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  • USAID 'Disinformation Primer' targets gamers, advertisers, memes, 'right not to be disinformed'

    03/16/2024 4:47:06 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 26 replies
    Just the News ^ | March 15, 2024 11:00pm | Greg Piper
    Going further than the Treasury Department's tacit support for debanking alleged "hate groups" after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, a State Department component that "strengthen[s] resilient democratic societies" developed a more sweeping plan for financially choking off disfavored narratives a month later. The U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a "Disinformation Primer" that appears to have been started in "late 2020," judging by a reference to the most up-to-date "social media initiatives" by Facebook and Twitter "to address disinformation and misinformation."It was still being written at least 10 days into the Biden administration, referring twice to the Jan. 31,...
  • America First Legal Exposes Federal Government Pushing for Aggressive Censorship of Independent Voices

    03/18/2024 7:15:49 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 5 replies
    Internal documents obtained by America First Legal from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have revealed a disturbing initiative to promote widespread censorship practices across various sectors, aimed at suppressing independent perspectives and alternative narratives. Among the tactics included in the report, the agency advocates for “Advertiser Outreach” to cut “financial report” for those who don’t toe the government’s line.The Foundation For Freedom Online reports that a recently uncovered “Disinformation Primer” authored by USAID’s Center on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) has exposed the agency’s overt endorsement of private sector censorship strategies and proposed additional censorship practices...
  • America First Legal’s Litigation Against Biden State Department Unearths Orwellian, Internal USAID “Disinformation Primer”

    03/15/2024 3:00:49 PM PDT · by bitt · 9 replies
    aflegal.org ^ | 3/14/2024 | America First Legal (AFL)
    Today, America First Legal (AFL) released documents from litigation against the U.S. Department of State’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), exposing the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s internal “Disinformation Primer.” Foundation for Freedom Online (FFO), founded by Mike Benz, analyzed these documents and discovered that: The US Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Center on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) created an internal “Disinformation Primer” that revealed the agency’s explicit praise for private sector censorship strategies and proposed additional censorship practices and techniques; USAID’s censorship proposals were aimed at influencing private-sector technology companies, media organizations, education ministries, national governments,...
  • DISARM IS A DYSTOPIAN GLOBAL SURVEILLANCE TOOL TO IDENTIFY, CATALOG, AND COMBAT MISINFORMATION.

    01/20/2024 7:40:37 AM PST · by MtnClimber · 17 replies
    Sonar21.com ^ | 19 Jan, 2024 | Bob Bishop
    The keynote speaker of the World Economic Forum’s 2024 annual conference in Davos was Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President. She stated the top global risk for the EU is disinformation and misinformation, declaring disinformation destroys trust and limits the ability to “tackle the big global challenges.” In plain English, trust can only be restored by censoring inconvenient facts and evidence. Below is a short clip (1:39) highlighting her disinformation sermon. The top risk in the WEF’s 2024 Global Risk Report is disinformation. If not controlled, societies will be polarized, elections will be disrupted, and there will be mistrust...
  • Administrator Power Attends the World Economic Forum’s Annual 2024 Meeting (We are paying for this boondoggle)

    01/19/2024 5:56:07 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 13 replies
    USAID ^ | January 19, 2024 | Office of Press Relations/Jessica Jennings
    During the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Annual Meeting, Administrator Samantha Power continued her focus on expanding USAID’s partnerships with the private sector to address critical global challenges and issued a global call to action to eliminate toxic lead from consumer products. On Wednesday, January 17, Administrator Power, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Tanzania's Minister of Labour, Economic Affairs, and Investment Mudrick Soragha, and McKinsey’s Lucy Pérez discussed the path toward a lead free future. Lead poisoning, an invisible and often overlooked global health threat, kills more than 1.6 million people each year, but efforts to curtail lead poisoning in low-...
  • Biden Promised Gaza Aid Wouldn’t Go To Hamas. He Lied.-And now an official who funded the murder of a 17-year-old girl is in charge

    01/09/2024 4:30:57 AM PST · by SJackson · 22 replies
    Frontpagemagazine ^ | January 8, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield
    [Make sure to read Daniel Greenfield’s contributions in Jamie Glazov’s new book: Barack Obama’s True Legacy: How He Transformed America.]A week after the horrors of October 7, when the Biden administration first convinced Israel to open up the siege of Gaza and allow in international aid, it promised Hamas would not get it.“If Hamas in any way blocks humanitarian assistance from reaching civilians, including by seizing the aid itself, we’ll be the first to condemn it. And we will work to prevent it from happening again,” Secretary of State Blinken pledged.The problem with such a promise was obvious once Deputy...
  • The Fourteen Facts about US Aid to Ukraine

