Hanse Mina
Hanse Mina  ·  last month
Elon #Musk, the world’s richest man and a linchpin of #US space efforts, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir #Putin since late 2022.

At one point, Putin asked the billionaire to avoid activating his #Starlink satellite internet service over #Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, said two people briefed on the request.

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187

#Ukraine#Russia#US#MAGA#GOP#China

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
Judge Tanya #Chutkan will allow #SpecialCouncil#JackSmith to file a 180 page brief laying out all the evidence against Trump in support of the lawsuit against Trump for interfering in the 2020 election.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #obstruction#Jan6#Insurrection#StochasticTerrorism#ElectionInterference#FakeElectors#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#NationalSecurity#TrumpIsAThreatToNationalSecurity#TrumpIsAnInsurrectionist

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
…It’s hard to believe that the members of #TenetMedia “didn’t know” anything about the scheme. In fact, you can watch Pool describe nearly exactly what he engaged in, during a podcast conversation:

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia#DOJ #law #democracy#MediaLiteracy

Pool describes nearly exactly what he engaged in
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The #indictment charges 2 #RussiaToday [#RT] employees w/providing nearly $10M to the #media company that often spouted #Kremlin talking points.

In response to the charges, the pundits & their allies are saying they just didn’t know any better. In fact, they’re the real victims.

🎻

[open your freaking eyes, listen to the widely available intelligence, educate your-damn-self, fools!]

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia #law #democracy

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
“Should these allegations prove true, I as well as the other personalities & commentators were deceived,” Pool wrote.🙄

Johnson echoed the line, writing, “We are disturbed by the allegations in today’s indictment, which make clear that myself & other influencers were victims in this alleged scheme.”

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia#DOJ #law #democracy#MediaLiteracy

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#MAGA#Republicans are more than happy to excuse the #FarRight #influencers at the center of a #RussianPropaganda scheme.

#RightWing influencers like Tim Pool, Dave Rubin, Lauren Southern, & Benny Johnson all worked w/ #TenetMedia, a #Tennessee-based firm that the #DOJ revealed Wed was secretly funded by #Russia#StateMedia employees in “a scheme to create & distribute content to #US audiences w/ hidden Russian govt messaging.”

#law #complicity #democracy
https://newrepublic.com/post/185647/maga-russian-propagandists-victims-pool-johnson-rubin-tenet-media

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
The #indictment charges 2 #RussiaToday [#RT] employees w/providing nearly $10M to the #media company that often spouted #Kremlin talking points.

In response to the charges, the pundits & their allies are saying they just didn’t know any better. In fact, they’re the real victims.

🎻

[open your freaking eyes, listen to the widely available intelligence, educate your-damn-self, fools!]

#complicity#RightWing#MAGA#Republicans#TenetMedia#RussianPropaganda#Russia#StateMedia #law #democracy

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#FBI ofcl reiterated those findings on Wed in a call w/reporters. They suggested that the gunman, who also considered attacking a #Biden event, was seeking infamy & selected the #Trump rally as a “target of opportunity.”…

The provocative rhetoric from Trump & his allies isn’t just #unfounded but also carries a #disturbing risk: #Threat assessment & #law enforcement leaders have told me that the messaging is fueling the danger of #PoliticalViolence headed into the #election. …

#Incitement

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
#Trump’s political #incitement more broadly—[that has] increasingly focused on a supposed grand conspiracy to steal the #election from him—has made potential #violence from #MAGA #extremists a top concern. As one source put it, “they’re piling on the idea that the opposition is so out to get Trump that they even tried to kill him, & therefore retaliation is justified.” Another described #ConspiracyTheories about the shooting gives extremists “a really big plot point” for retaliatory violence.
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Ever since the July 13 assassination attempt against #Trump, he & his allies have promoted unfounded #ConspiracyTheories & blamed #Democrats directly for the violence. The effort appears highly coordinated: From #JDVance to Trump’s sons & #MAGA#Republicans in #Congress, many have used the same rhetoric to declare that Trump’s political opponents sought to have him murdered at his campaign rally in Butler, PA.

#FactCheck#TrumpLies
#Incitement #extremism #radicalization#PoliticalViolence

Hanse Mina
Hanse Mina  ·  3 months ago
#Brazil's telecommunications regulator said on Friday it was suspending access to Elon #Musk's #X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire investor.

The popular social media platform missed a court-imposed deadline on Thursday evening to name a legal representative in Brazil, triggering the suspension.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/lula-says-musk-must-respect-brazils-top-court-x-braces-shutdown-2024-08-30/

#Twitter#MAGA#Ukraine#Russia

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Secretaries of state are grappling w/an onslaught of #AI-driven election #misinformation, incl’g #deepfakes, ahead of the #2024election. Simon testified on the subject before the Senate Rules & Administration Cmte last yr.
Many of them are also still beating back the ramifications of widespread [by #Trump, #MAGA#Republicans &#ElonMusk] false #ConspiracyTheories that plagued the last presidential election.

#disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation #law#ElectionInterference

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
US prosecutors & lawyers for #Trump will return to federal court on Aug 16 to decide how his #2020election #obstruction case can proceed after #SCOTUS ruled last month that presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution.

US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan set the hearing in Washington after the #SupremeCourt returned the case to her control on Friday.

#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy#ElectionInterference#TrumpTrial#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#Insurrection#Jan6#NationalSecurity