Russia’s War on Your Mind: What NATO Must Learn
Russia isn't just fighting with tanks.
It's fighting with narratives.
And it's winning ground inside people’s heads—without firing a shot.
This is cognitive warfare.
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
Russia isn't just fighting with tanks.
It's fighting with narratives.
And it's winning ground inside people’s heads—without firing a shot.
This is cognitive warfare.
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
July 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Russia’s War on Your Mind: What NATO Must Learn
Russia isn't just fighting with tanks.
It's fighting with narratives.
And it's winning ground inside people’s heads—without firing a shot.
This is cognitive warfare.
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
Russia isn't just fighting with tanks.
It's fighting with narratives.
And it's winning ground inside people’s heads—without firing a shot.
This is cognitive warfare.
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
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Thread 4 — R-FBI & the BRICS Journalist Association: Trust Theater at Scale
How fake NGOs give the network a civil society mask
#PropagandaInfrastructure #InformationOps
Thread 4 — R-FBI & the BRICS Journalist Association: Trust Theater at Scale
How fake NGOs give the network a civil society mask
#PropagandaInfrastructure #InformationOps
April 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Next up:
Thread 4 — R-FBI & the BRICS Journalist Association: Trust Theater at Scale
How fake NGOs give the network a civil society mask
#PropagandaInfrastructure #InformationOps
Thread 4 — R-FBI & the BRICS Journalist Association: Trust Theater at Scale
How fake NGOs give the network a civil society mask
#PropagandaInfrastructure #InformationOps
#InformationOps #PropagandaInfrastructure
Fake institutions give disinformation weight.
Storm-1516 leverages this with fronts like:
The Russian Foundation for the Defense of Basic Freedoms (R-FBI)
The BRICS Journalists Association
International Rights Advocates
Fake institutions give disinformation weight.
Storm-1516 leverages this with fronts like:
The Russian Foundation for the Defense of Basic Freedoms (R-FBI)
The BRICS Journalists Association
International Rights Advocates
April 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#InformationOps #PropagandaInfrastructure
Fake institutions give disinformation weight.
Storm-1516 leverages this with fronts like:
The Russian Foundation for the Defense of Basic Freedoms (R-FBI)
The BRICS Journalists Association
International Rights Advocates
Fake institutions give disinformation weight.
Storm-1516 leverages this with fronts like:
The Russian Foundation for the Defense of Basic Freedoms (R-FBI)
The BRICS Journalists Association
International Rights Advocates
Final takeaway:
Russia isn’t just fighting for land.
It’s fighting for narrative dominance.
And until NATO takes the mental battlefield seriously, it will keep falling behind.
Source: ISW Report
understandingwar.org...
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
Russia isn’t just fighting for land.
It’s fighting for narrative dominance.
And until NATO takes the mental battlefield seriously, it will keep falling behind.
Source: ISW Report
understandingwar.org...
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
A Primer on Russian Cognitive Warfare | Institute for the Study of War
Russia is a key player in the cognitive warfare space and a model for China, Iran, and North Korea. Russia has effectively used cognitive warfare to facilitate its war in Ukraine, shape Western decision-making, obfuscate Russian objectives, preserve
understandingwar.org
July 7, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Final takeaway:
Russia isn’t just fighting for land.
It’s fighting for narrative dominance.
And until NATO takes the mental battlefield seriously, it will keep falling behind.
Source: ISW Report
understandingwar.org...
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
Russia isn’t just fighting for land.
It’s fighting for narrative dominance.
And until NATO takes the mental battlefield seriously, it will keep falling behind.
Source: ISW Report
understandingwar.org...
#CognitiveWarfare #InformationOps
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S
#OSINT #USA #Iran
Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S
#OSINT #USA #Iran
July 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S
#OSINT #USA #Iran
Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S
#OSINT #USA #Iran
“Clarke said in ‘20 remarks first reported by #NationalDefenseMagazine,“specifically for #informationops that hit a very broad portfolio, because we’re going to have to understand how the #adversary is thinking, how the #population is #thinking, & work in these #spaces.”
Pentagon Document: U.S. Wants to “Suppress Dissenting Arguments” Using AI Propaganda
The U.S. is interested in acquiring machine-learning technology to carry out AI-generated propaganda campaigns overseas.
theintercept.com
May 24, 2026 at 10:09 AM
“Clarke said in ‘20 remarks first reported by #NationalDefenseMagazine,“specifically for #informationops that hit a very broad portfolio, because we’re going to have to understand how the #adversary is thinking, how the #population is #thinking, & work in these #spaces.”
