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This is a good example of a bot / troll account with a fake profile. The account is trying to spread disinformation and sow doubt and confusion.

(Thanks to my followers who taught me how to do this)
Sorry folks. I did it wrong.

next time, screen shot.


Go to this website and analyze the account. botsentinel.com

I was pleased to learn that I am normal.
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Teri Kanefield
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(Thread) I need to answer this ⤵️question in parts. Here is Part 1.

The problem: A political earthquake

The solution: Mail-in voting

(To implement the solution: We’re already more than halfway there.)

Stick with me here. I have some strings to pull together.
1/ In his lecture,Harvard prof Steven Levitsky explains why he compares the current politics in the US to an earthquake.


In the 1950s and earlier, both parties—as well as universities and all pillars of society—were largely run by white men. . .
2/ Before 1955 we had democratic norms and institutions—but they mostly protected white men.

To take one example, rape laws weren't designed to protect women from attack, they were designed to protect (white) men from false accusation (See ⤵️
)
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
What we have here is Rule of Law v Cult of Leadership

In the context of Rule of Law, the firing of AG Atkinson is an admission of guilt and trampling of the law.

In the context of Cult of Leadership, the disloyal must be purged.

The problem we have right now . . .

1/
. . . isn't merely a law-defying president.

The problem we have is that a major political party and well-oiled propaganda network prefers a Cult of Leadership.

Why do they prefer Cult of Leadership? See 👇


2/
3/ Exhibit A 👇

This is a troublemaker trying to persuade us that by pointing out the truth, we are engaging in 'in fighting' which destroys the United States.

The troublemaker is also engaging in "bothsidesism."

"They" (the enemy) is deliberately vague.
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Teri Kanefield
@Teri_Kanefield
(Thread) Oligarchy v. Democracy

In dealing with a pandemic, a democratic leader would base success on how many lives are saved.

A would-be oligarch, on the other hand, bases success on whether he maintains power.

That's the clue to what's happening.
1/ Two main issues have brought us here:

#1: Trump has been systematically dismantling the federal government.

He gives “federalism” an oligarch’s twist: He doesn't just want to transfer power to the states. He also want to transfer power to industry.
2/ Issue #2: Trump’s goal since taking office has been to maintain and expand his power.

To that end, he cynically employs basic fascist tactics.

Because he has only a few tricks in his bag, he's using those tricks in this pandemic.

And they don't work against a virus.
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Carl T. Bergstrom
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I'd posted a query about a @NewScientist story regarding new Imperial College predictions for the UK.

Since it was answered, rather than waste people's time with that vague story, I've deleted and here provide the underlying report. h/t @StAndrewsLynx

imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial…
Absolute rubbish coming out from unreliable outlets such as the Daily Wire, claiming that this is an abrupt reversal by the Imperial College team, rather than a model of successful suppression based on more aggressive control measures.
I'm guessing that they are basically parroting #misinformation from a thread by Alex Berenson, who badly misrepresents the nature of the new report and/or @neil_ferguson's recent testimony.
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ᴸᵁᴸᵁ ᴸᴱ No.
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Goldsmith asked committee members to raise their hands if they knew of the 2015 story of an ISIS affiliate threatening military families. One hand up. Then he asked how many knew it actually came from Russian trolls pretending to be ISIS. No hands. buzzfeednews.com/article/janely…
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Not one of the committee members knew the 2015 story of an ISIS affiliate threatening military families.

No hands. Not even one.
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Jeff Seldin
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NEW signs #Russia's relentless info ops targeting US troops are paying off-almost half (46%) of armed services households now say they see #Moscow as an ally

Worried @DeptofDefense "actively working to expose & counter" the #Kremlin's efforts

More here:
voanews.com/usa/pentagon-c…
@DeptofDefense Defense & security officials have told @VOANews #Russia has been targeting US military personnel, specifically, with a ramped-up influence campaign starting as far back as 2017 so that they would be predisposed to view #Moscow in a more favorable way
Now a survey by the @RonaldReagan conducted in October found 46% of armed services households in the US see #Russia "as more of an ally"

In comparison, only 28% of all of those surveyed & just 30% of those w/"very favorable" views of @POTUS saw #Russia as an ally
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Hi #FBPE, we need to talk about #bots, I know many of you are informed and aware, but many more of us are not, and the whole #bot thing has got to a stage that IMHO we need more general awareness - thread⏬
Please share and RT
TLDR Summary
This thread isn't technical
It has some basic education
And then deals with strategic and political issues
IMHO bots are a bigger threat than many understand
Some networking across #FBPE could help
And maybe you can help
The rest of the thread explores these issues
Three steps for everyone
1. Education
Bots (& trolls, farms) are there to spread propaganda and fake news, to create dissent, undermine. Your first protection is knowing they exist and that you’ll meet them. Just reading this makes you safer. Be suspicious of unendorsed "friends"
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Louise Callaghan
@louiseelisabet
If you wanted any further proof that Russia/regime propaganda influences the US President’s decision-making (from my story in @thesundaytimes this weekend):
This summer UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt pitched the idea of rescuing some of the White Helmets in southern Syria to the US President
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