<p>Senior <a href="/tags/state/" rel="tag">#State</a> Department official sought internal communications with <a href="/tags/journalists/" rel="tag">#journalists</a>, <a href="/tags/european/" rel="tag">#European</a> officials, & Trump <a href="/tags/critics/" rel="tag">#critics</a></p><p><a href="/tags/trump/" rel="tag">#Trump</a> appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, & <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> buzzwords for a “<a href="/tags/twitterfiles/" rel="tag">#TwitterFiles</a>” style document dump about alleged conservative censorship.</p><p><a href="/tags/law/" rel="tag">#law</a> <a href="/tags/firstamendment/" rel="tag">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="/tags/freespeech/" rel="tag">#FreeSpeech</a> <a href="/tags/freepress/" rel="tag">#FreePress</a> <a href="/tags/privacy/" rel="tag">#privacy</a> <a href="/tags/infosec/" rel="tag">#InfoSec</a> <a href="/tags/democracy/" rel="tag">#democracy</a> <a href="/tags/revengepolitics/" rel="tag">#RevengePolitics</a> <br><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.technologyreview.com/2025/</span><span class="invisible">05/01/1115988/senior-state-department-official-sought-internal-communications-with-journalists-european-officials-and-trump-critics/</span></a></p>
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<p>🧵Persuading others who support the right wing extremist views can be challenging, but it's possible through thoughtful, empathetic communication and evidence-based arguments. </p><p>Here are some approaches to help foster understanding and shift perspectives: 1)<br><a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#farright</a> <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#rightwing</a> <a href="/tags/facist/" rel="tag">#Facist</a> <a href="/tags/liberal/" rel="tag">#Liberal</a> <a href="/tags/conservative/" rel="tag">#conservative</a> <a href="/tags/libertarianism/" rel="tag">#Libertarianism</a> <a href="/tags/libertarian/" rel="tag">#Libertarian</a> <a href="/tags/totalitarianism/" rel="tag">#totalitarianism</a> <a href="/tags/counterview/" rel="tag">#Counterview</a> <a href="/tags/misinformation/" rel="tag">#misinformation</a></p>
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It's worth bearing in mind as we read more and more news about "AI" being shoved into every nook and cranny of the US federal government:<br><p>The right loves AI-generated imagery. In a short time, a full half of the political spectrum has collectively fallen for the glossy, disturbing visuals created by generative AI. Despite its proponents having little love, or talent, for any form of artistic expression, right wing visual culture once ranged from memorable election-year posters to ‘terrorwave’. Today it is slop, almost totally.<br></p>From AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism<br><a href="https://newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="newsocialist.org.uk/transmissions/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsocialist.org.uk/transmissi</span><span class="invisible">ons/ai-the-new-aesthetics-of-fascism/</span></a><br><br>I'm not finding the reference right now but I've read similar observations about writing as well: the political right used to have talented writers, but nowadays not so much.<br><br>(This is not an invitation for "duh, they're just MAGA idiots" responses or variations on that theme. I'm as frustrated as the next person about the political climate but I'm not here for that).<br><br><a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#AI</a> <a href="/tags/genai/" rel="tag">#GenAI</a> <a href="/tags/generativeai/" rel="tag">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#FarRight</a> <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#RightWing</a><br>
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<p><a href="/tags/donaldtrump/" rel="tag">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="/tags/robertfkennedyjr/" rel="tag">#robertfkennedyjr</a> <a href="/tags/charliekirk/" rel="tag">#charliekirk</a> <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#rightwing</a> <a href="/tags/farright/" rel="tag">#farright</a> <a href="/tags/bigot/" rel="tag">#bigot</a> <a href="/tags/hypocrite/" rel="tag">#hypocrite</a> <a href="/tags/fascist/" rel="tag">#fascist</a> <a href="/tags/nazi/" rel="tag">#nazi</a> <a href="/tags/neonazi/" rel="tag">#neonazi</a> <a href="/tags/usa/" rel="tag">#usa</a> <a href="/tags/america/" rel="tag">#america</a> <a href="/tags/ausgov/" rel="tag">#ausgov</a> <a href="/tags/politas/" rel="tag">#politas</a> <a href="/tags/classwar/" rel="tag">#classwar</a> <a href="/tags/covid/" rel="tag">#covid</a> <a href="/tags/covid19/" rel="tag">#covid19</a> <a href="/tags/coronavirus/" rel="tag">#coronavirus</a></p>
<p>Powerful Nelson Mandela Interview at Town Hall, USA that amazed the whole world (June 21st 1990) - YouTube <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQIEIRLU1Y" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQIEIRLU1Y"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcQIEI</span><span class="invisible">RLU1Y</span></a></p><p>Recommended. Take the time to listen to what he has to say. Note that this interview happened the same year that Mandela was released from prison, and therefore before the end of apartheid.</p><p><a href="/tags/mandela/" rel="tag">#Mandela</a> <a href="/tags/nelsonmandela/" rel="tag">#NelsonMandela</a> <a href="/tags/southafrica/" rel="tag">#SouthAfrica</a> <br><a href="/tags/racism/" rel="tag">#Racism</a> <a href="/tags/rightwing/" rel="tag">#RightWing</a> <a href="/tags/apartheid/" rel="tag">#Apartheid</a><br><a href="/tags/palestine/" rel="tag">#Palestine</a> <a href="/tags/israel/" rel="tag">#Israel</a> <a href="/tags/cuba/" rel="tag">#Cuba</a> <a href="/tags/lybia/" rel="tag">#Lybia</a></p>