They’re so close to getting it. [www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/b...](
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Benny Johnson, a right-wing podcaster, has enjoyed rare access and promotion from the Trump administration.
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He Plagiarized and Promoted Falsehoods. The White House Embraces Him.
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Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President'...
 ) & @npub1aj3y...tpqr shows further evidence of positive impact of prebunking This is why EIP wrote What to Expect rumor guides for certain periods in elections! And it’s why election deniers reframe this as “brainwashing” [www.science.org/content/arti...](https://www.science.org/content/article/trust-elections-rises-after-inoculations-meant-preempt-false-fraud-claims ) [Trust in elections rises after...](https://www.science.org/content/article/trust-elections-rises-after-inoculations-meant-preempt-false-fraud-claims )
They were mid-tier players known for being contrarians. They were given power because of loyalty, not competency. So now, they lie: CDC didn’t insist schools close — decisions were local. The CDC didn’t “push cloth masks for three years” — but their idiot base has retconned that into reality. RE:
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Your asshole uncle who never stops bringing up the one time you forgot to send a thank you card. RE:
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The Independent (@the-independent.com)
Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: ‘He should show more gratitude to the United States’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/ame...
🌱 outdoor garden is good and all - peak okra time and some squash, planted beets - but hydroponics are doing *amazing* rn. I’ve never done shishito before so I’m not sure when to harvest but there are 4 dozen on 2 plants…Bok Choi, basil, thai basil, Thai eggplant not pictured. The 🍆 is oddly pale… https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreia7g7j2obzthlcb64ntzsdrsy3zmsx3vfzmhzlgj3ff3x3aqxrnhq https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreidq3l6oxd5oynzacfc6u447pbdl2z7b3zgjjq7rndmg5eduupb5sq https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreicdq27qr6atuw5dx4p6jwetkz2vtflc7ppz3yeoy6ezw64oxigkpu https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifjkgvvrjrva4zyrgcolhpqpjfv76bkle6v2ecwhriwm5w52itqxa
Body double? Clone? Robot? RE:
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Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social)
Trump was spotted this morning in a white polo, MAGA hat and black pants as he heads to a golf course in Virginia, per pool
It’s worth looking at the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program data tables. It’s all very transparent; anyone with a basic grasp of statistics comes away with an increased sense that vaccines are safe and effective. Antivax propaganda, however, tells *stories*. [www.hrsa.gov/vaccine-comp...](
Vaccine Injury Compensation Data | HRSA
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Ah, what a loss of talent in public service. Dr. Demetre was a fantastic communicator during monkeypox -- he briefly became notorious w/the right wing machine bc he had an instagram showing him out living his life. 🙄 Lysenko purged thousands in the Soviet Union; RFK is his intellectual heir. RE:
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Aaron Fritschner (@fritschner.bsky.social)
It won’t fit in screen shots but linking here the full letter of resignation posted by one of the departing CDC officials, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis...
Loyalty over legitimacy in every agency https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreieyt7mgilp3hstfyidlcevvlnfqqpkhioblk6tpvrvv5zxldf5bti https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifjnm2qzqunmvwuwv4aivlwxunyjioqjw6anwsahikughepcl3wy4
Literally everything about this is depressing [www.wired.com/story/dark-m...](
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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it sec...
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A Dark Money Group Is Secretly Funding High-Profile Democratic Influencers
An initiative aimed at boosting Democrats online offers influencers up to $8,000 a month to push the party line. All they have to do is keep it sec...
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