In reviewing video from January 6th, a propaganda reel that played just before Trump came on stage at the rally on the Ellipse stood out. I helped @rgoodlaw and @jasonintrator pull the frames to review closely. Jason, an expert on fascism, produced this: justsecurity.org/74504/movie-at…
This video has been used before in prior campaign events in 2020. But its use on this day stands out because of the severity of the message. The first frames focus "our attention on this supposedly 'globalist,' but really Jewish, threat," as Jason writes.
"The next clip lingers on Joe Biden, with a vacant stare in his eyes and the video footage slowed, while Trump’s inauguration speech plays, 'For too long, a small group in our nation’s capital has reaped the rewards of government, while the people have borne the cost.'"
"...a series of slides varying between nostalgic images of white American families over dinner with rural destitution – a worn down home flying a large American flag with an old pickup truck in front."
"At the end of these grim scenes of the results of elite betrayal, Trump declares, 'This all ends right here, right now.' ... images of enormous naval ships on the ocean, and moves to images of Trump striding in front of a military guard at a football game..."
"...images of women overcome with emotion at the sight of the nation’s father figure, and violent anger at his political enemies..."
"...Trump is shown observing powerful rockets launch, images evocative, for those schooled in history, of the Nazi’s own obsession with this particular technology..."
"...Empty streets of great American cities, a forlorn white woman peering out of a window, trapped at home. Scrabble pieces spelling “FEAR” appear and disappear within less than a second..."
"The message of the video is clear. America’s glory has been betrayed by treachery and division sown by politicians seeking to undermine & destroy the nation. To save the nation, one must restore Trump’s rule." Jason notes reporting on Trump's attention to the program's details:
"Nazism did not start out in genocide," Jason writes. "It began with militias and violent troops disrupting democracy..... But it must never be forgotten where Nazism culminated."
Here is the full video.
(And of course....)

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19 Jan
So many terrifying moments depicted in the videos the January 6th Parler dataset. Struck in particular by the invective in this one against @senatemajldr McConnell- in addition to Nancy Pelosi- in this scene, where insurrectionists are attempting push past police in riot gear.
In this video, I believe of the same standoff, protestors are seen teargassing the police.
In this video, a protestor is heard yelling again and again "we were invited here"... "We were invited here by the President of the United States!"
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19 Jan
1/ I believe I am in total alignment with @EthanZ on this issue. As I've discussed in most detail with @emilybell, many of us working on tech and media issues, especially disinfo, spend our time looking at the workings of.... tech and media. This obscures the real problem...
2/ It is not so much that there is disinformation layered on top of the information ecosystem that is perverting democratic systems and hurting society. There is disinformation UNDER the information ecosystem itself. Many of our core ideas are in fact... disinformation.
3/ These include ideas about how our economy works, how power works, what democratic societies (here and now) are for and about, and of course issues of race, gender, sexuality. Disinformation is the medium- it is not a virus in the petri dish, it is the dish.
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18 Jan
In this video by a Parler user, Alex Jones can be heard telling demonstrators marching towards the Capitol that Trump is also en route to other side of the Capitol. Someone screams, "Storm the Capitol!" projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
"Trump's speech is over... it went over all the voter fraud, I am very concerned about Mike Pence.... did not love the way the President talked about that, we're walking over to the Capitol right now, maybe we'll break down the doors." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
Alex Jones again: "Tell everyone you know- go to the other side of the Capitol, that is where Trump is going to be." projects.propublica.org/parler-capitol…
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Here is @selectedwisdom doing a "Bill Nye the Science Guy" style segment but for extremists.... a nice little primer on why things have accelerated.
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We will be unpacking the role that conspiracies, disinformation, and the use of social media platforms to organize played in both impeachments of Donald J. Trump for years.
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Impeachment 2: Donald Trump incites a violent mob to attack the Capitol to try to make a bundle of conspiracy theories- including an alternate reality about the rightful outcome of the 2020 election- true.
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9 Jan
1/ The past 48 hours may come to be known as The Great Cancellation of 2021, as Silicon Valley companies remove or limit Trump’s access to a host of services following the violent insurrection against democracy he incited on Capitol Hill. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
2/ Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit Twitch, Apple, Discord, and even Shopify are among the platforms banning or restricting access to the President's accounts. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
3/ Reddit banned the subreddit forum r/DonaldTrump, as @sarafischer reported, “one of the company’s largest political communities dedicated to support for President Trump.” Twitch also disabled Trump’s channel following the insurrection. techpolicy.press/the-great-canc…
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