The motivation for this site was an epidemic of disinformation that turned into a crisis of misinformation during and after election 2024 — including:
a daily stream of LIES served on a platform called "TRUTH Social" by a leader the Washington Post tracked with 30,573 "false or misleading claims".
24 hour cable news LIES pitched as "fair & balanced" by a network that had to pay $787 million for lying about the prior election.
31 LIARS from that network hired to fill key government positions along with 14 Cabinet positions filled by billionaire campaign donors.
a Supreme Court ruling called "Citizens United" that effectively allows corporations to fund LIES that take power away from citizens.
the Press: bullied and punished for asking tough questions; abandoning fact-checks; NEVER having the courage to call a politician's lie a LIE! (and, btw, though hundreds of politicians testified to Congress over the past 50 years, not one was charged with lying under oath!)
In short, the election was a fabri-sham-mockery -- and too many Americans voted against their own best interests -- because their emotions were manipulated by lies!
For me, the journey to newBluePlanet started soon after the Election 2000 debacle, with my launch of LiberalHearts--the world's first political dating site. I retired it--and myself--in 2024--until I realized that, more than ever, progressive thinkers and liberal hearts need a space to connect and be heard.
Ideally, the Internet's "world-wide web" should have opened minds, instead of providing closed bubbles where fears could fester and be exploited. I'd like to think, that together, we can burst some bubbles. But not only do I need your help. I need you to lead. My time will be divided on other projects that share the same goal but will use the mediums of music and film as tools.
I envision NBP as a kind of think-tank for putting together ideas to share on other social networks--rather than replace your participation there. Your voice is needed everywhere. I'd like to develop this as a co-op non-profit organization and hand it off to the community so that the mission might out-live me.
“Don’t say you care deeply about free speech, then you’re quiet. What’s needed now is courage." -Obama, 2025.
Translation: No more, "Let's agree to disagree" crap, then leave it at that (which Obama was guilty of too). DISAGREE!
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