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Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
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THE OFFENSE
The Washington Post’s Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima published an article from two unnamed sources claiming Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a Joint Special Operations commander to “kill everybody” during an anti-terrorist operation in the Caribbean Sea.
THE TRUTH
The Department of War killed 11 narco-terrorists in a coordinated strike designed to “kill the narco-terrorists who are poisoning the American people.” This attack was the first in a series of lethal kinetic strikes against Designated Terrorist Organizations. The Washington Post published this unsubstantiated claim in an attempt to discredit the United States’ warfighters and inflame anti-American sentiment.
KEY POINTS
• The Washington Post published an unsubstantiated lie to undermine the Department of War’s anti-terrorist operations.
SOURCES
• The Washington Post: Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
• White House Communications Director Steven Cheung’s Post
• Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s Post
• The New York Times: Hegseth Ordered a Lethal Attack but Not the Killing of Survivors, Officials Say
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement
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Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The New York Times characterized a Guatemalan illegal migrant who stole a hardworking American’s social security number as a victim.
THE TRUTH
Not only did the illegal alien steal the identity of a rural Minnesotan factory worker who teaches Sunday school (thereby costing the man thousands of dollars in taxes to the IRS), he also had four prior DUI convictions, killed a 68-year-old man in a car accident and had previously been arrested for assault and terroristic threats.
KEY POINTS
• The New York Times attempted to portray a criminal illegal alien as equal to the hardworking, pious American whose identity he stole.
SOURCES
• New York Times: Two Men. One Identity. They Both Paid the Price.
• Vice President Vance’s Post
• DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia Mclaughlin’s Post
• Theo Wold’s Post on X
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Senate committee advances a Trump-aligned pick for HHS watchdog, a role long seen as nonpartisan
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THE OFFENSE
The Associated Press’s Ali Swenson attacked President Trump’s highly respected pick for HHS inspector general (IG) as not being “nonpartisan.”
THE TRUTH
Swenson completely omitted the fact that Biden’s HHS inspector general donated to Democrats WHILE serving in the office of the inspector general.
KEY POINTS
• The AP’s Ali Swenson omitted vital context to push her own anti-Trump agenda.
SOURCES
• The Associated Press: Senate committee advances a Trump-aligned pick for HHS watchdog, a role long seen as nonpartisan
• Washington Examiner: Democratic donors among inspectors general dismissed by Trump
• RapidResponse47’s Post
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Media Misrepresents and Exaggerates President Trump’s Calls for Democrat Accountability
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The media misrepresented President Trump’s call for Members of Congress to be held accountable for inciting sedition by saying that he called for their “execution.”
THE TRUTH
The Democrats and Fake News Media subversively implied that President Trump had issued illegal orders to service members. Every order President Trump has issued has been lawful. It is dangerous for sitting Members of Congress to incite insubordination in the United States’ military, and President Trump called for them to be held accountable.
KEY POINTS
• Democrats released a video calling for service members to disobey their chain of command, and in turn, implied President Trump had issued illegal orders.
• President Trump has never issued an illegal order. The Fake News knew that, but ran with the story anyway.SOURCES
• Video of Democrat Officials Calling for Sedition
• Trump accuses Democrats who urged military to resist illegal orders of ‘seditious behavior,’ suggests execution
• Trump calls for arrest of ‘seditious’ Democrats who told troops their duty is to uphold the Constitution
• Mike Johnson defends Trump’s ‘sedition’ attacks on Democrats
• Stephen Miller: "It is insurrection—plainly, directly, without question… It’s a general call for rebellion from the CIA and the armed services of the United States, by Democrat lawmakers"
• Slotkin tries to defend her sick plot to turn service members against the Commander-in-Chief
• CBS News Post
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Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Politico’s Playbook newsletter attempted to portray an illegal immigrant arrested by federal law enforcement as an innocent “moped driver.”
THE TRUTH
The “moped driver” was an illegal alien criminal from Venezuela with suspected gang affiliation and an active final order of removal from the country. Upon his arrest, the illegal alien criminal resisted arrest and a law enforcement officer suffered a concussion as a result.
KEY POINTS
• Politico intentionally mischaracterized a criminal illegal alien as a “moped driver.”
SOURCES
• Playbook: Trump’s crackdown hits Washington
• Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's Statement
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‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Politico’s Felicia Schwartz published an article disparaging Special Envoy Steve Witkoff for his “inexperience” as a chief negotiator on the world stage.
