The very term “Russian disinformation” has become a crucial tool of psychological warfare. It has become the media/free speech element to a wider deep state war against “deplorables” and America First conservatives more generally.

One would think that the spectacular implosion of the Russian disinfo scam on the Hunter Biden issue would discredit this tactic. Yet right now, in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it is as strong as ever. Plus, the intel parasites who cynically use the “disinformation” label for political purposes obviously assume they will never have to face accountability. And why should they? With America verging toward full-blown nuclear war with Russia, the regime will only apply the disinformation label more aggressively in the era to come.

Thus, it is important to recognize the ploy for exactly what it is. The “Russian disinformation” canard has never been about stopping foreign threats. It has always been about protecting our corrupt power elite from the justified anger of the American people.

But we can whine and complain all day about media and Deep State unfairness. Here are some more practical takeaways from this sham:

1. Never believe the “disinformation” scam ever again, for any reason. The intelligence services have entirely forfeited any and all public trust on this topic. At this very moment, hundreds of Republican lawmakers, pundits, and D.C. creatures are being herded like cattle into supporting greater censorship of Russia, China, or anyone “supporting” them. This is a grievous blunder. Indeed, lower-level establishment flunkies and stooges will only have themselves to blame when these new powers are turned back against them. Of course, the ability to wield these tools like a weapon over a cowed populace is exactly the real purpose of expanding such powers in the first place.

2. Take the news out of the press’ hands. In hindsight, it was clearly a mistake for Rudy Giuliani to try and carefully release the laptop’s contents through press outlets. The story trickled out too slowly, and it was too easy for the press and Big Tech to unite in simply shutting out the New York Post entirely. If the laptop’s entire contents had simply been uploaded online for anybody to read, a la Wikileaks, suppressing the story would have been much harder, verging on impossible.

3. Defund the intelligence state. America’s intelligence agencies have essentially gone rogue. They spied on the Trump campaign in 2016 and sabotaged President Trump internally from 2017 onward. They constantly deliver preposterous lies in the guise of “expertise”, which is then used to justify mass censorship and the stripping of Americans’ rights. Oh, and they’re the same group behind warrantless espionage and the Iraq War and so much else. The intelligence agencies have become one of the chief impediments to American liberty, and they have declared American nationalists, populists, and conservatives a de facto enemy class. Breaking the power of these agencies should be the primary political goal of all decent Americans in the years to come. A good blueprint for a future Republican presidency? Declassify everything, so agencies can no longer conceal their blunders, lies, and outright crimes under the cloak of “national security.”

Those are just a few starting points. The key point is this: The press, Big Tech, and the intelligence services cannot be shamed into greater honesty. They have no shame whatsoever, so complaining about them and crying flagging hypocrisy is useless. Pointing and sputtering about their lies two years later only gives them the power trip of appreciating how successful the lies were. So don’t just point and sputter: Do better, and build an America where the perpetrators of these lies get the treatment and attention they deserve. (source)