Remember when Trump wanted to form a cybersecurity unit w/ Putin AFTER Russia was confirmed to have attacked our election infrastructure? (Publicly confirmed thx to the report leaked by #RealityWinner). Russia even installed malware. And now Rs have the audacity to do this. ⬇️ 1/
4/ To be clear, their alternate slate of electors is legally meaningless. It’s narrative warfare, propaganda. But god they are shameless.
5/ The GOP also killed the #SAFEAct, which would have required robust manual election audits to confirm electronic results. axios.com/gop-senator-el…
6/ Surfaced Recording Reveals ALEC and GOP Election Attorneys [and the CNP] Working with State Legislators to Question Validity of Election” — in February, long before the election took place. documented.net/2020/10/newly-…
Remember how Trump’s hand picked Postmaster General, a Trump mega donor, kneecapped the USPS knowing that more Democrats than Republicans would vote by mail this election? 7/ washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
8/ “DeJoy [Trump’s postmaster general]donated nearly $700,000 to Trump's convention, new filings show” cnn.com/2020/10/10/pol…
9/ “Sidney Powell’s secret ‘military intelligence expert,’ key to fraud claims in election lawsuits, never worked in military intelligence - The Washington Post”washingtonpost.com/investigations…
10/ Dear @SidneyPowell1: ESS was not “acquired by Dominion,” Philadelphia uses ESS machines (not Dominion), & ESS (not Dominion) kept most of the contracts for Diebold (the type of system hacked by Halderman). The KESHAVARZ-NIA declaration is propaganda. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1336025…
11/ The vendors that sold voting machines to Venezuela? ESS & Smartmatic.
The vendor that didn’t? Dominion.
The vendor Trump & @SidneyPowell1 want everyone to associate w/ Venezuela? Dominion.
Georgia! Despite the GOP screaming that the general election was rigged against them, it was the GOP that did much better than GA exit polls predicted. With so much at stake, pls help provide oversight. Pls sign up w/ @ProtectVotes
to photograph precinct results in the runoff 1/
Precinct results are posted outside polling places after polls close. Our volunteers photograph them & @ProtectVotes then compares them to reported totals for those precincts. They shld match. If they don’t, that’s a problem we will report. Our project is called #PhotoFinish 2/
“Maine – The most noteworthy aspect in the Senate race between Sara Gideon (Dem) and longtime incumbent Susan Collins (Rep) occurred with the pre-election polls. Not a single poll, of the 14 polls listed by RealClearPolitics since February 2020, gave Collins a lead.” 1/
“Not a single poll of the 22 polls compiled by FiveThirtyEight since July 6, 2020 gave Collins a lead. Gideon led in every poll—RealClearPolitics’ polls since the beginning of October averaged a lead of 5.7%, 538’s averaged a lead of 4.7% (listed in tables below).” 2/
“The 12.6% discrepancy between 538’s compiled polls and the computer vote count was the highest of all the US Senate races listed in the tables below.” 3/
Paul Manafort, a convicted felon, was allowed to go home with a GPS. But the Trump administration forces asylum seekers from Cameroon—who are not criminals—to remain in detention in harsh conditions for years on end, only to deport many of them anyway. 1/
On the return flight, these asylum seekers are treated like violent criminals, with their hands shackled to their legs. What kind of a country does this to people fleeing violent conditions? We don't treat animals with such cruelty. 2/
The Trump administration has tortured these asylym seekers. It is despicable. When I said they kept them detained 4 years, I meant years. Imagine having to live in a detention center year after year only to be deported in shackles to the dangerous situation from which u fled. 3/
More human rights abuses. The Trump administration has rejected most asylum applications from Cameroonians, despite keeping the asylum seekers in detention centers for years, economically benefiting detention-center owners. - Jacqueline NDIToko, Cameroonian American Counsel 1/
I discussed this humane treatment today with Jacqueline and with Selena Keesecker of the Guadalupe Presbyterian Church. Selena told me that some of these asylum seekers are kept in detention centers for three years or more. 2/
3/ Asylum seekers are returned to Cameroon on lengthy fights with their hands shackled to their legs. Asylum seekers aren't criminals, but the Trump administration has treated them as if they are.
Georgia! Control of the US senate hinges on GA’s runoff election. Pls help provide oversight by signing up w/ #PhotoFinish via @ProtectVotes 2 photograph precinct totals (posted outside precincts after closing). We will then compare them to reported totals 2 ensure they match. 1/
Here’s how the project works. It’s three easy steps. We would love your help with step 1 to ensure this election is free and fair. 2/
You can sign up for #PhotoFinish here. If you sign up, you will receive a welcome email and instructions from our volunteer coordinator, @lad1121, as well as an invitation to our Georgia slack room. 3/ protectourvotes.com/photo-finish/
“Journalists typically cover contentious issues by giving both sides equal attention.” But on issues of science & fact, such as climate change, this can create a false “impression there’s a 50/50 debate among experts, rather than the 97% scientific consensus.” - @crankyuncles 1/
.@crankyuncles is a fantastic book written & illustrated by @johnfocook about climate change and the strategies used by purveyors of misinformation. I highly recommend it. 2/ amazon.com/Cranky-Uncle-v…
“Fake experts are people who convey the appearance of expertise without possessing any actual relevant expertise... The tobacco industry mastered this strategy in the 1970s,” & called it the “Whitecoat Project.” - @crankyuncles book by @johnfocook 3/