#citizens journalism

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[justinspoliticalcorner]

Alex Nguyen at Mother Jones:

Long gone are the innocent days when media outlets claimed the independence and nuance of the politics of Elon Musk. Now, amid myriad X posts spreading far-right propaganda on immigrants, trans people, and, well, just about any other topic, it has become obvious where one of the richest men in the world stands. This week, there was more proof that Musk has put his money where his mouth has been. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Musk poured tens of millions of dollars into Republican campaigns and conservative groups even before he publicly endorsed Donald Trump in July. Conservatives helped conceal Musk’s contributions through so-called social welfare or “dark money” groups that do not have to disclose their donors and can raise unlimited funds. (Musk did not respond to the Journal’s request for comment.) One piece of reporting stood out. The newspaper found that the tech billionaire donated more than $50 million in 2022 for campaign advertisements by Citizens for Sanity, a group connected to former Trump aide Stephen Miller and his non-profit America First Legal, which bills itself as “the long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”  Ties to Miller back in 2022 illuminate Musk’s current penchant for posting about immigrants. Musk has increasingly aligned himself with xenophobic anti-migrant plans and trans hysteria championed by Miller within the Trump administration. 

[...] In recent months, Musk’s posts have sunken to lies of mass voter fraud to help Trump win. As I reported, the billionaire recently posted a rant about how Democrats are the true threat to democracy by fast-tracking asylum seekers for citizenship so that they can vote in swing states. Simple fact-checking finds that asylum seekers are not being flown to battleground states, are not being given a facilitated citizenship process, and are not being allowed to vote—it is all false.  As we previously noted, these statements fall within the 2024 iteration of the Republicans’ “Big Lie.” If Trump loses in November, then Democrats stole the election through noncitizen voters.  Musk has also directly aligned himself with Trump, founding a super PAC called America PAC to get 800,000 people to vote for the former president in key battleground states. According to the Guardian, Trump’s ground operation in swing states are now mostly outsourced to America PAC, and Business Insider said that Musk is now shelling out millions to Republicans in 15 competitive House races. Yesterday, Politico reported that America PAC was teaming up with Turning Point Action, the political advocacy division of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA, to fund hundreds of “ballot chasers” in Wisconsin. 

A Wall Street Journal reports that right-wing X owner Elon Musk has been funding anti-immigrant propaganda, including funding $50M to right-wing group linked to Stephen Miller called Citizens For Sanity (or more accurately, Citizens For Insanity).

[angel-cryptid]

I'm going to sleep now. Sweet dreams, sweethearts. And good luck to my American siblings and outsiders.

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

If the general populace can learn to recognize advanced propaganda and mass-scale mind control technology as it is deployed, then people will both be able to see through and consequently become much more resistant to these methods and technologies.

Read More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/be-the-change/citizen-journalism-as-disruptive-technology

#TheFreeThoughtProject #TFTP

[fancyschmancyopinions]

SOFIA CARSON at the 2022 Global Citizens Festival in New York City on September 24th 2022 wearing ZUHAIR MURAD

I really liked this look from Sofia. The pattern used really reminded me of Moschino from last season. I thought this was a really great look for the event. I loved that the pattern had a lot of different jewels throughout it, the pattern wasn’t totally symmetrical. I think the colors in the jewels looked great against the black fabric. I also love that the pattern was on not only the dress, but also the shoes. It was a great look in my opinion.

[aryomengrande]

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[wutbju]

Church Leaders Defend The Southern Viewpoint

Presbyterian Group Says Force Is Indefensible 

“There is nothing morally wrong in a voluntary recognition of racial differences. Voluntary alignments can be both natural and Christian," say 44 Southern Presbyterian leaders in the Southern Presbyterian Journal.

"Many feel that forced segregation cannot be justified on Christian or legal grounds." says the article signed by prominent educators, ministers and laymen in the April 11 issue. "Others feel just as strongly that forced integration is equally indefensible."

Says the article, "A congregation should not be characterized as Christian or un-Christian by reason of the fact that it is either interracial or not interracial. In such choices Christians can wisely exercise personal preferences."

