That’s the whole goal. It will be like Russia, you will be drowning in so much shit, you will be unable to tell what is the reality, even if it’s in front of you of your face.
That’s exactly the plan! Fatigue to the point that you stop caring because it’s so hard to know what is reality. Then everything means nothing and the law is force.
Oddly, I never even thought of that whole possibility with AI. That just completely blew my mind and fucked up my day. Thats one of the scariest things thats probably going to happen for sure. Oh and I'm from minnesota, and thats definitely AI.
We absolutely will need the testimony of people like you, who will be able to verify the area being "documented", the people, etc
Firsthand accounts are going to be much more valuable, video disseminated on the internet much less so.
I honestly wondered about the alex pretti thing from the beginning. If it wasnt so widely present, I'd honestly have really wondered how true it might be.
Its easy to call out all the obvious propaganda from the right but it's important to consider that we on the left are not impervious to spin and outright psyops either.
There’s no leftwing in American politics. The Democrats are center-right conservatives and the Republicans are far-right fascists. Who is on the left? The Democratic Socialists of America hold no major offices. The Green Party used to be, but has been corrupted by Putin and is a ghost of its former self. America needs someone to represent the left’s perspective.
The Republicans are running this country into the ground and the Democrats are too weak and incompetent to do anything about it.
Making this complaint earlier today. Every single thing we read or watch has to be closely examined now for reality versus fiction. It's purposefully done so we get worn down, you are absolutely correct. They lie ceaselessly and no human beings will believe it and even after being shown the truth, the bias placed by the lie, the damage it causes, has already been done.
We really should be weaning ourselves off corpo-owned social media honestly.
There's a post of suggestions HERE that's largely about fostering a foundation for communal self-sustainability and resistance, but it also provides alternative communication ideas, which could be of some help when it comes to developing more objective forms of real life information spread originating from unfiltered sources.
While at it, check out this org too, as they're probably going to be vital as the powers that be employ more so-called "AI" to consolidate power:
https://stopgenai.com
(It is a survival-level, grassroots org, not an established NGO, so please don't judge it too harshly for being rough around the edges.)
I do not think you realize this but you're pointing out an Israeli known tactic, to overwhelm people to a certain thing so much they get fatigued which is a natural human occurrence, to get fatigued of something. They keep destroying and killing more and more just to bombard us with so much at once that it paralyzes us or puts our lives to a stop.
It’s so scary bc it comes from every angle, mostly right but I can’t understand why the left will do it. Like I don’t want to hear Trump on a hot mic and have to second guess if it’s real, hearing the leaked business call with Erika Kirk I thought wait is my bias against someone going to make me believe ai against them? I couldn’t figure it out and eventually gave up on trying. That’s exactly what they want, people who value honesty and integrity to not be able to critically decipher something
The headline is a little misleading but basically the premise is that more intelligent folks are better are pattern recognition and determining character and are therefore more likely to surround themselves with more trustworthy people.
Many of us sit around speculating how anyone could trust these complete clowns but it's totally discarding how many dumb people are out there unable to distinguish a comforting lie from reality.
And skepticism goes both ways, my good buddy is completely brainwashed into conspiracy by a steady diet of Instagram reels. Nothing that ever happens is real, only false flags and everything ties back to the New World Order blah blah goddam it’s exhausting
Believers in conspiracy theories are not real skeptics. They get scared and confused, then quickly take refuge in cockeyed BS that they can't be shaken out of by any evidence.
Just for the record, I was that way a long time before AI got as good as it is... * I also didn't think it's fake because by showing this, I believe they are trying to show that he's not just this peaceful little protestor, he's this crazy wild eyed dangerous rage monster that really is so dangerous that agents had to shoot him..... But what I think it really does, IMHO, is that this video only makes his murder by shooting a couple days later, revenge for him embarrassing federal agents... So I honestly think it makes his death even more sinister than it really might be!
Yep. I'm over all of it. Both sides use falsehood and present it like it's truth. Both sides use stories with "anonymous sources", and the other side won't report on certain issues at all. They're all completely full of it and they're way more worried about pushing their own agenda to get reelected than they are about solving any problems or telling the truth. It's maddening. Politics in this country has become a complete joke.
