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A Hawaii man who attended a school where #Walz taught — but says they never met — was dismayed to see person in a video using his name to make a false allegation against the VP candidate
#FactCheck #RepublicanLies #Fraud #SocialMedia #moderation #disinformation #ConspiracyTheories #ElectionInterference #Trumpaganda #Propaganda #MatthewMetro #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/10/21/tim-walz-matthew-metro-video/
The #Disinformation Warning Coming From the Edge of #Europe
https://www.wired.com/story/the-disinformation-warning-coming-from-the-edge-of-europe/
BREAKING: Elon Musk-backed PAC is micro-targeting muslim areas with ads saying Harris stands with Israel and targeting jewish areas saying the opposite.
Proof that Musk is willing to further divide #America if he thinks it will help his candidate win.
Informed by @jsrailton & article by @jasonkoebler: https://www.404media.co/this-is-exactly-how-an-elon-musk-funded-pac-is-microtargeting-muslims-and-jews-with-opposing-messages/
@404mediaco #elonmusk #disinformation #misinformation #psyops #fediverse #mastodon #kamalaharris #DonaldTrump @MisinformationVillage #twitter #x #isreal #palestine #gaza
This Is Exactly How an Elon Musk-Funded PAC Is Microtargeting Muslims and Jews With Opposing Messages
The Future Coalition PAC is targeting according to ZIP code in highly specific ways.Jason Koebler (404 Media)
2023: Peter Dutton spreads the #disinformation that 32 countries are using small #nuclear reactors (SMRs).
2024: "The OECD’s NEA recognises ***THREE*** SMRs as operational".
https://www.ansto.gov.au/news/small-modular-reactors-an-overview
Small Modular Reactors: An overview
As Australia’s nuclear experts, ANSTO closely follows the development of nuclear technologies around the world, including the emergence of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs).Australia's Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
#Trump goes to war against real-time #FactChecks
The moves are the latest example of Trump’s long-held resistance to being called to account for his #lies.
Trump & his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against #FactChecking in recent months, pushing TV networks, #journalism orgs & others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact w/Trump.
#TrumpLies #disinformation #propaganda #ConspiracyTheories
#WeAreNotGoingBack #RealityBasedPolitics #HarrisWalz2024
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/14/trump-fact-checks-interviews-debates/
Trump wages campaign against real-time fact checks
The moves are the latest example of Trump’s long-held resistance to being called to account for his falsehoods.Ashley Parker (The Washington Post)
In an interview of JD Vance published in today's New York Times, reporter Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Vance repeatedly whether he believes Trump lost the 2020 election. Here are his replies:
Garcia-Navarro:
"Do you believe he lost the 2020 election?"
#Trump #JDVance #BigLie #lies #disinformation
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https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/12/magazine/jd-vance-interview.html
"This is a flat out lie"
#NorthCarolina Governor #RoyCooper on Trump's lies about #HurricaneHelena aid.
Posted on 10-11-2024
"This is a flat out lie. We’re working with all partners around the clock to get help to people. Trump’s lies and conspiracy theories have hurt the morale of first responders and people who lost everything, helped scam artists and put government and rescue workers in danger. - RC "
#Trump #uspol deadly #disinformation
Great #OSINT and #Recon by SormOrdinaryGamer on the @internetarchive hack that points to be a #Russian #disinformation #misinformation #psyop: https://youtu.be/uMGcUZQmDmA
As Ruth Ben-Ghiat says, the wall-to-wall lying we're seeing Trump engage in right now as the election nears is par for the course for authoritarians, who have to control reality for their followers. She says that "Trump’s campaign … is better understood as a disinformation and radicalization machine."
#Trump #JDVance #authoritarianism #lies #disinformation
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https://lucid.substack.com/p/the-authoritarians-fortress-of-lies
The Authoritarian's Fortress of Lies
Facts, and fact-checkers, are the enemy of politicians such as Trump, who depend on lies for their legitimacy.Ruth Ben-Ghiat (Lucid)
Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims say,
"Falsely blaming migrants for nearly every problem — real and imagined — is the core issue of the Trump 2024 campaign."
Then they do a detailed rundown of how Trump uses the same formula — Immigrants are to blame — with issue after issue.
#Trump #Republicans #immigrants #xenophobia #fear #lies #disinformation
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https://popular.info/p/every-problem-trump-wrongfully-blames
Every problem Trump wrongfully blames on undocumented immigrants
Hurricane Helene caused mass destruction across the southeastern United States, leaving thousands needing aid and at least 227 people dead.Rebecca Crosby (Popular Information)
"Before we read this excellent new piece from Popular Information, we hadn’t realized quite how many of Trump’s lies follow exactly the same brain-dead formula: Identify problem. Blame immigrants."
