When history about floor dropping on Trump these last 2 weeks is written, this 21 seconds from debate -- with Biden assist -- was beginning. 21 seconds. #VOTE
1:04:46 TRUMP
Sure, I’m prepared to do it. I would say- I would say, almost everything I see is from the left-wing 1/
not from the right wing-
1:04:55 WALLACE
So what do you, what do you say-
1:04:56 TRUMP
I'm willing to do anything I want to see peace.
1:04:57 WALLACE
Then do it, sir.
1:04:59 BIDEN
Say it, do it, say it.
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1:05:00 TRUMP
You want to call them -- What do you want to call them? Give me a name, give me --
1:05:04 WALLACE
White supremacists and, white supremacists and right-wing --
1:05:07 BIDEN
The Proud Boys.
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1:05:07 TRUMP
Proud Boys, stand back and stand by. But I'll tell you what, I'll tell you what, somebody's got to do something about antifa and the left because this is not a right-wing problem. This is a left-wing problem.
On #stochasticterrorism. For years, it's been Trump's plan -- promote violence without saying when/where. His words -- "stand back and stand by" -- were odd enough that his team feigns plausible deniability, but his adherents know exactly what he meant #debates 1/
We shouldn't be afraid to say Trump incites terror. Don't just say violence. That misses the point. It is violence for political purposes, which is terrorism.
Stochastic is awkward, but here is @Dictionarycom definition after I used it on air
The disinformation move is predictable. It is how radicalization also works. Whispers online, Russian bots, Trump tweet, FOX news primetime, impacted parties left to respond, reporters figure out truth. It's predictable. 4 years later, their moves are the same. Why are ours? 1/
In so many cases, institutions think that silence will make it go away (nope) or that engagement makes them seem partisan (nope). We know how disinformation works now. Engagement may not change all minds, but silence is used by them as a weapon. Silence is handing them fuel. 2/
The Commission on Presidential Debates has equities to defend their stated purpose "to meet its ongoing goal of educating voter" "for the benefit of the American electorate." Respond to lies. Make clear what was asked, requirements, standards. Assert agency. Every single time. 3/
Again, the military is necessary for major domestic logistics. They always work in civilian supply chain as support and a whole #logistics regime exists under defense support of civilian authorities (DSCA). This exclusive @statnews about vaccine distribution plan is troubling.1/
So here's a read of the chart. DSCA doesn't appear to be utilized, another time when the logistical planning is in place and WH goes in another direction. In addition, what's with the joint leads? Doesn't work like that. We don't do Kumbaya. 2/ statnews.com/2020/09/28/ope…
FEMA is hard to find, the civilian agency that actually does logistical distribution in homeland and can task military to satisfy bulk needs. In chart, it looks like the COO is a military person; that strikes me as a bad fit for state, local, territorial & tribal delivery 3/
Thread. Civil war? This is nonsense and not helpful. It assumes we don't have agency. Anyone who goes from Defcon 5 to 1 like this is lacking in analysis. Just lazy. Am I worried? Of course, so plan. Do I think there is a likelihood Trump follows his words? #homelandsecurity 1/
Low likelihood but high consequence event so we shouldn't be shy calling him on it, nor "ratchet it down." The most likely scenario still is a peaceful transition of power to Biden with violence by radicalized Trump supporters who listen to his words. #stochasticterrorism
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But between Trump's words, his campaigns actions and Friedman's civil war, mayors and governors are on notice and they are doing a lot in anticipation of both unlawful vigilantes as well as "color of law" deployment. Trainings and briefings and comms strategies are ongoing. 3/
Low likelihood but high consequence event so we shouldn't be shy calling him on it, nor "ratchet it down." The most likely scenario still is a peaceful transition of power to Biden with violence by radicalized Trump supporters who listen to his words. #stochasticterrorism
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But between Trump's words, his campaigns actions and Friedman's civil war, mayors and governors are on notice and they are doing a lot in anticipation of both unlawful vigilantes as well as "color of law" deployment. Trainings and briefings and comms strategies are ongoing. 3/
This includes everything from command posts for election violence monitoring, urban curfews, crowd control plans with National Guard, states of emergency to protect right to vote. But "civil war" talk is the same as Trump's threats of Insurrection Act. Don't lose our heads. 4/
.@ScottGottliebMD has done tremendous work educating us and so this is quite a remarkable take. He is an FDA expert. I listened to whole interview as I thought the tweet might be misleading; "when history looks back," I do not think that the takeaway is the WH was failed. 1/
No one had any concept of the extent of the spread of the virus, but that was because so few governors, mayors, local public health officials (the homeland) were paying attention because the WH wasn't pushing a testing (it rejected WHO's offer), surveillance or other systems. 2/
Let's be clear here: our pandemic planning, which was shelved by the WH, has monitoring and surveillance as the primary responsbilityof a WH and federal government. The minute Trump heard of #COVID19, that system should have been up to help local efforts. 3/