DHS alleges cartels are offering tiered bounties up to $50,000 to target ICE/CBP, reframing immigration enforcement as a counterterror posture and accelerating force protection. #InformationOps #CounterCartel #DHS #ICE #CBP #US #ABCNews
Cartels issuing bounties up to $50,000 for hits on ICE, CBP agents: DHS
Drug cartels have "disseminated a structured bounty program to incentivize violence against federal personnel," according to a press release from DHS.
abcnews.go.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
DHS alleges cartels are offering tiered bounties up to $50,000 to target ICE/CBP, reframing immigration enforcement as a counterterror posture and accelerating force protection. #InformationOps #CounterCartel #DHS #ICE #CBP #US #ABCNews
Meta removed a Facebook group alleged to target ICE agents after DOJ outreach, tightening state–platform control over protest-era speech. #InformationOps #PlatformGovernance #DOJ #PamBondi #ICE #CBP #BigTech #Chicago #US #CNBC
Meta removes Facebook page allegedly used to target ICE agents after pressure from DOJ
Meta removed a Facebook group page that was allegedly used to "dox and target" U.S. ICE agents in Chicago after being contacted by Department of Justice.
www.cnbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Meta removed a Facebook group alleged to target ICE agents after DOJ outreach, tightening state–platform control over protest-era speech. #InformationOps #PlatformGovernance #DOJ #PamBondi #ICE #CBP #BigTech #Chicago #US #CNBC
DHS and White House's claim of a “1,000% rise in assaults on ICE agents” in Portland lacks evidence. Local police and media data contradict this, showing a politically motivated justification for escalation force. #Portland #ICE #DHS #WhiteHouse #NarrativeControl #InformationOps #OPB #Oregon
White House claims “more than 1,000%” rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true. <br><br>
www.opb.org
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
DHS and White House's claim of a “1,000% rise in assaults on ICE agents” in Portland lacks evidence. Local police and media data contradict this, showing a politically motivated justification for escalation force. #Portland #ICE #DHS #WhiteHouse #NarrativeControl #InformationOps #OPB #Oregon
🟢 InformationOps | 4/10
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S. President Donald Trump today posted dozens of AI-generated images related to Iran on his TruthSocial platform.
#osint #newsgroup #usa #iran #informationops #ai
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S. President Donald Trump today posted dozens of AI-generated images related to Iran on his TruthSocial platform.
#osint #newsgroup #usa #iran #informationops #ai
July 27, 2026 at 12:39 AM
🟢 InformationOps | 4/10
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S. President Donald Trump today posted dozens of AI-generated images related to Iran on his TruthSocial platform.
#osint #newsgroup #usa #iran #informationops #ai
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Trump posts dozens of AI-edited Iran photos on TruthSocial
U.S. President Donald Trump today posted dozens of AI-generated images related to Iran on his TruthSocial platform.
#osint #newsgroup #usa #iran #informationops #ai
Heritage-aligned outlet depicted the “No Kings” protests as a $294 million dark-money scheme by elite liberal foundations, framing mass dissent as subversion. #NoKings #Indivisible #50501Movement #InformationOps #ProtestDelegitimization #FundingNarrative #DailySignal
Superficial Reporting on ‘No Kings’ Protests Left Out Key Details
News accounts of last weekend's 'No Kings' protests were superficial, leaving one important detail unreported—namely, how they were funded.
www.dailysignal.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Heritage-aligned outlet depicted the “No Kings” protests as a $294 million dark-money scheme by elite liberal foundations, framing mass dissent as subversion. #NoKings #Indivisible #50501Movement #InformationOps #ProtestDelegitimization #FundingNarrative #DailySignal
Federal officials pushed an unverified narrative of “Antifa infiltration” and foreign funding to stigmatize the “No Kings” protests, pairing rhetoric with financial‑surveillance signals. #Trump #NoKings #DHS #Treasury #FinCEN #DOJ #InformationOps #CivilProtest #BaltimoreSun
Feds warn of antifa infiltration, hidden funding ahead of ‘No Kings’ protests
Federal officials are raising concerns about public safety and who may be funding adjacent movements like antifa ahead of the “No Kings” protest this weekend.
