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Red Mirror #1: Deagel.com

A new column on propaganda, written from the NATO side, with a sense of humour. First subject: a doomsday forecast that refuses to stay buried.

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Column // Red Mirror
Issue 001 · Thursday 19 November 2026
File RM-001 · Unclassified // Open source
Propaganda, held to the light

Red Mirror #1: Deagel.com

Deagel.com is the site whose doomsday population “forecasts” keep resurfacing online, including a claim that the US population would collapse to about 99.5 million. That claim has been fact-checked and debunked many times. The column will not repeat the myth. It looks at why the myth spreads, who benefits from it, and what the playbook teaches about every claim like it that comes next.

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