    11/07/2023 1:37:49 PM PST · by marcusmaximus · 133 replies
    Hudson Institute ^ | 11/3/2024 | Luke Coffey
    Since Russia invaded Ukraine for the second time in eight years, Russian troops have ravaged Ukraine’s cities, raped its women, and stolen its children. Russian missiles and Iranian drones strike Ukrainian cities daily, often hitting civilian targets. Russia is the aggressor. Ukraine is the victim. For Americans who believe in respect for national borders, the primacy of national sovereignty, and the right to self-defense, support for Ukraine is natural. Ukrainians are not asking for, nor do they want, US troops to help them fight Russia. All they ask for is the resources required to give them a fighting chance. Meanwhile,...
  • Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan Gets $80 Million Cash Infusion Every Two Weeks, Watchdog Says

    11/02/2023 5:22:10 AM PDT · by Milagros · 18 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | Nov 1, 2023 | Adam Kredo
    Mounting evidence Taliban benefits from aid dollars. The United States and other international donors pump around $80 million in aid to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan every two weeks, in the face of mounting evidence that the terror group steals this cash through fraudulent nonprofits and other means, according to a government watchdog.
  • U.S. to send Israel artillery shells initially designated for Ukraine

    10/19/2023 12:15:19 PM PDT · by JonPreston · 17 replies
    Axios ^ | 10/1/23 | Barak Ravid
    The Pentagon plans to send Israel tens of thousands of 155mm artillery shells that had been designated for Ukraine from U.S. emergency stocks several months ago, three Israeli officials with knowledge of the situation tell Axios.Why it matters: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Israeli ministry of defense told their U.S. counterparts they urgently need artillery shells to prepare for a ground invasion in Gaza — and a potential escalation of the war by Hezbollah along the Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli officials say. U.S. officials have suggested that diverting the shells from Ukraine to Israel would have no immediate impact...
  • Prime Minister Viktor Orban Outlines Why Samantha Power, USAID and CIA Hates Him

    10/14/2023 6:28:37 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 29 replies
    The Conservative Treehouse ^ | October 13, 2923 | Sundance
    Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stands the gap. This is going to drive the USAID leftists bananas.[Source]Hungary, a nation proud of its heritage, has been under assault from the U.S. State Department, the EU collective and the western NATO alliance for their refusal to acquiesce to the World Economic Forum and western globalist ideology. {background here}We have discussed Hungary quite a bit, because Viktor Orban has been a very public thorn in the side of Joe Biden, the CIA and USAID (same/same), along with the US State Dept.In early April 2022, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was overwhelmingly reelected {LINK},...
  • Georgia claims US contributes funds to coup preparations

    10/05/2023 7:15:04 AM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 10 replies
    Taking its fears of an imminent coup to the next level, the Georgian government is now accusing the United States of sponsoring a DIY revolution workshop in Tbilisi.USAID, the international aid arm of the US government, and its Serbia-based partner organization that organized the workshop have dismissed the claim as false and absurd. The US Embassy in Tbilisi assailed the Georgian claims, saying they “fundamentally mischaracterize” the goals of US assistance to the country. Domestic critics contend that the government’s accusations are politically motivated, intended to kneecap opposition elements as Georgia gears up for parliamentary elections in 2024.
  • US presidential candidate rising in polls wants to end US military aid to Israel by 2028

    08/19/2023 11:22:00 AM PDT · by Roman_War_Criminal · 76 replies
    All Israel ^ | 8/18/23 | Staff
    Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican presidential candidate whose popularity has recently been growing, said the United States should reduce military aid to Israel after securing expanded Abraham Accords agreements. Ramaswamy made this statement during an interview with podcaster Russell Brand on Rumble, a platform popular with more conservative and right-wing supporters. Ramaswamy recently pushed for the U.S. to reduce the amount of funding to allies for defense, requiring them to increase their own defense funding. He also advocated for a U.S. territorial priority in defense funding and strategic focus.
  • Why Africa Hates the Degenerate West: New Biden Policy Ties Foreign Poor to Gender Ideology

    08/12/2023 1:54:09 AM PDT · by spirited irish · 28 replies
    PatriotandLiberty ^ | 8/23 | Emmanuele Da Ponte
    The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has released its first LGBTQI+ Inclusive Development Policy, the purpose of which is to spread controversial gender ideology through foreign assistance. The policy also refers to “comprehensive sexuality education” and “reproductive rights,” which are widely understood to include abortion in addition to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity.
  • President of Niger: "My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage"; Fears that Wagner Group Might Move In