www.baltimoresun.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Federal officials pushed an unverified narrative of “Antifa infiltration” and foreign funding to stigmatize the “No Kings” protests, pairing rhetoric with financial‑surveillance signals. #Trump #NoKings #DHS #Treasury #FinCEN #DOJ #InformationOps #CivilProtest #BaltimoreSun
Former GOP chair, Michael Steele, exposes coordinated messaging to brand the “No Kings” protests as extremist, an insider’s account of how authoritarian parties weaponize communications to suppress dissent. #Trump #NoKings #CivilProtest #InformationOps #FirstAmendment #MSNBC
Opinion | The GOP’s coordinated attack on the No Kings rally is ridiculous
The Republican talking points are out of touch with the reality of Saturday's protests.
www.msnbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Christian nationalism is rebranding spiritual “revival” as political “revolution,” mobilizing churches, influencers, and congregations into a campaign of faith-based authoritarian control. #Trump #CharlieKirk #ChristianNationalism #FaithAndPower #InformationOps #NYT
Opinion | Something Is Stirring in Christian America, and It’s Making Me Nervous
www.nytimes.com
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Trump administration weaponizes false claims of “left-wing violence” to justify militarized enforcement and conceal state aggression. Mythmaking becomes governance. #InformationOps #NarrativeManipulation #ICE #Authoritarianism #Trump #US #TheNation
The Right Is Lying About Left-Wing Violence
The Trump administration is using an imagined enemy—“antifa”—to justify turning ICE into an ultra-violent, unaccountable army invading US cities.
www.thenation.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Trump administration weaponizes false claims of “left-wing violence” to justify militarized enforcement and conceal state aggression. Mythmaking becomes governance. #InformationOps #NarrativeManipulation #ICE #Authoritarianism #Trump #US #TheNation
Administration blends legal directives, culture-war labels, and platform pressure to chill “No Kings” turnout and visibility, shifting risks onto media and organizers. #InformationOps #PlatformGovernance #ProtesterRights #Trump #US #Truthout
truthout.org/articles/no-...
truthout.org/articles/no-...
“No Kings” Protests Set to Sweep US Even as Trump Increases Attacks on Activists
Republicans are already smearing the protesters, but their intimidation tactics are out of touch with reality.
truthout.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Administration blends legal directives, culture-war labels, and platform pressure to chill “No Kings” turnout and visibility, shifting risks onto media and organizers. #InformationOps #PlatformGovernance #ProtesterRights #Trump #US #Truthout
truthout.org/articles/no-...
truthout.org/articles/no-...
Trump-aligned “journalist” network issues violent threats to “take out” antifascists, fusing propaganda with paramilitary signaling and deepening authoritarian media alignment. #InformationOps #Trump #US #Canary
Far-right, Trump-backed US 'journalist' group threatens to 'take out' opponents of fascism
An 'Antifa forum' Trump organised saw batshit 'journalist' Jonathan Choe claim the 'homeless industrial complex' is 'the muscle' for 'Antifa'
www.thecanary.co
October 14, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Trump-aligned “journalist” network issues violent threats to “take out” antifascists, fusing propaganda with paramilitary signaling and deepening authoritarian media alignment. #InformationOps #Trump #US #Canary
Leaked emails published by SPLC Hatewatch expose Stephen Miller’s coordination with extremist outlets to inject white-nationalist ideology into Trump-era immigration policy. #Trump #Miller #Breitbart #Extremism #InformationOps #ImmigrationPolicy #SPLC
Stephen Miller’s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
In the run-up to the 2016 election, White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller promoted white nationalist literature, pushed racist immigration stories.
www.splcenter.org
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Leaked emails published by SPLC Hatewatch expose Stephen Miller’s coordination with extremist outlets to inject white-nationalist ideology into Trump-era immigration policy. #Trump #Miller #Breitbart #Extremism #InformationOps #ImmigrationPolicy #SPLC
NPR traced Stephen Miller’s immigration ideology to white-nationalist literature, later corroborated by SPLC’s document-based leak investigation. #Trump #Miller #CampOfTheSaints #SPLC #ExtremistIdeology #InformationOps #ImmigrationPolicy #NPR
Stephen Miller And 'The Camp Of The Saints,' A White Nationalist Reference
The White House adviser has read the racist 1973 book, according to leaked emails. For far-right activists, the work of fiction has helped to shape real ideology and anti-immigration stances.
