"Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence and thereby eventually lose all ability to defend ourselves and those we love." – Julian Assange
"We're losing our way as a society. If we don't stand up, if we don't say what we think those rights should be, and if we don't protect them, we will very soon find out that we do not have them." – Edward Snowden
"If you deny my request for a pardon, I will serve my time knowing that sometimes you have to pay a heavy price to live in a free society." – Chelsea Manning
Why am I seeing this now if these have been out for so long?
The short answer is that you are living in an illiberal democracy that is quickly moving towards an authoritarian, and potentially totalitarian, state.
The slightly longer answer is that the Assange leaks are typically extensive and complex in nature. Most people lose the desire to navigate and understand them, and the media does not help provide the public with the truth around them. This brings the reality closer that patriots like Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, and Julian Assange essentially sacrificed their lives in the name of freedom, democracy, and transparency.
Why haven't these stories made it to my news feed or even once on a mainstream algorithm?
They did, but like many things our politicians on the Left do, they were twisted, distorted, and used to manipulate you into believing their narrative, ultimately forwarding their agenda. Instead of focusing on these emails, figures like Clinton, Podesta, Soros, and others in the Deep State redirected attention by creating movements like QAnon and scandals like Pizzagate.
They took trivial and less relevant content from the leaks, built conspiracies around it, and associated those conspiracies with anyone familiar with the leak. Through their media arms, Democrats successfully changed perception and manipulated discourse around these leaks, creating artificial bias against anyone suggesting there was nefarious behavior revealed in them.
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Have a friend or loved one taken in by QAnon? Look here for support, resources, and a place to vent. Learn how to steer them back to reality and heal yourself.
To manage foreign relations and drive a more substantial agenda internationally, they pinned the leak on Russia.
Where do we go from here?
Go talk with someone, preferably someone you don’t get along with. Learn about them, ask about their dreams, concerns, and fears. You may find that the bias you have against them was artificially and intentionally created to force division and polarization.
The First Step to Complete Control: Strategic Outlook for the 2008 Elections Memo
Document ID: 329671653-NYC-Meeting-2007-Final-Draft-4
Email ID: 40992
Date: September 27, 2007
From: John Podesta, Andy Stern, Anna Burger
To: George and Jonathan Soros, Peter and Jonathan Lewis, Herb and Marion Sandler, Steve Bing, John Sperling, Michael Vachon
Why it matters:
The "Strategic Outlook for the 2008 Elections" memo reveals a deliberate plan to manipulate the political landscape, undermining the democratic process. It focuses on controlling the narrative through media influence, ensuring only favorable viewpoints dominate public discourse. By targeting specific voter demographics with tailored messaging, it aims to secure a permanent advantage rather than fostering open debate or fair competition.
This approach threatens the core principles of democracy, as it seeks to predetermine political realities and maintain power through calculated manipulation, rather than through the merit of ideas or policies.
Not only does this memo reveal what has always been dismissed as a "conspiracy," it outlines the inception, strategy, and long-term plan of total control from the Deep State.
“Our meeting in New York brings together the most generous funders of progressive causes and progressive infrastructure in the country,” the memo notes. “We sit in September 2007, in a much different position than August 2003, when the same group literally jump-started an independent effort to change course in this country.”
Control the Political Discourse: Strategy and Execution
The memo lays out a key goal: "Control the political discourse." It explains to donors:
"So much effort over the past few years has been focused on better coordinating, strengthening, and developing progressive institutions and leaders. Now that this enhanced infrastructure is in place—grassroots organizing; multi-issue advocacy groups; think tanks; youth outreach; faith communities; micro-targeting outfits; the netroots and blogosphere—we need to better utilize these networks to drive the content of politics through a strong ‘echo chamber’ and message delivery system."
It also suggests that voter registration efforts by nonprofit organizations are merely tactics to mobilize progressive voters:
"Non-partisan voter registration can be highly effective in delivering progressive voters to the polls. The Sandler family and OSI are already deeply involved in funding organizations to do this work in communities of color and with respect to unmarried women."
Securing ‘Advantageous’ Demographics
Another major goal outlined is to "Ensure that demographics is destiny." The memo argues:
"An ‘emerging progressive majority’ is a realistic possibility in terms of demographic and voting patterns. But it is incomplete in terms of organizing and political work. Women, communities of color, and highly educated professionals are core parts of the progressive coalition. Nationally, and in key battleground states, their influence is growing."
