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Thursday, August 08, 2024

Donald Trump's campaign promise to create a national Bitcoin stockpile with cryptocurrency held by the US government alarmed former prosecutors, who said it would divert seized digital assets that otherwise would be used to compensate victims of crime. read more


Just months after Louisville mother, Sarah Holm, 41, was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer for a second time, her 11-year-old son jack was also diagnosed with a different form of cancer after experiencing pain in his left shin. read more


Suspected foreign state-backed actors and UK domestic extremists have coalesced online to stoke racism and incite violence across the UK, taking advantage of platforms from TikTok to the messaging service Telegram. read more


Valentina Gomez made national headlines this year after using a flamethrower to destroy LGBTQ-inclusive library books. read more


New York Times Co. reported second-quarter earnings that beat analysts' expectations, as the company continues to grow its subscriber count. read more


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The wealthy purchasing fmr Pres Trump. ...

Examples...

Trump's TikTok ban reversal comes after meeting megadonor who has stake in TikTok
abcnews.go.com

Trump defends Bud Light ahead of fundraiser hosted by Anheuser-Busch lobbyist
ny1.com

Between Attacks on Electric Cars, Trump Says They're Incredible'
www.nytimes.com

Elon Musk Has Said He Is Committing Around $45 Million a Month to a New Pro-Trump Super PAC
www.wsj.com

@#Z56 ... I give you facts, you are emotionally involved. ...

Your current alias provides links to Mr Musk's site that seems to encourage hate speech and misinformation.

So, how does your current alias justify that phlegm as fact?

Or maybe, just maybe, your current alias is so embedded in the world of MAGA alternative facts that it has not a clue what an actual fact (reality) is?


Alternative facts
en.wikipedia.org

... "Alternative facts" was a phrase used by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway during a Meet the Press interview on January 22, 2017, in which she defended White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's false statement about the attendance numbers of Donald Trump's inauguration as President of the United States. When pressed during the interview with Chuck Todd to explain why Spicer would "utter a provable falsehood", Conway stated that Spicer was giving "alternative facts". Todd responded, "Look, alternative facts are not facts. They're falsehoods."[1]

Conway's use of the phrase "alternative facts" for demonstrable falsehoods was widely mocked on social media and sharply criticized by journalists and media organizations, including Dan Rather, Jill Abramson, and the Public Relations Society of America. The phrase was extensively described as Orwellian, particularly in reference to the term doublethink. Within four days of the interview, sales of George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four had increased 95-fold, which The New York Times and others attributed to Conway's use of the phrase, making it the number-one bestseller on Amazon.com.[2] ...

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