VoteBlue #RepublicansDidThis #WeirdGOP #USPol
"Former #USA diplomat Hala Rharrit said she documented images coming out of #Gaza for the State Department – “I would show the complicity that was indisputable, fragments of U.S. bombs next to massacres of mostly children ... it's overwhelmingly children. I would show images of children that were starved to death. I was berated, don't put that image in there." Three months into the war Rharrit was told her reports were no longer needed.”
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Former State Department officials concerned about the U.S. role in Israel's war in Gaza
As the Israel-Hamas war continues and the Gaza death toll rises, former State Department officials tell 60 Minutes their concerns about how the Biden administration has handled the war.Cecilia Vega (CBS News)
A Border Wall For What?
A tunnel for funneling drugs and people uncovered in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
The tunnel leads to El Paso, Texas
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews
Life in a Pseudo-Religious Oligarchy
I may be the only one dense enough to just arrive at a realization about the state of the U.S. government today. The Citizens United (2010) ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that made corporations into people, without limits to their political cash contributions, once seemed in the not distant past like a legal abstraction to me. And, the description of the U.S. government as an oligarchy by none other than Jimmy Carter in 2015 sounded like hyperbole. It’s like the consequences of Citizens United and subsequent related events snuck up on me while I was too busy making a living and supporting my family to pay much attention, which might have been part of the plan. (1/3)
#Ethics #USPol #Money #Christianity #Religion #Oligarchy #Sunday
One lesson climate change teaches us again and again is that bad things can happen ahead of schedule. Model predictions for climate impacts have tended to be optimistically biased. But now, unfortunately, the heating is accelerating, outpacing scientists’ expectations.
We must face the fact that no one is coming to save us, especially in disaster-prone places such as Los Angeles, where the risk of catastrophic wildfire has been clear for years. And so many of us face a real choice — to stay or to leave. I chose to leave.
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#uspol #ukpol #green #cimate #losangeles
“Being lawless does not make Trump omnipotent – and obscuring that distinction is an act of defeatism that only serves the regime.”
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Navigating the Nonsense and Propaganda of Clownish Authoritarianism
Ignoring what Trump says won’t work. Constant outrage is not a viable strategy either. We must find a more productive way to engage Trump’s dangerous outlandishnessThomas Zimmer (Democracy Americana)
So in the #USA they "recruit" prisonners as firefighters. For.. $5 - $10 a day!?! To risk their lives? Isn't that slave labour?
But don't worry, they get.. an additional $1 a day when on active duty 🤦🤦🤦
"Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires - and stigma"
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#UsPol #CaliforniaWildFires #BBCNews
Hundreds of California prison inmates fight wildfires - and stigma
Critics say using incarcerated men and women to fight fires is cheap labour, but supporters say it is rehabilitative.Brandon Drenon (BBC News)
The lies about the #LAFires are sinisterly amplified by Trump, Musk on X, other Republicans... Their intent is to blame Gov Gavin & Dem leaders by sharing falsehoods about regs., policies, to deny CC, & set up Trump to defund FEMA, remove live-saving regs., & punish blue states' leaders.
Millions of ppl in LA fear for their livelihoods, lives, & futures, & some have lost everything, as the death toll & injuries increase.
One big lie: LA Mayor Bass cut the LA Fire Dept's budget by $23M.
I read that Zuckerberg is calling people who leave his platforms, "virtue signalers." Yup. Indeed. I'd also add, "ethics and morality signalers and patriots." We should all signal that we don't support this kind of behavior. With action.
Just as in the 1948 Nakba:
Gleefully observing the complete elimination of Palestinians in northern Gaza... preparing to nest on top of, & cover up, Palestinian blood & presence.
These guided tours to observe the ongoing genocide are the new thing:
#GazaGenocideNotWar #USFunding #US #USPol #Europol #CdnPoli #Nakba #BDS #Ethniccleansing #NorthernGaza .
Updates: Blinken says ceasefire and captives deal in Gaza is ‘very close’
Israeli attacks kill 46 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn, including 31 in the north of the besieged territory.Alastair McCready (Al Jazeera)
This is how "progressives" show up.
If you're not living up to what's actually progressive, you're just using politics like people use sports tribalism.
I asked nicely, I gave an example of my reasoning, I got nasty ableism with an emoticon that falsely acts as if it's all friendly or in fun.
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The Sinister History of the Word "Moron," Explained
In this installment of OG History, writer Marlena Scott explains how the word "moron" is tied to the eugenics movement in the United States and is based in racism and classism.Marlena Scott (Teen Vogue)
And now the worst part:
While Democrats focused on identity politics and cultural wars, the oligarchy LOLed and made astronomical fortunes, during both Republican and Democrat administrations, the Obama one included.