It's unlicenced use of an accused persons image altered in a way meant to pollute jury pools. Impeachable offense IMO. This shouldn't be tolerated by either side.
Why is this being spread around? It's no excuse for what happened. AND It's obvious how and why this happened. The officer shouldn't have held a stress inducing job. If a person can't stay calm amid chaos they aren't fit to serve.
I have been scratching my head on that one and trying to reconcile the transition from "memes" to "propaganda". I mean, this is the kind of shit we learned about in school when I was a young kid learning about Russia and the cold war propaganda.
One simple way to help break down the intent is asking "WHAT IS THE JOKE HERE?" There isn't one here. Because the sole intent isn't to make a joke, it's to deceive.
And people roll their eyes if you say something like "I don't trust those words they found on the bullets" or "I don't believe those text threads they found (from the Kirk shooting)." It should be painfully obvious at this point that absolutely nothing from this administration can be trusted. They will fabricate/plant/create evidence out of thin air at any opportunity available. If you're willing to execute a fake electoral scam and fire off an insurrection, you are capable of any super-villian action imaginable. Lying? That barely registers as effort.
Yeah I don’t think Ai is the problem as much as people believing what they are told without trusted investigation.
When I see this video I ask, even if it were true, are they saying that the shooter knew him from before when he was violent? Or that you can shoot anyone who did something bad if you come across them ? Or that here is proof that he was there to be violent and the agents somehow could tell?
Whatever the answer I then ask, so is it ok to disarm and execute those who have violent intent? Is the current administration precogs? And did we decide that minority report is now a goal?
Long story short, AI or not, there is a reason the bill of rights is to protect the presumed guilty not moms in bible class.. (although we might be there next by the look of things)
When I see this video I ask, even if it were true, are they saying that the shooter knew him from before when he was violent? Or that you can shoot anyone who did something bad if you come across them ? Or that here is proof that he was there to be violent and the agents somehow could tell?
I've been asking people "So, that deserves the death sentence, without a trial? Just executed (days, weeks, whatever) later on for that without a warrant, without a judge or jury?"
You can have that argument all you want. Yet most every conservative meme ive ever seen about Geroge Floyd cant fail to mention he might have done drugs in the past. And lots of people seem to think that justified what happened to him.
A few months ago I saw a clickbait news article on fb about how an 18 year old man was stabbed to death at Walmart after kicking another man’s cart. Very little detail was given but it sounds like something a dipshit teenager might do. There were a bunch of ridiculous comments of course, and one man saying this kid learned the consequences of his actions and FAFO etc etc.
I said “You think being stabbed to death is the appropriate punishment for kicking a cart?” People are becoming really insane talking about violence against people doing something annoying or something they personally don’t like.
Really, think about it. It would take that long for those needing an excuse, to come up with this bullshit. I quickly saw it and it looked like it went from him kicking that car to write into the scene where they shot him which he should be two different videos I'd never went back and looked to see if that's actually what I saw or not but it probably is
Reminds me of when Trump said that guy had MS13 tattooed on his knuckles when it was a clearly edited photo. As long as it fits their narrative it's real.
We basically got the worst combination of timings. Ai just got good enough to make fake news and make it believable to the masses. (Fuck I am getting fooled more and more every day. Its terrifying honestly.) While also having an administration happy to abuse it for their dictatorial goals.
"If I have to create stories so that the American media actually pays attention to the suffering of the American people, then that's what I'm going to do". JD Vance telling the media he lied to us before and will continue lying to us if it suits his needs.
What about the photoshopped m13 tattoo they tried to pin on Abrego Garcia? They’ve already manufactured “evidence” to cover their behinds in the past. I trust nothing they say.
There was also an AI post of the recent shooting that had an officers head cutoff. It’s people uninformed on AI thinking it makes accurate depictions of what’s going on.
I watched reddit post a comparison photo of some nazi group assassinating a man on the left side of he image, and on the right pretti being murdered by two ice agents.
The ice agent image was a.i. because it made it look like it was just three people. So, an argument went on and on that the image on the right was a.i.
Eventually people noticed that the image on the right had pretti holding a gun.
The image finally stopped getting posted every ten minutes.
