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CNN: A Trump-favored MAGA network praised an increase in women soldiers. Its images were fake

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Wednesday evening on the MAGA cable channel OAN, as Defense Department spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson gushed to host Matt Gaetz about an alleged year-over-year increase in female military recruits, four images of women soldiers in combat fatigues were displayed on-screen.

All four images were AI fakes.

The images appear to have been generated using Elon Musk’s Grok, as small watermarks in the bottom corners seem to indicate.

“These numbers are fantastic,” Wilson told Gaetz as the AI images scrolled on-screen. “Under the previous administration, we had about 16,000 female recruits last year; now we’ve got upwards of 24,000,” she continued. “It is a testament to Secretary Hegseth and President Trump’s leadership.” (The Pentagon has not officially released detailed data on female recruitment, but it told Fox News those same figures.)

A DOD spokesperson said the images were not provided by them, so CNN asked OAN whether its staff generated the photos and if the network has any policy regarding AI-generated content. The far-right network did not respond.

OAN, short for One America News, launched in 2013, and during Trump’s first administration, it quickly morphed into a conspiracy-heavy, MAGA-boosting outlet.

The little-watched cable channel has become best-known for promoting Trump’s 2020 election lies, and it has settled multiple defamation lawsuits resulting from those on-air claims. Last year, the network settled a lawsuit from voting technology company Smartmatic alleging the channel boosted the election lies in order to “increase viewership and revenue.”

The network also settled a defamation suit from a Dominion Voting Systems executive, but it still faces a separate defamation lawsuit from the company.

OAN’s viewership and revenue have dwindled since DirecTV dropped it in 2022. However, earlier this year, it received a PR boost when Kari Lake, Trump’s pick to run a hollowed-out Voice of America, claimed that OAN will provide “newsfeed services” to VOA and other US-funded international broadcasters.

MAGA = one big lie after another

Trump-favored MAGA network uses AI-generated images of women soldiers while touting military recruitment jump | CNN Business
The images of female soldiers appear to have been generated using Elon Musk’s Grok.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/15/media/oan-gaetz-ai-images-women-military-kingsley-wilson

Independent: Trump border czar reacts after Indy 500 track boss demands end to ‘Speedway Slammer’ moniker for new migrant detention center

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Penske Entertainment said it preferred that its ‘IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter’

… On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X: “COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to @GovBraun for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the @CBP Home App.”/

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On Wednesday, Penske Entertainment, the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said the company did not want its intellectual property used alongside the detention center.

“We were unaware of plans to incorporate our imagery as part of the announcement,” the company told IndyStar in a statement. “Consistent with our approach to public policy and political issues, we are communicating our preference that our IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter.”

Homan reacts after demand to ditch ‘Speedway Slammer’ detention center name
Penske Entertainment said it preferred that its ‘IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter’

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-speedway-slammer-indy-500-b2803213.html

Trump is the first AI slop president. That’s not good for democracy.

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The White House has become a superspreader of AI-generated videos.

Franklin Roosevelt mastered the use of radio. John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan were top of the game on TV. And Donald Trump is the first AI slop president.

Since January, Trump’s administration has used artificial intelligence to churn out a steady stream of fake images on social media, from alligators in ICE hats to crying members of Congress,while the official White House account on X has used it to portray the president as Superman, the pope and a villain from “Star Wars.”

Earlier this week, Trump used his account on his personal social media platform, Truth Social, to share an AI-generated clip showing former President Barack Obama being forcibly detained by the FBI. As bizarre as it was, it fit in with his other nonsensical memes, which included various Democrats in orange prison jumpsuits as the “Shady Bunch” and a fake-looking video of a woman in a bikini catching a snake with her bare hands.

There’s a term for someone using social media this way that can’t be repeated in polite company, so let’s just call it slop-posting. It’s usually done by a 14-year-old boy, or someone who still acts like one, and it’s mostly just absurd or mildly offensive. It’s not harmless, necessarily, but it’s mostly just lame trolling.

