If you go to any MAGAt website from newspapers, to podcasts, to social media you see evil, evil lies and weaponized misinformation about FEMA and what the Biden administration is doing to harm people who sustained damage from the climate crisis. The United States is being attacked by the modern equivalent of Nazis just as voting is starting.
Bat Cave, North Carolina, September 30, 2024. Credit: Reuters / Marco Bello
In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Helene in the United States this week, a new storm emerged on social media – false rumors about how disaster funds have been used, and even claims that officials control the weather.
Local and national government officials say they are trying to combat the rumors, including one spread by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
One of the more far-fetched rumors is that Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits. Others accuse the administration of President Joe Biden of using federal disaster funds to help migrants in the country illegally, or suggest officials are deliberately abandoning bodies in the cleanup.
Republican Congress member Marjorie Taylor Greene posted on X Thursday night: “Yes they can control the weather. It’s ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can’t be done.”
The conspiracy theories come at a pivotal time for rescue and recovery efforts following the storm, one of the deadliest U.S. hurricanes this century. And the presidential election between Trump […]
CHANTAL ALLAM, JOE MARUSAK and JOSH SHAFFER, Reporters - The Charlotte Observer
Stephan:
The editors and editorial staff of The Charlotte Observer in North Carolina were so appalled that on their front page they published a fact check on the horrible lies the MAGAt Republicans are spreading. Read it, this is so evil. This is all a modern recreation of Hitler’s Nazis. Trump is in essence a modern Hitler. I do not understand how any patriotic American can vote for this man who what used to be the Republican Party.
Editor’s note: NC Reality Check investigating the rumors and misinformation, some of it from official sources, inundating social media about relief efforts in Western North Carolina. If you encounter a rumor that you would like us to check out, email realitycheck@newsobserver.com This file will be updated. Emergency officials responding to the Hurricane Helene disaster in Western North Carolina say false rumors on social media are impeding their efforts to help tens of thousands of people in need.
“False information is being widely shared on social media channels, including AI-generated content and images,” N.C. Department of Public Safety officials said in a statement. ”Nefarious actors and those with ill intent may be taking advantage of this situation by spreading false information.” False rumors even spread claiming the government had created the hurricane.
The public should find and share information from trusted sources and discourage others from spreading information from unverified sources, NCDPS officials said.
On social media Friday, the American Red Cross said misinformation is hurting its Hurricane Helene relief efforts.
I am running this article to make this point: It is not just MAGAt politicians that are trying to destroy the demmocracy of the United States. It is MAGAt citizens as well. And I think we are going to see more and more reports like this. Elon Musk’s mother is openly advocating people use fake names to vote multiple times. I have been thinking about this for several days, and my takeaway is that Americans have not seen civil violence on a large scale in living memory, and a large percentage of Americans have never been outside of the country’s borders. They really have no idea what the oligarchical fascism traitor Trump and the MAGAt Republican politicians are advocating would be like to live under. Their worshipful adherence to Trump, and the reason this election is so close in the polls is the manifestation of this. Plus I think these people are particularly susceptible to the precognitive fear of what the future is going to be like that I have been describing for you. See my SR podcast on this precognition at: https://www.youtube.com/@Schwartzreportnet
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
A top law enforcement official in Michigan, one of the most important battleground states in the 2024 election, announced felony charges against seven residents of a predominantly Republican county on accusations of voter fraud, a new report shows.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is charging seven people in Macomb County with felonies in relation to alleged voter fraud in the Aug. 6, 2024 primary election, the Detroit News reported Friday.
Four people — 68 year-old Frank Prezzato, 56 year-old Stacy Kramer, 44 year-old Douglas Kempkins Jr. and 62 year-old Geneva O’Day — stand accused of “trying to vote a second time,” according to the report.
The four reside in St. Clair Shores, and Nessel reportedly alleges each tried to vote with absentee ballots as well as in-person.
