Reading through the Transition Integrity Project (the Podesta "War Game") report. As a predictive model, it was a failure--they had Frum and Kristol, who are psychologically broken by Trump, predicting his moves in the game. Bad input, bad output.

Laughable, really. But that's not the interesting part. It was done--and, more importantly, released--on purpose as a tool to communicate a specific message to the media and to the "1000 Influencers" they will enlist or have enlisted.

That is to prepare the ground for the following messages in November: (1) BIDEN WILL NOT CONCEDE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES; (2) Even a Trump Electoral College victory will be considered illegitimate; and most importantly...

"Who are key influencers in the media and among local activists who can affect political perceptions & mobilize political action? Can they be approached & briefed on these issues now, to establish pre-commitments to playing a constructive role in event of a contested election?"