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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo

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GOP disinformation isn’t chaos. It’s a playbook. Cambridge Analytica & Atlas Network built it, Project 2025 & GOP runs it. We break down all 9 stages so you can see, name, and fight back. Free course: disinformationplaybook.com

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · Apr 30

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It’s not dysfunction. It’s design. The GOP uses a ruthless disinformation playbook to confuse, divide, and exhaust the public. They don’t want you informed—they want you disoriented. Here’s how their machine works—and how we expose it.
#Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Michael Fletcher @mefletcher54.bsky.social · 5h

The book serves as a seering indictment of American conservatism and racism. It chronicles when rigid ideology and hate are used as the only justification and of measure of government policy.

raventerp1.bsky.social @raventerp1.bsky.social · 5h

Dyingofwhiteness.com

Dying of Whiteness

Winner of the 2020 RFK Book Award. In "Dying of Whiteness" Dr. Jonathan Metzl reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences–even for the white populations they promise to help.

Dyingofwhiteness.com

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 1h

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement fined Rueben Antonio Cruz $130 for not having his papers with him.

www.chicagotribune.com

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

7) Action items this month: host a “One Table” potluck with migrant families. Offer know‑your‑rights workshops at church halls. Build carpools to immigration hearings. Set up job‑lead bulletin boards. Small acts create big belonging and real renewal.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

6) Faith leaders, here’s the blueprint: preach hospitality plainly, pair it with legal aid clinics, language classes, and childcare; organize “neighbor circles” that match families with local mentors; and invite newcomers into leadership from day one.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

5) Fear says newcomers “take.” Reality says they build: they start shops, fill vital jobs, pay rent, stabilize schools, and breathe life into Sunday services and weekday service projects. Communities that welcome don’t just feel better they do better.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

4) The pro‑life ethic Leo highlights rejects cruelty. You can’t call yourself “pro‑life” and back inhumane treatment of migrants or policies that grind families down. Dignity for the stranger is not politics, it’s Gospel practice in public life.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

3) Look closer: hospitality isn’t charity “extra credit.” It’s community survival. When we greet newcomers as neighbors, we add skills, cultures, and energy that keep parishes and neighborhoods from hollowing out. Renewal beats resentment every time.

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

2) Nativists sell fear. But welcoming communities gain what fear cannot build: fuller pews, new small businesses, vibrant schools, and stronger civic life. Leo’s vision is simple: human dignity first, and the Church becomes more open, alive, and dynamic. www.salon.com/2025/10/12/p...

Pope Leo takes aim at MAGA’s false gospel

The American Pope is confirming MAGA's worst fears

www.salon.com

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 3h

1) Migrants aren’t a “threat.” They’re a lifeline. Pope Leo XIV says welcoming newcomers renews the Church and strengthens a living, breathing Christianity. It also revitalizes towns, parishes, and main streets. That’s moral clarity. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you, Tanya.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 4h

The corrupt scotus rules from behind the shadow docket. That’s cowardice and blue states need to start ignoring these rulings.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 11h

Tech employees at major firms resigned publicly after their companies sold surveillance tools to authoritarian regimes. Conscience is a form of resistance. 💻

#FightBack #TechForGood #EthicalAI

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 11h

Healthcare professionals organized petitions against hospital systems censoring reproductive care discussions. They spoke up for patient rights and won. 🩺

#FightBack #ReproRights #HealthcareForAll

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 13h

That’s where I heard of him.

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Patt Morrison @pattmlatimes.bsky.social · 13h

slate.com/news-and-pol...

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jenw1224.bsky.social @jenw1224.bsky.social · 1d

We need more of this.

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Erik @downingstanford.bsky.social · 1d

More judges need to call out the criminals on supreme court we got two rapist three liars and 5 traitors !!!

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Workers at major news outlets resisted editorial pressure to soften political coverage and leaked internal memos to protect journalistic integrity. Truth has defenders. 📰

#FightBack #PressFreedom #TruthMatters

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

When Florida teachers were told to remove classroom libraries, many quietly shared digital copies with students instead. The spirit of education doesn’t surrender. 🍎

#FightBack #TeachersForTruth #EducationMatters

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Librarians in Texas formed secret lending networks to circulate banned books and keep young readers informed. You can’t silence truth with a ban list. 📚

#FightBack #ReadBannedBooks #FreedomToRead

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. I have been keeping links to instance of people fighting back so we can see we aren’t alone out here.

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Theresa Mihalopoulos @teeceem.bsky.social · 1d

This is heartening.

Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Scientists preserved climate data by creating independent archives when government sites were wiped. Knowledge finds a way. 🌎

#FightBack #ClimateAction #ScienceMatters

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

In 1943 Berlin, Aryan women protested to save their Jewish husbands from deportation and won. Even under fascism, courage can prevail. ✊🕊️

#FightBack #NeverAgain #Courage

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Tenants staged the nation’s first back-rent strike, refusing to pay corporate landlords “immoral sums” after the pandemic. Collective power works. 🏠

#FightBack #TenantPower #Solidarity

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Digital Warrior - Combat Disinfo @digitalwarrior.bsky.social · 1d

Communities formed “ICE watch” patrols to document and disrupt unjust raids. Ordinary neighbors protecting each other, that’s real patriotism. 🇺🇸

#FightBack #CommunityPower #HumanRights

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