‘Disinformation, Extremism And Violence’: All Eyes On DC ‘Defeat The Mandates’ Rally As Organizers Caution Against Bad Actors At least 20,000 people are expected to attend Sunday’s “Defeat the Mandates: American Homecoming” rally on the North Mall in Washington DC on Sunday – and organizers have already put bad actors on notice. Hello fellow protesters! “We condemn all organizations and individuals who would use the March as an opportunity to further their own agendas of extremism, intolerance, and violence,” reads a Friday statement, which notes that disinformation has already been spread about the event. For example, on January 11, owners of the Instagram account “Intheweeds_dmv” published a slanderous post that claimed participants intended to “enter hospitality venues to challenge DC’s vaccine mandate.” WAMU, the local NPR affiliate in Washington, then reported it, despite the account’s lack of any substantiation.  A false narrative was then created, leading listeners and readers to believe that the March to Defeat the Mandates was created in response to Mayor Bowser’s Washington DC Mandate when in reality, organizers for the March applied for permits in November before the mayor’s Mandate was ever made public.  In fact, one could argue that the mayor’s mandate was in response to our announcement of the March to Defeat the Mandates. The organizers have also contracted “comprehensive private security” which is “working in concert with local and federal law enforcement” in an effort to keep the event peaceful. “We do not welcome extremist groups on any side that condone racism or bring violence of any kind to the thousands of Americans that will be marching peacefully,” the statement continues. Join us in DC on Sunday January 23 As we stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters around the world saying “No To Mandates” in peace and unity.https://t.co/xwnVfJ866yhttps://t.co/OX6ZNH9uHg#wewillALLbethere https://t.co/EluUqpaZrs pic.twitter.com/yq1QhMB0LL

German Government “Concerned” About Massive Anti-COVID Restriction Protests Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, The German government is seriously “concerned” over the sheer number of protests against COVID restrictions in recent weeks, which are the most widespread in the country’s history. Influential German broadsheet Die Welt reveals that on the same day, protests took place in over 1,000 locations across the country. “The government is concerned about the decentralized actions,” reports the newspaper, with one source labeling the “immensity” of the demonstrations “depressing.” “Never before in the history of the Federal Republic have there been demonstrations that are more widespread than in the last few weeks,” states the report, with the government counting 1,046 separate protests involving around 188,000 participants. Instead of describing such developments as “depressing,” you’d think authorities in Germany would maybe considering listening to the will of their people. A scandal in Hamburg where the Mayor falsely claimed that the unvaccinated represented 95% of COVID cases didn’t do anything to restore trust. A Senate investigation reported the actual number to be 14.3%. Germany is still pushing ahead with plans to make the COVID vaccine mandatory, with a parliamentary debate on the issue planned for next week. Las year, the editor-in-chief of Germany’s top newspaper Bild apologized for the news outlet’s fear-driven coverage of COVID, specifically to children who were told “that they were going to murder their grandma.” As we highlighted earlier, the Czech Republic has abandoned plans to make the COVID vaccine mandatory for some groups after numerous large protests took place in Prague. The general picture across the continent is one of restrictions being gradually rolled back in response to Omicron proving mild, although countries like Austria are still planning to make the jab compulsory. *  *  * Brand new merch now available! Get it at https://www.pjwshop.com/ In the age of mass Silicon Valley

Five-time Emmy award-winning journalist Sharyl Attkisson said she has seen an increased effort to manipulate the public to appreciate censorship and disapprove of journalism. One of the strategies that has been employed is the use of third-party fact-checkers, she said. “Nearly every mode of information has been co-opted, if it can be co-opted by some group, [and] fact-checkers are no different,” Attkisson told EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders.” “Either they’ve been co-opted, in many instances, or created for the purpose of distributing narratives and propaganda,” said Attkisson. “This is all part of a very well-funded, well-organized landscape that dictates and slants the information they want us to have.” Attkisson said she first started to notice news being controlled in the early 2000s when the media company she was working for was actively trying to suppress certain stories. “The pushback came to be more about keeping a story from airing or keeping …