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orangecrush

(19,624 posts)
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 02:50 PM Aug 2017

Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is resisting the pleas of State Department officials to spend nearly $80 million allocated by Congress for fighting terrorist propaganda and Russian disinformation.

It is highly unusual for a Cabinet secretary to turn down money for his department. But more than five months into his tenure, Tillerson has not issued a simple request for the money earmarked for the State Department’s Global Engagement Center, $60 million of which is now parked at the Pentagon. Another $19.8 million sits untouched at the State Department as Tillerson’s aides reject calls from career diplomats and members of Congress to put the money to work against America’s adversaries.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/02/tillerson-isis-russia-propaganda-241218

Don't worry.

D.U.ERS WILL COUNTER RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA, ASSHOLE.

Thats why they knocked us down election night.

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Tillerson spurns $80 million to counter ISIS, Russian propaganda (Original Post) orangecrush Aug 2017 OP
traitors stick together. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #1
This is orangecrush Aug 2017 #5
What in the name of fuck??!!! When is enough gonna be enough?!!! nt Guy Whitey Corngood Aug 2017 #2
My thoughts exactly orangecrush Aug 2017 #4
Fight fake news with more fake news? Good luck with that! Initech Aug 2017 #3
Not necessarily orangecrush Aug 2017 #6

orangecrush

(19,624 posts)
6. Not necessarily
Wed Aug 2, 2017, 05:19 PM
Aug 2017

The BBC in WW2 countered Nazi propaganda by always doing factual reporting, even if the Allies were losing battles.

Soon, the Germans realized if they wanted the truth, they needed to listen to BBC, not German State radio.

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