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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 24

    emptywheel Retweeted Henry Farrell

    This whole thread on where social science is on whether Russia made the difference in the election is worthwhile. But this is a point I keep coming back to: we need to fix our own democracy to make it less vulnerable from all influence operations.https://twitter.com/henryfarrell/status/1044217331516403712 …

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    Henry FarrellVerified account @henryfarrell
    16. This implies two problems. First - that overly exaggerated stories about Russian influence distract from the real problems of American democracy. Second, that they actually amplify that influence, by creating strong second order consequences out of weak first order attacks.
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      1. PeteB2‏ @PeteB2 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        PeteB2 Retweeted Kim Zetter

        Great place to start is ensuring that our election results can be trusted. If you don’t have ballots that have been marked by the voter that can be recounted, then you can’t verify results. Making these systems a much bigger target for tampering.https://twitter.com/kimzetter/status/1043202943053230080?s=21 …

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        Kim ZetterVerified account @KimZetter
        For months, ES&S refused to tell me or @RonWyden how many of its customers had remote-access software pcAnywhere installed on their election-management systems. ES&S would only say "a small number” Today, NPR reports ES&S has finally revealed 300 jurisdictions had it installed. pic.twitter.com/sPSpsknUyf
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      1. David Lewis‏ @DavidLe60561687 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The paradox of our times: access to education (by which I mean "the good books" which used to be considered part of a true humanist education) has never been easier- those taking advantage thereof is in great decline

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      1. Barry‏ @Barryhallphd Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Absolutely correct: this is what @jennycohn1 is working so diligently to accomplish...

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      1. brian pillion‏ @anaphoristand Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Democracy can only function healthfully with an informed and engaged citizenry, yet the increasing judicial giveaways to corporate power make us ripe for culturally virulent disinformation/propaganda campaigns at so many levels. Fox News's always been more dangerous than Russia.

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      1. Kelly‏ @KellAF18 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Fix? It needs an entire overhaul!

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      1. Michael Sugerman‏ @MOSugerman Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Yup. We need to “harden” voting systems and improve education in civics and critical thinking. Strangely, these are the areas most commonly removed from corporate test-driven education.

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      1. Bill Stearns‏ @wmsts Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        How do you do that? Voting is all about voters making informed choices, which includes being skeptical about the information and arguments presented, regardless as to whether they confirm one’s beliefs or not. For good or ill, this what we are today.

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      1. Brad Bookhultz‏ @bookhultz_brad Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        If you allow bank robbers to go unpunished or worse, by making it not a crime> expect to see more robberies.

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      1. Philip Rhodes‏ @phr999 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        The biggest known difference made by Russia is the hacking of the DNC, Podesta e-mails. Basically innocuous, these were conflated with e-mails looked at by the FBI via the incompetent coverage by ALL U.S. media, not just FOX. Bake 3 months, add in Comey Oct. surprise - Trump wins

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      1. widerstand 22  ❤️ ✊ 🖤‏ @widerstand_22 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        yes, it’s hard to sway people enough w/ an outside influence campaign to make a difference. but isn’t the real question whether trump was working w/ the russians to increase votes for himself and suppress votes for clinton? the sum of the two was greater than its parts?

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      1. D_Beeyt‏ @dbeeyt Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        100M passed on voting in 2016

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      1. Travis McGee‏ @procrastin Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        This will only happen if/when corporate America revitalizes the social compact. Stock buyback frenzy after the tax cut is not encouraging.

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      1. Michael‏ @michaelgruso Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Especially GOP influence ops

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      1. larry israel‏ @larryisrael2 Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Informed people are so much harder to sway with BS influence campaigns... If you know its not true, they can't convince you otherwise. Read, develop your own opinions and then VOTE... Dark money influence, super pac ad's, etc only work when you haven't done your home work.

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      1.  🇺🇸Flip The House 🇺🇸‏ @hotchkiss_jon Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Liberal Journalist Goes Undercover At Trump Rally As Women Voters Reveal Shocking Opinions On Rape, Religion and Racism.https://buff.ly/2QTiGRG 

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      1. J Plummer‏ @jasplummer Sep 24
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Paper ballots.

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