Information Warfare Education, Propaganda, and How to Tell the Difference

Is it illegal - where is the crime?
For every coincidence you bring up about Clinton or whoever, I can bring up 10 about Trump.
You are completely blind to one and micro aware of the other.

Do I think politics is a dirty business ACROSS THE BOARD? Yes, of course I do.
Who completely upended that board to make any other slight coincidence seem absurdly minor? Trump

Something we agree on here Mr. Bennett.

You do realize that before being elected President of the United States, Trump had never held an elected office. Whilst rubbing elbows with power brokers, he was far from a political “insider”. He was not an RNC player, nor DNC, nor Beltway broker.

His primary platform issues were:

  • Not a Clinton
  • America First
  • Drain the Swamp - this was a direct mandate by the people to clean up the DOJ, FBI, and all the Agencies which supposedly are apolitical. To think that these Agencies cannot put up resistance to change, to direction would be naive - wouldn’t you agree?

Trump was wealthy before entering politics and no one has shown that he used his position as President to increase his wealth. What they have shown is Trump was/is an asshole and a complete ass clown when he spoke publicly. But he was an authentic asshole, an authentic ass clown speaker. He’s aggressive on his taxes, in negotiations and in politics. Some consider this a trait desirable in their leaders, as long as they are working issues important to us. To snag from your other thread, he showed Fierce Compassion for a huge portion of the population that elite Democrats publicly denigrated time and time again.

One primary concern that many Americans have with the DNC Apparatchik is that most have never worked in “industry”, yet coincidentally become millionaires while “serving the country”. Obama’s, Clinton’s, Biden’s all developed significant wealth while in office. Is it illegal? Maybe, maybe not. Is it dirty business fueled by dirty politics? Many say yes.

Carry on Brother Bennett! Keep stir schizle up and getting people to think.

No, no, no no no - That is NOT NOT NOT NOT Fierce compassion.

Aggression is not anywhere near what I meant when I said fierce compassion, and it is nowhere near close to what any of the post I linked to were talking about.

So now the Parents of school children are Anti-Gay Household Tyrants?
No narrative spinning here folks. Just a bunch of Fierce Mothering going on :slight_smile:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/02/republican-parental-rights-push-harms-kids.html

Yes - Trump is a wealthy snake oil salesman, yes. For decades many billionaires have appealed to the myth that a good businessman would of course be a good president. Fortunately Trump debunked this myth and any future Businessperson will face an uphill battle using that argument. And I am glad for that. Sales is not Government and Government is not sales.

Trump failed in his biggest campaign promises, and it’s just strange to me that MAGA is doubling down on the most irrelevant one. “Not Clinton” was irrelevant against Biden, and will again be irrelevant in 2024.
The swamp got deeper under Trump, far from drained.
“America First” is a petty, small minded America and completely the wrong direction for a “Great” country. Our country became great through helping the world - first through massive immigration and then through helping Europe in WWI and WWII. America First goes directly against what made America Great, and why the world looked up to the US before but not now. Trump busted the illusion across the world that Americans were well intentioned and something a little “special”. In the 1990’s when I traveled abroad most people in most countries were happy to meet me and have a drink with me only because I am American. That diminished somewhat with George W’s lie about WMD, and now after Trump it’s considerably less.

I think you use authentic in a much different way than I do.

And clearly the majority disagree. A small majority, but that is what we use to decide what path we follow. He lost his second election because he was found lacking as a leader. That’s all there is to that story, and the more convoluted the argument to ignore that basic fact, the easier it is to debunk the convoluted arguments.

It could be said that people who are to aggressive negotiators are not actually negotiators. Trump has techniques that work only when he has a great deal of leverage. Without superior leverage, his aggressive techniques fail - as we see with China and Iran.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/05/08/iran-advances-nuclear-program-withdrawal-jcpoa/

Far from drained yes. What did you see that makes you think the swamp got deeper?

Ah, what’s 200,000 unverified mail-in ballot signatures in Arizona… Doesn’t actually “prove” anything so nothing really to see here.

RUMBLE: per MediaBias/Factcheck

Reasoning: Propaganda, Conspiracy, Poor Sourcing, False Information, Lack of Transparency
Bias Rating: FAR-RIGHT
Factual Reporting: LOW
Country: Canada (14/180 Press Freedom)
Media Type: Website/Video
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: LOW CREDIBILITY

Lol. Rumble is a platform for users to publish their content.

