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Hunting for the truth in a war where battle lines are so vividly drawn? You might get lucky.

 

Apparently Trump has spent the morning going after Meadows.
Shocker, right?

Hardly knew the guy. He just brought Diet Cokes to the Oval Office. Mark who?

 

Nothing new there, I'm afraid.

Misinformation Was a Problem During the Civil War, Too

On May 18, 1864, U.S. troops marched into lower Manhattan and entered the offices of two key New York City newspapers. Soldiers leveled guns at staff members’ heads. They blocked the doors with bayonets. President Abraham Lincoln had ordered the arrest of the editors and the seizure of the newspapers. That particular May morning, the papers had run a presidential proclamation announcing a draft of 400,000 new soldiers. The problem: Lincoln had issued no such proclamation.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/doc...irresponsible-newspaper-reporters-and-editors

How Woodrow Wilson’s Propaganda Machine Changed American Journalism | History| Smithsonian Magazine

When the United States declared war on Germany 100 years ago, the impact on the news business was swift and dramatic.

In its crusade to “make the world safe for democracy,” the Wilson administration took immediate steps at home to curtail one of the pillars of democracy – press freedom – by implementing a plan to control, manipulate and censor all news coverage, on a scale never seen in U.S. history.

 

Lol. Stealing that

 

His hands are too big.

 

Far (right) Heel

 

"Blinken appeared to be talking about Al Jazeera Arabic, not Al Jazeera English." I would bet that the scripts in Arabic do not match those in English.

 

That's a guy who knows it all. Including which members of Congress were involved in the conspiracy, who had prior knowledge. He was also as close to Trump as anyone through the entire election.

 

Colossally smug

 

GOP speaker nominee Mike Johnson played a key role in efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Kick him to the curb and start over. Again.

 

He didn't flip. That tweet is so outdated. He got limited immunity and was ordered to testify. He's not a cooperating witness.