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‘Very Damning’ Video

While White House officials are busy dismissing as "cheap fakes" a series of viral videos apparently showing President Biden in declining mental acuity, a conservative tech expert counters that the footage is genuinely troubling and that the Biden message shop is simply working to "gaslight" social media moderators and voters.

"The discredited right-wing critics of President Biden who spread other debunked lies, including that the 2020 election was stolen, are clearly threatened by the wide range of nonpartisan fact-checkers that have pulled back the curtain on the cheap fake smears they’re forced to rely on," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital.

"It's very clear what's going on here," counter Heritage Foundation tech researcher Jake Denton. "They're trying to push a new term underneath the school of misinformation to try and pressure social media companies to take action on videos of this nature."

The reality is that the videos accurately reflect Biden's current cognitive ability, Denton told Fox News Digital, saying Americans should "reject these terms and buzzwords and just assess the videos as they are, because they're very damning."

"It looks horrible because it is," he said.

The Republican National Committee's research division posted several videos on X that appeared to show President Biden in a "perpetual state of confusion." The Biden White House dismisses them as "cheap fakes," but one tech expert says the truth is "[i]t looks horrible because it is."

White House

TIGHT-LIPPED: Biden admin won't say whether it plans to reach out to Rachel Morin's family …Read more

‘MADAM PRESIDENT’: VP Harris scores a big promotion in mistaken 'Queer Eye' video caption …Read more

SHOTGUN WEDDING: Experts warn Biden border order will lead to marriage fraud  …Read more

Capitol Hill

BORDER CONTRADICTION: Md. Dems lament mom's murder allegedly by illegal migrant, yet praise Biden on border …Read more

'WOKE' WARS: Missouri senator pushes to eliminate DEI at the Pentagon  …Read more

ABORTION BY MAIL: 1800s-era law targeted by Senate Dems over key postal provision …Read more

VARSITY BLUES: Johnson urged by over 50 conservative groups to crack down on DEI in medical schools …Read more

Tales from the Campaign Trail

MEME WARS: Biden donors put up $10M in effort to compete with Trump viral videos …Read more

WHY NOW?!: Biden campaign manager asked about timing of immigration executive order …Read more

LOWEST ON RECORD: New Yorkers turn on Democrat governor in new poll …Read more

ONE ON ONE: RFK Jr. fails to meet debate criteria, meaning it's Trump vs. Biden, CNN says …Read more

FINAL COUNTDOWN: Insiders reveal how Biden, Trump are prepping for their first debate …Read more

NAME 'THREE DRAG QUEENS': Blue city mayor's odd question to rival raises eyebrows …Read more

Drag queen "Pattie Gonia" was recently named one of National Geographic's "Travelers of the Year." (Christopher Polk / Contributor)

Across America

TROUBLE IN A SMALL TOWN: Florida mayor resigns via mass email to residents …Read more

'INSIDIOUS' BIAS: New lawsuit alleges a women’s medical program illegally excludes White women …Read more

EPA SUED AGAIN: Groups target trucking emissions standards …Read more

JUNETEENTH: Deep South state unveils monument honoring those who endured slavery …Read more

TAX CUTS: Red state governor signs income, property tax cuts into law …Read more

'A GREAT DAY': High Court delivers justice to Texas grandmother jailed for political retaliation  …Read more

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO: Climate radicals target Taylor Swift's private jet  …Read more

DEM MAYOR ‘OUSTER’: Oakland pol to face landmark recall vote …Read more

Around the World

ARMS FOR ALLIES: Taiwanese president gives thanks as US approves $360M weapons sale  …Read more

'SCOURGE OF ANTISEMITISM': French political rivals join forces to decry Jewish girl’s gang rape  …Read more

POOCH PACT: Kim commits to defending Russia, seals deal with gift of dogs …Read more

Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un pet dogs during a walk in the garden of the Kumsusan Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea in this image released by the Korean Central News Agency June 20, 2024.     (KCNA via REUTERS)

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