See the trick? While people celebrated their identities, oligarchs secured the Supreme Court and their ability to influence elections and policies.
And now the time has came to take back even that little cultural gain made earlier.
Now back to our regular utopian program
Trump accused Harris and Biden of receiving questions in advance. Every accusation is a confession.
Fox News Insider Leaked Town Hall Questions to Trump’s Team: Book
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#TrumpDidThis #RepublicansDidThis #GOPKakistocracy #EnemyTrump #ResistFascism #NaziTrump #GOPWeirdos #RacistGOP #DonaldTrump #Project2025 #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Fox News Insider Leaked Town Hall Questions to Team Trump: Report
Donald Trump's team was provided questions prepared by Fox News ahead of a town hall event in Iowa, according to an upcoming book.Nikki McCann Ramirez (Rolling Stone)
"OK, who gave the two year old keys to the toy store!?!"
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President-elect Donald Trump is considering declaring a national economic emergency to provide legal justification for a large swath of universal tariffs on allies and adversaries, four sources familiar with the matter stated.
Tariffs go on; prices go up; our allies abandon us for other markets!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
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If Donald Trump were our addled grandfather, the 78 year old would be in a nursing home; we'd visit on the weekends!
President-elect Trump just posted a map showing Canada as part of the U.S.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Trump
Our most-read story of 2024: Under owner Elon Musk, the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, has become a hotbed of white supremacist and neo-Nazi content. We revealed the real identities of four of these hatemongers. texasobserver.org/revealed-ope…
#ElonMusk #politics #USpol #extremism #SocialMedia #BestOf2024 #news #antisemitism
Revealed: the Operators Behind Four Major Neo-Nazi X Accounts
Anonymity has long been a tactic used by extremists to spread their ideology while avoiding social consequences, from Klansmen hoods to online pseudonyms.Tristan Lee (The Texas Observer)
"The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards, once again, prioritising free speech," said Mark Zuckerberg.
Doublespeak.
As I wrote the other day:
Justice's Dying Gasp
Donald Trump’s lawyers made a last-ditch attempt to block special counsel Jack Smith from releasing his final report into the two federal criminal cases he brought against the president-elect, asking the attorney general to prevent its completion.
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump
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Trump lawyers ask attorney general to block outgoing special counsel’s report
Report into classified documents and election interference cases is due to be released by Jack SmithHugo Lowell (The Guardian)
Report: “How to Hide a Genocide”: Al-Haq Report Shows How Israel Hides Behind “Safe Zones”
"With insufficient space, shelter, sanitation facilities, food, or water sources, & medical care, these safe zones are intentionally designed to ensure the destruction of all life sheltering there.
"What’s more, the safe zones … are routinely targeted by Israeli occupying forces by air, land, & sea.”
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#IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity #GazaGenocideNotWar #US #USPol .
“How to Hide a Genocide”: Al-Haq Report Shows How Israel Hides Behind “Safe Zones”
Israeli attacks in Gaza have killed at least 35 Palestinians since dawn, with authorities reporting more than 70 civilians killed over the past 24 hours, including in the so-called humanitarian safe zone of al-Mawasi.Democracy Now!
BREAKING NEWS 🚨
Convicted Felon to Free 1,000 Fellow Convicts!
Per multiple sources, convicted Felon Donald Trump expected to grant clemency to more than 1,000 people convicted in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump
Analysis: The MIT Coalition for Palestine has exposed how MIT conducts "weapons & surveillance research directly sponsored by the Israeli military."
The research self-describes as "to make a better world."
The coalition for Palestine traces its money & weapons trail through Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
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#MITWeaponsResearch #israel #US #USPol .
MIT Science For Genocide : MIT Coalition for Palestine : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) contributes to the Gaza Genocide and Zionist settler colonialism in Palestine in at least...Internet Archive
A guide to New Hampshire's new data privacy rights • New Hampshire Bulletin
New Hampshire residents will soon have broader controls over how their data is used by businesses in the state, after Gov. Chris Sununu signed a sweeping bill into law Wednesday.Ethan DeWitt (New Hampshire Bulletin)
"Washington Post cartoonist quits after satire of Jeff Bezos is rejected"
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Washington Post cartoonist quits after satire of Jeff Bezos is rejected
The newspaper decided not to run Ann Telnaes' cartoon of tycoons kneeling before Donald Trump.Ana Faguy (BBC News)
Trump will put Orban to shame, enriching himself, family, donors, Rs, enablers…
He’s already taken in >$200M, & will steal the US Treasury, take bribes & cuts from privatization, contracts…
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Trump has taken in 'a staggering sum' in cash from donors since winning re-election: NYT
Donald Trump's re-election win in November has led to him being showered with cash from previous donors as well as corporate interests hoping to either stay on his good side or find future favor with the president-elect, reports the New York Times.Tom Boggioni (Raw Story - Celebrating 20 Years of Independent Journalism)
This is beyond insane. Why Americans aren't in the streets tearing the whole place down, I'll never understand.
