Which is setting the stage for the far right to steal all future elections and accuse Democrats of any number of weaponized and outlandish things to befuddle reporters and cover their tracks. It's obvious by now, no?

https://twitter.com/ZTPetrizzo/status/1455926346857734144

Step 1: Flood social media with astroturfed bullshit
Step 2: Tap a few dozen useful idiots to show up at events and harass Dems
Step 3: Harass journos who accurately report facts by accusing them of political bias and worse
Step 4: Wildly accuse everyone else of what you're doing

So the tactics you can identify here are: Firehosing, Gaslighting, and Distraction. There's a fourth disinfo tactic that's starting in again today, which is Disheartenment ("it's too late to do anything.") Don't listen to those assholes, either.

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Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie

3 Nov

You all ready to acknowledge the role of disinformation in swaying elections yet?

For those of you thinking you're informing me that the media was in on it, this tweet is actually intended for the people who have the nerve to call themselves my colleagues in journalism and who repeatedly keep shitting the bed when disinformation campaigns present themselves

(And blocking me when I call them out, not that I blame them for that, I am fully aware I have a terrible personality and do not give a fuck any more)

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Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie

2 Nov

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1455569765452427270

When Identity Evropa was "auditing" University of California classes in 2018, they were harassing students in ethnic studies courses in exactly the same way the "anti-CRT" astroturfing is playing out today

https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1455569765452427270

https://twitter.com/stan_okl/status/951949294482833409

For example:

https://twitter.com/stan_okl/status/951949294482833409

ucsdguardian.org/2018/01/29/whi…

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Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie

27 Oct

This story uses the Poway Unified School District as its example. I have written about my own experiences as a high school student within that district in the past npr.org/2021/10/26/104…

Here. It's not a coincidence. I'm not kidding when I say I know exactly who these people are. washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/0…

Then again, getting to work through your teenaged bullying traumas on the national stage -- and for the greater good -- is a rather large privilege that I'll be savoring every step of the way as I take all these motherfuckers down

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Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie

26 Oct

https://twitter.com/isaacdovere/status/1453063198505111560

The school board shit was a test run for literally everything else

https://twitter.com/isaacdovere/status/1453063198505111560

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1453064168970592263

People really should start listening to the shit I say. I'm not saying it because it's my feels. I'm saying it because I have years of experience dealing with these exact people. It was just invisible to much of the rest of the country, as it was limited to the border region.

https://twitter.com/IsaacDovere/status/1453064168970592263

Look at these visuals, read these quotes. You might even recognize some of the names. They were blocking a bus full of children seeking asylum kpbs.org/news/border-im…

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