The memo continues:
"Latinos and young voters are quickly solidifying in this coalition as well."
A section titled "The theory of the case" suggests that Democrats should:
"focus on securing advantageous demographic and geographical trends, making the best use of existing strengths, and continuing to encourage innovation in organizing, campaigning, and media."
Targeting Key Demographics
The memo stresses the importance of solidifying groups that are trending Democratic:
"Solidify groups that are trending Democratic like Latinos and millennials."
Specifically, it states:
"This is an election that could really solidify a cross-section of this community and this work should be considered a top priority."
It also highlights:
"The rapid increase in demographic importance of Latinos will continue for decades. Hispanics have surpassed blacks as the nation’s largest minority group, and Census projections indicate that by about mid-century Hispanics will be one-quarter of the U.S. population (at which point or shortly thereafter, the United States will become a majority-minority nation)."
The memo makes it clear that progressives should put effort into ensuring millennials and women become reliable progressive voters. While it acknowledges the importance of African-Americans in elections, it also describes them as:
"the most reliable bloc in the Democratic camp."
Key Authors
Andy Stern and Anne Berger, then the president and secretary-treasurer of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), are listed as co-authors of the memo alongside John Podesta.
Rigging Polls: The Atlas Polling Memo
Email ID: 26551
From: Tom Matzzie (tom@zzranch.com)
To: Stan Greenberg (sgreenberg@gqrr.com) and other DNC strategists
Date: January 18, 2008
Manipulating the Narrative: Clinton Campaign and Media Allies
The Clinton campaign, along with its allies in the mainstream media, systematically manipulated polling data to create a misleading narrative about Hillary Clinton's lead in the 2016 election. The goal was to dissuade Donald Trump’s supporters from voting by making it appear that Clinton's victory was inevitable.
The Strategy: "Oversampling" Key Demographics
The strategy, as outlined in John Podesta's leaked emails, involved "oversampling" certain demographics more likely to support Clinton. This was not a random or neutral adjustment; it was a deliberate effort to skew polling data by increasing the representation of pro-Clinton groups, such as Hispanics, African Americans, Native Americans, and Clinton-friendly Independents.
This manipulation was particularly targeted in key states like Arizona and Florida, where polling data was adjusted to include more of these demographics while minimizing groups less likely to support Clinton, such as seniors.
Maximizing Polling Advantages
The leaked emails reveal that the campaign sought to maximize the benefits of their polling by instructing organizations to focus on these oversamples, ensuring the polls reflected a more favorable outcome for Clinton. This included setting specific targets, such as oversampling Hispanic voters in Arizona or Clinton-friendly Independents in Tampa, Florida. Additionally, the memo suggested using Spanish language interviews to capture monolingual Spanish-speaking voters, who were less likely to turn out but, when counted, would artificially inflate Clinton's support.
Using Anomalous Polling Methodologies
The text also emphasizes that the Clinton team used polling methodologies from anomalous cycles like the 2008 and 2012 elections, which were not representative of the current electorate. These cycles had unusually high turnout rates for Democrats due to the historic nature of electing the first Black president, creating a misleading baseline for current polls.
By presenting a consistent narrative through the mainstream media that Clinton was ahead by a significant margin, the Clinton campaign aimed to demoralize Trump's supporters and suppress voter turnout. The evidence from the WikiLeaks release suggests this was not just about gaining a tactical advantage but about actively shaping public perception to favor their candidate.
Implications for the Democratic Process
The broader implication is that this tactic represents a serious danger to the democratic process, where the media, instead of reporting unbiased facts, acts as a tool for political propaganda. This is highlighted by the example of the ABC/Washington Post poll, which openly admitted to a 9-point bias toward Democrats—a figure that does not reflect the actual voter registration advantage.
Undermining a Fair Election
This memo and its implementation illustrate an orchestrated effort to manipulate public opinion and undermine the concept of a fair election by creating a perception of an unassailable lead for Hillary Clinton. This reinforces Donald Trump's claims that "the system is rigged," drawing attention to the potential consequences of allowing media and polling manipulation to dictate electoral outcomes.
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