Question is if specific content is not factual, biased…

Yes, NOTHING to see here except people who either do not understand what “scientific” mean, or are deliberately misusing the word.
There are absolutely zero SCIENTIFIC studies that prove anything about the election.
WHY? you ask?
Because Scientific means all the data has to be open for peer review - or it is not a scientific study.

@FermentedAgave - you can post all the bullshit stories you want
Bullshit proves nothing

Now about the swamp:
The Democratic party is a certain kind of swamp. To me it reminds me of the “Union” swamp, where you pay extra taxes (union dues) for something you don’t need, and people get put into paid positions to promise they will do things but when push comes to shove they “negotiate” and get basically the same deal they’d get or worse if there was a completely free market.
Ok, it sucks, and I don’t join any unions and have avoided careers where Union membership is required.

Now the 2022 Republican swamp is another matter entirely. It’s ruled by a single despot who demands complete fealty. I’ll call this the mafia swamp. If you voice dissent you get taken out and shot (not literally but it’s well established Trump destroys Republicans who don’t kiss his ass). Then just a reminder that many people in Trump’s administration, even cabinet members are convicted felons. Not accused - convicted. Guilty. Oh, then he pardoned some and one of them tried to overthrow the election. So he was convicted - pardoned by Trump - then again tried to overthrow the election. WOW. There is absolutely NOTHING like this on the side of the Democratic party, not even close.

I don’t want to spend two hours going on and on about Trump’s swamp, but I could. I could write as long as I wanted to and still only show the partial story - and these are not accusations or fantasy, but things that have been determined to be true in courts of law and so on.

@FermentedAgave

Yes, lol. The question is, why would anyone with reputable, credible material choose to publish on a platform like this

Google has a habit of tagging or removing election discussions.

It may also be posted on YouTube. I haven’t checked. I thought you might like his grinder comment. You could use as a sound bite against the cybernija audit.

Are you following the NY redistricting . Now that’s a doozy with up to 8 seats impacted.
Nadlers district is comical.

The question remains, why would anyone with reputable, credible material publish on a platform known for its low factual reporting, propaganda, conspiracy, poor sourcing, false information, and lack of transparency?

I’m not totally up to date on NY redistricting, but I do remember something about Nadler being in trouble, right?

Going full circle here.

Rumble is a YouTube alternative so conservative topics are not blocked, flagged, or deprioritized as disinformation.
Google and Media companies fund the fact checkers.

Or perhaps it’s another paranoid Qanon conspiracy. Lol

I don’t know what’s up with Nadler. They are using the term Jerrymandering in his honor. Some say it’s so bad might go to scotus.

Dug into Rumble a bit. Seems it’s funded by JD Vance (Hillbilly Elegy author, Ohio Senate candidate) and Billionaire Peter Thiel (PayPal w Musk, Facebook, VC, major funder of Majors AZ and Vance OH senate runs).
Not much of a secret. Also noticed that you and Coreys fav arbiter of worthiness doesnt rate YouTube or google.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumble_(website)

Youtube doesn’t publish content, nor does Google.
They allow other people to publish in their space.
Facebook and Twitter don’t publish articles, either.

At most companies like yahoo might “aggregate” or “curate” articles (two separate things).
With these points, it’s well known not to trust anything on Youtube just because it is on Youtube, and don;t trust anything just because it comes up in google’s “News” tab

Wait, wait, wait … The author of the article claims he invented email, lmao.

Ok, I guess people can decide what they want to believe about his authority from there.
Was email invented as part of the early internet in 1971 and part of a DOD project that later became the internet?
Or did a 14 year old invent it in 1978 in his parent’s small business?

Same with Rumble. It’s a platform like YouTube.

I’m building some overhead storage. There are some scary DIY examples on YouTube .

Oddly “the benevolent authorities” don’t rate Google or YouTube search prioritization and censoring. But hey if you’re paying the bills it gives you some “benefit of the doubt”. Lol

I laughed at that too. Google backs him up… Seems Shiva wrote 50k lines of the first email code and does have official recognition for invention. He’s no Democratic Environmenal private 727 Warrior. Lol

On the Big Tech topic, Cruz vowed to breakem all up in a fiery CPAC speech today. Will take a Rep in WH so either Trump gets in via Speaker of House after Biden/Harris Impeachments or 2024 election.