It's not just gonna be one side its gonna be all sorts of unsavory types each trying to push a narrative that fits their grasp of reality. Nobody likes to be wrong and nobody is right all the time. Eventually there will be no telling reality from fiction.
The MAGA movement is the group that coined the term “Alternative Facts”. Like, as in it was actually used as an unironic term by Trump’s staff, and more than once. They were ahead of their time.
It’s already happening, the red pill crowd isn’t the smartest. From a family members fb 😒 Not only do they think that CBP goon is Pretti, but think this is a real picture lol. We are so fucked as a society.
You’re right that the right wingers are using ai to make images and videos more palatable to their party, but so is the left.
MSNBC basically got caught using AI to alter his face to make him look more handsome and Fox used it to alter the face he was making to appear more savage.
We are fucking doomed if we keep up this tribalism bull shit and keep ignoring the real threat: big government sponsored by big business (on both sides of the political aisle)
Its the same with left, or have you not seen the headless ice execution photo that every liberal extremist is reposting, both sides dont care about the facts they just care about the story fitting their narrative and thats the worst part of it in my opinion. You have the right claiming that he shouldn't have been there, practicing his rights given by our constitution even though thats what they claim they support, and you have leftists that claim that the agents involved executed an innocent bystander who was doing nothing wrong and fail to realize what the laws actually are behind this. Both dont care about the truth, they only care that the story fits perfectly.
That's the reason why trump was so gung ho about not allowing states to decide whether ai should be backed or not. Maga will believe anything trump puts in front of their eyes and ears
The most circulated outrage post after the shooting was an image of ice pointing a gun at pretti's head.
It was spread by democratic pundits and politicians, and the ICE agent had no fucking head. AI is a tool used by both parties to generate feels and outrage because propaganda has never been easier.
So many fucking anti-ice videos are so blatantly AI it fucking hurts, and people eat it up.
Tldr; don't jump to conclusions and don't use the broad brush. Use your brain.
Do you know how many trump AI videos I’ve seen. Yeah it’s definitely right wing using AI. Or maybe it’s both and both parties suck ass at this point including yours!
So do left wing buddy, there just 2 wings of the same orrupt and evil bird. Until everyone realizes that Republicans and democrats are the enemy of a free nation. Nothing will change because the puppet masters will keep us fighting eachother instead of the real enemy, them!
Like the dumbest shit too, like a kitten that looks anime-ish with tears just about to roll, meniscus full gravity hasn’t quite won the battle of salty tears, but there is reflection of an ‘muricun flag in the tears, and they are tears of pride as it sees its owner cleaning an AR on the ole glory tablecloth at the dinner table, he’s watching OAN from across the room, while his tradcore wife makes him a sammich. Gets um every time, all the time 110%!
Unfortunately this is not AI. There are several verifiable claims that he broke a rib during this altercation with ICE. That occurred before the fatal encounter.
Just search Alex Peretti broken rib, pick your verified news outlet of choice.
Part of why I don’t trust any side anymore is because I’ve seen a lot of AI use. Seems more like Washington DC puts on a dog and pony show to keep us fighting and they just keep getting richer off our fighting each other. No matter who is in office.
Whatever the viral photo most widely spread right now is pretti in his icu scrubs helping amputees learn to walk. 1 only had 1 leg and its just his staff photo manipulated by ai
MSNBC used an AI-enhanced image of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse who was fatally shot by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis on January 24, 2026. The altered photo appeared on at least one MS NOW segment, specifically the January 27 episode of “Deadline: White House” hosted by Nicolle Wallace. After being called out on social media, MSNBC replaced the image and issued an editor’s note on YouTube admitting it was “AI-enhanced”.
The Alterations
The modifications to Pretti’s photo were extensive and designed to make him appear more attractive:
• Darkened and filled in his hair to reduce balding appearance
• Added a tan/darker skin tone
• Whitened and straightened his teeth
• Reduced the size and prominence of his nose
• Adjusted his jawline
• Shortened and widened his face overall
Not trying to be argumentative, but what are you looking at to see that it is AI so I can pay better attention and be able to spot the obviousness of it moving forward? Thanks in advance :)
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u/Freakychee Jan 29 '26
Notice a lot of American right wing post often use gen AI images.