    08/03/2023 9:23:08 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 29 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 08/03/2023 | Mohamed Bazoum
    Mohamed Bazoum is the president of the Republic of Niger.I write this as a hostage. Niger is under attack from a military junta that is trying to overthrow our democracy, and I am just one of hundreds of citizens who have been arbitrarily and illegally imprisoned. This coup, launched against my government by a faction in the military on July 26, has no justification whatsoever. If it succeeds, it will have devastating consequences for our country, our region and the entire world. Our government came to power through a democratic election in 2021. Any attempt to overthrow a lawful government...
  • EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Matt Gaetz Introduces Legislation To Abolish USAID

    08/02/2023 9:33:46 AM PDT · by ProgressingAmerica · 12 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | August 01, 2023 | Henry Rodgers
    Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz introduced legislation Tuesday that would abolish the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for reportedly pushing issues such as abortion, gender equity programs and climate alarmism abroad. The Daily Caller first obtained a copy of the legislation, which is related to a May 10, 2022 Heritage Foundation report that found USAID was using U.S. taxpayer dollars to push far-left ideology.
  • Docs Reveal Obama Officials' Rush to 'Torpedo' Incoming Trump Admin

    07/10/2023 9:50:41 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Red State ^ | 07/10/2023 | Nick Arama
    The Daily Signal has been able to get 217 pages from the National Security Administration (NSA) under FOIA. Those pages show the huge effort to “torpedo” the Trump administration before they even took office with an effort to go after Gen. Michael Flynn, the man who would be National Security Advisor for President Donald Trump.Flynn’s conversation with the Russian ambassador in the period between November 2016 and Jan. 2017 was intercepted by intelligence officials for the Obama administration, and then his name was unmasked.The Signal requested the information in March 2021 and didn’t get the documents until June 30, 2023.Some...
  • EXC: Fauci, DOD, & CDC Funded Deadly Pathogen Research At Sudanese Biolab Seized By Militants.

    04/26/2023 1:46:34 PM PDT · by Tench_Coxe · 29 replies
    Warroom ^ | Natalie Winters
    Sudan’s National Public Health Laboratory – whose recent seizure by militants has prompted warnings of causing a “huge biological risk” – received financial and personnel support from U.S. government bodies including the Department of Defense, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Anthony Fauci’s National Institutes of Health agency, War Room can reveal. (snip) USAID increased its collaborations with the lab during COVID-19, with a press release revealing it “funded procurement of COVID-19 tests and provided equipment” and “designated regional laboratories to rapidly scale up testing capabilities.”
  • Color revolution? US funneling millions into Hungary’s left-wing opposition media

    03/01/2023 8:56:41 AM PST · by Tench_Coxe · 34 replies
    There is a proliferation of U.S.-funded, supposedly free journalism organizations and training courses linked to various left-wing opposition newspapers in Hungary, according to the Hungarian civil rights group, Tűzfalcsoprt (Firewall Group). (snip) While the web of supporting organizations has not yet been fully untangled, Hungarian domestic intelligence agencies have already determined that NGOs funded by billionaire oligarch George Soros along with U.S. state and state-linked organizations were involved in funding the opposition’s election campaign. This information was included in the report of the Hungarian domestic intelligence agency, the National Information Center, which was submitted to Hungary’s parliament on Jan. 20,...
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces bill requesting audit of US aid to Ukraine

    02/25/2023 8:01:16 PM PST · by bitt · 32 replies
    washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 2/24/2023 | Cami Mondeaux|
    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has reintroduced a bill that would force an audit of all military aid the United States has sent Ukraine since the Russian invasion one year ago. Greene’s legislation comes as the U.S. has committed tens of billions of dollars in military assistance since Russia invaded Ukraine last February. The Georgia Republican introduced the resolution of inquiry in the House on Friday, marking the one-year anniversary of the invasion. “It’s going to force Congress to give the American people an audit,” Greene told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday. “And that is exactly what the...
  • US taxpayers to pony up $30M to help world's 5th-ranked economic power reduce plastic pollution

    01/29/2023 8:25:26 AM PST · by E. Pluribus Unum · 31 replies
    Just the News ^ | Updated: January 28, 2023 - 11:42pm | Mary Lou Lang
    U.S. taxpayers will be on the hook for $30 million in new cooperative grant funding to reduce plastic pollution in India, according to a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) posted by the United States Agency for International Development MIssion in India. "The purpose of the activity is to reduce plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, through improvements in solid waste management and advancing a plastics circular economy in selected regions of India," according to the posted synopsis for the program, Innovations for Reducing Plastics for a Cleaner Environment in India (inREPLACE). Under the terms of the grant's cooperative agreement...