Ger FitzGerald
gtfphd.bsky.social
Ger FitzGerald
@gtfphd.bsky.social
Affiliated faculty @ScharSchool Sometimes @AspenReligion Former @usabritish. Research focus on influence campaigns targeting faith-based humanitarians (@GMU) and religion and media (@Aspen)
He’ll still be on the ballot as well, no? A no? A non-trivial number of voter will still check the Sliwa box…
October 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's a sign of how far we've fallen: QAnon shaman is rhe Walter Cronkite of the Trump administration.
July 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I'm thinking it's related to this? www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/b...
Legal Group Funded by Conservative Megadonors Challenges Trump’s Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Reposted by Ger FitzGerald
By saturating the environment with messages, you can shape how people perceive reality itself. Ellul emphasized that propaganda is most effective when it becomes ambient or totalizing — so that individuals adopt its framing without realizing it, and perceive their circumstances within that context.
May 23, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Also worth a reminder that Guatemala privatized its postal service in 2006 and then it went belly up in 2016 leaving Guatemala with no functioning postal service to this day.
May 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Reposted by Ger FitzGerald
This is an unusual order for several reasons, suggesting the majority thought it necessary. This was issued:
• after midnight
• before the government even responded (perhaps most irregular)
• while a Fifth Circuit request remains pending &
• before a dissenting justice could finish their statement.
April 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM