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The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after a user who uses a pseudonym on the social platform X claimed that a government website had revealed “skyrocketing” rates of voters registering without a photo ID in three...
by Associated Press
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 07:53 AM PDT
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The Nation has picked up a hit piece that I originally read on DKos. This is the latest in a long campaign of misinformation and court filings designed to stop people from switching away from fossil fuel vehicles to electric vehicles. First, understand...
by CorpFlunky
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on Mon Apr 01, 2024 at 10:19 AM PDT
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Trump's use of Violent Rhetoric would seem more than an Aberration -- But rather a 'Means to an End' — — Wow. Just OMG. Why is this phenomenon — rule by violent intimidation — not bigger, recurring news? [...] Just before the House vote on impeachment, Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) has said he heard firsthand from Republicans that fear was holding at least...
by jamess
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on Sat Mar 30, 2024 at 12:42 PM PDT
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I’ve lived in two port cities, one of which was Baltimore, the other Savannah and neither one makes me an expert in ship navigation. I also worked at the Savannah Yacht Club and even took some sailing lessons. It still didn’t make me an expert. One of...
by TexDem
88 comments
on Fri Mar 29, 2024 at 07:31 AM PDT
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Former Republican National Committee Chair and rainbow- fentanyl-misinformation spreader Ronna McDaniel was recently hired to be a paid on-air contributor for ...
by Walter Einenkel
143 comments
on Mon Mar 25, 2024 at 01:37 PM PDT
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Wednesday morning’s House Oversight and Accountability Committee hearing, titled “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” was yet another chance for Democratic ...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Wed Mar 20, 2024 at 03:45 PM PDT
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— — Since I took a few symbolic logic courses at college, I found this one paragraph from today’s Court of Appeals ruling particularly interesting. You never know when sound logically reasoning will let you express your philosophical leanings, program...
by jamess
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on Tue Feb 06, 2024 at 03:37 PM PST
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The right wing’s obsession with attacking mega pop star Taylor Swift has prompted the Department of Defense to make an official statement refuting one of the more egregious pieces of misinformation being spread: that Swift is a part of a “deep state”...
by Walter Einenkel
196 comments
on Fri Feb 02, 2024 at 03:20 PM PST
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At first his stories seemed harmless. Tales about secret organizations plotting to take over the world, about the good guys working to save it, and about the proof that, if you knew where to look, ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Feb 03, 2024 at 01:59 PM PST
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Days after Maui's wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Feb 10, 2024 at 07:59 AM PST
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Just read this terrifying book — The Road to Unfreedom by Timothy Snyder — which details the massive extent of the Russian disinformation campaign. It’s not actually a joke. But then this is a cartoon...
by Hilmbrown
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on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 06:05 AM PST
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Consensus. But how did they get there? If ever there was a topic that the mainstream press could agree on, it is that there were no space aliens attacking a mall in Miami. But how does the story fare using the Mis/Dis information test we are...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
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on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 05:42 AM PST
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley should know better than anyone how dangerous radical right-wing domestic terrorists are, and how corrosive online propaganda can be to democracy and the public order. They’
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
177 comments
on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 05:30 AM PST
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On Wednesday, Republican state Rep. Justin Humphrey filed HB 3084 in the Oklahoma Legislature. The bill promises to target “Students who purport to be an imaginary animal or animal species, or who engage in anthropomorphic behavior commonly referred to...
by Walter Einenkel
317 comments
on Thu Jan 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM PST
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Not my greatest, but I am totally freaked out by the sense that truth and reality are simply irrelevant to half the country.
by Hilmbrown
18 comments
on Wed Jan 17, 2024 at 08:02 AM PST
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press ...
by Associated Press
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on Sat Jan 13, 2024 at 05:59 AM PST
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“Wait! Mom, wait!” I jumped out of my chair in the middle of a conversation with my mother and ran to my trusty laptop. “I figured it out! I have the answer that all of America has been waiting for!” After 59 years, my mother still needs a bit of...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
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on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 11:32 AM PST
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Goebbels' Principles of Propaganda #17 PROPAGANDA TO THE HOME FRONT MUST DIMINISH THE IMPACT OF FRUSTRATION Preventing False Hope The Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels kept a book of notes on his thoughts about propaganda - what worked and what to...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
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on Sun Jan 07, 2024 at 08:57 PM PST
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Every time I mention the Nakba I seem to upset some people, and that’s fine, but even the IDF recognized the same facts as I do, so here is their report on the events. You can call the IDF anti-semitic if you so desire, some probably would flag this if...
by LaFeminista
120 comments
on Sat Jan 06, 2024 at 04:49 AM PST
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Evaluating Misinformation An objective system for assessing and weighing news What we need to discuss is HOW to get it done. This paper is intended to be the beginning of a discussion of HOW to help people evaluate news and information, not just in the...
by The Tell with Christine Axsmith
3 comments
on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 10:30 AM PST
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