~ William Kristol and Andrew Egger
#Trump #Republicans #immigrants #xenophobia #fear #lies #disinformation
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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/they-served-with-trump-they-have
They Served With Trump. They Have a Warning.
Alums of his presidency hit the road in Pennsylvania last night. But whether they can reach their target audience remains to be seen.William Kristol (The Bulwark)
As #Hurricane #Milton intensifies & heads toward #Florida’s Gulf Coast, residents are not only preparing for its impacts but also dealing w/ #disinformation about #FEMA. The disaster relief agency has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in #aid so far to help those affected by Hurricane #Helene. #Trump claims FEMA is running out of money after spending it on undocumented #migrants. …Those #lies are discouraging people from applying for funds they desperately need.
The editorial says,
"The most unhelpful thing any politician—or anyone else—can do right now is spread misinformation and tell people that their government isn't doing anything to help them. Sowing the seeds of political division is always an unnecessary and tiresome endeavor. But doing so in times of great need, when unity is paramount, is particularly shameful."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
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Below is a link to the joint editorial written by Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News and Observer, mentioned in /19 and /20.
If it's paywalled for you (as it is for me), you can find the whole text at the Wepage Archive site at https://archive.ph/zb4pl
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
/21
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article293483114.html
"We have to ask ourselves: How did we get here? How did we arrive at a place where truth is so easily discarded in favor of partisan narratives? Part of the problem lies in the deliberate erosion of trust in institutions and the media. When Trump brands any unfavorable news as 'fake,' it primes his supporters to dismiss factual reporting."
~ Parker Molloy
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #media #SocialMedia
/22
https://www.readtpa.com/p/lies-about-the-hurricane-helene-response
Lies About the Hurricane Helene Response Forecast a Storm of Misinformation for Next Month's Election
"Just wait until this time next month."Parker Molloy (The Present Age)
"We need to work together to rebuild and recover from a catastrophic disaster like this one - and spreading false information to sow chaos hurts real people. Politicians, billionaires and grifters who peddle lies during a time of crisis should be held accountable."
~ North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, as quoted by Brian Stelter
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
/18
https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17283060220021298f2f70fb4/raw
"Donald Trump is a fascist and he and the Republican Party have put this country on a path towards fascism. If he gets back into power, he will care nothing about governing. All of his energy will be dedicated to grifting and revenge. And most of us aren’t prepared."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans
/17
"A unified, well-functioning, democratic society depends on shared understanding of factual reality. But men who are bent on fascistic rule—to consolidate their power and serve their authoritarian interests—are working aggressively and methodically to undermine the public’s capacity to know what is true or false and what is right or wrong."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans
/16
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-lies-lies-lies
Snapshot: Lies, Lies, Lies
Donald Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk are intensifying their strategy of lying to confuse and enrage votersSteven Beschloss (America, America)
"But many of the lies (that FEMA is only offering $750 to disaster victims, running out of money, that FEMA money has gone overseas) comes directly from the people who could be in charge of the national disaster response next year."
Moynihan then goes on to focus specifically on the lies that Trump and Vance are spreading. It's not just the Russians….
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk #Republicans
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"FEMA set up a website to battle misinformation. Some of it comes from the usual suspects, like foreign adversaries such as Russia, seeking to sow mistrust, or professional conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones."
~ Don Moynihan
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans #FEMA #Russia #Putin
/14
https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/a-hurricane-of-lies
A Hurricane of Lies
Public servants have a second job now: countering conspiracy theoriesDon Moynihan (Can We Still Govern?)
"Republicans have an entire media apparatus built up to spread their fallacies and fraudulent claims. So treat this as a warning. They will lie about the election like they’re lying about this hurricane. They will sacrifice our democracy just like they’re exploiting this human tragedy. Nothing is sacred to these people other than the consolidation of power. All for themselves."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk #Republicans
/13
"Those lies will run rampant on Twitter, where Elon will not only do nothing to prevent it—he will spread it widely while looking at himself in the mirror and perhaps quietly sobbing while telling himself that he’s a revolutionary."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk
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"They should portray their own confusion as government malice or incompetence. They should claim to have witnessed FEMA abandoning Republican-heavy regions and illegal immigrants walking away with relief money first hand. They should even use artificial intelligence technology to fabricate images that reinforce these lies."
"When Donald Trump started telling conspicuous lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, all of MAGA understood the assignment.
