Do you swear to tell the whole truth?

I do. Believe me, the statement I presented to the bank was the best bank statement ever presented to any bank. It was a winning bank statement. Everyone says that. They come to me and say, 'Sir, how do you write the best bank statements,' and I say, 'I only hire the best lawyers.' And this whole trial is very unfair because Everyone Hates Trump.

I finished Part II of the series I'm working on:

Can Democracy Work in America? Part II: Creating the Conditions for Mainstream (MSNBC / CNN) Conspiracy Theories

https://terikanefield.com/can-democracy-work-in-america-part-ii-an-example-of-a-mainstream-media-msnbc-cnn-conspiracy-theories/

No energy to write a snappy intro. If you missed the first part, the link is in this blog post.

I am almost finished with Part (I did II and III as a unit but it got too long for one post). I should have it ready by the end of the day.

(If you get an error message, just wait a minute)

Mike Pence Simplifies the Gag Order Dispute

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/10/29/mike-pence-simplifies-the-gag-order-dispute/

This AI-generated fake has been posted dozens of times on Xitter over the last four days (at least) and has spread to other social media sites.

It's almost never identified as an AI-generated fake, even though Xitter could trivially find all instances and mark them fake.

🇯🇵🇺🇦 Fuminori Tsuchiko has been awarded the title of "National Legend of #Ukraine".

The legendary Japanese volunteer moved to Kharkiv and opened a charity cafe in the wake of full-scale Russian aggression.