Deception & Misdirection

Deception & Misdirection
The Left’s Censorship Industry: Brazen Advocacy for Censorship
Over the past almost two and a half centuries, faith in the common sense of Americans to make rational judgments—along with the protections of the First Amendment—preempted attempts to “protect”…
by Fred Lucas on November 16, 2023

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The Left’s Censorship Industry: Information Futures Lab
First Draft, launched in 2015 in partnership with the Google News Initiative and Bellingcat, with financial backing from Open Society Foundations. First Draft sought to combat allegations of election irregularities…
by Fred Lucas on November 16, 2023

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The Left’s Censorship Industry: Institutionalized Nonprofits
The Global Disinformation Index isn’t the only private group with tax dollars that targets “disinformation.” The Rand Corporation, one of the oldest and largest think tanks in the United States,…
by Fred Lucas on November 16, 2023

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The Left’s Censorship Industry: Disinformation Conference
In August 2022, multiple organizations on the left gathered in the webinar “Combating Disinformation and Misinformation in 21st Century Social Movement.” Those gathered for the webinar discussed the impact of…
by Fred Lucas on November 16, 2023

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Antifa Money Launderers Fund Jihad Ally
Leaders of the Network for Strong Communities, an Antifa anarchist group that gave tens of thousands of dollars to an advocate for terrorists, including Islamist extremists. Three leaders of the…
by Ryan Mauro on October 5, 2023

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Tammany Hall 2.0: Demos
Activist groups on the Left enjoy using the term “Jim Crow 2.0” to describe almost any election integrity measure, such as voter ID. Under cover of this phony narrative, these…
by Fred Lucas on September 23, 2023

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Tammany Hall 2.0: Priorities USA
Priorities USA has tried to help provide ammunition for the Left’s fake narratives.  Whether organizations are formally partnering with the Biden administration to implement the order weaponizing the federal government…
by Fred Lucas on September 23, 2023

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Tammany Hall 2.0: Arabella Advisors
The Arabella Advisors network raised $1.7 billion in 2020 alone to spend to defeat President Donald Trump, easily the largest amount the organization has raised in any year since it…
by Fred Lucas on September 23, 2023

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Tammany Hall 2.0: Stacey Abrams
Lefty wonks like Demos and Brennan could never fire up the Democrat base the way twice-defeated Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams has after she became the evangelist of voter suppression…
by Fred Lucas on September 23, 2023

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Voter Registration Charities: A Massive, Overlooked Scandal
“Nonprofit voter registration” doesn’t sound interesting. Yet nonprofit voter registration, or the use of tax-exempt charitable organizations to conduct and fund voter registration drives, is one of the most important…
by Parker Thayer on September 20, 2023