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Schooled by Trump, Americans are learning to dislike their allies. economist.com/graphic-detail/2

❝Before the election our YouGov polling showed that just 12% of Republican voters thought that Canada was “unfriendly” or an “enemy”. In the most recent survey, which took place between March 22nd and 25th, that share more than doubled to 27% (these negative feelings were increasing before the election, too). Similarly, last year 17% of Republicans viewed the EU as “unfriendly” or as an “enemy”; that has now grown to 29%.❞

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@GRA3432 : same here in the Netherlands. Just now in the news on TV:

"Israel last night bombed Beirut, like they did Friday. That was the first attack since the ceasefire started in November."

They should have said "the first attack ON BEIRUT" but even that I doubt (but did not look up).

The text in
nos.nl/liveblog/2561789-nieuwe is slightly less wrong:
"Vrijdag voerde Israël ook al aanvallen uit op Beiroet. Dat was toen voor het eerst sinds een staakt-het-vuren dat in november was ingegaan tussen Israël en Hezbollah."

It is #Hasbara, #Propaganda for "our" friend #Netanyahu and ally #Israel.

Correction 08:35 UTC: "yesterday" -> "Friday" and added "" around the first quoted text (which was translated by me).

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Wichtig:

Das Arbeitslosengeld ist eure Verhandlungsmasse als Lohnabhängige/r bei Gehaltsverhandlungen. Je mehr Angst ihr vor Arbeitslosigkeit habt, desto geringere Löhne, mehr unbezahlte Überstunden und schlechtere Arbeitsbedingungen seid ihr bereit zu akzeptieren.

Wer #BürgerHartz kürzen will, möchte dass Konzernkönigen noch leichter und mehr ausbeuten zu können. Das ist #Lohndumping-Politik.

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Bei #HartAberFair gab es eine Diskussion zum #BürgerHartz und als Gästin wurde u. a. eine Konzernerbin eingeladen, die ihren Job aufgrund von Glück in der Spermalotterie bekommen hat und #Armut nur aus dem Fernsehen kennt.

Entweder wird in der Redaktion fässerweise Jägermeister rumgereicht oder es geht bewusst darum, eine Krawallsendung zu machen und Hass gegen Arbeitlose zu schüren.

youtube.com/watch?v=GTIykN_D8Y

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youtube.com- YouTubeEnjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

Via #RawStory - March 31, 2025

The #Canadian government is bombarding #voters in key swing states with anti-trade war #propaganda as President Donald #Trump vows to enact his biggest package of #tariffs yet next month.

Multiple #media outlets are reporting that #Canada is paying for billboards and signs across the United States that bluntly inform Americans that "tariffs are a #tax" on items ranging from gasoline to groceries.

rawstory.com/trump-trade-war-2

Raw Story · 'Tariffs are a tax': Canada hits back by bombarding swing-state Americans with adsBy Brad Reed

"It needs to be in the public sphere & we need to get corporate #FossilFuel influence out. We need our governments to step up on this with full transparency and accountability to really address the trajectory we're on and the critical need to change course. It's URGENT."

podcastics.com/episode/352139/

I think that we the people of #Europe must acknowledge that the #world has changed. No longer are tranquility, #peace, #diplomacy ruling, but #war, #imperialism, evil. We #Europeans must remain united. No matter what.
We face an era of imperialism: the #USA, willing to conquer #Greenland, #China spreading their might. We shall remember that China is mass-killing people, spreading #propaganda and mass #surveillance across society.
The age of imperialism and tension is back, but the #EU is united.

Wie hoch der Grad an #Propaganda in den Medien ist, kann man mal wieder daran messen, wie die horrenden Preise für #Lebensmittel „unterstützt“ werden, die #Inflation hat sich gegenüber dem Vorjahr „abgeschwächt“. Dass die Inflation damals bereits sehr hoch war und die Preise sich in den letzten Jahren bis zu 70% oder noch mehr, gerade für Lebensmittel, erhöht hat, wird damit nicht ausgedrückt.

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@hanse_mina

Good article on how Russian subthreshold warfare activity works. Thank you for sharing it!

I think it's important to quote this bit of the article:

> The company’s founders allegedly knew the company was backed by Russian money, but Pool and the other influencers—who included Benny Johnson and Dave Rubin—were “unwitting” figures, according to officials. Tenet shut down soon after the indictment was released.

Sure, we have no idea if that's true, but I'd say it's an important feature.