Three others have been charged: Two poll workers in St. Clair Shores — 73 year-old Patricia Guciardo and 42 year-old Emily McClintock — have each been charged with one count apiece of falsifying election records, in addition to other charges of voting more than once, according to the […]
I think Earl Stephens is absolutely correct, although not nearly strong enough in his condemnation of Merrick Garland. I am running this piece because it is one of the only ones I have seen in general media making this point. My own view is that the crisis that now threatens the futurre of American democracy is in large measure the result of Merrick Garland’s cowardice and incompetence as Attorney General. The ongoing Trump nightmare is in large measure the predictable result of Garland’s failure to act to hold traitor Trump accountable. I believe Garland will become an historically significant example of governmental failure and weakness.
US Attorney General Merrick Garland Credit: AFP
Merrick Garland’s failure to protect us from the anti-American madman who attacked our country, and now wants to finish us off, has been a catastrophic dereliction of duty unmatched in American history.
I am not here to needlessly pile on or distract us from our important work of making good and damn sure Kamala Harris is elected next month, but I do think it is vital we understand that our attorney general’s — the most powerful law enforcement officer in the world — refusal and/or inability to do his job upon his appointment in 2021, has put this country in tremendous danger.
He is without a doubt Joe Biden’s greatest mistake, and we must now hold our breaths for the next 30-plus days hoping that that mistake won’t be a tragic footnote to the story about America’s once-great democracy.
Aliya Uteuova, Environmental Reporter - The Guardian (U.K.)
Stephan:
We are simply not preparing for what is coming as a result of climate change which is going to fundamentally alter Earth’s ecosystems. There is still a significant faction of MAGAt Republicans in Congress who don’t even believe human mediated climate change is a real issue. Project 2025 mthe MAGAt bible proposes to strip the federal government of the funds, people, and power to prevent the worst impacts of climate change. If you live anywhere near water and plan to vote for Republicans, kneel down and kiss the floor and your house goodbye. Let Ashville, North Carolina be your warning.
Projection of flooding in Provincetown, Massachusetts Credit: Guardian
Floods affecting much of the south-east US show the destructive force of higher sea levels and warmer temperatures. Now, researchers at the non-profit Climate Central are using artificial intelligence to predict how climate-related flooding will affect US communities into the next 75 years if warming continues at its current pace.
Previous research has shown that by 2050, sea levels along the US coastline could rise as much as 12in (30cm) from 2020 levels. High-tide flooding, which can occur even in sunny weather, is projected to triple by 2050, and so-called 100-year floods may soon become annual occurrences in New England.
The scale of the threat is difficult to fathom, said Ben Strauss, CEO and chief scientist at Climate Central. He hopes new AI imagery will help.
“We want to change how flood risk is communicated in this country,” Strauss said. “When the picture [is] of a local site that you know and are familiar with, that’s when the stakes really make themselves apparent.”
Climate Central sent camera-equipped trucks along the eastern and Gulf coasts to […]
Here is the latest research on what is happening to public education; it is yet another disaster report. This one involves parents. If you are the parent of a child in school I would take this very seriously. If you know someone who has a child in school, please pass it on. The school age generation of Americans are going to have a very hard time in a very different country.
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Teaching in 2024 has become increasingly challenging and frustrating. Recently, we shared stories from teachers who opened up about the “hard truths” about their students that parents need to start listening to and accepting. Following that, over 400 more teachers of the BuzzFeed Community shared their experiences and the harsh realities they want parents to hear. Here are their brutally honest responses.
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“I am a substitute teacher — kids need to hear ‘no.’ They do not respect authority. Parents are letting the phones and computers raise the kids. I’ve seen most kids NOT know how to tie their shoes from pre-k to seventh grade. They are not taught at home, and we get so tired of teaching every child to tie their shoes. It takes 30 seconds to tie shoes.”
“Allow your child to experience failure without you choosing to ‘fix it.’ Students should be held accountable for missed assignments, defying phone restrictions, using profanity in the classroom when it is not appropriate, lying to cover aberrant behavior, […]
