#DefendTruth
#Disinformation
#Distorts #Choices
Disinformation #SilencesVoices
#STRENGHTEN #DEMOCRACY #TRUTH
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#DefendTruth
#Disinformation
#Distorts #Choices
Disinformation #SilencesVoices
#STRENGHTEN #DEMOCRACY #TRUTH
#ShepardFairey
Alex Pretti's family released a statement that truly brought tears to my eyes (video link goes to that frame). #AlexPretti #ICE #DefendTruth
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Surge 4 Democracy logo. Text on a dark blue background reads: “Trump and MTG might not be getting along anymore, but they still have a lot in common! They both spread misinformation, hold racist beliefs, are hostile to the truth, use violent rhetoric, have followers that send death threats, and meltdown when asked simple questions by journalists! Trump more than anyone else, even MTG who until recently was among his favorite cheerleaders, is responsible for the sad state of civil discourse in this country. surge4democracy.com”
Authoritarians don’t need to agree to cause damage, they just need to spread the same lies, stoke the same fears, and erode the same democratic foundations. Trump and MTG may be feuding, but they peddle the same politics. #Surge4Democracy #DefendTruth #ResistAuthoritarianism
RFK Jr. and his band of anti-vax supporters just made a decision that puts our children’s health at risk. By rolling back vaccine requirements, they’re prioritizing their feelings over facts, and it’s our kids who will pay the price. #vaccineswork #defendtruth
Fascism doesn’t begin with a dictator.
It begins with a lie.
Orwell 2+2=5 shows exactly how we got here, and how we fight our way back.
#DefendTruth #DemocracyUnderThreat
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Screenshot of the Forbes Communications Council Expert Panel article titled “How To Prepare Company Spokespeople For The Age Of Deepfakes,” published in Forbes on November 9, 2025. The feature brings together experts from Forbes Communications Council, including Board Director and Marketer Toby G. Wong, sharing how organizations can protect truth, credibility, and trust when misinformation and synthetic media spread faster than facts.
Screenshot of input from Toby G. Wong, Board Director and Marketer at Toby Wong Consulting, featured in the Forbes Communications Council Expert Panel article titled “How To Prepare Company Spokespeople For The Age Of Deepfakes,” published in Forbes on November 9, 2025. Her contribution, “Prepare Leaders To Act Fast When Truth Is Threatened, is #10 and reads: “Crises must be treated as both commercial and narrative. Marketing and communications must co-lead by ensuring systems, processes and teams are in place to predict and detect disruption, validate truth and guide response. Deepfakes and AI content can erode reputation, brand equity, public trust and sales. Prepare leaders to act fast and with authority when trust and truth are under attack.”
When truth is threatened, leadership can’t wait for clarity. They must act.
Our Forbes Expert Panel in @forbes.com features experts sharing how organizations can prepare to respond quickly and protect trust in the age of deepfakes.
#BattlingDeepfakes
#ActFast
#DefendTruth
#CrisisAtSpeedOfSocial
NEW documentary on PBS!! 🇺🇸😭🥹
#PBS #SavePBS #DefendTruth
The American Revolution
We’ve seen this move before. It’s straight out of the authoritarian playbook: erase inconvenient data, deny any reality but the regime’s. The endgame isn’t efficiency—it’s control. And it always ends the same way: trust in science collapses.
#ScienceUnderSiege #DefendTruth #OceanHoptimism
Civil liberties erode slowly—book bans, restricted speech, truth decay. Before we realize it, conscience itself becomes controversial.
Engaged citizenship is how we push back: stand firm in truth, lead with virtue.
#StoicSisterhood #EngagedCitizenship #NoKings #TeamAnchored #DefendTruth #Truth
"We die by lies." The most important note I'll ever post. open.substack.com/pub/treason/... #Lies #NationsDieByLies #LyingTrump #NoKingsDay #TruthIsOurFoundation #DefendTruth #DemocracyThrivesOnTruth #LyingLiars #LiesKillSocieties #SpeakTruthToPower #DemocracyDiesInSilence
This is what happens when extremism takes root and the party looks away. The storm isn’t coming—it’s already here, and it’s swallowing more by the day.
#ThisIsMAGA #PoliticalViolence #AmericanDemocracy #DefendTruth #StopTheHate
Whistleblowers protect democracy.
Gag orders + lie detectors protect corruption.
