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People Cannot Believe Donald Trump Shared This "Disgusting" Fake AI Video Of Barack Obama Being Arrested
People Cannot Believe Donald Trump Shared This "Disgusting" Fake AI Video Of Barack Obama Being Arrested

Yahoo

time20 hours ago

  • Politics
  • Yahoo

People Cannot Believe Donald Trump Shared This "Disgusting" Fake AI Video Of Barack Obama Being Arrested

Last night, the president of the United States shared a fake AI video of former president Barack Obama being arrested by the FBI. The clip begins with a speech from Obama, during which he says, "No one, especially the president, is above the law." Related: Then, later in the video, an AI-rendered clip of Trump and Obama sitting together in the White House appears. Soon, the two are surrounded by FBI agents... ...but the agents shift their focus to Obama. The former president is pushed down to his knees — much to Trump's apparent delight. Related: AI Obama's hands are brought behind his back... ...and he's arrested. The clip — which surpassed 1.6 million views on X after news of Trump's post circulated on the platform — ends with AI Obama behind bars. Related: The MAGA core was all for it. But others? Not so much. A lot of people called out racist undertones. One person wrote, "This is not funny. It is particularly disgusting to show an innocent Black person getting arrested--particularly one who has spent a lifetime trying to overcome the stereotypes that racists like Trump favor." "this who y'all voted for?" another asked. Related: Others pointed out what could be viewed as hypocrisy, considering Trump was previously convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in one case and found liable for sexual abuse in another. Ergo: Timing-wise, Trump's post coincides with Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's claims that she has evidence of an 'Obama Administration Conspiracy to Subvert Trump's 2016 Victory and Presidency.' In a tweet, she wrote: "Their goal was to usurp President Trump and subvert the will of the American people." According to the New York Times, Democrats have called her claims baseless. This, however, does not appear to be stopping Trump from bolstering the idea. What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments. Also in In the News: Also in In the News: Also in In the News:

Like everything else, protests in the US are a business
Like everything else, protests in the US are a business

Russia Today

time3 days ago

  • Politics
  • Russia Today

Like everything else, protests in the US are a business

It should come as no surprise, but the next time you see a protest popping up in cities across America, there is a chance it was not as spontaneous and homegrown as once expected. In fact, many of the young, rebellious faces in the crowd are paid actors content to earn a paycheck on behalf of very wealthy individuals who are committed to artificially manipulating the US political system. Enter Adam Swart, the CEO and founder of Crowds on Demand (CoD), whose website details a long list of services it provides to give any political movement the booster rockets it needs to get off the ground. 'If you need to hire protesters, we can get a crowd on the street, sometimes within 24 hours time. If you need speakers to present at a council meeting, we can provide talented and well-spoken individuals to advocate for the cause. We also have a dedicated team of phone-banking staff who can call Congressional Offices and convince government officials to support your cause and help you overcome opposition. If you need lots of letters and emails written from constituents, we have a network of tens of thousands of individuals across the country who can send well-written constituent letters to their representatives…' 'We are the ultimate guerilla lobbying and government relations firm,' the website boldly declares. Swart was forthcoming with the information that his publicity firm was offered a lucrative contract to assist in a Democrat-backed astroturfing effort. 'Interests aligned with the organizers of the July 17th movement have approached us and, in fact, we rejected an offer that probably is worth around $20 million dollars,' Swart admitted to NewsNation's Brian Entin in an interview. On July 17th, protests took place around the country against the Trump administration, organized by Good Trouble Lives On, a left-wing progressive organization. July 17th was the fifth anniversary of the death of former Democratic Rep. John Lewis, a civil rights leader who referred to protests as 'good trouble.' So why did Swart reject the multi-million dollar offer to host the July 17th event? After all, some Trump supporters suspect that CoD played a prominent role in the highly successful 'No Kings Day' protests, which were said to have attracted more than five million people in more than 2,100 cities and towns, possibly the largest single-day demonstration in American history. Right-wingers have insisted that the numbers turning out to oppose Trump are routinely bolstered by hired operatives supplied by Swart's company. While CoD denies any involvement in No Kings, for example, just the idea that a publicity firm could legally exist as a driving force to any protest movement is extremely unsettling (determining exactly what groups CoD supports is very difficult as employees are forced to sign non-disclosure forms that protect the client's anonymity). With regards to the 'Good Trouble Lives On' protest, Swart admits turning down the offer because the demonstrations would 'make us all look bad' as 1,500 events planned across country had the potential to 'turn violent.' The CEO said he does not activate any activists-for-hire if 'it involves illegal activity… we do not engage in any form of illegal activity – of course, no violence, no vandalism, and no blocking streets without a permit.' While Swart must be applauded for turning down a fortune for keeping the US political process transparent and safe, there are other big-league players who do not operate by such a moral compass. Consider George Soros and his Open Society Foundation for one. Last summer, at the height of anti-Israel protests on university campuses, US lawyer Alan Dershowitz told Fox News that organizations funded by the billionaire philanthropist and others helped finance the movements. 'There's no question that there are organizations funded by George Soros and the Rockefeller Brothers. Take for example 'Jewish Voice for Peace,'' Dershowitz said. 'It has been behind many of these demonstrations. They're not Jewish and they don't want peace. It's a fake organization. It's an old-line group of communists and anarchists that want to overthrow the United States government… These organizations are funded by Soros and other organizations that help turn these useful idiots into protesters and eventually into terrorists.' Getting back to the Democrats, the very act of astroturfing the US political system strongly suggests that Trump's MAGA presents a clear and present danger to the liberals. The Democrats have reached the point where they are practically forced to pay people a minimum wage check to mobilize against Donald Trump. Nothing screams a party in disorder more than one that obviously lacks grassroots support and is forced to rig the political system.

China slams US ‘political manipulation' as research pair face fungus smuggling charge
China slams US ‘political manipulation' as research pair face fungus smuggling charge

South China Morning Post

time07-06-2025

  • Politics
  • South China Morning Post

China slams US ‘political manipulation' as research pair face fungus smuggling charge

China has condemned 'political manipulation' by the United States and its 'overstretched concept of national security', days after two Chinese researchers were charged with illegally importing a toxic fungus described by US authorities as a 'dangerous biological pathogen'. The Chinese Consulate in Chicago said in a statement on Saturday that it was seeking information about the case and had lodged a 'stern representation' with the US side. This comes after the US Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Chinese citizens Jian Yunqing , 33, a research fellow at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Liu Zunyong, 34, had been accused of attempting to smuggle the fungus pathogen Fusarium graminearum into the country last year. They allegedly planned to carry out research on the material at a University of Michigan laboratory where Jian worked. In its statement, the consulate said: 'The Chinese government has always required Chinese citizens abroad to strictly abide by local laws and regulations, including those related to entry and exit. 'At the same time, China lawfully safeguards the legitimate rights and interests of its citizens overseas and firmly opposes the US side's political manipulation of the case under the pretext of ideology and an overstretched concept of national security.'

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