"October Surprise" - Music video about disinformation by rock band Push Puppets

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Tuesday October 11, 2022 · 4:58 AM PDT

2022/10/11 · 04:58

You can probably guess from my user name that I've been a member of this community since the George W. Bush years. I remember thinking that that was about as bad as it could get. Little did I know.

I'd like to share the new video from my band Push Puppets about the spreading of disinformation on social and traditional media. Below you'll find the press release that is going out on Newswire / AP / Yahoo News tomorrow. I hope you enjoy "October Surprise".

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"October Surprise" - Music video about disinformation from rock band Push Puppets

October 12, 2022 (Chicago, IL)

Just in time for the midterm elections, Push Puppets have released an animated lyric video for the song "October Surprise", which takes on the spread of disinformation over social and traditional media.

The song from the new album "Allegory Grey" is about an imaginary training session at a Russian troll farm for spreading propaganda. It is a powerful rock anthem that musically falls somewhere between Pink Floyd and Oasis with lush harmonies and guitar work reminiscent of Queen.

The video shows false information being spread over social media, print and television beginning with the ridiculous claim that Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring from the basement of a Washington, DC pizzeria. It continues with messages such as "COVID-19 is fake"and bleach and ivermectin can treat COVID. It progresses toward the messaging that led to the storming of the Capitol on January 6th, which is inaccurately described as a false-flag operation by Antifa.

"I feel the propaganda that is ubiquitous on social media and amplified by right wing television and radio is one of the biggest threats to our country at this time," says band leader Erich Specht.

"I have never shied away from sharing my feelings on political issues,and something I feel so strongly about needs to be expressed."

The album "Allegory Grey" that was released on September 30th is pop/rock with earworm melodies and shiny production that belie the often bittersweet sentiments in the thoughtful lyrics. In addition to his bread-and-butter topics of dysfunctional relationships and hopeless pining, Erich also writes about such subjects as freaking out over receiving an email saying a computer was compromised, convincing a co-conspirator to take the fall, and Karma blowing up his house and running him off the road.

Two music videos for the singles that were released over the summer in advance of the album are also available on YouTube. The singles “Sometimes the Buds Never Flower” and “There’s No One Else Like Lynette” reached the top of the Radio Indie Alliance Top 75 over the past few months. Additional videos will be released over the coming months.

"Allegory Grey"is the third album from Push Puppets. The band consists of songwriter Erich Specht on lead vocals and guitar, Tommi Zender on guitar and vocals, John William Lauler on bass, Kyle Magnusson on keyboards and Greg Essig on drums. The video was created by Petros Tryfon.

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The Smoking Gun: Trump "trickster" Roger Stone communicated with hacking group behind Podesta email

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Thursday March 09, 2017 · 5:49 AM PST

2017/03/09 · 05:49

The Smoking Gun is reporting (and picked up by RawStory) that Trump ally Roger Stone communicated with the hacking group behind the theft of email from Clinton campaign officials.

In the months before Election Day, a longtime confidante and political consultant for Donald Trump was in contact with the Russian hacking group that U.S. intelligence officials have accused of illegally breaching the Democratic National Committee’s computer system and the e-mail accounts of Hillary Clinton campaign officials in a bid to aid Trump, The Smoking Gun has learned.

Roger Stone is the same person who foreshadowed the release of Hillary’s emails on twitter. According to the article, the FBI is looking into communications between Trump loyalists and the hacking group.

Responding to media reports about the counterintelligence probe, Stone recently told the pro-Kremlin RT network that he had read that a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court had approved the wiretapping of his phone calls and the monitoring of his e-mail accounts. “I don’t know if that’s true. I’m told that there’s a grand jury convened,” said Stone, who did not specify where he had learned about the supposed interception of his communications.

Gotta run off to work — but this is definitely worth a read!

My mom doesn't like Bernie's idea of Medicare-for-all. What should I tell her?

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Monday January 18, 2016 · 8:09 AM PST

2016/01/18 · 08:09

I am a Bernie supporter and have been trying to convince my mom to vote for him as well. She has been torn between Bernie and Hillary, but since Bernie said he supports medicare-for-all, she is now favoring Hillary. I am hoping that the bright minds here on DailyKos could help me with this argument.

Her main concern is that by putting everyone on medicare, rates will go up.

Please help me better understand how this works.

Get familiar with healthcare.gov!

