Friday, January 30, 2026

Tag: disinformation

Videos contradict DHS claims after fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Bystander footage, witness accounts, and statements from Minnesota officials challenge the Trump administration’s assertion that a 37 year old U.S. citizen committed “domestic terrorism” before being fatally shot by a federal immigration agent.

Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones appeal on Sandy Hook defamation judgments

The Court’s decision leaves in place $1.4 billion in damages for the families of Sandy Hook victims as Jones faces bankruptcy, receivership, and the liquidation of Infowars assets.

Democrat moves to impeach RFK Jr. over HHS turmoil

Michigan congresswoman cites disinformation, research cuts, and advisory shifts at HHS as grounds for impeachment.

RFK Jr.’s health report relies on fake studies and AI-generated fabrications

Trump’s health agenda, led by RFK Jr., is under fire for citing nonexistent sources, using AI hallucinations, and omitting root causes of America’s public health crises.

Progressive International unveils database exposing global right-wing network threatening democracies

This database, which results from a year of meticulous research, exposes the mechanisms through which these forces erode democratic norms and foster geopolitical instability.

What’s driving our epidemic of distrust?

Many failures, in turn, can help explain why the only major institution in American life that Americans trust less than Big Business just happens to be Congress.

Not all ‘self-evident truths’ are created equal. Sleazy propaganda wars on...

The debate isn't whether government should deliver “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” but which self-selected tribe grabs the spoils and which doesn’t.

How the American Legislative Exchange Council turns disinformation into law

State lawmakers introduced nearly 2,900 bills based on ALEC templates from 2010 through 2018. More than 600 of them became law.

The think tank industrial complex: Sowing doubt and disinformation

Without some kind of regulation, unaccountable think tanks will continue to obscure the truth about the issues they present to the public and offer often financially lucrative revolving doors for politicians and policymakers as they leave government service.

How disinformation could sway the 2020 election

In 2016, Russian operatives used Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to sow division among American voters and boost Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. What the...

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Trump attacked Ilhan Omar hours before she was assaulted at Minnesota town hall

The attack followed days of escalating rhetoric and public targeting by the president and his allies.

Why won’t Newsom tax billionaires?

Not only are Californians struggling to make ends meet, they also have to contend with a governor who cares more about billionaires and his own presidential aspirations.

Faith activists are praying with their feet in Minneapolis

I have no doubt that the disciplined, caring and prayerful response of the people to ICE will win.

Senator Cory Booker is wrong—ICE doesn’t need ‘better training,’ ICE needs to be abolished

That being said, it’s the wholesale cowardice of the democratic party that is the cause of this disease—fascism. 

The United States of consumption

Our trash and our lives, here and abroad.