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Listened to The Sunday Shot.
And learnt of the following list of government talking points used to avoid the truth about Australia's complicity in the genocide in Gaza when communicating about the topic.
#Gaza #Genocide #DeepCutNews #TalkingPoints #TheSundayShot #SundayShot #AusPol #ControlTheNarrative #AlexMcKinnon

https://www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-australian-governments

“If history tells us anything about authoritarian governments, it’s that they must control the narrative. Authoritarian regimes rise not just through force, but through controlling ideas and silencing critical thought. ... And by not knowing history, we as a people surrender the power to know any better.” 😔

#Politics #USPolitics #History #Education #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #TrumpEducationDept #TrumpIsAnAuthoritarian #ControlTheNarrative #Authoritarianism

https://progressive.org/magazine/trump-doesnt-want-you-to-know-history-perez-20250827/

With FEMA probationary workers being sacked, and hurricane season on the way, I'm thinking Trump is confident he can #ControlTheNarrative that will be received, post-any-hurricane-disaster, by those who voted for him.

Either that or their views don't matter to him any more.

Never thought of the #MidTerms as being a test for if any democracy is still happening for federal USA at all. But that's what the November 2026 date will tell us.

Looking at the speed of Trump's changes, I'm guessing none

Given @adamconover 's recent video on American's gambling addiction, I wonder at what point ABC's 538 will start having advertisements for online betting on exactly the topic they write about, be it a specific game, polling numbers, or, for today, the Oscars. **#productplacement** **#ForTheWin**

of course, what comes next is that the gambling sites start telling 538 what to report on... **#ControlTheNarrative**