Sure. Sometimes that purpose is merely to cast aspersions or muddy the water. Look at the flat earther community, or Jackson Pollocks career.
Without context these just seem like the government having a laugh, but if you understand the metrics they are trying to shift, their actions take on a different meaning.
The idea isn't to make the voting population unified behind the president, it's to divide them against each other.
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found....
I’ve never played a soulslike games because they are a bit intimidating to me. Amy recommendations for soulslikes games to start on or for beginners to the genre?
On the issue of Gaza, Biden is dramatically out of touch with the voters he needs to win re-election. If he will not be moved by morality to stop his support of this war, he should be moved by vulgar self-interest. Gaza is not a distant foreign conflict: it is an urgent moral emergency for large swaths of voters. Biden will lose...
Treasury secretary came out against the proposed global levy, which proponents say would stop the rich from shifting wealth into countries where they can avoid paying the tax
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It seems like he's trying to say fuck you if you don't drink the blood of children you're a goddamn idiot. Don't you know that shitty rathole in the desert that constantly funds our domestic enemies is where we launch our planes from in our unending quest for oil?
Are you chatting with a pro-Israeli AI-powered superbot? (www.aljazeera.com)
Republicans close ranks against Senate border security deal (thehill.com)
Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession – and most blame Biden (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly three in five Americans wrongly believe the US is in an economic recession, and the majority blame the Biden administration, according to a Harris poll conducted exclusively for the Guardian. The survey found persistent pessimism about the economy as election day draws closer....
‘Never-ending’ UK rain made 10 times more likely by climate crisis, study says (www.theguardian.com)
The seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating, a study has found....
Closest death from infection possible? (lemmy.world)
I lived bitch....
Israel raids the Associated Press and seizes equipment over war coverage (reason.com)
Feds say MAGA-aligned mogul had “opportunity and motive to start” apartment fire. (www.motherjones.com)
Best Soulslike game for beginners?
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The Big Oil Reality Check report finds that the climate pledges and plans of 8 international oil and gas companies fail to align with international agreements to phase out fossil fuels and to limit gl (www.oilchange.org)
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Biden is dramatically out of touch with voters on Gaza. He may lose because of it (www.theguardian.com)
On the issue of Gaza, Biden is dramatically out of touch with the voters he needs to win re-election. If he will not be moved by morality to stop his support of this war, he should be moved by vulgar self-interest. Gaza is not a distant foreign conflict: it is an urgent moral emergency for large swaths of voters. Biden will lose...
No quarter must be given (lemmy.world)
A Global Tax on Billionaires? Janet Yellen Says ‘No’ (www.wsj.com)
Treasury secretary came out against the proposed global levy, which proponents say would stop the rich from shifting wealth into countries where they can avoid paying the tax
Add Rubio to the list of GOP invertebrates who won’t say if they’d certify 2024 election results (www.motherjones.com)
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California is imposing a new tax on guns. Will it impact sales? (www.theguardian.com)
Beginning July, state will become the first to charge an 11% excise tax, on top of federal and sales taxes, with an aim to reduce gun violence...
The schools & police trampling on student rights don't understand the true meaning of "trespassing" (www.lgbtqnation.com)
Nope. No. (lemmy.world)
MAGA Idiots Wearing Diapers For Cheeto Jesus (youtu.be)
Louisiana becomes 1st state to require the Ten Commandments be posted in classrooms (www.nola.com)
US prisoners are being assigned dangerous jobs. But what happens if they are hurt or killed? (apnews.com)
war. war never changes (lemmy.world)
Jasmine Crockett gives Marjorie Taylor Greene a lesson in "Engaging in Personalities" (yt.artemislena.eu)
Video reported by Forbes that cuts out Marj Greene’s outburts / YT...
Democrats, Contempt Will Not Win You the Election (www.currentaffairs.org)
At Justice Alito’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display as the Supreme Court was considering an election case. (www.nytimes.com)