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Wednesday November 07, 2012 · 8:23 AM PST

2012/11/07 · 08:23

Now that the Affordable Care Act has been upheld by the Supreme Court and protected by the re-election of President Barack Obama, it is time to look forward to the benefits it will bring.

U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has done a nice job of explaining the benefits and answering questions on healthcare.gov.

Follow me below the fold for a quick guided tour.

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Thursday September 11, 2008 · 7:09 AM PDT

2008/09/11 · 07:09

On this seventh anniversary of the tragic attacks on our country, I would like to share a song of peace that I wrote in the aftermath of the events of September 2001.

Part Of The Plan

To save the MP3 in the link above, right click it and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As".

Although the songwriting that I do for my band, Push Puppets, is usually quite a bit nastier, I felt that a reasoned approach was appropriate for this one. I hope you enjoy the optimism that this song presents. Brighter days are indeed ahead. Follow me below for the lyrics.

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Thursday July 10, 2008 · 10:19 AM PDT

2008/07/10 · 10:19

I admit that I was already suspicious when the story of John Mark Karr being extradited from Bangkok for the murder of Jon Benet Ramsey broke just after a federal judge says the Bush administration is breaking the law with the warrantless wiretapping program and stole the news cycle. [Here's a transcript of what CNN was reporting that day.]

So yesterday (July 9th) we had some bad Democrats voting with Republicans to make the same program(s) perfectly legal, which of course SHOULD put that into the headlines.

Surprise - Breaking News in the Jon Benet case!

So I started poking around about Mary Lacy (formerly Keenan) - the Colorado District Attorney who brought us both of these stories with such interesting timing. I haven't found a smoking gun yet - and it's possible that this is just coincidental - but follow me below for some interesting ties to Mary Lacy.

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Sunday February 24, 2008 · 4:42 PM PST

2008/02/24 · 16:42

The 60 Minutes piece on Don Siegelman just aired and it is sure to make Rove and the Bush criminal enterprise nervous. It focused on the polititization of the Justice Department. It didn't mention the questionable tactics of the election (the stealing of it by the Republican-only electoral board). It didn't mention the gag order preventing from talking with the media. And it didn't mention that the story freaked out CBS's Board of Directors so much that they wanted to pull the story.

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Thursday January 10, 2008 · 7:15 PM PST

2008/01/10 · 19:15

A Kucinch press release via BradBlog:

Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday’s election because of "unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots."

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Monday October 15, 2007 · 12:14 PM PDT

2007/10/15 · 12:14

I am considering a project to raise money for progressives in the general election, and I want to make sure that I'm not breaking any FEC laws in the process.

I would like to put together a compilation CD of songs about this criminal administration and offer the MP3s for free after a user donates on an Act Blue page.

Does anyone know if there are any legal issues I need to worry about with this plan? I wasn't sure if offering the songs for free is some type of in-kind donation to the candidates or anything. Thanks for your advice.

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Tuesday September 11, 2007 · 9:37 AM PDT

2007/09/11 · 09:37

Politico is reporting that the Democratic leadership in the house have postponed for "several weeks" the vote on contempt citations for Josh Bolten and Harriet Miers.

But the slowdown, approved by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and her top lieutenants, is also stirring objections among Democrats.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) said he is uncomfortable with the delay and worries the House will be seen as toothless unless it moves quickly to hold top officials in contempt for failing to provide documents and testimony in congressional probes.

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Monday September 10, 2007 · 1:18 PM PDT

2007/09/10 · 13:18

WikiScanner got quite a bit of press shortly after it's launch. However, one of the features - the ability to look up changes by page title - was not made available right away. This feature is still disabled on the page, but you can now use this feature by putting the name of the page you want to look up in this URL:

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/...

For example, this URL shows the changes to the Sibel Edmonds page:

http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/...

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Saturday August 18, 2007 · 8:07 PM PDT

2007/08/18 · 20:07

I received a mailing from a candidate for State Senator in Illinois, Matt Murphy. The solicitation I received came with a pamphlet that on the front page says, "HELP STOP Unwanted Telephone and Mail Solicitations." The pamphlet starts with a Q&A with such questions as, "How can I end unwanted telemarketing calls?" The solution according to the propaganda is to sign up with the "Mail Preference Service," which is described as "another consumer service sponsored by The Direct Marketing Association." Well, who is this Direct Marketing Assocication and how are they trying to take the next election? That and more below the fold.

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