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Mollie Hemingway, Friday morning on FOX Business Network’s “Varney & Co.””It’s not America First to let the Democrats take the House and take the Senate, which would very much hamper Trump’s last two years in office,” Hemingway said. “It should be taken as a big priority for Republican leaders. “Handing our country over to these radical Democrats is very dangerous, and it should be taken as just as serious a national security issue as the Iranian issue.”STUART VARNEY, FOX BUSINESS NETWORK: A poll shows most people are not pleased with trump’s handling of Iran. Have voters soured on Trump and…
America is wrong to think Iran’s tactical retreat will derail the Islamist project. Source link
Triumphant public messaging has been matched by a hard-line stance on issues likely to be at the heart of negotiations: the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s nuclear program. Source link
Congressional Republicans are praising the president publicly, and screaming into their pillows privately Source link
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Ukraine has emerged from its harshest wartime winter with its energy system battered by relentless Russian strikes designed to freeze civilians into submission. At the same time, a sustained FIMI campaign sought to spin the blackouts into narratives of Ukrainian weakness, division and European fatigue – claims starkly disproven by sustained public and governmental support across the continent. Ukraine has just endured its harshest winter since the start of the full-scale war. Russian attacks on infrastructure supplying heat and electricity are not new – they have marked previous winters as well. This time, however, the strikes on the power grid…
Article Metrics0CrossRef Citations In today’s digital media environment, emotionally resonant narratives often spread faster and stick more firmly than verifiable facts. This paper explores how emotionally charged communication in online controversies fosters not only widespread engagement but also the participatory nature of misinformation. Through a case study of a K-pop controversy, we show how audiences act not just as consumers but as co-authors of alternative narratives in moments of uncertainty. These dynamics reflect a broader trend where emotionally driven discourse increasingly shapes public perception, challenging the role of facts in public debate. By Sungha KangCollege of Information, University of Maryland,…
Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) has evolved into a dense and interconnected ecosystem of actors, infrastructures and narratives operating across digital platforms and geopolitical contexts. The concept of the “FIMI Galaxy”, part of the recently published 4th EEAS Report on FIMI Threats, captures this systemic reality. It exposes the complex architecture behind influence operations and provides a strategic tool for understanding and countering them. The FIMI Galaxy: mapping the architecture of information manipulation Compared to previous assessments, the 2025 landscape appears denser and more active. The number of detected FIMI incidents and operational channels have increased, and the consistency…
Article Metrics0CrossRef Citations Rather than assuming that people are motivated to fact-check, we investigated the process that people go through when and if they encounter political misinformation. Using a digital diary method, we asked 38 participants to collect examples of political misinformation during Australia’s 2025 federal election and explain why they determined it to be misinformation (n = 254). The top rationale given by participants for their decisions was that the claims contradicted their existing knowledge (28%), followed by perceptions of bias (22%). An independent fact checker analysed the examples and revealed a considerable gap: 10% of submissions were found…
KEY EVENTS: FIMI outlets downplayed Ukraine’s battlefield effectiveness while setting the stage for potential escalation in the Baltic states Pro-Kremlin narratives portrayed the West as waging war against Russia Messaging sought to influence elections in Hungary by presenting the EU as an authoritarian actor Ukraine hits Russian oil ports, Kremlin blames NATO and warns of a “coup” in Hungary Following Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian Baltic seaports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk, pro-Kremlin information channels quickly shifted attention away from the damage caused by the attacks. Both ports are major export hubs for Russian oil and petroleum products, so the…