October 14, 2024 | Misinformation, Disinformation, and Lies in 2024

TALKIN’ POLITICS 

First: WE HAD THIS THE WHOLE WAY

ABORTION > Inflation https://apnews.com/article/younger-women-abortion-survey-c8c504a7b9b5a92b4c101a57a3e3a4dc

HEARTLAND

1. Missouri - Mike Kehoe won’t acknowledge 2020 election results any longer 
   1. https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article293616364.html
   2. Same basic lines as Vance -https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/11/us/politics/vance-trump-2020-election-results.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
2. This is made more interesting since the available polling shows Kehoe in enough of a lead that he could just do nothing and likely win the race https://www.270towin.com/2024-governor-polls/missouri
3. Gateway pundit takes down LIES 
4. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/gateway-pundit-defamation-lawsuit-election-workers
5. Ashcroft at election security summit - I’m sure it’s definitely focused on fairness right?https://missouriindependent.com/2024/10/10/midwest-secretaries-of-state-host-election-security-and-integrity-summit-in-nebraska/
6. Meanwhile… Josh Hawley has embraced the lavish life of private jets he once used to campaign against McCaskill https://www.threads.net/@lucaskuncemo/post/DBB8UBDOy-D?xmt=AQGzAnm4nh7Oig3Yfg01939kHdDrBKEg_UCiaSpP_wdN9A

NATIONAL

1. National -Republicans lies about FEMA response 
   1. Obama not having it (clip) https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/11/politics/video/barack-obama-pittsburg-speech-donald-trump-misinformation-digvid?cid=ios_app
   2. AID WORKERhttps://x.com/bradbeauregardj/status/1844462907704172699?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA
2. Trump and MAGA claims about funding for relief being used for migrants is the epitome of nationalistic xenophobia - and was a total lie
   1. https://www.npr.org/2024/10/07/nx-s1-5144159/fema-funding-migrants-disaster-relief-fund
3. Fox News pushing major lies:
   1. https://x.com/decodingfoxnews/status/1844598082719072588?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA
4. People REJECTING help from FEMA
   1. https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/man-says-father-in-law-refusing-all-fema-help-because-of-trump-221374533846
   2. The lies are causing at least some rift with GOPhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/10/hurricane-helene-republicans-trump/
5. Harris doing media, including town hall, seems like she had a very good week amid the chaos 
   1. Guardian op Ed: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/12/a-week-in-a-swing-state-taught-me-a-lot-about-the-maga-cult-and-gave-me-hope-for-kamala-harris-pennsylvania
6. From the great Dr. Tim Snyder, on why fascists are able to use lies to their vast (and FWIW historical) advantage: https://snyder.substack.com/p/from-the-storm-to-the-stormtroopers
7. Musk is helping Trump by censoring Twitter after buying Twitter to allegedly allow for free speech 
   1. https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-censors-jd-vance-leak-goes-full-tilt-for-donald-trump
8. And here is why I remain optimistic (clip)
   1. https://x.com/atrupar/status/1844765778865782934?s=46&t=mukZUfs5M_R3E9tAHIu-GA

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