Propaganda

(Aug. 3, 2026 / JNS) A man from Sarasota, Fla., charged with a hate crime after he allegedly vandalized a synagogue in the southwestern Gulf Coast city, told police that he was motivated by “propaganda on social media” he saw that morning. According to the Sarasota Police Department, Brayton Laschinger,…

A Paris court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Russian television commentator ordered to leave France after authorities accused her of spreading pro-Kremlin propaganda. The ruling follows France's decision last week to expel Xenia Fedorova and freeze her assets, a move she denounced as "censorship". The 45-year-old, a former…

Chinese officials tend to report only good news and bury bad news for propaganda purposes and career advancement. That is why it came as a genuine surprise when, on July 22, Zhang Enhui, the party chief of Changchun, an industrial powerhouse known for its automobile sector and technological research, publicly…

The White House has gone on the offensive after Noah Kahan criticized president Donald Trump for using "American Cars" in social media propaganda. Noah Kahan at Noah Kahan - The Great Divide World Tour held at Fenway Park on July 11, 2026 in Boston, Massachusetts. Christopher Polk/Billboard Trending on Billboard…

Coto de Caza in Orange County, Calif. Credit: Don Ramey Logan via Wikimedia Commons. (July 29, 2026 / JNS) Flyers with antisemitic messages and neo-Nazi imagery were found in the unincorporated Orange County community of Coto de Caza, Calif., Katrina Foley, vice chair of the county’s board of supervisors, stated…

A lawsuit challenges ballot language warning of education cuts from a tax not set to collect revenue until 2029. 🎧 WA Income Tax Repeal Ballot Language Faces Lawsuit Your browser does not support the audio element. What should not occur, according to Jason Mercier, is placing prejudicial and severely limited…

A “news” outlet affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) posted a chilling video Monday titled “How to Kill Melania Trump” that called for the assassination of the first lady and the Trumps’ son Barron. It even provided instructions on how it could be achieved.  It’s pretty sick stuff,…

Laura Loomer interviews Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: Screenshot) MAGA influencer Laura Loomer, who previously backed Russia in the war in Ukraine, interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy this week during a visit to the war-torn country. Loomer, who is Jewish, also met with Rabbi Moshe Azman in Ukraine and apologized…

Security Stop the spread (of online recruiting and propaganda) Europol and its partners' investigators flagged 4,340 “horrific” URLs for removal over several weeks in June and July as part of an ongoing crackdown on The Com (short for community), a loosely knit network of online groups whose young members participate…

One gets pretty jaded, writing about the issues of the day. Some of these issues are deadly serious, while some are just troubling.  Once in a while, though, one stumbles across a piece of unintentional comedy. On Tuesday, the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' propaganda outlet on X (Yes, they…