#HealthInsuranceIsAMafia #HealthcareIsAHumanRight #USpol
Recent tweets by Elon Musk, Libs of Tiktok, Mario Nawfal, and others have claimed that Wikipedia is spending “$50 million for DEI”, misrepresenting Wikipedia’s actual budget and financial statements to claim Wikipedia is now “Wokepedia”.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
![First was Chaya Raichik, also known as “Libs of TikTok,” who on December 23 screenshotted a pie chart of budget categories from the Wikimedia Foundation’s 2023–2024 annual plan.1 Apparently not bothering to read past the labels, Raichik dashed off a tweet condemning the Foundation for spending $50 million on “diversity, equity, and inclusion”,a the right’s latest bogeyman, and urging her own substantial follower base to “Stop donating to Wokepedia”.2b Musk agreed, amplifying her post with the comment: “Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority.”3
[Image: Pie chart from Wikimedia’s annual plan, breaking down the budget by goal categories: Infrastructure, Equity, Safety & Inclusion, Effectiveness.]
That the “safety & inclusion” link is not purple in this screenshot taken from Raichik’s tweet suggests she didn’t even bother to visit the page to determine what that category encompasses.
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“DEI” has been a recent addition to “CRT”, “wokeness”, and other dogwhistles used by conservatives and those further to the right to gesture at, and broadly oppose, racial and gender equality.5455
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Rightwingers trying to come up with a slur against Wikipedia should really have considered something that doesn’t so closely overlap with Wookieepedia, a near-homograph that predates the “Wokepedia” coinage by twenty years, which makes me do a double take every time. For those who aren’t familiar,](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3667936 "First was Chaya Raichik, also known as “Libs of TikTok,” who on December 23 screenshotted a pie chart of budget categories from the Wikimedia Foundation’s 2023–2024 annual plan.1 Apparently not bothering to read past the labels, Raichik dashed off a tweet condemning the Foundation for spending $50 million on “diversity, equity, and inclusion”,a the right’s latest bogeyman, and urging her own substantial follower base to “Stop donating to Wokepedia”.2b Musk agreed, amplifying her post with the comment: “Stop donating to Wokepedia until they restore balance to their editing authority.”3
[Image: Pie chart from Wikimedia’s annual plan, breaking down the budget by goal categories: Infrastructure, Equity, Safety & Inclusion, Effectiveness.]
That the “safety & inclusion” link is not purple in this screenshot taken from Raichik’s tweet suggests she didn’t even bother to visit the page to determine what that category encompasses.
a.
“DEI” has been a recent addition to “CRT”, “wokeness”, and other dogwhistles used by conservatives and those further to the right to gesture at, and broadly oppose, racial and gender equality.5455
b.
Rightwingers trying to come up with a slur against Wikipedia should really have considered something that doesn’t so closely overlap with Wookieepedia, a near-homograph that predates the “Wokepedia” coinage by twenty years, which makes me do a double take every time. For those who aren’t familiar,")
Then, Musk amplified an erroneous and months-outdated claim that Bill Clinton had been deleting information about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein from Wikipedia.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
![Then, in the early hours of December 31, Musk reposted a video from a self-described “Conspiracy Realist/Coincidence analyser” account, “@BGatesIsaPsycho”, which had in turn taken the video from antisemitic conspiracy theoristc and self-described “OSINT journalis[t] exposing globalism” Ian Carroll. “No more donations to Wikipedia until they start being truthful”, Musk added, atop a video where Carroll claimed that “someone deleted all of Bill Clinton’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein from Wikipedia”, suggesting that Clinton himself was behind the edits. This, again, was a complete misrepresentation: the text was moved, not deleted, and not likely by Bill Clinton.d If Carroll had cared to look at the public article editing history, he would have seen that the extremely long biographical article on Clinton was in fact split678 — as overlong articles often are9 — into separate subtopic articles, “Bill Clinton sexual assault and misconduct allegations” and “Post-presidency of Bill Clinton”, both of which are linked from the primary page. The Epstein-related section was restored to the primary Clinton article by a different editor three weeks later,10 shortly after Carroll published his video but months before Musk reshared it.](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3667933 "Then, in the early hours of December 31, Musk reposted a video from a self-described “Conspiracy Realist/Coincidence analyser” account, “@BGatesIsaPsycho”, which had in turn taken the video from antisemitic conspiracy theoristc and self-described “OSINT journalis[t] exposing globalism” Ian Carroll. “No more donations to Wikipedia until they start being truthful”, Musk added, atop a video where Carroll claimed that “someone deleted all of Bill Clinton’s connections to Jeffrey Epstein from Wikipedia”, suggesting that Clinton himself was behind the edits. This, again, was a complete misrepresentation: the text was moved, not deleted, and not likely by Bill Clinton.d If Carroll had cared to look at the public article editing history, he would have seen that the extremely long biographical article on Clinton was in fact split678 — as overlong articles often are9 — into separate subtopic articles, “Bill Clinton sexual assault and misconduct allegations” and “Post-presidency of Bill Clinton”, both of which are linked from the primary page. The Epstein-related section was restored to the primary Clinton article by a different editor three weeks later,10 shortly after Carroll published his video but months before Musk reshared it.")
