I’m sorry that I haven’t posted about the Truth Brigade for months now. Stuff happened. But here we go again. Disinformation is naturally our chief target, although we can’t get into party politics as a 501(c)3 non-profit. For example, I can’t legally paste Truth Brigade graphics into a Boosting Biden message. But I can write Truth Sandwiches about Republican-related chicanery, thus.
We have been expanding our toolkit, as you can see below.
Combatting Disinformation with Indivisible's Truth Brigade - Indivisible Podcast
Even if it doesn’t make you angry, it may be worth checking. There was a meme floating around about Donald Trump’s probation officer recently, except it wasn’t. The picture was of an officer of a different name in a different state, and Donald hadn’t even shown up for his first probation interview. There are rumors and outright lies about in the Israel-Hamas-everyone in sight conflict that shouldn’t be repeated. And the usual round of conspiracy theories and bogus moral panics.
I have written here about the role of empathy in deprogramming cultists and rescuing KKK members from the hate they have been taught.
Grokking Trumpists: The Trump Death Cult
Grokking Trumpists: Converting KKK Members
We can call out the Big Election Lie as long as we are careful.
Next Week
Taking the fight to a dozen different Social Media platforms. Even the grossly misnamed Truth Social.