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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains: Thread ⬇️
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
A historian analyzes how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claims about her boss and his administration are ‘doublespeak’ straig...

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Just one example: At a Dec. 11, 2025 briefing, Leavitt declared the economy strong: inflation at “2.5%” and real wages up “$1,200 for the average worker,” calling the figures “real, factual data.” (Both those bits of “real, factual data” are wrong)