THREAD
1 - Putin has assessed - correctly - that America is fractured. Without that assessment, this war would NOT be happening.
For years, Putin saw, up close, Trump's fetishization for cruelty and need to win every transaction. He NOW sees the GOP's lust for regaining power.
2 - Putin knows there's a fissure in America that’s filtered into our electorate. Trump's narcissism and the GOP's greed has manifested in our electorate as TrumpISM. In the world of Trumpism, authoritarianism is admired as powerful, manly, strong. The strong take what they can.
3 - Because winning is everything.
But Trumpism is not just one orange-tinted sociopath. Nor is it just the mob. It's a metastasizing apparatus of GOP enablers from the shameless McCarthy to the toxic blowhard that is Tucker Carlson.
4 - The GOP is always on the grift and looking to cash in. While Trump himself keeps spewing fuel on the fire.
Putin has every reason to expect Trumpism might control at least one chamber in Congress soon. Maybe the WH in 3 years.
5 - Therefore, important to his calculus is that whatever sanctions are put in place now will be easily rolled back within 1-3 years!
We need to attack our TRUE foe. It's not Putin. And it's not Trump. It's Authoritarianism which can only grow in an environment of disinformation.
6 - Unfortunately, disinformation and propaganda is everywhere now. And it's constantly amplified.
In 2022, Democracy itself will be on the line. Democracy HAS to prevail! TRUTH has to prevail!
7 - In 2020, we spoke to the aberrant psychopathology of Trump in our film #UNFIT. It was widely distributed; widely seen. It made a difference. It even crossed over a bit. Everything in it was true and validated.
8 - In 2022, before the midterms, we will release #UNTRUTH - the Psychology of TrumpISM.
It will also make a difference. It will speak truth to ANYONE who watches it. (And everybody watches films.)
9 - #UNTRUTH must be fiercely independent (like #UNFIT). It's the only way films like these can be made. If enough truth prevails, democracy will prevail! The more we know about what Trumpism really is, the better chance we have.
10 - Here's a link. Please watch the short trailer at the top, then scroll down and read the truth about Trumpism. We hope you'll also consider supporting the effort. We're all in this together.
THREAD
1 - We're seeing a battle between Democracy and Authoritarianism play out in E Europe, in all its megalomaniacal glory. We're seeing how Authoritarianism lives and breathes by spewing lies, false narratives, and untruths. We'll see the same battle here in the midterms.
2 - Difference is, we're a longtime democratic republic. It might seem unconscionable/ridiculous our electorate could prefer authoritarianism. Such is the power of greedy orchestrated false narratives and untruths. Such are also the perils of free speech. Democracy = hard work.
3 - Clearly, a big segment of our electorate has been emotionalized and coopted. They embrace defiance and contrarianism. Some eschew reasoned thought. The mob is their identity. We see the worst of them on TV, but hey - that's NOT all of them.
THREAD:
1 - TRUMPISM is a different issue than TRUMP himself. It's way bigger than the man. It's even bigger than the mob. It has metastasized and is a full-on apparatus. It operates in an echo chamber. It has many powerful players: enablers, amplifiers, grifters, opportunists.
2 - TRUMPISM has emotionalized our electorate. People, some of which we all know (or knew), were coopted. Trump supporters weren't born more emotional per se; but they were in some way susceptible, and they have been manipulated.
3 - The principal weapon of TRUMPISM is propaganda (disinformation; gaslighting). Propaganda blurs facts, creates doubt. Disagreements ensue. Trust erodes. Tribalism is enhanced. Laws are disrespected. It's happened many times throughout history. It ALWAYS begins with propaganda.
1 - As we see from today, authoritarians use one weapon above all to keep citizens supportive/unaware. It has many names. Propaganda. Gaslighting. Disinformation. False narratives. Not only authoritarians like Putin but authoritarian wannabe's like most of America's GOP.
2 - The most famous propagandist ever - Josef Goebbels - famously said two things - the first one, we've ALL heard: "Make the lie big, keep it simple, keep saying it, and people WILL believe it.” BUT Goebbels also said something else.
3 - Goebbels also said that it's absolutely necessary to hide the truth, because if truth escapes: “It will prove stronger than the lie.” We can't echo this enough! Propaganda is not only about lies; it's also about suppression of truth.
THREAD:
1 - TRUMPISM is a different issue than TRUMP himself. It's way bigger. It has already metastasized into a full-on apparatus. Trumpism operates in an echo chamber. It has many powerful, far-reaching players -- enablers, amplifiers, grifters, opportunists.
2 - TRUMPISM has emotionalized our electorate. People, some of which we all know, were coopted. Trump supporters weren't born more emotional per se; but they were in some way susceptible, and they have been manipulated.
3 - The principal weapon of TRUMPISM is propaganda (disinformation). Propaganda blurs facts, creates doubt. Disagreements ensue. Trust erodes. Tribalism is enhanced. Laws are disrespected. It's happened many times throughout history. It always begins with propaganda.
Today, Trump proposed executing Hillary Clinton: “In a stronger period of time in our country, this crime would have been punishable by death."
Don’t think America can’t sink lower.
Jim Jordan said Trump was “right on target.”
And the “crime” is the false accusation that she spied on his campaign. According to Jesse Watters on Fox, she also inserted false incriminating evidence linking Trump to Russia on government servers.
Just so you know what Hillary is being executed for.
Department secretary, Ryan Zinke broke federal ethics rules by improperly participating in real estate negotiations and lying about it to investigators, according to IG.
Merrick Garland declined to prosecute, though the case was still open. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…
Quiz: How many IG reports have implicated Trump cabinet members in possible crimes?
How many have been prosecuted?