Bibi used the term pejoratively when talking about MAGA folks who were criticizing Israel recently. Don’t know the term’s origins though, I’ve been seeing it more lately.

It’s weird ICE said he isn’t an agent… if they are to be believed then this incident was a good job interview and he’ll have a job with ICE by end of week.

Hit the nail on the head with manufactured consent. That was the old way of doing things, it’s all top-down autocracy now. No need to get the public to understand anything, the Trump fascists will do the thinking for you.

I think the silver lining right now with this new policy is that journalists can’t physically go to the Pentagon for information. They could theoretically confer with sources outside of the building, off hours, in a different country etc. I imagine those leaks will be more scrutinized now.