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Not lost on this reader is Howell #Michigan is a sundown town with local Nazis throwing a street fit because of a play about Anne Frank.

Howell is ALSO known as a Michigan original KKK shitty Nazi-town. Look it up.

Coincidence? Nope.

#Veterans #Fascism #Liars #Nazis

"When asked if his concerns had been addressed, Barrett deflected, telling reporters he was excited the secretary had come to visit his district and was committed to his mission of improving the VA."

"Collins similarly deflected when asked how many employees had been fired and rehired as after two federal judges ordered the White House to reinstate more than 24,000 probationary employees let go across 18 government agencies.

“We’re following the courts’ orders,” he said."

michiganadvance.com/2025/03/31

Deception, Obfuscation & Misdirection

This is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...

Most are familiar with the concept of #FUD—short for #Fear, #Uncertainty & #Doubt. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of #Deception, #Obfuscation and #Misdirection.

mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/dec

#TFPeople #Illegal #Wrong #Liars

Andrew Roth at The Guardian:

"It’s unlikely that anyone will be punished. Donald Trump has told his aides that he doesn’t want to give the Atlantic a scalp, and vice-president JD Vance responded forcefully during a trip to Greenland on Friday: “If you think you’re going to force the president of the United States to fire anybody you’ve got another think coming … I’m the vice-president saying it here on Friday: we are standing behind our entire national security team.”

"Trump is to introduce tariffs this week that will probably dominate the news agenda for weeks. And his deputies are out on cable news every day, pushing back at the media for covering the scandal and suggesting that Goldberg somehow sneaked his way into the chat rather than being added directly by Waltz, the national security adviser."

I'm pissed but not surprised: the reason my "neighbors" were so encouraged me to sell my beloved pickup: made the signs, drove it up to the road WASN'T so I wld have enough money to move

It's because they fucking want my second carport parking spot #liars

They have 4 vehicles for the 2 of them and for 20 years have been too #cheap to build a carport

It wasn't an hour after I sold it that she TOLD ME they're moving into my carport

I can't wait to get out of this hell #FuckMaga

"Once Donald Trump said there was nothing to see here, essentially, and once Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe said there was no sensitive information, no classified information, et cetera - we felt like, hm, we disagree," he said. "They're saying that, and we're the ones who have the texts, so maybe people should see them." Jeffrey Goldberg

#usa #politics #war #information #pentagon #military #republicans #liars #dangerous #donaldtrump #impeachment

bbc.com/news/articles/c8rk7vyg

Sarah Smith is doing an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor of The Atlantic.
www.bbc.comJournalist at centre of Trump's Signal chat scandal speaks to BBCJeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor in chief, was mistakenly added to a chat of senior Trump officials. Now he's a political target.

Did YouTube jump the shark and openly start pushing easily countered fictional narratives?

I just listened to a whole thing about the Hackman case that's entirely fictional. It wasn't like I went looking for anything relating to the Hackman case.

2025 is about straight up lying on a global scale using mass media?

'A habitual liar is only as repentant as your ability to see the truth.'

Say this in front of a mirror 3 times. It's so incredibly important.

When they are caught, a habitual liar's only motivation in apologizing is to buy themselves time to figure out a way to not get caught again.

This goes for boyfriends, girlfriends, spouses, politicians and everyone else. Please learn this. Learn it well.

Call the Senators that actually have brains and demand the removal of Schumer as Senate Minority leader. There must be a price to pay for what he's done. I know it feels pointless, but please trust me, it isn't. The rest of the Dem leadership is already pissed off; do your part to push them over the edge.

Oh, and fuck John Fetterman.