This is a very poorly assembled set of disparate claims, some mildly worrisome, others not at all so. Amusingly, it is an open advancement of a conspiracy theory that people are openly advancing conspiracy theories. Headlines are funny. https://twitter.com/rickhasen/status/1265795988125388807
Take throwing in @EdWhelanEPPC Ed's intervention in the Kavanaugh case was ill-judged. He apologised, took time away, and is back doing what he used to do, which some people like and some don't. This is ominously packaged as "back pushing the Fed Soc agenda." One might say, man
made mistake, apologised, paid a price, and is back doing his old job again. Less ominous that way. Or there's the usual repackaging of complaints about judges' ties to the Fed Soc, but then this: "Again, none of this is new or particularly scandalous." True! So why is it here?
When you throw around words like "cabal" it can make ordinary concerted activism sound nefarious. But there's nothing secretive about these groups or their work--it's all very much public activism. The "cabal" claim is presumably rooted in "dark money" but of course that's a
What's worrisome? Well groups right or left should be careful about claims of election fraud. I am skeptical that it is widespread, though both parties are happy to talk about elections like JFK's (in which Pat Buchanan has joked that Nixon stole Kentucky while JFK stole IL) or
whatever elections Jerrold Nadler had in mind when worrying about "paper ballots," so we can't say there's no need for vigilance. So perhaps the article can make a serious point about mail-in-voting disinformation--I myself support vote by mail and have here for some time. But
this dog's breakfast of retread claims is mostly an instance of what it decries--openly touting conspiracy theory.
You can follow @wrdcsc.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled: