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4 Oct, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Seems we’re going to do the plot line of every episode of 7 seasons of the West Wing as a reality show in 2020
I’m young enough to remember when President Bartlet wasn’t completely honest about his MS diagnosis & Stockard Channing totally covered for him.
I also remember how the Presidential line of succession works because John Goodman, the Speaker of the House, briefly became President when the 25th amendment was invoked (also how I learned about the 25th and then refreshed during Homeland Season 7)
I should probably relinquish this thread to @PeteButtigieg as I’ve heard he’s way more up to speed on all the parallels.

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2 Oct
Disinfo Disaster scenario “2. One or both candidates contract COVID-19
- Until the coronavirus is brought under control, we have a serious challenge ahead regarding the danger COVID-19 poses to 2020’s presidential candidates.” July 30, 2020
“As Election Day approaches, both candidates will be pressured to pursue more public appearances and in-person campaign events. President Trump largely refuses to wear a mask, and members of his inner circle have tested positive for the virus...” fpri.org/fie/disinforma…
“Every cough, sniff or misstep at a microphone, and at their ages they’ve both had many, could be exploited by their opponent and amplified from afar as a sign of COVID-19.”
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3 Sep
This DHS report is accurate and correct “Russia is 'amplifying' claims of mail-in voter fraud, intel bulletin warns - ABC News” abcnews.go.com/Politics/russi…
If you want to see what Russia says about mail-in ballots, @FPRI @rjchernaskey has been tracking it, links to stories included. Make your own Intel assessment fpri.org/fie/mail-in-ba…
And the pace of foreign amplification is only increasing see this @FPRI #fie2020 post fpri.org/fie/november-e…
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30 Aug
Ratcliffe statement again illustrates why not qualified to be DNI. Question at hand is election interference 2020 and Russia is clearly pursuing more election interference and democratic subversion at the moment than China
Ratcliffe statement conflates broader strategic aims, capabilities & limitations of Russia/China vis-a-vis US. Much to do to counter growing China, but has little to do with election in November
China spending about 1/10 energy on election 2020 as compared to Russia. Meanwhile, China expanding aggressively around the world in the absence of US leadership. Russia biggest issue for election 2020, China biggest challenge for US/World for next decade.
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21 Aug
Having spent much time working countering terrorism, remarkable similarities QAnon growth, Boogaloo, etc In beginning, tendency by most to say,”don’t worry, just a bunch fringe goof balls”, then few years later, a bomb goes off, a mass shooting perhaps. nytimes.com/2020/08/20/us/…
Politicians trying to play it both ways, near term trying to embrace it at arms length, win an election and ignore, oh no, won’t work, when zealots don’t get their desires, they’ll turn on those politicians.
.@CTCWP released a rare article on domestic extremism by @AmarAmarasingam on QAnon if your looking for data on how this has already gone bad ctc.usma.edu/the-qanon-cons…
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30 Jul
"7 Potential Disinformation Disasters Headed into Election 2020" - our #FIE2020 team has been monitoring disinfo the last 18 months and headed into election day. No surprise on what #1 is, reinforced this morning America needs to prepare via @FPRI
fpri.org/fie/disinforma… https://www.fpri.org/fie/disinformation-disasters-election-2
#1 is Mail-in ballot conspiracies - domestic and amplified by foreign actors. This is killing our democracy during the pandemic. Kremlin outlets are running wild with it already. fpri.org/fie/mail-in-ba…
#2 is health concerns regarding the candidates. Had to update this morning as seen by 'Stroke' trending on Twitter, and Herman Cain sadly passing away. Devastating lines of disinfo during the pandemic.
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16 Jul
New from me this morning @FPRI "Election 2020: Russia Cares, China Doesn't" - 1 year into #FIE2020 project I offer an updated assessment on what we've observed regarding foreign interference headed into November.
fpri.org/fie/election-2…
Some notes on Russia influence - Election 2020 - The Kremlin’s influence is still there, but they are being drown out by U.S. domestic chaos & homemade disinformation. 2 things they can still do: hacking and subversion.
For China - Why worry about election 2020 when you can have the world? A divided America makes for a strong China. Have no political bridge into america, advancing aggressively, globally & will be big info war challenge for 2021 & beyond
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