Nina Jankowicz

According to the people who make money lying about me on the Internet, I have risen from the dead, crawled out of a hidey hole, or otherwise “come back” more than 50 times over the past three years—a rate of 1.38 resurrections per month. Jesus who? wiczipedia.substack.com/p/dont-call-...

Have you checked out DISARMED yet? Aside from having the best damn theme song in the world, we’ve got interviews with the people who used to keep our country safe from foreign propaganda. What happened, and what can we expect before the midterms? Join us — thewayfinder.net/s/disarmed

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Firing the staff who map Kremlin disinfo ops because the work is "misaligned" is a political decision. Its a policy choice to stop looking. The ops dont stop when the analysts do, they just get a friendlier reception.

Here’s Daniel Kimmage’s message to his colleagues, fired because their mission of fighting foreign propaganda was “severely misaligned” with Trump administration priorities. “Hold your head high.” Watch the rest: www.thewayfinder.net/p/is-the-us-..., on YouTube, or on your favorite podcast app.

We're up on Apple Podcasts now and will show up on Spotify soon - links here www.thewayfinder.net/p/is-the-us-...

This is how the Trump administration ended dozens of disinformation and propaganda experts’ careers in government. With an awkward, almost gleeful speech from known white supremacist and conspiracy theorist Darren Beattie. Listen to the rest on DISARMED: www.thewayfinder.net/p/is-the-us-...

If you prefer to watch on YouTube, you can! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0tc...

IT'S HERE. DISARMED: How the U.S. Gave Up the Fight Against Falsehoods. 5 episodes before Election Day. Interviews with former USG officials who defended our information environment—and got smeared for it. What we've lost. How to rebuild. And a kickass theme song. Watch at thewayfinder.net

Is the guy purposely murdering civilians including children a humanitarian? According to the President's golf/graft buddy, yes

we're going to need a long-term plan, with broad political appeal, for ending impunity & holding the trump administration accountable for its crimes, malfeasance & cruelties. not 'tit-for-tat' but an american version of transitional justice. my take in @slate.com 👇

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

Why has Trump escalated against Omar and other critics? We have analysis for you over on the @americansunlight.org newsletter. americansunlight.substack.com/p/where-trum...

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If you’re interested in learning what happened to America’s information defenses since Trump returned to the White House, have I got a podcast for you 👀 Conversations with the people who used to lead this work, analysis of what we lost, and a really sick theme song. Coming soon.

I think it’s interesting that the people announcing their returns to Twitter are men… 🤔

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I’m making a podcast and I think you guys are gonna like ittttttt Be the first to hear when it drops ➡️ thewayfinder.net

Courage is rarely convenient. Institutions have the privilege of playing it safe. But that privilege doesn’t last forever. What saved them today may be forgotten tomorrow, after trading their principles for a reprieve with the shelf life of a social media post. www.thewayfinder.net/p/trumps-fre...

Nobody likes that the internet has been overrun with fake shit, and it is materially, negatively impacting our relationships with our neighbors and our trust in literally everything. Republicans benefit from this environment, and therefore attempted to criminalize the study of information ops.

Courage is rarely convenient. Institutions have the privilege of playing it safe. But that privilege doesn’t last forever. What saved them today may be forgotten tomorrow, after trading their principles for a reprieve with the shelf life of a social media post. www.thewayfinder.net/p/trumps-fre...

Great post from @ninajankowicz.com on last weeks pressure campaign from the Trump administration and Michael Shellenberger around #Disinfo2026. Make no mistake, this is a Putinesque attempt to shut down civil society and curtail the free speech of researchers and advocates.

The US government used to stand up for civil society, not brief against it. But that’s exactly what it did last week when a few researchers dared to ask if the US posed a foreign interference and information manipulation threat. My write up—and advice: open.substack.com/pub/wicziped...

There is, writes @davidfrum.bsky.social, an "implicit quid pro quo in these lucrative deals offered to Trump’s family and friends: If you compel Ukraine to surrender, we will enrich you beyond reckoning" www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

No, bombing Yandex has not impacted automated Russian trolling operations in the U.S.

RUSSIA TARGETED A BUS FULL OF CIVILIANS AND MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THIS WEEK ALONE. Maybe the ingrate is the guy who made the decision to fund that terrorism by purchasing oil in a last ditch attempt to boost his poll numbers?

I doubt Russia has tons of diesel to export. They're in a fuel shortage crisis. It'd be illegal, violating sanctions. And awful strategy while Russia is attacking Ukraine, menacing NATO allies, and helping Iran target Americans. But looks like Trump trying to jawbone markets before the midterms.

Incredibly honored to be included as a "censor" in Michael Shellenberger's latest fan-fiction release! What great company to be in, next to my censurous colleages. Never been happier to read 14 pages of bland, moderately-edited Claude-generated text in my life... www.public.news/p/europe-see...

Biased but I think this is a particularly good issue of Last Week in Censorship americansunlight.substack.com/p/us-pressur...

I'm sure you'll have some cosmic rationale But here you are in the ninth Two men out and three men on Nowhere to look but inside Where we all* respond to Pressure *not all :) youtu.be/6Z5WdSL0BK0?...

Screenshot 1: Panel description on 4 June 2026. Screenshot 2: Panel description yesterday, after GAC dropped out. Cosmetic edits, yes. Re-framing? Absolutely not. The "sentence in question" about the US acting, in specific cases, as a FIMI actor, remains substantively identical to the June draft.

Global Affairs Canada (GAC) claims it dropped out of #Disinfo2026 "following changes to the framing of several panel discussions." GAC was scheduled to chair my panel today on disinformation in the Arctic. But, our panel description hasn't changed since June...! Receipts in the next post below.

The craziest thing about this whole scandal is that the Trump administration appears to be most aggrieved about panels in which AMERICAN participants were sharing the view from here. It’s just so blatant.

So it was the US State Department all along! Maybe Shellenberger should be emailing them about censorship instead of conference participants. #disinfo26 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

“What this amounts to is a purported defender of free speech at the state department using the enormous power of the US government to try to pressure Americans from criticizing their government.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

This is an important and necessary reminder, and I completely second the recommendation to read Havel's essay. (I'd also add in Milosz's "The Captive Mind.")

Sharing for no particular reason 🙃 www.thewayfinder.net/p/how-to-not...

Enable free press ❌ Harass civil society ✅ https://t.co/F3BusL213j https://t.co/2TyXI2wkNL Source : https://x.com/FrenchResponse/status/2107509182748598627

Shellenberger is seemingly preparing to smear a bunch of people attending a conference on disinformation this week. Ten bucks says he’s gonna claim the researchers there are cEnSoRiNg yOu!!!1 In reality they’re presenting their ideas. Talking. Debating. You know, using their speech rights.

My thoughts about the UK's new National Centre for Information Defence. I think it can survive the 'censorship' backlash; UK discourse isn't as infected by conspiratorial brain rot (yet). But it's incumbent on the Burnham gov to fill the info void. www.thewayfinder.net/p/the-uk-get...

My thoughts about the UK's new National Centre for Information Defence. I think it can survive the 'censorship' backlash; UK discourse isn't as infected by conspiratorial brain rot (yet). But it's incumbent on the Burnham gov to fill the info void. www.thewayfinder.net/p/the-uk-get...

the humans who moderate chatbots say they're inundated with people trying to generate nonconsensual nudes: www.404media.co/humans-readi...

So many good soup recipes here! Sharing my mom’s pasta fagioli recipe because several folks asked. It’s nothing fancy (and probably not very authentic, we’re polish!) but it’s a weeknight staple for us in fall and winter