REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - New: Senate Votes Down Another War Powers Resolution
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STONEZONE (Scott S. Powell for Townhall) - How Did America Get to the Threshold of Normalizing Sedition?
Yuri Bezmenov decided he wanted out of the KGB and the Soviet system some 56 years ago while serving in New Delhi, India. Disguising himself as an American hippie, he defected to the U.S. Embassy and debriefed with the CIA. It was decided that Bezmenov should settle in Canada under a new name for a […] The post How Did America Get to the Threshold of Normalizing Sedition? appeared first on StoneZone .
Yuri Bezmenov decided he wanted out of the KGB and the Soviet system some 56 years ago while serving in New Delhi, India. Disguising himself as an American hippie, he defected to the U.S. Embassy and debriefed with the CIA. It was decided that Bezmenov should settle in Canada under a new name for a while. Bezmenov came back to the U.S. in 1980 with a mission to educate people about Soviet “ideological subversion,” which is the basic systematic methodology communists use to take down countries and establish Marxist-Leninist socialist-type states. More recently, a Chinese defector and immigrant, Xi Van Fleet, has been on a crusade to warn Americans about the parallels between what is happening in America today and what Mao did in the…Open
How did the Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) and CISA allegedly influence the 2020 election narrative?
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) reportedly collaborated with the Stanford University-based Election Integrity Partnership (EIP) to suppress information that would help Donald Trump. The EIP allegedly pressured social media companies (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, and Pinterest) to modify terms-of-service to include "delegitimization" language, allowing for algorithmic mass censorship of topics like mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and "Antifa."
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What examples are provided to illustrate the "Destabilization" stage in the United States?
Examples of destabilization include the disorientation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (mask mandates, lockdowns, and abandonment of proven medical practices) and the civil unrest following the death of George Floyd, which involved narratives of systemic racism, rioting, looting, destruction of property, and the removal of historic statues. The article also notes that efforts to defund local law enforcement in cities like Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Baltimore marked a peak in destabilization.
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According to Bezmenov's analysis, what are the primary goals and strategies of the "Demoralization" stage?
Demoralization is considered the most important and hardest-to-reverse stage because it targets how a population interprets reality. Strategies include undermining Judeo-Christian beliefs, customs, and traditions; destroying the family unit to replace it with the state; and breaking national loyalty by rewriting history, denigrating national heroes, and destroying historic monuments.
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How does Xi Van Fleet compare modern American "cancel culture" to Mao Zedong's actions in China?
Xi Van Fleet argues that modern American leftist cancel culture is replicating Mao's destruction of the "Four Olds" (old ideas, old culture, old customs, and old habits), which she warns could end freedom in America if not stopped.
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What are the four fluid stages of communist subversion identified by Yuri Bezmenov?
The four stages of communist subversion are 1) Demoralization, 2) Destabilization, 3) Crisis, and 4) Normalization.
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Who was Yuri Bezmenov and what was his mission when he returned to the U.S. in 1980?
Yuri Bezmenov was a former KGB agent who defected to the U.S. after serving in New Delhi, India. He returned to the U.S. in 1980 with a mission to educate the public about "ideological subversion," which he described as the systematic methodology used by communists to dismantle countries and establish Marxist-Leninist socialist-type states.
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NYTIMES (Katie Glueck) - Democratic Voters Keep Defying the Party Establishment
The House Democratic campaign arm has stepped up its interventions in high-profile contested primaries. But this week, it suffered its third primary defeat in two months.
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NYTIMES (Helene Cooper, Lara Jakes and John Ismay) - Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.
NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - Trump to Impose Tariffs on More Than 80 Countries
Also, oil hits $100 a barrel. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
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NYTIMES (Abbie VanSickle) - Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases
At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda.
NPR (The Associated Press) - Trump to impose double-digit tariffs on dozens of countries
The United States will slap taxes of 10% to 12.5% on imports from 60 countries accounting for 99% of U.S. imports, charging that they have inadequately enforced bans on goods produced by forced labor.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - States launch voter audits after system error registered 6k noncitizens to vote in New Jersey
Over 6,000 people who were not U.S. citizens were erroneously registered to vote in New Jersey from June 2023 to June 2024 due to a software error in the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles, New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D) said on Tuesday. Less than 400 individuals in this group actually voted, according to the state’s preliminary analysis. Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5981200-sherrill-investigates-nj-voter-rolls/ #Voting #MikieSherrill #VoterFraud #Elections #NewJersey #Voters
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump welcomes World Series champs LA Dodgers to the White House, touts new Rose Garden upgrades
President Donald Trump welcomed World Series champions the Los Angeles Dodgers to the White House on Thursday. This is the first time the newly renovated Rose Garden has been used to host an event. #trump #dodgers #rosegarden #worldseries
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BABYLONBEE (Babylon Bee) - New Yorker Being Stabbed On Street Corner Glad To Know Mamdani Focused On Bringing Netanyahu To Justice
NEW YORK, NY — As a mugger repeatedly stabbed him on a Manhattan street corner, local resident Ethan Wallace took comfort in the knowledge that Mayor Zohran Mamdani remained laser-focused on bringing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to justice.