@davidfrum Propaganda to be effective requires a perceived as legitimate validating source.
By co-opting perceived as legitimate validating sources, propagandists are able to bypass natural skepticism and suspend disbelief. Done effectively people believe even the most unlikely things.
@amandacarpenter Senators must learn how to speak with their voters enough to overcome the noise from Fox News and NewsMax.
Those companies are owned by billionaires who emphasize news that benefits billionaires.
@JonathanTurley What do you propose? Further, what will voters do if Trump seizes ballots from federal post offices? I’m disabled and often vote by mail.
@StephenMoore If the corruption is curtailed things could get better. There are a lot of good ideas. One good thing Trump is doing is forcing universities to share intellectual property funded by tax payers. That needs to be expanded to include both the defense industry and the tech industry
@SenJohnKennedy It hasn’t made things worse. It’s just that it hasn’t been a great plan. But:
HERE’S AN IDEA - PUT A BETTER PLAN IN PLACE BEFORE TRYING TO GET RID OF IT!!!
Where is the promised Republican plan? We’ve been waiting 8 years.
@GuntherEagleman Everybody seems to have forgotten that Trump was a Democrat. If they’re investigating Democrats mixed up with Epstein he’s on the list.
@truestorybro77@BasedMikeLee we don’t have pure democracy. We have representative democracy with separate branches of government. This is design to prevent the problems noted. Those problems are made worse by dictatorship. Which is why Trump merging Republicans across all branches is of great concern
@craigmelvin Craig, you did a segment today with an emergency car kit with jumper cables; plastic tire traction pieces for getting a car unstuck, etc. ***Why don’t you offer that kit for sale on your shopping segment?” *** If that specific kit doesn’t exist get with ACE Hardware make one.
New evidence supporting Shroud of Turin is too strong to ignore, says journalist https://t.co/KB69vsSjly via @catholic_weekly It surprises me people don’t realize radiation changes Carbon 14 dates. We have items from nuclear sites that date thousands of years into the future.
@tribelaw Unless he changes the constitution he only has this term. Why would he care about anything? He’ll do what he wants. It’s only a matter of time before he disbands the entire congress. Don’t be surprised. This was the intention all along.
@AshTruthReturns@ChuckGrassley Look at my pinned post on propaganda. If one knows how to deploy it, propaganda is incredibly effective.
Dem leaders can be a elitist & fail to recognize & act against a new style polymorphic threats. So, they lost. They’ll either adapt or continue losing until they do.
@AshTruthReturns@ChuckGrassley Yep. Ever since 2016. However, this time, it was the Democrats to lose and they lost.
The Dems had every opportunity to counter Russian propaganda. They chose not to. So, I’m not happy about Russia’s attack but even more angry the Dems were completely ineffective against it.
@ruthboopies You’re just plain wrong about that. The wealthy, business class overwhelmingly supported Trump.
That’s not necessarily bad. If Trump does remove a lot of the silly & overburdensome regulations, plus gives tax cuts it could grow the economy substantially. We’ll know soon.
@AshTruthReturns@ChuckGrassley Technically it was Russian propaganda using Fox News, Sinclair & others to validate lies. Plus, Trump who knows how to communicate with many voters.
The failure of Dems to recognize the effectiveness of that method for propaganda & take steps to stop it was frustrating.
@ChuckGrassley You won, congratulations. Now I hope you’ll get back to helping your great state and the nation.
They’re young, it’s difficult to process a loss. Particularly when the risk can be so high. Things could improve or get much worse. Trump is unique in American politics.
@elonmusk When will you realize Trump can declare all your proprietary technology as security interest of the US, classify everything & take it from you? If you complain, Trump can take away your clearance & remove you from your own work. Careful what you wish for. Big money.