Fight back with this three step tactic straight from their playbook: Connect. Pivot. Counterattack. How do you respond to this gem from Ted Cruz for instance? “Perhaps a woke, emasculated military is not the best idea”, Ted Cruz praised the Russian army over America’s. “Holy crap! Perhaps a U.S. Senator shouldn’t suggest that the *Russian* …
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Don’t fall for it! Learn to recognize the verbal tricks MAGA Republicans use to manipulate you. See if you can spot the tricks used in these twelve recent examples. (Answers below). Here are the tricks to look for: What About-ism: When criticized: say that someone else is worse. It’s a simple way to shrug off criticism …
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Your tax dollars pay politicians’ salaries. Ask hardball questions so they can’t dodge giving you a straight answer. Republicans would rather not talk about their abortion bans. Voting restrictions. Inciting violence against law enforcement agents. Ask hardball questions that are harder for them to evade. CNN host Brianna Keilar confronted Mike Turner, an Ohio Republican, …
How good is your bullshit meter? Find out with this quiz. “The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit”, said Steve Bannon. Flood the zone. Stink up the joint. “This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation.” – CNN It helps to …
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What ads are campaigns being run on Facebook? When? Where? By whom? Explore political advertising across Facebook and Instagram with the free Ad Observatory app from the NYU Cybersecurity for Democracy. You can search by keywords, topic, sponsor, or region. We tried it out to analyze: What ads for abortion rights were getting the most traction? …
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Don’t let trolls hijack conversations. “Refuse to play their game, and insist on a different one entirely—an approach that also helped counter subcultural trolling. George Lakoff suggests reframe the discussion away from what the Trumpists want you to talk about and toward the deeper truths buried within the stories.” – Wired “It is a deliberate strategy. Steve Bannon, the former head …
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Rupert Murdoch’s papers and TV channels have a record of political character assassinations and scandals across the globe. Murdoch’s NEWS CORP has been called a cancer on democracy. See how NEWS CORP profits by pushing right wing politicians in America, Australia and England, and what you can do to fight this ‘cancer’. ‘A cancer on …
‘Flood the zone with shit’ – Steve Bannon Counterprogramming tries to distract public attention (with BS) so people don’t learn about the people behind the Jan 6th insurrection and attempt to topple American democracy. It’s an old trick. “Hillary Clinton was ahead in the polls in every contested state when the Access Hollywood tape dropped. “Just kiss. I …
Facebook sued for selling its users’ personal data for political manipulation. Facebook is accused of stalling news about how it mis-used data while four Facebook directors – Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Marc Andreesen and Peter Thiel sold billions of their Facebook holdings before the stock price slumped. Retirees and regular Facebook shareholders faced billions in …
