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       2025-02-13T21:06:40Z
       
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       https://theracket.news/p/seeds-of-mistrust-usaid-musk-trumpBy “transparency” they seem to mean spreading easily debunked claims — such as Musk’s now-admitted lie about millions supposedly spent on “condoms in Gaza” — and spinning evidence that government agencies subscribe to news databases as proof of a nefarious plot. The point is to create a spectacle—an illusion of transparency, without actual transparency—to distract from what they are doing now and to justify what comes next.