The Pentagon’s new plan is a loyalty test, not national security.
#StopThePowerGrab #DefendTruth
Piece by piece, the foundation of progress has been dismantled. When we pit scientists against tradespeople, or teachers against builders, we all lose. A strong America needed every part working together.
#DefendTruth
Charlie Kirk has a hit list? Seriously? This isn't just outrageous; it’s a direct attack on free thought and education. Targeting educators for teaching truth is cowardly. We can’t let this become our norm. It’s time to stand up for democracy and reject this toxic strategy. #DefendTruth
How a Beloved Website Became MAGA’s Latest Villain
#SupportWikipedia #DefendTruth
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Trump calls truth “defamation” while distracting from his real failures: tariffs crushing the economy, appeasing dictators, and his ties to Epstein. America deserves a leader, not a conman litigating reality.
#Surge4Democracy #TrumpCorruption #DefendTruth
The White House attacks museums for ‘divisive’ history while its VP erases factual history.
WWII ended through total victory—not negotiation—and began with fascist invasions like Japan’s in 1931.
This isn’t diplomacy; it’s betrayal.
#DefendTruth #StopFascism
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The “emergency” is a lie.
Troops used this way are waste, fraud, and abuse.
The League of Women Voters keeps wagging its finger while the GOP guts democracy with knives. Neutrality isn’t principle - it’s complicity. We need fighters, not hall monitors.
#fightfascism #thiswomanvotes #defendtruth #womenvoters #leagueofwomenvoters
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Trump’s Smithsonian purge isn’t “patriotism” - it’s fascist playbook 101. When regimes rewrite museums, they erase truth to control democracy’s memory.
#Authoritarianism #DefendTruth #PublicMemory #MuseumPower #ResistCensorship #ThisWomanVotes
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“…mass-scale gaslighting campaign that rewrote treason into honor, slavery into benevolence, and violent white supremacy into nostalgia.”
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Trump is trying to rewrite history by purging the Smithsonian of facts he doesn’t like. This isn’t democracy. It’s authoritarianism. Attacking truth, historians, and museums is the playbook of dictators, not leaders of a free nation. #Surge4Democracy #ProtectHistory #DefendTruth
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Authoritarians rewrite history to control the future.
Trump’s plan to let political hacks edit Smithsonian exhibits is straight out of Orwell’s "1984". Truth belongs to historians, not dictators.
#Surge4Democracy #DefendTruth #Orwell1984 #HandsOffHistory
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The media holds Democrats to impossible standards, but gives Trump and GOP leaders a free pass on corruption and waste.
Billionaire-owned news outlets want it that way. Don’t let them control the narrative.
#Surge4Democracy #MediaAccountability #DefendTruth #StopTheSpin
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Authoritarians rewrite history to control the future.
From altering facts to erasing truths, Trump and his allies are following the oldest playbook of tyranny. Orwell warned us; we’d better listen.
#Surge4Democracy #Orwell1984 #DefendTruth #StopAuthoritarianism
They didn’t shutter the BLS—they just fired the woman who told the truth. This isn’t just authoritarianism. It’s a totalitarian campaign to control what reality is. And it’s accelerating. #Totalitarianism #Trump2025 #DefendTruth #Authoritarianism #PublicInstitutions
This is the only show I watch, Colbert is a genius and he extremely funny. His delivery, and his writers are excellent! Time to cancel Cable! #DefendTruth @freedomhouse.bsky.social
@maddow.msnbc.com @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @cbsnews.com @apnews.com @npr.org @nytimes.com @theguardian.com
save public education - project 2025 - education matters - defend the truth - politically yours - help save America
Project 2025 wants to erase the Dept. of Ed.
And rewrite what your kids are allowed to learn.
Sign the petition to stop it → politicallyyours.com/petitions/
#SavePublicEducation #Project2025 #EducationMatters #DefendTruth #PoliticallyYours #HelpSaveAmerica
First, they mock intellect.
Then, they fear it.
And finally, they try to erase it.
Fascism doesn’t just burn books — it gaslights the minds that write them.
We must speak louder, not softer.
#NeverAgain #DefendTruth
🧠📚 When education becomes indoctrination, democracy is in danger.
The far right’s grip on truth starts in the classroom.
Call out the lies. Defend real history. Protect young minds before ignorance becomes policy.
#DefendTruth #StopMAGAIndoctrination #EducationMatters