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'Lies, smears and AI deepfakes': DHS tackles fake news about ICE (Anna Giaritelli/Washington Examiner)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/3890483/lies-smears-ai-deepfakes-dhs-tackles-fake-news-about-ice/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p143#a251119p143

liars gotta lie! stop the lies Dallas!
https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115571477279104286

Banned for years, dangerous pesticides persist in Nigerian farming https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/banned-for-years-dangerous-pesticides-persist-in-nigerian-farming/

Banned for years, dangerous pesticides persist in Nigerian farming
The sun rises over lush farm fields of on the outskirts of Lagos. For more than 20 years, a farmer named Joe has tilled the land, coaxing life from the earth and reaping bountiful harvests. But here, beneath the surface of this idyllic scene, lies a complex web of challenges — chief among them, the […]

It's the latest in a series of moves by Trump acolytes at the Department of Justice
who are transforming the voting section of the agency from an office focused on protecting Americans’ voting rights
to one that is in lockstep with an election denial movement
that incessantly demands investigations and drastic reductions in access to the polls
based on Donald Trump’s lies about elections.

News from the front lines in Ukraine:
Russian desperation in Ukraine is directly relational to Trump's ridiculous demands and attempts.
As Russian cruelty and bombings increase, the need to fight the lies and sabotage of the Kremlin grows more desperate.
Giorgio is a hero who reports from the trenches of democracy in Ukraine. He shares the friend link so the world can get a glimpse of the truth, through the murky fog of war.
Please support Ukraine, and journalism,…

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/pope-free-press-media-journalists-c826e0567122d6fa7c094850787c1a39

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Repeated, Gratuitous, and Harmful Hat (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
It’s important to flood social media and news channels with news about how ICE lies, so that potential jurors see it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

DON'T. PRINT. LIES. IN. THE. NEWSPAPERS. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️
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Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social)
The New York Times knows crime is not “out of control” in major U.S. cities — in fact, crime is way down from past years and decades — but NYT amplifies JD Vance’s lie without a fact check. It’s journalism malpractice that helps the fascists.

“Not a single federal dollar goes to providing health insurance for undocumented immigrants.
NOT. ONE. PENNY,”
said the top Senate Democrat, Chuck Schumer.
“Republicans would rather lie and shut down the government down than protect your healthcare.”
In an interview with ABC News, on the first day of the government shutdown, House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries fact-checked Republican claims.
“Federal law prohibits the use of Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’…

Leading up to the government shutdown on Wednesday,
congressional Republicans and Donald Trump have
repeated misleading claims
that Democrats were trying to pass a resolution that would provide
“free healthcare for illegals”.
It’s become a well-rehearsed refrain fueling GOP lawmakers.
At the White House on Wednesday, the JD Vance said the Democrats’ spending plan
“would have undone” the work of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)
– which en…