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In Nov, Fiona Hill testified that Russia was gearing up to attack the 2020 election. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/impeachment-hearing-11-21-19/h_e5f412556b473e2b719f00744dd055a3

Today">https://www.cnn.com/politics/... we learn Russia is backing Trump’s re-election—and Trump was furious lawmakers were briefed about it. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/russian-interference-trump-democrats.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/2...
2/ No, the GOP is not working in tandem with Russia because Putin is blackmailing them all.

The GOP is working in tandem with Russia because their goals are aligned.

And because they& #39;d rather have Russia-style oligarchy than true liberal democracy.
3/ The GOP is aligned with Russia because the GOP has morphed into a reactionary party.

To take us back to the ‘good old days’ when [white] men could do as they pleased, they have to destroy our institutions and dismantle the government. https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1070708168949346304">https://twitter.com/Teri_Kane...
5/ They just have to undermine public confidence in the outcome of the election.

I’ve been taken to task for suggesting that it’s far easier to sabotage an election through a disinformation campaign that undermines confidence than by manually flipping votes.
7/ From the @just_security article, “The only way to neutralize this threat is through public awareness of Russia’s tactics and increased civil participation.”

That& #39;s what Obama meant by “citizenship.”

I wrote about that herehttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="—" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1228847863968362496">https://twitter.com/Teri_Kane...
8/ “Increased public awareness” is also what the Rand Corp, in this essay, called “putting raincoats on the population.”

https://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE198.html">https://www.rand.org/pubs/pers...

If we expect to be drenched with a "firehose of falsehoods," we won’t be caught by surprise.
10/ To put the matter bluntly, the US President—with the help of a major political party and in tandem with Russia—will wage a Russian-style disinformation war against the citizens of the US.

Let that sink in.

So expect lots more crisis and spectacle https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="—" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1228176690938961921">https://twitter.com/Teri_Kane...
11/ One of the ways a disinformation campaign kills democracy is by destroying what social scientists call the public sphere.
https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199756841/obo-9780199756841-0030.xml

The">https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/docu... antidote is to strengthen the public sphere through community organization.
12/ When you reach out to potential voters, talk to them about the disinformation blitz that& #39;s coming and the cycle of outrage.

People have been asking about how to reach out to MAGA people.

For the 2020, ignore them.

Jennifer Rubin is correcthttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="—" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1230561903648239616">https://twitter.com/JRubinBlo...
13/ Jennifer Rubin’s conclusion dovetails with what @RachelBitecofer been saying: The 2020 election will be won or lost depending on who turns out to vote.

Swing and persuadable voters are fewer in number and less important than people realize. https://twitter.com/JRubinBlogger/status/1230561903648239616">https://twitter.com/JRubinBlo...
14/ MAGA people are entrenched in the lies, and they& #39;re unwilling to give them uphttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="—" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield/status/1222908932680638465

If">https://twitter.com/Teri_Kane... you’ve canvassed for a campaign you know the campaign sends you to likely or possible voters.
They don’t wear you out by sending you to people "marinated in Fox News"
15/ A long term solution is fixing the separate media bubbles.

The short term goal is winning the 2020 election by a comfortable enough margin to leave no doubt about the outcome.

This should get you started: https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to-do/ ">https://terikanefield-blog.com/things-to...
Exactly https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="—" title="Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards" aria-label="Emoji: Arrow pointing rightwards then curving downwards"> https://twitter.com/FranksHarpZone/status/1230669610665594880
We">https://twitter.com/FranksHar... know so much more now. I personally remember feelings shocked by how many "people" fell for stupid ploys. Now I know they weren& #39;t people.

The Mueller Report taught us what to expect.
Yes. It& #39;s heart-breaking and gut-wrenching. We have our work cut out for the November election and beyond. https://twitter.com/LKellenbarger/status/1230672584993206272">https://twitter.com/LKellenba...
I didn& #39;t include "privilegd" because when the frontier was open, non-privileged ordinary white men had a place they go to pillage and grab. I know about this. I wrote a biography of Andrew Jackson. https://twitter.com/prreinke/status/1230693452817608706

The">https://twitter.com/prreinke/... land stolen from the Indians was often . . .
. . . ordinary men with rifles.

Moreover, all white men benefitted from the subjugation of women.

During the age of Empires, rule breakers could go to the colonies.

One theory is that when the age of Empire ended, and the American frontier closed, the rule breakers . . .
So now the rule breakers have taken over our government.

I rest my case.

And I yield back the remainder of my time.
It looks like the tweet before this one is missing. Here& #39;s a screen shot.

Sometimes Twitter doesn& #39;t like me.
Well, in that case, maybe I should post it again:
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