To suggest that our President has the maturity of a 14-year-old boy is generous. Let’s not insult the kids, most of whom are more mature and better behaved than King Donald.

But when the president does it, it’s something else entirely. Even in the most harmless AI-generated memes, Trump is muddying the waters on what is real, encouraging his supporters to believe everything and nothing. Did a woman in a bikini really catch a snake? Is Obama really going to be arrested? To a Trump supporter steeped in these memes, the answer may not even matter.

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Opinion | Trump is the first AI slop president. That’s not good for democracy.
The White House has become a superspreader of AI-generated videos.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-obama-arrest-ai-slop-video-truth-social-rcna221041

Mediaite: Fox Reports Tulsi Gabbard Sent a ‘Criminal Referral’ For Obama Officials to the DOJ

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Fox News digital reported on Monday that it received confirmation from the Department of Justice “that it has received Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s criminal referral” to probe Obama-era officials for “manufactured and politicized intelligence” regarding the Trump-Russia probe.

Last week, Gabbard declassified documents, which were quickly reported on by Fox, which she claims implicate former President Barack Obama in the widespread allegations that Trump’s 2016 campaign colluded with Russia to interfere in the election.

Trump famously publicly called on Russia to hack Hillary Clinton’s emails in a speech during the campaign, which Russia did later do and leaked online.

Earlier on Monday, as Trump continues to grapple with fallout from his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, the president posted an AI-generated clip of the FBI arresting Obama in the Oval Office. In the clip, Obama is brought to his knees and handcuffed in front of a seat and smiling Trump.

Trump has long raged against what he calls the “Russia hoax” despite a Republican-led Senate investigation into claims of Russian collusion finding Russia did attempt to interfere with the election and had contact with the Trump campaign.

The Senate panel investigating the election published a 1,000-page report in 2020, which found “Russia launched an aggressive effort to interfere in the election on Trump’s behalf,” reported the AP at the time.

The report added that “the Trump campaign chairman had regular contact with a Russian intelligence officer and says other Trump associates were eager to exploit the Kremlin’s aid, particularly by maximizing the impact of the disclosure of Democratic emails hacked by Russian intelligence officers.”

Another delirious Trumpster lost in Lalaland! Wherever does he find all these sycophantic whack jobs?

Gabbard Sent ‘Criminal Referral’ For Obama Officials to DOJ
Earlier on Monday, the president posted an AI-generated clip of the FBI arresting Obama in the Oval Office.
Fox Reports Tulsi Gabbard Sent a ‘Criminal Referral’ For Obama Officials to the DOJ

Newsweek: Trump admin shares meme of ICE alligators outside Florida prison

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The Trump regime’s Carnival of Cruelty continues!

The Department of Homeland Security has shared an apparently AI-generated meme depicting alligators as ICE agents outside of a Florida detention center.

“Alligator Alcatraz” is a new migrant detention center being developed on a remote airstrip in the Everglades. The facility aims to house up to 5,000 detainees and uses the area’s natural isolation and wildlife as part of its security measures.

“Coming soon!” DHS said in a post on X.

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The remote facility is expected to cost Florida approximately $450 million annually to operate. The proposal comes as President Donald Trump‘s administration looks to conduct what it describes as the largest mass deportation operation in U.S. history.

Critics say that the center’s remote location and rapid deployment raise ethical and legal questions about the treatment of migrants, transparency, and due process. Supporters say the project is a cost-efficient step to handle increased immigration enforcement.

The image shared by DHS shows alligators wearing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) baseball caps outside the fences of the detention center.

The meme and plans have sparked outrage from critics over inhumane conditions and concerns from environmental groups.

“A horrendous lack of humanity,” Georgetown lecturer Brett Bruen, who served as director of global engagement during the Obama administration, said in a post on X.

Former CIA officer Christopher Burgess described the post as “Disgusting.”

Trump admin shares meme of ICE alligators outside Florida prison
The image depicted the security of “Alligator Alcatraz,” which has become a flashpoint in the immigration debate.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-admin-meme-ice-alligator-alcatraz-florida-2092148