Ethan Elgin

[Wasson Watch Co. @WassonWatch]

This is a great example of how propagandists lie.

1 - The Claim:
Former CIA officer, John Kiriakou, says he has a friend who was going to give a speech at Georgia State University, but they sent her the contract in advance, and part of it was a requirement that she "swear allegiance to Israel."

He says that she refused because she doesn't have allegiance to Israel, and that GSU said that she can't be a contractor with them unless she "swears fealty to Israel," and she said "no," so they cancelled her speech. So she sued, and she lost in the Supreme Court of Georgia.

He also goes on to say that all 50 US states give money to Israel, that it's a line item in their budgets.

2 - The Context

First thing you need to know is, who is John Kiriakou? He's a former CIA officer who was fired and arrested for sharing classified information. He spent two years in prison, and after coming out he has worked for Russian State Media enterprises such as RT News. Almost everything he says about the United States is extremely negative, while he gives praise to Russia, Iran, and other enemies of the US.

Now, about the story he told. The "friend" he mentioned is a journalist and filmmaker named Abby martin. And the contract requiring "allegiance" and "fealty" to Israel? Such a contract does not exist. What he's referring to is actually a requirement that individuals and businesses eligible for state contracts may not engage in BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) activities against Israel. The BDS movement, as you may or may not be aware, is a rabidly antisemitic movement led by groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood (ok CAIR essentially is the Muslim Brotherhood) to undermine Israel. Wise individuals, organizations, and governments have recognized that everyone involved in BDS is completely unhinged, and shouldn't be recipients of state contracts.

Oh, and, speaking of CAIR: Kirakou's "friend," Abby Martin, was actually represented by CAIR in the lawsuit.

3 - Unpacking the Lie and its Impact

So the lie is that he said Abby Martin was told to sign a contract that required allegiance to Israel, and that's not what it was at all. She just couldn't be involve in BDS stuff, which is known to be antisemitic and terrorist adjacent at least.

He then just *drops* this non sequitur about all the money that US states give to Israel, calling it a line-item in the budget of all 50 states. That's simply not true. Not only is it not true, it's not even *partly* true. Not one state gives money to Israel. There are states that have investment portfolios (such as for their pensions/retirement benefits etc.) that invest in Israeli bonds, but no money is simply given to Israel. You may wonder why they'd invest in Israeli bonds? Well, because they pay quite well. They typically yield between 0.825% and 1.25% higher than US bonds.

Kiriakou tells his lies with great conviction. There's a basis of truth in each of his lies. Martin did refuse to sign a contract, and it was related to Israel. There is some state money that goes to Israel, though its an investment, not a gift, grant, or foreign aid. Because there are elements of truth, and because he says it with confidence and authority, the average person might just watch the video and move, assuming that everything in it is true.

But it's not just one video. It's hundreds. Thousands.

If someone spends an hour looking at reels per week, it's likely that they'll see a dozen or more anti-Israel videos in that time. All making various claims. None of them true. None of them substantiated. But how many people are pausing those videos and looking up the information? Very few.

And this is exactly how we see entire populations get led into antisemitism. Over the last several years (since 2022) in the US we've gone from 41% of the population having a negative view of Israel to 60%. In 2022 just 10% of Americans had a very unfavorable view of Israel. Now it's 28%.

This is not organic. It's not spontaneous. It's not natural. It is artificial and manufactured, and it's the direct result of dishonest propaganda videos just like this one featuring John Kiriakou.

This evil is causing lasting damage to our nation. Antisemitism is on the rise, sharply. The number of Jewish people choosing to leave the West in general and the US specifically is increasing. As more Jews leave, the likelihood of increased antisemitism goes up, not down, and antisemitism is a mind virus. It breeds insanity. As people are swept up in it they become stupid. If that stupidity grips our nation, it will not only be supremely evil in the impact it has on Jews, but also on the impact it will have on our ability as a people to run a nation with any kind of sanity at all.

Look at the pro-Palestine people, the Rashida Tlaibs, the Ilhan Omars, and the Zohran Mamdanis of the world. They don't love America, or American values. They hate America and American values. The more anti-Israel and antisemitic people become, the more they resembled these un-American psychopaths.

You want to stop the spread of Islam in America? You need to recognize that sowing our nation with hate for Israel and Jews is a major part of the spread of Islam. If you want to defeat Islam, you have to defeat the lies its agents are spreading. You have to reject the lies, and refute them boldly so that others are equipped to do the same.

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[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Your home gets broken into by vagrants while you're away on vacation. They move in. You get home. They won't leave.

