Misinformation Kills

Created
Fri, 11/10/2024 - 00:00
Updated
Fri, 11/10/2024 - 00:00
MTG’s space lasers misfire President Joe Biden hit back at MAGA misinformation on Wednesday (TPM): “But now I want to be clear about something. Over the last few weeks, there’s been a reckless, irresponsible and relentless promotion of disinformation and outright lies that are disturbing people,” Biden said. “It’s undermining confidence in the incredible rescue and recovery work that has already been taken and will continue to be taken. It’s harmful to those who need help the most. There is simply no place for this to happen.” But he saved his most biting remarks for Greene, who has been spreading the lie that the federal government (??) geo-engineered (??) Hurricane Helene in order to seize control of lithium deposits (??) in a certain area of North Carolina, called Chimney Rock. “Now the claims are getting even more bizarre. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a congresswoman from Georgia, is now saying the federal government is literally controlling the weather. We’re controlling the weather,” Biden said. “It’s beyond ridiculous. It’s got to stop. Moments like this, there are no red or blue states.” Greene’s suggestsions that “they” can control the weather (with Jewish space lasers?) and direct storms at red states is patently nuts. Even nuttier — which I guess proves the RW belief that “they” can’t do anything right — the gang that couldn’t shoot straight apparently bullseyed one of their own with their Jewish weather machine. Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer, as Pete Buttigieg notes, is attracting antisemitic slurs in the wake of…