An over 3-year US #Senate #Intelligence Cmte investigation found in 2020 that #Russia used Republican political operative #PaulManafort, the WikiLeaks website & others to try to influence the #2016election to help Trump's campaign.
"The leader of the gang is President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama," #Trump said, saying without evidence that Obama's actions were treason.
#RevengePolitics #propaganda #disinformation #misdirection #JeffreyEpstein #rapist #CoverUp
"Based on what I read, & I read pretty much what you read, it would be President Obama, he started it. And Biden was there with him. And (former FBI director James) Comey was there, & (former intelligence director James) Clapper, the whole group was there. (Former CIA director John) Brennan, they were all there in a room, right here," #Trump said, without adding any detail.
#RevengePolitics #propaganda #disinformation #misdirection #JeffreyEpstein #rapist
When asked in the Oval Office about the #JeffreyEpstein case, #Trump quickly pivoted into an attack on President Barack #Obama.
He referred to his *#intelligence* director #TulsiGabbard's allegations about Obama's handling of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
#Russia's #ElectionInterference was detailed in an early 2017 US intelligence report.
"Whether it's right or wrong it's time to go after people," Trump said.
@w7voa
#metaworry #misdirection : chemtrails edition
Ketchup Entertainment Acquires Thriller ‘Misdirection’ Starring Frank Grillo, Olga Kurylenko & Oliver Trevena
#Acquisitions #FrankGrillo #KetchupEntertainment #KevinLewis #Misdirection #OlgaKurylenko #OliverTrevena
https://deadline.com/2025/05/ketchup-entertainment-acquires-misdirection-frank-grillo-1236405062/
Also... it seems most/all of the masked "black-baggers" are #HSI agents, not the usual #ICE "Enforcement and Removal Operations" #ERO officers. ?!?
Apparently HSI stands for "Homeland Security Investigations". There is very little objective info on their involvement online. (I treat all .gov info on this topic as suspect.)
Based on bits of reporting I've heard, these are *investigators* and not enforcers. I assume using them as the equivalent of secret police is a tactical move by #DHS to misdirect and obfuscate.
Whoever they are, they should be in uniform with proper ID plainly visible!
Buns up Buttercup
Pump and Dump Rump is spreading
Economies cheeks
Insert a consumption tax
Rich peoples wet dream come true
#tanka #TankaThursday #haiku #tariffs #misdirection #WetDream #FooledAgain #FlatTax #TankaTheEcomomy #BoomBoomOutGoTheLights
Deception, Obfuscation & Misdirection
This is a concatenation of posts I originally made in 2016-2017--even more relevant today...
Most are familiar with the concept of #FUD—short for #Fear, #Uncertainty & #Doubt. It summarizes a strategy often used in marketing and political propaganda. Its effects are pernicious, divisive and lead to exploitation. Examples abound. Fear is a strong motivator! To resist FUD one must understand how it is practiced using the principles of #Deception, #Obfuscation and #Misdirection.
https://mdpaths.com/rrr/commentary/deception_obfuscation_misdirection/index.html
#Lies #Liars #TrumpLies #Trump #Authoritarianism #Media #GeorgeOrwell #HannahArendt #Disinformation
Starting to feel like #tarrifs are #misdirection. What's in the hand we're not watching?
Meanwhile, in Florida, home of the #GQP #TrumpVirus #cult.... eh
https://twitter.com/drmikenyc/status/1893027853031068083
#disinformation #doublespeak #seniors #healthcare #Florida #mendacity #misdirection
Cybersecurity and the Art of Misdirection
https://youtu.be/7tBMGoK--tk #cybercrime #fraudsters #threatactors #misdirection #psychology #socialengineering #fraud
1. To see how the magician does the trick, do not follow the misdirection.
2. Throwing spaghetti against wall is not always to see whether it sticks.
In the United States and the United Kingdom there is currently a lot of noise and a lot of #misdirection.
As a famous chess player once observed:
“The point of modern #propaganda isn't only to #misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your #criticalthinking, to annihilate #truth.”
Looking critically at #Trump's flurry of #ExecutiveOrders
https://emptycity.substack.com/p/looking-critically-at-trumps-flurry
Lie, or Misdirection?
When the doctor says, “this isn’t going to hurt”…….
……and then it hurts.
Is that a lie or is it just some clever misdirection?
Threatening to take over Greenland, Canada or Panama.
The #misdirection strategy looks like this: when you want to flood the news cycle—pick a theoretical, cultural issue, position it as a threat, throw it out to the public, and let them fight it out. The idea is to incite a strong theoretical debate and distract from action—or inaction— on something more meaningful. It’s classic ‘misdirection’, and a tactic used across the political spectrum. ~ Rebecca Mitchell
https://www.elle.com.au/culture/politics/misdirection-political-strategy-explained/
Threatening to take over Greenland, Canada or Panama.
The #misdirection strategy looks like this: when you want to flood the news cycle—pick a theoretical, cultural issue, position it as a threat, throw it out to the public, and let them fight it out. The idea is to incite a strong theoretical debate and distract from action—or inaction— on something more meaningful. It’s classic ‘misdirection’, and a tactic used across the political spectrum. ~ Rebecca Mitchell
https://www.elle.com.au/culture/politics/misdirection-political-strategy-explained/
As a sociologist who studies political rhetoric and, more important, as a magician, Trump is misdirecting us. As Gary Kurtz, a prominent Canadian magician put it, misdirection “has nothing to do with distraction” and “everything to do with controlling audience attention at all times.”
Equally do those troubled over and over again by #Trump’s lies fail to appreciate what he intuitively understands: the power of #misdirection and #illusion. ~ Barry Glassner
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-glassner-trump-magician-misdirection-20190419-story.html
As a sociologist who studies political rhetoric and, more important, as a magician, Trump is misdirecting us. As Gary Kurtz, a prominent Canadian magician put it, misdirection “has nothing to do with distraction” and “everything to do with controlling audience attention at all times.”
Equally do those troubled over and over again by #Trump’s lies fail to appreciate what he intuitively understands: the power of #misdirection and #illusion. ~ Barry Glassner
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-glassner-trump-magician-misdirection-20190419-story.html