The 44 Presbyterians say the problem has three aspects -- legal rights, spiritual values, and social implications -- which "should not be confused."

Do you know who was responsible for nudging the Southern Presbyterians away from these perspectives?

Billy Graham in conversations with his father-in-law, L. Nelson Bell.

[fidjiefidjie]

"Journal 📰 : indispensable pour apprendre à lire, à écrire, et à médire." 🗞

Guillaume Renoux

Gif movie :Citizen Kane/ Orson Welles

[rexscanonwife]

Tbh I don't know if I'm just tired or busy but I don't have a ton of specific thoughts to share about my ship with Luigi, I'm just rotating him in my mind atm

[as-is-nyc]

As = Asperger’s also known as ASD now. I still identify As(is). Idgaf who has what to say about it. I have resting bitch face, resting bitch voice and resting bitch body.

[yuukimiyas]

I’VE GOT THIS ACHING!!! THATS TAKEN OVER!!! EVERYDAY IT KEEPS ON GETTING A LITTLE WORSE!! (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

[solitarelee]

Technology side of Tumblr would it be possible/plausible to create a bot with the sole purpose of scraping the net for un-paywalled versions of news articles. This isn't about the morality of that, I'm just curious as to whether or not that's something that's even possible.

[thebotanicalarcade]

Betty J. Meysenburg shown in Botany Boutique, a Columbus flower shop owned by her and John Meysenburg, who died April 19, 1984. Photo dated April 20, 1984.

[loweredreality]

Doja Cat Fucked My Dog

This isn't a situation I enjoy talking about. There is no clear narrative here, no easy good guys and bad guys in the story. My dog Arthur knew what he was getting into when he booped his snoot into her no-no parts, despite what he might claim now. You see, Arthur had watched all of her music videos, he was a big fan. And that was why I took him to her concert in the first place.

He had begged me to take him. He barked whenever one of her videos autoplayed in the background after the YouTube videos about sodium phosphate that I was interested in ended. You see, Arthur is a German Shepherd. The White Man of the canine community. He could sense Doja's Hyperborean Fever, even through the digital transmissions and the 5G nanoclouds. He had a talent for sniffing out two things. The first being sistahs who like it sloppy from the sons of Scandinavia, and the second being women who like is knotty. I know, I know, it's probably hard to imagine any dog is so full of himself to think that he is wanted by women who have yet to meet him, but get this, he was right!

When he wore me down and finally got me to pretend he was a service dog in order to get him into Coachella for Doja's performances there, I thought he was going to be humbled, that he was going to be ignored and brought back down to reality. I couldn't have been more wrong. As she shucked and jived, twerked and bounced up there in her tight blue straps, her mocha meat defying any law of gravity that I knew, she kept glancing over to where we were standing in the crowd. Arthur would jump up in the air like he was catching a frisbee each time she did, and after she had finished that one song where she talks about her genitals, she stared directly into Arthur's eyes and made a guttural "Yeee!" sound. It was unmistakable, she wanted to fuck my dog.

I was shocked and concerned. I didn't want it to happen, so I grabbed Arthur's leash and started pulling him away with all my strength. But getting between a dog and some cat, that's difficult. Especially when the cat is coming his way. He fought me, he dug his heels into the ground and growled, and before I could get past the porta potties four armed security guards jumped us. Two of them tackled me to the ground, while the other two fed Arthur some peanut butter treats and led him over to Doja's trailer.

You already know what happened next, it's in the title. Doja fucked my dog and it really annoys me. I know he's not exactly innocent. But celebrities should know better than to engage in bestiality, it sets a bad example for the younger animals out there. They shouldn't have to be made aware of these things so early in their lives just because their favorite musical artists can't go without posting selfies of getting absolutely dominated by German Shepherds on their Instagram accounts. If you're reading this Doja, shame on you! Now anytime one of your videos autoplays in the background, Arthur goes into an absolute rage humping the ground, pillows, everything in sight. This is your fault and I hate you!

[thecirclereports2023]

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