Musk’s recent Twitter rampage reveals a man with a grudge against Wikipedia, looking for anything to support his position, regardless of whether it’s true. But why have Musk and others on the right chosen Wikipedia as a favorite punching bag?
Attacks on press freedom and free expression have become commonplace, even among the right’s self-described free speech champions. But neither Trump, Musk, nor anyone on the right can control Wikipedia as they wish.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
![Control
The rise of the MAGA right in the United States has sparked some startling changes in attitudes towards press freedom and freedom of expression. Although many on the right, including Musk,1819 have styled themselves as valiant defenders of free speech, their actions expose them as opposite: only willing to defend speech they find agreeable, while hostile towards and desperate to clamp down on criticism or opposing views. Musk, for example, has directed that “cisgender” be blocklisted on Twitter as a “slur”, and posts by most accounts that contain the word are automatically hidden from view (unlike posts containing the long list of slurs he has apparently deemed acceptable).20 He has brought SLAPP lawsuits against critics, including one dismissed by a federal judge as clearly intended to “punish [the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate] for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp. [Twitter] — and perhaps in order to dissuade others who might wish to engage in such criticism.”21 He spent $44 billion to acquire Twitter, ostensibly over concerns that conservative voices were being unfairly silenced, but really so that he could be the one to dictate which speech was and was not allowed on the platform.
Similar attacks on speech are becoming only more common throughout the American right, with president-elect Trump’s longstanding hostility to the media escalating at a rapid clip. In recent months, Trump has suggested he wouldn’t mind if reporters were shot,](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3667929 "Control
The rise of the MAGA right in the United States has sparked some startling changes in attitudes towards press freedom and freedom of expression. Although many on the right, including Musk,1819 have styled themselves as valiant defenders of free speech, their actions expose them as opposite: only willing to defend speech they find agreeable, while hostile towards and desperate to clamp down on criticism or opposing views. Musk, for example, has directed that “cisgender” be blocklisted on Twitter as a “slur”, and posts by most accounts that contain the word are automatically hidden from view (unlike posts containing the long list of slurs he has apparently deemed acceptable).20 He has brought SLAPP lawsuits against critics, including one dismissed by a federal judge as clearly intended to “punish [the nonprofit Center for Countering Digital Hate] for CCDH publications that criticized X Corp. [Twitter] — and perhaps in order to dissuade others who might wish to engage in such criticism.”21 He spent $44 billion to acquire Twitter, ostensibly over concerns that conservative voices were being unfairly silenced, but really so that he could be the one to dictate which speech was and was not allowed on the platform.
