#1 Between 2011 and 2019, the New York Times and the Washington Post increased their usage of the words "racist," "racists," and "racism" by over 700% and nearly 1,000%, respectively.
#2 In 2011, just 35% of white liberals thought racism in the United States was “a big problem,” according to national polling.
By 2015, this figure had ballooned to 61% and further still to 77% in 2017.
#3 In 2006, 45% of white Democrats and 41% of white Republicans knew someone they considered racist.
By 2015, this increased to 64% for white Democrats but remained 41% for white Republicans.
Notably, the % decreased among black & hispanic Democrats during the same period.
#4 Between 2013 and 2019, the New York Times and the Washington Post increased their usage of the terms "systemic racism," "structural racism," and "institutional racism" by roughly 1,000%.
#5 Between 2013 and 2019, the New York Times and the Washington Post increased their usage of "white privilege" and "racial privilege" by 1,200% and nearly 1,500%, respectively.
#6 "What the data presented here suggests is that editorial decisions made over the past decade at some of the most powerful media outlets in the world about what kind of language to use and what kind of stories merited coverage when it came to race—whatever the intention and level of forethought behind such decisions—has stoked a revival of racial consciousness among their readers.
Intentionally or not, by introducing and then constantly repeating a set of keywords and concepts, publications like The New York Times have helped normalize among their readership the belief that “color” is the defining attribute of other human beings.
For those who adopt this singular focus on race, a racialized view of the world becomes a baseline test of political loyalty...
The same media institutions that have promoted revanchist identitarianism and the radical transformation of American society along racial lines could instead have focused their attention and influence on improving the quality of life for all.
Working to ensure that Americans of any background aren’t unjustly victimized by the police and have access to quality health care, schools, and affordable housing doesn’t require the promotion of a “race-consciousness” that divides society into “oppressed” and “privileged” color categories.
To the contrary, it requires that we de-emphasize these categories and unite in pursuit of common interests.
This may not suit the media’s prerogatives, and it may not appeal to activists whose desire for cultural “recognition” trumps their devotion to material progress, but it does offer the potential benefit of improving the lives of ordinary Americans."
by @ZachG932
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🚨THREAD: Paul Hyon Kim, 36, has been arrested for torching a row of Teslas with Molotov cocktails and spray-painting "RESIST" across the entrance of the Tesla service center in Las Vegas.
The legacy media radicalized this Democrat.
Here are his social media posts.👇
1/ On his IG, Kim links to his website (paulhyonkimdotcom) alongside a "Donations to Palestine" link.
His website identifies him as a cinematographer who relocated from the Pacific Northwest to Las Vegas.
On Vimeo, he lists his pronouns as he/him.
2/ His recent IG story labels @hasanthehun a "sellout" for gifting items to AOC and Bernie Sanders during a recent interview.
The post criticizes Hasan for not interviewing Jill Stein and for not challenging AOC and Bernie on "their support for Zionism and Iron Dome funding."
🚨THREAD: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was *PROVOKED* by NATO expansion and a U.S.-backed 2014 coup, according to three decades of leading U.S. military and foreign policy experts:
•Ambassador George Kennan
•Ambassador Jack Matlock
•Senator Joe Biden
•Senator Bill Bradley
•Senator Sam Nunn
•Senator Gary Hart
•Senator Gordon Humphrey
•Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
•Defense Secretary Robert McNamara
•Defense Secretary William Perry
•Defense Secretary Robert Gates
•CIA Director William Burns
•CIA Director Stansfield Turner
•Professor Edward Herman
•Professor Noam Chomsky
•Professor John Mearsheimer
•Prime Minister Paul Keating
•Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser
In this thread, I’ll dive into their warnings, showing how this reckless policy enriched the U.S. military-industrial complex, reignited the Cold War, and pushed the world closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before.
Video: @ComicDaveSmith @joerogan
1⃣ 1997 Open Letter: NATO Expansion a "Policy Error of Historic Proportions"
In June 1997, 50 U.S. foreign policy experts—including former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and ex-CIA Director Stansfield Turner—sent President Clinton an open letter, labeling NATO’s eastward expansion a “policy error of historic proportions.”
They predicted it would provoke Russia, fuel nationalism, and undermine nuclear disarmament efforts like START II, urging cooperation over confrontation.
2⃣ Senator Biden Predicts Hostile Russian Reaction (1997)
That same month, Senator Joe Biden warned that NATO expansion into the Baltic states would provoke a "vigorous and hostile" reaction from Russia.
All three Baltic states—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—became NATO members in 2004.
🧵THREAD: I dug up archived USAID-funded Internews Annual Reports.
Here’s how this nonprofit played a crucial role in regime change across Eastern Europe in service of NATO expansion—then turned its tactics inward, calling for censorship in the West.
A deep dive👇
1/ Internews, heavily funded by USAID ($470M), spent decades building media networks, training journalists, and promoting “free speech” in former Soviet states.
But their mission wasn’t neutral. It was about shaping narratives to support NATO expansion.
Let’s start in 2001. ⬇️
2/ The 2001 Internews Annual Report states:
"Internews is one of the more successful agents of change in the former Soviet Union." - The Washington Post
They worked to establish independent media in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Serbia, and beyond—fueling the decline of Moscow’s influence.