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27 Jan, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Today’s indictment of Ricky Vaughn for *2016* election interference efforts — that were well documented already in public domain — really makes you wonder what else Bill Barr was sitting on

Serves as notice though that this is criminal. More coming.

justice.gov/opa/pr/social-…
More evidence of connections between Brexit info ops and pro-Trump info ops:

justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
No real shocker here that Vaughn and his ilk hung around with white nationalists and other racists. Explicitly targeting minority voters.
“Oh but there’s no evidence online information campaigns *do* anything” 🙄

Tell it to these 5000 people who threw their votes in the garbage

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Molly McKew Profile picture
27 Jan
In revealing the annual #DoomsdayClock, @BulletinAtomic highlights the proliferation of conspiracies and the consistent eroding of scientific truth as an escalating concern in how we respond to crisis.

Yet, somehow, they leave the 2021 doomsday clock unchanged. /1
The official reveal: /2
Lots of focus from speakers about the anticipated policy shifts a Biden admin heralds, and the need for US leadership in climate, health, arms control discussions. /3
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22 Jan
@anneapplebaum @RadioFreeTom I think maybe you can both be right — a bit. Perhaps you will both forgive a semi-long explanation.

Anne — very grateful for this contribution, precisely bc it removes the problem from the “nothing can be done” category & points out that plenty of places have done this before /1
@anneapplebaum @RadioFreeTom Also *we* have done this before. Throughout the civil war, Lincoln was obsessed with things infrastructure and national symbols (Thanksgiving Day, etc), knowing that eventually it would all have to be physically and mentally knit back together.
/2
@anneapplebaum @RadioFreeTom I also worked in Liberia just after the end of the long civil war, & saw how effectively some of the tools you describe in your thoughtful piece worked. Especially the overall “change the subject” idea. For the first time for a whole generation, they could be something else /3
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Molly McKew Profile picture
22 Jan
A short thread on *ssholes & conspiracies:

We all know amplification of conspiracy theories — usually in the form of a question — by right wing media has become standard fare to harden views.

“Can we be SURE Clinton didn’t kill Seth Rich?” Etc. (Note: she didn’t) /1
“How do we KNOW Chavez didn’t use Dominion to steal the election from beyond the grave?” (Note: because he’s dead FFS)

Posing it as “questions that need to be answered maybe” allows them to evade responsibility for what they are doing. It’s standard fare. /2
Why do I raise this?

So you may remember when Notre Dame burned in April 2019 — a tragic accident. Online conspiracy theories immediately flourished. One claimed the fire was an act of Islamic terror. Many right wing personalities amplified this lie. /3
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20 Jan
Biden is not messing around in this speech.

♥️
“A winter of peril and significant possibilities.”
“In each of these moments, enough of us have come together to carry all of us forward”

This. So much this. This is the story of America.
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20 Jan
Amy K rocking the coat she announced her presidential run in — love it. Very symbolic.
Jeanne Shaheen’s hat/scarf combo A+ — showing her cold weather chops by waiting outside. (It is cold and windy today, folks)
Oh look D-list wolverine deigns to show his face
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19 Jan
How do we change our mindset to better deter grey zone threats at home and abroad?

1) The Kremlin relies on below-threshold conflict to achieve strategic objectives. We must enhance our capabilities in these domains, and also how we monitor and assess threats in grey spaces. /1
2) The way we engage the Kremlin allows Russia to evade consequences, which encourages them to take greater risks and accelerate disruptive activities in their near abroad and further afield. We must own our role in contributing to this state of affairs, and up-end this cycle. /2
3) Ignoring Russian behavior creates a system that also requires us to ignore things about ourselves. We must evaluate the weaknesses that we have failed to confront, renew our strength at the seams, reconceptualize what resilience & defense are in an era of grey threats. /3
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