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CaptainTruth's JournalSome of my thoughts on Democratic messaging & Twitter...
Recently I’ve seen a variety of comments here on DU about Dem messaging, & in other recent threads, recent developments at Twitter.
I want to highlight a couple items that stood out to me:
1) The point was made that Dem messaging isn’t the problem, media is the problem, because the media doesn’t deliver Dem messaging to the people who really need to hear it most.
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2) Some folks have said things like “If Elon Musk buys Twitter & it fills with right-wing propaganda, I will delete my Twitter account.” Some folks already have.
Do my DU friends see the problem here?
Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that Musk’s purchase of Twitter increases the amount of right-wing propaganda & lies on Twitter (i.e. the number of accounts repeating right-wing/Reich-wing messaging). Folks, that means you are being handed the opportunity to personally “deliver Dem messaging to the people who really need to hear it most”.
For every one of their GOP messages, you can respond with a Democratic message. For every one of their lies, you can respond with truth.
If you believe “the media doesn’t deliver Dem messaging to the people who really need to hear it most” (& I agree they don’t) then YOU (& ME) should deliver it, directly to them, right in front of their eyeballs on Twitter or whatever social media program they appear on.
In my humble opinion, saying “I quit” & running away, without challenging their propaganda is inviting failure & disaster.
Again, just my humble opinion, & it is not my intention to offend any of my friends here.
Thank you for listening.
UK drawing up plans to send armoured vehicles to Ukraine - The Times
April 6 (Reuters) - Britain is drawing up plans to send armoured vehicles to Ukraine, according to The Times.
Options under consideration in the Ministry of Defence include sending a protected patrol vehicle, such as the Mastiff, or a vehicle like the Jackal, which can be used as a reconnaissance or long-range patrol vehicle, the report said.
The vehicles would be stripped of sensitive equipment and British troops would be sent to a country neigbouring Ukraine to carry out training, The Times reported, citing a defence source.
Further support, including anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles, would be announced by Britain in the coming days, the report said.
More at link.
[link:https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-drawing-up-plans-send-armoured-vehicles-ukraine-the-times-2022-04-06/|]
Matt and the no good, very bad 'woke' military: A picture story
Hilarious take by Task and Purpose on the confrontation between Matt Gaetz & Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin today.
Matt and the no good, very bad ‘woke’ military: A picture story.
Matt likes to go to hearings about the military, but nobody likes to listen. Oh darn.
Matt is a big important Congress man. Sometimes he attends hearings. But Matt doesn’t like to listen.
On Tuesday, Congress held a budget hearing for the military. Yay military! But Matt wasn’t happy.
Matt is really mad about “wokeness” in the military. Being woke is bad because Matt likes naps.
More hilarity at the link.
[link:https://taskandpurpose.com/mandatory-fun/matt-gaetz-woke-military-picture-story/|]
Russian forces withdrawn from the Kyiv axis are highly unlikely to be effectively deployed elsewhere
Interesting perspective from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
From their April 4 assessment:
"Degraded Russian forces in northeastern Ukraine continued to withdraw to Russia and are unlikely to be effective elsewhere, despite ongoing Russian efforts to redeploy them to eastern Ukraine. Ukrainian forces are conducting operations to clear Russians left behind in the withdrawal, and Russian forces are unlikely to hold any cohesive defensive positions. The Ukrainian military reported that elements of Russian VDV (Airborne) units withdrawn from northern Kyiv flew to Belgorod, Russia, on April 4. These units are understrength, missing equipment, and likely highly demoralized. Russian servicemen from the Kyiv axis ordered to renter combat operations may desert or refuse orders, which has occurred in several Russian units throughout the war—including several units that had not yet entered combat."
Much more detailed analysis of the current situation at the link.
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[link:https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-4|]
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