You call the police. They come over.

You show them the squatters living in and ruining your house.

The cops go, "Sorry, the only solution is Jesus Christ."

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

It's in the Ten Commandments. Exodus 20:16, "You shall not bear false witness." One of the more well-known verses in all of Scripture, actually.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@C_3C_3 🎯

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

CHARLIE KIRK: “America is a PEOPLE with shared history, values, and geography. You cannot replace Americans with non-Americans and have it still be America.”

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Seems worth emphasizing to the Amy Coney Barrett defenders that while yes she has had some good decisions that I’m grateful for, she has twice this week ensured that American elections will not be secure for Americans.

First, she ruled that ballots that arrive days after election day can be counted (ensuring that malfeasance can occur) and she has now also ensured that any illegal or Chinese national who can get on American soil can then leave this country, raise the child in an atmosphere of communist propaganda, and send them back here to vote in American elections when they are adults.

Both are extremely bad and your Amy Coney Barrett appreciation posts aren’t going to stop me from saying it.

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Parents who:

Pay the mortgage
Keep the house heated and cooled
Feed their children
Take them to the doctors
Give them a good education
Enroll them in sports and extracurriculars
Make sure their kids wear seatbelts in the car
Tell their kids they love them

But then open up their home to literally any foreign immigrants who walk in off the street and say, "These dangerous foreign strangers are family now and will get all the benefits of being our heirs, joining you in the will and receiving your birthright"

Are, in fact, still terrible parents

Because they failed on what matters most: Persevering and passing on the blessings and privileges of what it means to be in the family to their actual posterity

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Terrible birthright decision. End of empire stuff. But it’s not the end of the world, or even America—yet. Vent, disagree, warn about the impending doom, do it all.

Then get back up and work to save our nation while you still can.

“Until death, all defeat is psychological.”

[C. R. Wiley @crwiley1962]

Some Baptist posted, “If you don’t believe drinking alcohol is a sin, unfriend me!”

So I set my glass of bourbon down and did what he asked.

[William Wolfe 🇺🇸 @WilliamWolfe]

Tim Keller preached collective, race-based blood guilt and raging anti-White hatred, cloaked in pious sounding but deeply unbiblical “Christianese,” and his woke defenders will still insist no one can criticize this.

Sorry, no. This is wicked.

[Pastor Rich Lusk @Vicar1973]

One of the biggest mistakes we can make is trying to be kinder than God.

[Michael Foster @thisisfoster]

Pride says, “I am greater than I really am.”

Insecurity says, “I am less than I really am.”

Humility says, “I am what God says I am.”

[Douglas Wilson @douglaswils]

Evolutionary End Products Have No Rights
“We are endowed with our rights by a Creator. If no Creator, then no rights. Put another way, Darwin hates you” (Mere Christendom, p. 147).

[Dusty Deevers @DustyDeevers]

$200,000.

That’s how much dark-money groups have spent attacking me in just the last two weeks.

Why?

Because I stand between them and you.

The Oklahoma City political machine, special interests, and election extortionists want a senator they can control. They want someone who will help them keep the insider deals flowing and keep treating taxpayers like ATMs.

I’ve spent my time defending your freedoms, your family, your values, and your hard-earned money.

They’ve spent their money trying to silence one of the strongest conservative voices in the Oklahoma Senate.

They think voters in Southwest Oklahoma can be manipulated with lies, fear, and endless attack ads.

I think you’re smarter than that.

Watch this video and judge for yourself.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

Also, here are the other meal delivery services owned by same company so you can avoid if you want to.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

I know you guys are used to decades of GOP establishment groveling for your approval. That era is over. You are not special. You do not deserve some special deference for being TV reporters.

We are done letting you set false narratives and I am glad that the president is teaching Republicans how to push back and refuse to accept your framing.

[Joel Webbon @JoelWebbon]

How to save America…

Fair trials.
Blind justice.
Tall trees.
Short ropes.

[Megan Basham @megbasham]

I think what people find frustrating is the trope of it being an idol. I don’t know that young women in their 20s wanting husbands is idolatry. It’s just naturally wanting something good at the appropriate time.

And I think it’s been kind of destructive to continually sell this line that wanting something good at a season of life in which you should want it puts you in great danger of idolatry.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇬🇧 Heartbreaking video of Henry Nowak dropped from friends and family.

The 18-year-old student was stabbed multiple times with a 21cm knife on a night out.

As he laid, police handcuffed him after his attacker cried “racism..."

He passed away.