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Mike Benz· 2025-09-22 06:27
The National Academy of Sciences is HUGE in the censorship space too. Ungodly amount of "disinformation studies" bullshit all targeted at Trump supporters and policy critics.Jeff Clark (@JeffClarkUS):This is an important article. It shows how thoroughly politicized the National Academy of Sciences has become.Moreover, not a single government agency asked the NAS to weigh in.MILLOY: Rigged Report By National Academies To Thwart Trump Energy Agenda https://t.co/NFXMnGQQOR ...
GOP and Fox News free speech hypocrisy on full display as Trump cracks down on media companies
MSNBC· 2025-09-18 21:49
played at the top of the show. Donald Trump thought promising everyone the First Amendment would be protected and his words restored was so important. It is near the beginning of his inaugural address from earlier this year.He started his second term as president pledging to champion the free speech rights of all Americans. All Americans. It wasn't just him.It was something that some people voted for him because of. It's something conservatives once claimed was fundamental to a politician they would support ...
Michael Mann & Peter Hotez on the "organized," "deliberate" political attacks on science
MSNBC· 2025-09-13 18:43
Science's role in public health in public life is under assault and few people know that better than professor Michael Man and Dr. . Peter Hotz both are familiar uh to you. They are both leading experts in their fields.Man studies the impacts of climate change. Hotz is a public health expert focusing on infectious diseases and vaccines. Yet in today's politics versus science world, both of these men have been targeted by climate deniers and vaccine skeptics who are challenging their expertise.In the first c ...
Election official SOUNDS OFF: Trump shouldn't take 'election administration cues from a dictator'
MSNBC· 2025-08-19 21:53
Election Integrity & Disinformation - The report highlights concerns about the accuracy of information surrounding elections, particularly the amplification of Russian disinformation by American figures [3][9] - The analysis points out the contradiction of repeating lies that undermine mail-in voting, a method that has historically benefited Republicans [3][5] - The report emphasizes that mail-in voting is not inherently rife with fraud, contrary to claims made [3] - The report notes that tabulation machines are used in many countries and are generally accurate, fast, and inexpensive, contradicting claims of them being slow, expensive, and inaccurate [10][11] Political Strategy & Voter Behavior - Republican strategists invested millions of dollars in 2024 to encourage Republican voters to use mail-in voting [3][6] - Political strategists generally favor mail-in and early voting as it reduces the need for last-minute resource expenditure to mobilize voters on election day [7] - Pennsylvania saw a significant increase in Republican mail-in voters, jumping from 24% in 2020 to 33% in 2024 [4] - In Arizona, Republicans had an eight-point advantage over Democrats in mail voting [5] International Influence - The report suggests that Vladimir Putin's statements on mail-in voting have influenced Donald Trump's views on the subject [2][3][8] - The analysis expresses alarm over the potential influence of foreign leaders on American election discourse [8]
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Mike Benz· 2025-08-16 22:05
RT Reclaim The Net (@ReclaimTheNetHQ)Dutch regulators just summoned X, Facebook, TikTok, and more to a September 15 meeting, weeks before national elections, to demand new crackdowns on “disinformation” and “illegal hate content.”At the table: the Authority for Consumers and Markets, EU regulators, and activist groups, an unelected alliance pressuring platforms to police speech under the EU’s censorship law, the new Digital Services Act... ...
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Mike Benz· 2025-07-31 23:29
Censorship & Misinformation - DHS's social media censorship council was led by Vijaya Gadde and Kate Starbird [1] - The council was named "Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Misinformation & Disinformation" [1] - The council's censorship group EIP targeted 22 million tweets as disinformation about the 2020 election [1]
‘He’s crazy’: Florida official offers to deport your ex through ICE hotline
MSNBC· 2025-07-26 16:38
A magistrate judge has ordered a 30-day pause on the release of Kilmar Obrego Garcia, the wrongfully deported Maryland man, amid fears he could be immediately expelled to a third country without due process. That ruling followed back-to-back decisions from two federal judges ordering his release from custody, both excoriating the Trump administration's handling of Garcia's case. In Tennessee, a judge blasted the Trump Justice Department's quote poor attempts to tie Abrago to MS-13, writing that the administ ...