www.npr.org
October 13, 2025 at 11:33 PM
NPR traced Stephen Miller’s immigration ideology to white-nationalist literature, later corroborated by SPLC’s document-based leak investigation. #Trump #Miller #CampOfTheSaints #SPLC #ExtremistIdeology #InformationOps #ImmigrationPolicy #NPR
Senator Elissa Slotkin warned that Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 permits the White House to secretly label political opponents as terrorists. #Trump #Slotkin #NSPM7 #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #InformationOps #MichiganAdvance
Michigan’s Slotkin raises alarm in Senate over secret Trump-era terrorist group designation list • Michigan Advance
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michiganadvance.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Senator Elissa Slotkin warned that Trump's National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 permits the White House to secretly label political opponents as terrorists. #Trump #Slotkin #NSPM7 #Authoritarianism #CivilLiberties #InformationOps #MichiganAdvance
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy labeled the “No Kings” protests as “part of antifa,” advancing a narrative to delegitimize lawful protest movements ahead of nationwide demonstrations. #Trump #NoKings #5101Movement #Indivisible #AntifaNarrative #InformationOps #ProtestSuppression #TheHill
Duffy claims ‘No Kings’ protests are ‘part of antifa’
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed Monday that the upcoming “No Kings Day” protests are “part of” the antifascist movement known as antifa. “The ‘No Kings’ protest, Maria, really frustrati…
thehill.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy labeled the “No Kings” protests as “part of antifa,” advancing a narrative to delegitimize lawful protest movements ahead of nationwide demonstrations. #Trump #NoKings #5101Movement #Indivisible #AntifaNarrative #InformationOps #ProtestSuppression #TheHill
NewsBusters depicts the NYT's Portland coverage as elite bias, framing right-wing influencers as persecuted truth-tellers and reversing causality to undermine institutional standards. #Trump #Portland #InformationOps #CounterFraming #MediaConvergence #MRC #NewsBusters
NY Times Blames 'Conspiracy Theorists,' 'Right-Wing Influencers' for Antifa Violence
The New York Times desperately tried several times to downplay the left-wing political unrest and violence in Portland, Oregon generated by the domestic terrorists of Antifa, passing the blame to "rig...
newsbusters.org
October 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
NewsBusters depicts the NYT's Portland coverage as elite bias, framing right-wing influencers as persecuted truth-tellers and reversing causality to undermine institutional standards. #Trump #Portland #InformationOps #CounterFraming #MediaConvergence #MRC #NewsBusters
CNN journalists and commentators pushed back on Speaker Mike Johnson’s “Hate America” rhetoric, defending the No Kings protests as lawful civic expression, rejecting dissent with disloyalty. #NoKings #50501Movement #Indivisible #CivilProtest #InformationOps #MediaDefense #CNN #HuffPost
CNN Panel Shuts Down Mike Johnson, MAGA Outrage Over 'No Kings' Rally
“It's just a rally, and it's OK to do that and Trump people do it all the time,” guest Kara Swisher said.
www.huffpost.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
CNN journalists and commentators pushed back on Speaker Mike Johnson’s “Hate America” rhetoric, defending the No Kings protests as lawful civic expression, rejecting dissent with disloyalty. #NoKings #50501Movement #Indivisible #CivilProtest #InformationOps #MediaDefense #CNN #HuffPost
Fox News has framed the October 18 No Kings protests as being influenced by paid agitators and foreign interference, reinforcing right-wing narratives that portray dissent as chaos. #NoKings #50501Movement #Indivisible #CivilProtest #InformationOps #RightWingNarrative #FoxNews
‘No Kings’ protest could attract paid agitators and foreign influence, crowd-for-hire CEO warns
Crowd-for-hire CEO Adam Swart cautions that domestic and foreign forces manipulate protests for profit, creating a dangerous "protest industry" in America.
www.foxnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Fox News has framed the October 18 No Kings protests as being influenced by paid agitators and foreign interference, reinforcing right-wing narratives that portray dissent as chaos. #NoKings #50501Movement #Indivisible #CivilProtest #InformationOps #RightWingNarrative #FoxNews
Fox News Digital backed Trump's Antifa claim through an exclusive with Andy Ngo, equating dissent with terrorism and aligning media coverage with official messages. #Trump #KristiNoem #AndyNgo #InformationOps #Antifa #NarrativeControl #MediaAlignment #Project2025 #FoxNews
Veteran journalist flips script on media 'running cover' for Antifa violence: 'Anarchist communism'
Fox News Digital spoke to journalist Andy Ngo following a roundtable at the White House with President Trump on the threat of Antifa violence across the country.
www.foxnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Fox News Digital backed Trump's Antifa claim through an exclusive with Andy Ngo, equating dissent with terrorism and aligning media coverage with official messages. #Trump #KristiNoem #AndyNgo #InformationOps #Antifa #NarrativeControl #MediaAlignment #Project2025 #FoxNews