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In a stunning & predictable display of rage, Donald Trump declared today that he is “done negotiating” with Canada. Why? Because PM Mark Carney refused to pay what sources are calling a “one-time loyalty fee” to the US for the privilege of trading with the U.S #cdnpoli

Rubio: "It's time to act, and I think the president has made that clear. He's losing patience and is less and less willing to wait for the Russian side to take any steps to end this war... He's not going to get caught in endless talks about talks."

After Trump’s reality-free spectacle in Scotland: “Wow. I’m not going to say any more words until my executive producer puts on the banner next to me, ‘that was bat poop crazy.’” — @AliVelshi Then he calmly fact-checks every lie. Velshi is a national treasure—especially in…

one of the things im seeing ukraine do now is to pick a trench line... k1ll everyone in it with drones, and let russia refill it with troops... over and over again...

This is Taiwan. Taiwan is a country.

BREAKING: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's son Tyler Boebert has been charged with child abuse over incident with her grandson.

🚨MAJOR BREAKING: Trump announces the EU has agreed to a trade deal including a straight 15% tariff across the board. I would like to officially congratulate MAGA who will now pay 15% more for nearly every item for sale. You fucking idiots.

Poor EU President Ursula having to listen to this Jeffrey Epstein associate talk about building a ballroom at the White House.

Spend, spend , spend…cover it all in gold. Meanwhile cut Medicaid, meals on wheels for the elderly and shut in, kids lunches for the underprivileged, veteran benefits, and on and on and on.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Trump: We have reached a trade deal with the EU. ▪️EU will agree to buy $750 billion worth of energy from the US. ▪️EU will make $600 billion in US investments. ▪️EU will buy $150 billion in US energy. ▪️EU will buy hundreds of billions of USD in military gear.

Final thought: If you’ve ever said “I don’t know what to believe anymore,” that might not be confusion. It might be the intended outcome. Recognizing that is the first way out. Because when you know, you know.

Want to read our breakdown on reflexive control? Find it here: nafoforum.org/magazine/whose…

Or take the academic route: "Propaganda through ‘reflexive control’ and the mediated construction of reality" - New Media & Society - Till, C. (2020). journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.11…

Want to go deeper? Start with his non-academic blog post: thisisnotasociology.blog/2020/02/18/dig…

Reflexive control doesn’t attack your beliefs head-on. It adjusts the input. The end result? You’re making “rational” decisions… with rigged data.

Till’s work shows how this plays out in the digital world. It’s not just about messages. It’s about the filters you use to process them: values, habits, networks, biases.

Traditional propaganda says: “Believe this.” Reflexive control says: “Here’s some info. You decide.” But the info is chosen to distort how you interpret reality—and what actions seem logical to you.

This strategy was born in Soviet psychological warfare. Now it’s online. What used to target generals can now target millions, using social media, data tracking, and strategic confusion.

Someone recently asked: “Are there non-academic resources on this? How do I protect myself?” That question led me to dig up sociologist Christopher Till’s work. It explains reflexive control without the fog.