THE TRUTH
: From Vice President JD Vance: “This story from Politico is journalistic malpractice. But it’s more than that: it’s a foreign influence operation meant to hurt the administration and one of our most effective members. Notice how all of the people attacking Steve are on background? That means it’s two or three deep staters who are angry that Witkoff has succeeded where they’ve failed. You know what this “reporter” left out to make room for anonymous quotes? The full quote from the sitting vice president, on the record. A quote from the secretary of the state, on the record. The full quote from the UK’s Jonathan Powell, one of the most respected national security people in the Western World, who defended Steve vigorously from these malicious smears. The person who wrote this garbage is @felschwartz. Aside from the failure to include on the record information directly contradicting her reporting, I wonder if she ever asked herself why these anonymous sources came to her at this moment with this particular story. They have an agenda to blow up the president’s efforts to make peace, and they saw her as a useful vessel to launder garbage into the conversation, truth be damned. There are two possible explanations: Felicia is just not very smart, and allowed herself to be used by deep state con men. Or she’s in on it, and used her position to willingly participate in a literal foreign influence operation. Either way, it’s disgraceful. To set the record straight: Steve Witkoff is an invaluable member of our team. He did not mislead anyone on what the Russians told him and what the Russians conceded. (Trust me, I’ve seen the intel.) The fruits of his negotiations are that we have narrowed the list of open issues in the Russia-Ukraine war to a set of clearly defined issues–specifically, security guarantees and territorial concessions. Maybe we make peace, and maybe we don’t. If we do, it will be because Steve Witkoff and the President of the United States worked their tails off, in the face of outright lies from the mainstream press. A quote from Jared Kushner, on the record.
The full quote from the UK’s Jonathan Powell, one of the most respected national security people in the Western World, who defended Steve vigorously from these malicious smears.
The person who wrote this garbage is @felschwartz. Aside from the failure to include on the record information directly contradicting her reporting, I wonder if she ever asked herself why these anonymous sources came to her at this moment with this particular story. They have an agenda to blow up the president’s efforts to make peace, and they saw her as a useful vessel to launder garbage into the conversation, truth be damned.
There are two possible explanations: Felicia is just not very smart, and allowed herself to be used by deep state con men. Or she’s in on it, and used her position to willingly participate in a literal foreign influence operation. Either way, it’s disgraceful.
To set the record straight: Steve Witkoff is an invaluable member of our team. He did not mislead anyone on what the Russians told him and what the Russians conceded. (Trust me, I’ve seen the intel.) The fruits of his negotiations are that we have narrowed the list of open issues in the Russia-Ukraine war to a set of clearly defined issues–specifically, security guarantees and territorial concessions.
Maybe we make peace, and maybe we don’t. If we do, it will be because Steve Witkoff and the President of the United States worked their tails off, in the face of outright lies from the mainstream press.”KEY POINTS
• Politico omitted statements from the Vice President and Secretary of State in favor of anonymous; off the record sources to undermine the United States’ international peace missions.
SOURCES
• Vice President JD Vance's Statement
• ‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy
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Republicans are losing the political battle over the shutdown
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough suggested that Democrats were “on the right side” of the government shutdown.
THE TRUTH
Democrats’ reckless decision to shut down the government threatened food access for low-income Americans, caused widespread travel disruptions and led to millions of Americans missing paychecks. Democrats chose to vote against a bill that would reopen the government 15 times.
KEY POINTS
• Joe Scarborough claimed democrats were “right” for voting against the distribution of SNAP/EBT, disrupting Americans’ travel, and causing millions to miss paychecks.
SOURCES
• Republicans are losing the political battle over the shutdown
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One month later, Republicans still can’t avoid blame for the government shutdown
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Steve Benen – a producer for The Rachel Maddow Show – wrote an article for MSNBC suggesting Republicans “can’t avoid blame for the government shutdown.”
THE TRUTH
Senate Democrats voted against a clean, nonpartisan funding bill 15 times.
KEY POINTS
• MSNBC displayed their left-wing bias by claiming Republicans “can’t avoid blame for the government shutdown” despite the fact that Democrats voted against a bill that would end the shutdown 15 times.
SOURCES
• One month later, Republicans still can’t avoid blame for the government shutdown
• House Republicans Restore Order: Congress Passes Clean Funding Extension and Full-Year Appropriations Bills to Reopen Government
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BBC apologizes to Trump over misleading edit, but rejects basis for defamation claim
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
The BBC released a doctored video of President Trump’s speech on January 6th, 2021.
THE TRUTH
By the BBC’s own admission, the broadcaster edited the speech in a misleading manner that “gave the mistaken impression that President Trump had made a direct call for violent action.” The bogus video led to the ouster of (now former) BBC Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News CEO Deborah Turness. It also led to BBC Chair Samir Shah sending a personal letter to the White House apologizing on behalf of the BBC for the deceitful video edit.
KEY POINTS
• The BBC deceptively edited a video to misrepresent President Trump’s statements and help craft a narrative opposing him.
SOURCES
• BBC apologizes to Trump over its misleading edit, but says there’s no basis for a defamation claim
• Panorama – Trump: A Second Chance?
• BBC director general and News CEO resign over Trump documentary edit
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Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
CATEGORY
THE OFFENSE
Margherita Stancati and Gavin Bade, reporters for the Wall Street Journal, published an article and claimed Italian pasta would “disappear” from American grocery stores.
THE TRUTH
This is an exaggerated lie. These potential anti-dumping tariffs would only affect 16% percent of Italian pasta imports, so it’s ludicrous to assert that Italian pasta is “poised to disappear.” Even then, Italian pasta makers have weeks to comply with a simple data request and have their anti-dumping tariff rate adjusted before it’s finalized in January.
KEY POINTS
• The Wall Street Journal’s Gavin Bade and Margherita Stancati lied in an effort to fearmonger against President Trump’s successful tariff policies.
SOURCES
• Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
• Deputy Press Secretary Kush Desai's Statement