1/8 PBS may soon go silent after Republican defunding and the gap it leaves won’t stay empty. PragerU, backed by a global web of right-wing think tanks, is poised to step in, flooding our homes with propaganda disguised as “education.” tags #DemsUnited #DV1
2/8 PragerU isn’t just another YouTube channel. It’s a sophisticated influence machine with billions of views, already dominating top search results on history, civics, & culture. Soon, with fed funding, it could spread disinfo even faster, directly into classrooms & homes
3/8 This isn’t an isolated U.S. story. Behind PragerU is the Atlas Network, a global alliance of 500+ think tanks in nearly 100 countries. Each has a local name and accent but they share one mission: advance far-right, libertarian policies & rewrite history to fit their ideology.
4/8 From “PragerU Español” in Latin America to Atlas affiliates in UK, Canada, Australia, and Eastern Europe, this is a coordinated global pipeline of disinformation. They adapt the message to the culture, but the goal is the same: weaken public institutions & consolidate power.
5/8 They know how to win the information war. Tactics include dominating search engines for neutral topics, flooding social media with targeted ads, planting their narratives with influencers, and laundering ideas through “friendly” media until propaganda feels like common sense.
6/8 The funding? Cloaked in secrecy. Donor-advised funds hide the fingerprints of fossil fuel giants, anti-labor billionaires, & special interest groups. They bankroll this disinformation network so it can bypass scrutiny while shaping public opinion in multiple countries at once
7/8 When PBS disappears, this machine will expand unchecked, taking over space once used for public service broadcasting. It’s not just about losing trusted media; it’s about giving a coordinated, global propaganda network direct access to shape what people see, hear, and believe
8/8 We need eyes everywhere. Whether you’re in the U.S., UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand,or Europe, we must expose how Atlas network operates in our countries. Join my private Signal group to share intel & stay ahead of their moves. DM me if you want in alpha2omega.notion.site/PBS-Is-Gone-He…
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1/ The Republican Senate account just fired the opening shot.
They’re kicking off a narrative war to blame Democrats for a shutdown they are engineering.
Fox, radio, influencers, churches, it’s coming.
Here’s the scam.👇 #DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/ It starts with the filibuster.
Democrats tried to reform - not abolish - it.
They wanted accountability: real talking filibusters, real debate.
Republicans blocked it because the filibuster lets them shut down progress without lifting a finger.
3/ Here’s why they protect it:
Republicans don’t need 60 votes.
They use reconciliation to bypass the filibuster and ram through:
— Tax cuts for billionaires
— Medicaid cuts
— Cut Food Stamps
— Shut Dept of Ed
— Fund Domestic terrorist police - ICE
— Dereg
All with just 50 votes
1/ Isaiah is trying to sleep under the overhang of a shuttered post office.
He’s 53. Living with bipolar disorder. Diagnosed back when he had a job, an apartment, & a doctor.
That was two cities & three bad breaks ago.
Tonight, he’s sleeping on cardboard.
#DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/ No shelter beds are open. Most nights they aren’t.
He’s wrapped in a thermal blanket from a church drive. His body aches from cold concrete. He’s exhausted, from the cold, from the hunger, and from being invisible until the moment he becomes a “threat.”
3/ A patrol car pulls up.
They’re not responding to a call. They’re responding to a ping, an AI surveillance system flagged Isaiah as “non-compliant,” using facial recognition and old records from ER visits, shelters, and police stops.
The system calls him high-risk.
1/8 H.R. 1319 gives employers the power to decide who “counts” as an employee, and who gets left behind. That’s not flexibility, it’s control. And if you’re not classified as an employee, here’s what that really means. #DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/8 Under H.R. 1320, u lose:
❌ Min wage
❌ Overtime pay
❌ Unemployment insurance
❌ Workers’ comp
❌ Employer-paid Social Security & Medicare
❌ Paid leave
❌ The right to organize
❌ Protection from harassment or discrimination
All gone, because you’re no longer “an employee.”
3/8 H.R. 1319/20 let companies control workers like employees, but treat them like temps when it’s time to pay up. It’s the Uber model: use the labor, avoid the responsibility. Benefits optional. Rights denied. Liability offloaded. Profit locked in. Business wins, workers lose
1/8 While you were told Congress was leaving until September, Republicans quietly rammed through a bill HR 1319 that could wreck your health care, wages, and retirement.
No debate. No headlines. Just sabotage in the dark. #DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/8 They’re calling it “worker freedom,” but here’s the truth:
Your brother in construction? His boss could drop his health insurance, stop paying into Social Security or Medicare, and reclassify him as “independent.” He’d owe both payroll shares himself, or go without.
3/8 Your cousin the dental hygienist? Suddenly “contracted.” No unemployment if laid off. No sick leave. No union. No workers’ comp if she gets hurt.
She’s not “free”, she’s exposed, stripped of every protection she earned. The boss walks away, and she pays the price.
1/7 🚨 Germany just led a massive global takedown of a Russian hacker network targeting critical infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Trump gutted every U.S. cyber defense agency.
We are 100% exposed, and yes, it looks intentional. H/t @SimsalaMaya
#DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/7 Russian group NoName057(16) carried out 14 waves of cyberattacks on EU, hitting power grids, defense firms, transit systems.
Germany, Spain, & 17 other nations responded.
The U.S.? Paralyzed. Trump dismantled our ability to even participate. n-tv.de/panorama/Behoe…
3/7 Trump slashed CISA’s budget by nearly $500 million, axed 1,083 cybersecurity jobs, and eliminated our election security and disinformation response units.
This wasn’t “streamlining”, it was strategic sabotage of our national digital shield.
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If you’re fighting for democracy, here’s the truth:
🧾 Policy briefs won’t save us
📊 Facts alone won’t persuade
🧠 Logic isn’t enough
We need stories.
Emotional ones.
Ones that move people to act.
Here’s how to tell strategic stories 🧵 #DemsUnited #DemVoice1
2/10
Disinformation spreads because it’s emotional. It’s not trying to inform, it’s trying to trigger a reaction. Fear, anger, tribal loyalty. That’s what makes it contagious. If we want to inoculate against it, we need emotionally truthful stories that stick before the lie can.
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🔥 Step one: Lead with values and emotion.
Hope. Empathy. Belonging. Unity.
Don’t just say, “climate change is real.”
Say, “We want clean air for our kids. We want to protect the places we love.”
Emotion is the hook. Shared values are the glue that makes truth stick.