Similar attacks on speech are becoming only more common throughout the American right, with president-elect Trump’s longstanding hostility to the media escalating at a rapid clip. In recent months, Trump has suggested he wouldn’t mind if reporters were shot,")
The right’s frequent claims that right-leaning sources and viewpoints are “banned” on Wikipedia are also either misguided or intentionally deceptive.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
Most of Musk’s ire towards Wikipedia stems from his anger that articles about him do not repeat his own attempts to write his personal and professional history.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
![Personal grievances
While these days Musk frames his crusade against Wikipedia as a principled stand against bias, the timeline of his complaints reveals a more personal motivation. His earliest grievances targeted his own Wikipedia biography, which accurately but much to his chagrin describes him as an “early investor” in Tesla rather than a founder.31h He’s also complained about the Tesla article, which he gripes “glorif[ies]” one of Tesla’s actual founders.32 He has repeatedly claimed his Wikipedia article was written by his “enemies”,3334 and has joined his fans’ complaints about the portion of his Wikipedia page outlining his role in spreading misinformation, bigotry, and conspiracy theories, agreeing with one who suggested “someone paid to have this written”.35 He has boasted so often363738 that has has not tried to “curate” his Wikipedia biography (by which he seems to mean edit it himself, or pay someone to do so on his behalf) that I wonder if he doth protest too much. (As a very highly-watched Wikipedia page, attempts by Musk or his lackeys to insert false or unverifiable portions of the autohagiography he repeats elsewhere would likely meet considerable resistance, as demonstrated by the battles between Musk fanboys — hired or otherwise — and Wikipedia editors that rage in the edit history and talk page.) This grandstanding rings hollow given his track record: when faced with unfavorable coverage elsewhere, Musk has shown no hesitation to exert direct control thro](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3667923 "Personal grievances
While these days Musk frames his crusade against Wikipedia as a principled stand against bias, the timeline of his complaints reveals a more personal motivation. His earliest grievances targeted his own Wikipedia biography, which accurately but much to his chagrin describes him as an “early investor” in Tesla rather than a founder.31h He’s also complained about the Tesla article, which he gripes “glorif[ies]” one of Tesla’s actual founders.32 He has repeatedly claimed his Wikipedia article was written by his “enemies”,3334 and has joined his fans’ complaints about the portion of his Wikipedia page outlining his role in spreading misinformation, bigotry, and conspiracy theories, agreeing with one who suggested “someone paid to have this written”.35 He has boasted so often363738 that has has not tried to “curate” his Wikipedia biography (by which he seems to mean edit it himself, or pay someone to do so on his behalf) that I wonder if he doth protest too much. (As a very highly-watched Wikipedia page, attempts by Musk or his lackeys to insert false or unverifiable portions of the autohagiography he repeats elsewhere would likely meet considerable resistance, as demonstrated by the battles between Musk fanboys — hired or otherwise — and Wikipedia editors that rage in the edit history and talk page.) This grandstanding rings hollow given his track record: when faced with unfavorable coverage elsewhere, Musk has shown no hesitation to exert direct control thro")
Only after failing to rewrite his own history on Wikipedia did Musk’s criticism expand to broader complaints, such as Wikipedia’s supposed systemic bias.
#Wikipedia #ElonMusk #USpolitics #USpol
![Only after failing to rewrite his own history on Wikipedia did Musk’s criticism expand to broader complaints, such as Wikipedia’s supposed systemic bias. This crusade gained momentum through several high-profile incidents that became right-wing flashpoints, each fueling his campaign when the site’s coverage didn't match his desired framing. In July 2022, in one of his first tweets complaining about the site beyond where it mentioned him, Musk and others fell for the false statement by Mike Cernovich that “Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page.”39 An article screenshot provided by Cernovich featured text that had remained unchanged since the Trump administration, but that didn’t stop a right-wing firestorm, joined by Musk, where people claimed that Wikipedia had removed the common definition of “recession” as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. (It hadn’t).
Tweet by Molly White @molly0xfff: absolutely begging people to learn how to diff wikipedia articles before falling for clickbait
here's the "recession" article, on july 14 vs. today.
[Image: Diff of two versions of the Wikipedia article on recession, showing minimal wording changes, and that a sentence was added: "Although the definition of a recession between different countries and scholars varies, two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's real gross domestic product is commonly used as a practical definition of a recession."]](https://friendica.hellquist.eu/photo/preview/640/3667921 "Only after failing to rewrite his own history on Wikipedia did Musk’s criticism expand to broader complaints, such as Wikipedia’s supposed systemic bias. This crusade gained momentum through several high-profile incidents that became right-wing flashpoints, each fueling his campaign when the site’s coverage didn't match his desired framing. In July 2022, in one of his first tweets complaining about the site beyond where it mentioned him, Musk and others fell for the false statement by Mike Cernovich that “Wikipedia changed the definition of recession to favor the Biden regime, and then locked the page.”39 An article screenshot provided by Cernovich featured text that had remained unchanged since the Trump administration, but that didn’t stop a right-wing firestorm, joined by Musk, where people claimed that Wikipedia had removed the common definition of “recession” as two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth. (It hadn’t).
Tweet by Molly White @molly0xfff: absolutely begging people to learn how to diff wikipedia articles before falling for clickbait
here's the \"recession\" article, on july 14 vs. today.
[Image: Diff of two versions of the Wikipedia article on recession, showing minimal wording changes, and that a sentence was added: \"Although the definition of a recession between different countries and scholars varies, two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's real gross domestic product is commonly used as a practical definition of a recession.\"]")
