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2 Feb, 4 tweets, 2 min read
"[T]here are political technologies we are not educated in. Like manipulating protest movements, & controlling their opposition. Or in the development & weaponization of cults in service of political & social fragmentation." by @davetroy 1/
link.medium.com/cfGlQFwDydb
2/ "Filipinos recognize cult manipulation from the 1980s when several groups there worshipped Ferdinand Marcos as their leader; cults are still a major factor there."
3/ "Cults Began as Political Weapon, Ended Up Deifying Ferdinand Marcos With AM-Marcos Funeral" 9/9/93 apnews.com/article/dd513d…
4/ "Abella said he never intended for his Gold Eagles or similar cults to deify Marcos. They were simply designed to generate religious feeling against secular leaders... But...things got out of hand and Marcos ended up as a central figure in the cults’ beliefs."

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Jay Sekulow is in the Council for National Policy (aka America’s Taliban), a networking & umbrella group for Religious Right zealots and billionaires. He’s as radical as they come. 1/
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The Rand Corporation has written about a Russian propaganda technique called the "firehose of falsehoods," which requires multiple channels to fool people & make lies stick. Trump & his "Stop the Steal" campaign relied on this technique. Thus, the rise of OANN, & Newsmax. 1/
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2 Feb
These notes, which Lance says are from a Morton Blackwell Leadership Institute course for young Republicans, say “less voters equates more results.” Naturally, Morton Blackwell is in the CNP. #VoterSuppression 😡 1/
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Rs made gains in state legislatures in 2020. Even where manual audits are conducted, they rarely include state races. 😢

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1/ nybooks.com/daily/2020/10/…
2/ “Earlier this year, ... Republicans blocked federal legislation, the SAFE Act, which would have required such [manual] audits for most federal races.”
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