Tag: January 6 United States Capitol attack

TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY is quietly broadening its efforts to curb speech it considers dangerous, an investigation by The Intercept has found. Years of internal DHS memos, emails, and documents — obtained via leaks, Freedom of Information Act requests, and an ongoing lawsuit, as well as public reports — illustrate an expansive effort by the agency to influence tech platforms.

TRUTH COPS: Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation

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Disrupt The Cognitive Infrastructure

H/T: Unorthodox Truth

A judge sentenced Steve Bannon to 4 months in prison but let him remain free while he appeals his conviction

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

A federal judge on Friday sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison but allowed the Trump ally to remain free while he appeals his criminal conviction on charges he defied the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

A judge sentenced Steve Bannon to 4 months in prison but let him remain free while he appeals his conviction

H/T: Trump-appointed Judge Carl Nichols refuses to send Steve Bannon to prison for his crimes

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Re-energized this election cycle, the tech entrepreneur joins other mega-donors apparently out to undercut the political system

Peter Thiel’s midterm bet: the billionaire seeking to disrupt America’s democracy

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The Right’s Would-Be Kingmaker (archived, as it’s behind a paywall)

Anti-Globalist?! He invests in businesses, worldwide!? I doubt that it would be possible without globalization! 🤷🏼‍♀️

The New York Times Discovers Biden’s A Liar

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

By Tim Graham

The New York Times is signaling that they’re not wild about Joe Biden running for president again. Suddenly, they announced his statements are routinely un-factual. He’s a habitual liar. Why is this discovery emerging now?

The online headline of their October 11 story was: “Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel: President Biden has been unable to break himself of the habit of embellishing narratives to weave a political identity.”

The New York Times Discovers Biden’s A Liar

H/T: Calculus of Decay

YouTube restricts video of Dems, critics saying 2016 election was hacked — then backtracks

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

YouTube cracked down on a video compilation of Democrats and media pundits questioning the legitimacy of former President Donald Trump’s 2016 election victory – then overturned the move amid backlash on Thursday.

YouTube restricts video of Dems, critics saying 2016 election was hacked — then backtracks

Don’t they understand that The Capitol is a “temple of democracy”?! /s

Steve Bannon at the head of the new Mont-Pelerin society: How can neo-fascism be neo-liberal?

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

BY RODRIGO LUGONES – 09-23-2022

The ideologue of Trumpism promotes a right-wing movement that aims to reorient the political and economic management of the world towards an extreme liberal right.

Steve Bannon at the head of the new Mont-Pelerin society: How can neo-fascism be neo-liberal? (Original in Spanish)

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Bannonism

Article was “fact-checked” by me. Everything checked out, except that Nina Rosenwald founded the Gatestone Institute. Although, Rebekah Mercer was on the Board of Governors.

FACTSHEET: GATESTONE INSTITUTE (archived)

In 2016, Gatestone partnered with The Rebel, a Canadian media company “with a history of bigotry and anti-Semitism,” to produce a series of 12 “cross-branded videos.” The videos feature “misinformation expert” Daniel Pipes and Geert Wilders, and promote “paranoid, apocalyptic far-right themes vilifying Muslims and refugees.” A 2017 article in The Independent, found that Gatestone was one of two “US right-wing foundations” that have sponsored Wilders’ trips to America.

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Between 2014-2016, the Mercer family foundation, run by Rebekah Mercer, contributed $250,000 to Gatestone. In April 2017, journalist Eli Clifton revealed that “Mercer had been listed as a member of the board of governors” of Institute. Following inquiries from news outlets, Gatestone deleted any mention of Mercer on its board.