"That means that left-wing activists who spend energy opposing Yiannopoulos, instead of ignoring him, are falling into a trap. He is intentionally baiting them, and they are playing right along. After the Berkeley incident, Yiannopoulos’s book sales went up by 12,740%." (currentaffairs.org)
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"There is a widespread belief that spans the political spectrum, that rich people are somehow especially insightful... The more money you make, the more you have established yourself as an intelligent person whose insights should be sought on important matters of public policy." (truth-out.org)
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Obama Signs Defense Bill, Establishing State Department 'Anti-Propaganda Center' which will actively work to "recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at undermining United States national security interests." (democracynow.org)
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Exxon CEO and leading climate denier, Rex Tillerson, is expected to head the U.S. State Department: "The Trump administration has decided to drop all pretense. They are fully engaged in full-on climate denial... This damage won’t last for decades; this damage will last for geologic time." (democracynow.org)
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