"Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response to Hurricane Helene.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"If the strategy [of lying] isn’t brilliant, though, and if he has evidence that it in fact lost him an election, why return to it again and again?
I think the answer is that disasters can be a major spur to solidarity and unity—and Trump, as an instinctual gutter fascist, loathes solidarity, and rejects it even when it could plausibly be used to his advantage."
~ Noah Berlatsky
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"Western NC is intensely Republican. So the Trumpy disinformation campaign will disproportionately hurt Trump supporters. That’s malevolent."
~ Doug Heye quoted by Greg Dworkin
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
/7Abbreviated Pundit Roundup: Lies about the Feds make the response harder on the affected areas
Daniel Dale/ CNN: Fact check: Six days of Trump lies about the Hurricane Helene response Former President Donald Trump has delivered a barrage of lies and distortions about the federal response ...
Daily Kos (www.dailykos.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"When Donald Trump started telling conspicuous lies about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, all of MAGA understood the assignment.
His supporters understood they should spread rumors or fabricate anecdotes consistent with Trump’s claims. They should portray their own confusion as government malice or incompetence."
~ Brian Beutler
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism
/8MAGA's Hurricane Helene Lies Are A Trial Run For The Election
The through-line is sowing chaos and hurting people for personal gain.
(www.offmessage.net)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"They should portray their own confusion as government malice or incompetence. They should claim to have witnessed FEMA abandoning Republican-heavy regions and illegal immigrants walking away with relief money first hand. They should even use artificial intelligence technology to fabricate images that reinforce these lies."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Elon Musk and Trump’s other ultra-wealthy supporters understood it as their solemn duty to draw as much attention to these lies as possible."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Keep in mind that this is a test run for November and for the lava of dirty, entirely baseless lies that they will no doubt spread about voter fraud, vote dumps, and ballot harvesting."
~ Brian Tyler Cohen
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk
/11A Flood of Lies
The ongoing battle to reject extremist's policy of disinformation
(plus.briantylercohen.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Those lies will run rampant on Twitter, where Elon will not only do nothing to prevent it—he will spread it widely while looking at himself in the mirror and perhaps quietly sobbing while telling himself that he’s a revolutionary."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Republicans have an entire media apparatus built up to spread their fallacies and fraudulent claims. So treat this as a warning. They will lie about the election like they’re lying about this hurricane. They will sacrifice our democracy just like they’re exploiting this human tragedy. Nothing is sacred to these people other than the consolidation of power. All for themselves."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk #Republicans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"FEMA set up a website to battle misinformation. Some of it comes from the usual suspects, like foreign adversaries such as Russia, seeking to sow mistrust, or professional conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones."
~ Don Moynihan
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans #FEMA #Russia #Putin
/14A Hurricane of Lies
Public servants have a second job now: countering conspiracy theories
(donmoynihan.substack.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by [email protected]
"But many of the lies (that FEMA is only offering $750 to disaster victims, running out of money, that FEMA money has gone overseas) comes directly from the people who could be in charge of the national disaster response next year."
Moynihan then goes on to focus specifically on the lies that Trump and Vance are spreading. It's not just the Russians….#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #ElonMusk #Republicans
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"A unified, well-functioning, democratic society depends on shared understanding of factual reality. But men who are bent on fascistic rule—to consolidate their power and serve their authoritarian interests—are working aggressively and methodically to undermine the public’s capacity to know what is true or false and what is right or wrong."
~ Steven Beschloss
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans
/16Snapshot: Lies, Lies, Lies
Donald Trump, JD Vance and Elon Musk are intensifying their strategy of lying to confuse and enrage voters
(www.americaamerica.news)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Donald Trump is a fascist and he and the Republican Party have put this country on a path towards fascism. If he gets back into power, he will care nothing about governing. All of his energy will be dedicated to grifting and revenge. And most of us aren’t prepared."
~ Mary Trump
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #Republicans
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@wdlindsy
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Holger Fialloreplied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
@wdlindsy Do not need someone to fact check Trump. The man can not tell the true to save his life. Still do not get why there are still undecided. Makes you wander about humans ability to use logic or have a brain. Not even Bella the cat trust him.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"We need to work together to rebuild and recover from a catastrophic disaster like this one - and spreading false information to sow chaos hurts real people. Politicians, billionaires and grifters who peddle lies during a time of crisis should be held accountable."
~ North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, as quoted by Brian Stelter
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Two of North Carolina's largest newspapers — The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer — collaborated on an op-ed published Sunday, publicly condemning Donald Trump's response to Hurricane Helene, which has left over 200 people dead, and an 'untold number of people missing,' according to The New York Times."
~ Maya Boddie
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
/19https://www.alternet.org/north-carolina-newspapers-trump-helene/
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
The editorial says,
"The most unhelpful thing any politician—or anyone else—can do right now is spread misinformation and tell people that their government isn't doing anything to help them. Sowing the seeds of political division is always an unnecessary and tiresome endeavor. But doing so in times of great need, when unity is paramount, is particularly shameful."
#Trump #lies #disinformation #hurricane #Helene #fascism #solidarity #NorthCarolina
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Holger Fiallo last edited by
@HolgerFiallo Yes, I think that fact checker may be Daniel Dale's CNN title, but obviously what's needed here — and what he and Richardson are doing — us pushback against Trump's torrent of lies. I agree with you about the dismal conclusions to be drawn from the number of people still willing to swallow these lies.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to dyanam0 last edited by
@dyanam0 You're right. See Thom Hartmann today on that very point:
Trump’s Death Cult: How the Trauma of COVID Fueled MAGA Madness
The pandemic’s psychological toll and the rise of Trump’s dangerous movement…
(hartmannreport.com)
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Arqtec last edited by
@Arqtec Absolutely. See David Kurtz in his morning greeting piece at TPM today — the section entitled, "And the Grift Goes On."
Right-Wing Election Denialism Reaches An Astonishing New Low
INSIDE: Mike Johnson ... Elon Musk ... Kamala Harris ...
(morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com)