His supporters understood they should spread rumors or fabricate anecdotes consistent with Trump’s claims. They should portray their own confusion as government malice or incompetence."
~ Brian Beutler
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism
/8
https://www.offmessage.net/p/maga-hurricane-helene-lies-trial-run-election
MAGA's Hurricane Helene Lies Are A Trial Run For The Election
The through-line is sowing chaos and hurting people for personal gain.Brian Beutler (Off Message)
"Western NC is intensely Republican. So the Trumpy disinformation campaign will disproportionately hurt Trump supporters. That’s malevolent."
~ Doug Heye quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
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Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Lies about the Feds make the response harder on the affected areas
Daniel Dale/ CNN: Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response ...Daily Kos
"If the strategy [of lying] isn’t brilliant, though, and if he has evidence that it in fact lost him an election, why return to it again and again?
I think the answer is that disasters can be a major spur to solidarity and unity—and Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity
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https://www.everythingishorrible.net/p/why-trump-lies-about-natural-disasters
"Trump’s lies are not errors. They are part of a well-documented strategy to overturn democracy by using modern media to create a false political world. Voters begin to base their political decisions on that fake image, rather than on reality, and are manipulated into giving up control of their government to an authoritarian."
"This morning began with a CNN headline story by fact checker Daniel Dale, titled 'Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response.' Dale noted that Republican nominee for president Donald Trump has been one of the chief sources of the disinformation that has badly hampered recovery efforts."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism
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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-6-2024
October 6, 2024
This morning began with a CNN headline story by fact checker Daniel Dale, titled “Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
"Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.
While various misinformation about the response has spread widely without Trump’s involvement, the Republican presidential nominee has been one of the country’s leading deceivers on the subject."
~ Daniel Dale
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/06/politics/fact-check-trump-helene-response-north-carolina/index.html
"Two of North Carolina's largest newspapers — The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer — collaborated on an op-ed published Sunday, publicly condemning Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Helene, which has left over 200 people dead, and an 'untold number of people missing,' according to The New York Times."
~ Maya Boddie
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
/19
https://www.alternet.org/north-carolina-newspapers-trump-helene/
Top NC newspapers blast Trump’s federal hurricane response lies
Two of North Carolina's largest newspapers — The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer — collaborated on an op-ed published Sunday, publicly condemning Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Helene, which has left over 200 people dead, and an "unt…Maya Boddie (Alternet.org)
As Trump lied that Biden is using FEMA $ to "give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them," Musk actually posted “Yes, they are literally using YOUR tax dollars to import voters and disenfranchise you! It is happening right in front of your eyes. And FEMA used up its budget ferrying illegals into the country instead of saving American lives. Treason.”
They're trying to incite violence with these lies. #terrorism #disinformation https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-4-2024
October 4, 2024
MAGA Republicans are now lying about the federal response to Hurricane Helene in much the same way they lied about Haitian migrants bringing chaos and disease to Springfield, Ohio.Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)
"Vance is on the ticket of the only former president who, before our own eyes, tried to kneecap democracy to hold on to power.
That is disqualifying for anyone seeking to be first in the line of succession. Yet it seems that very important fact was lost amid the postdebate discourse that focused on the more polished nature of Vance’s answers over Walz’s.
~ Kimberly Atkins Stohr
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/02/opinion/vice-presidential-debate-vance-trump-walz/
Opinion | JD Vance can't sane-wash Donald Trump
Tim Walz cut through JD Vance’s attempt to smooth talk his way out of acknowledging the truth: He is the running mate of a man who tried to fraudulently, forcefully, and unconstitutionally stay in office against the will of voters, and who stands cri…The Boston Globe
"Last night, we saw a 90-minute infomercial for normalizing Nazis.
I don’t use the word lightly, I use it precisely. Nothing neo about the criminal gang trying to take over America. They’re using a cruel and effective fascist playbook that I have documented on these pages in depth and with receipts."
~ Heidi Siegmund Cuda
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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https://www.bettedangerous.com/p/who-goes-nazi-an-83-year-old-prediction
‘Who Goes Nazi?’ — An 83-Year-Old Prediction of JD Vance
Dorothy Thompson, the first American correspondent to be kicked out of Nazi Germany, described the archetypes of ‘who goes Nazi’ more than 80 years ago. It’s time we listenHeidi Siegmund Cuda (Bette Dangerous)
"Well, here we have the GOP members of the State using their power to shield the truth from the people since that is 'the mortal enemy of the lie.'”
#Trump #JDVance #Republicans #lies #disinformation #BigLie #Jan6
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