'Tis the season to reflect on the passing year, and for HWAG, it means looking back at tons of RU disinfo and #propaganda we have monitored and singling out the key narratives and messages. Find the main messages of Russian disinformation in 2022 refuted on this Christmas tree 👇
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I have been hearing the idea from some Republicans that Ukrainian resistance comes at a cost to Americans. Nothing could be more wrong. Ukrainian resistance provides extraordinary security benefits to Americans. 1/
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"If a very small handful of states were to have their legislatures appoint alternative slates of delegates, there could be a path" —Mike Lee text to Mark Meadows on December 8, 2020, looking for ways to overturn an election.
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Utah requires Mike Lee. Lee is a conservative who takes the Constitution incredibly seriously; McMullin will caucus with the Democrats. It's that simple.
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This is Vika. Vika was a sommelier at the GoodWine store in Kyiv.
Today Vika’s body was found in the rubble, after the building where she lived was hit by a Russian drone. Vika was six-months pregnant. Her husband, Bohdan, was also killed in the attack.
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Finnish prime minister Sanna Marin was asked about a potential off-ramp for Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Her reply:
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Much of what we know about Trump, we know because Maggie Haberman is a tenacious reporter.
It often takes more work to develop a kernel into publishable material, and time to uncover the truth. The idea of selectively setting aside facts for a book is kind of simplistic.
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If Roger Federer added an "er" to his name for every major title, he'd retire as Roger Federererererererererererererererererererererer
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I’ll have a piece on Gorbachev soon, but this paragraph from Winter Is Coming sums up my thoughts. He was obliged to embark on perestroika as a last gasp to save the USSR and socialism. Gorbachev became an accidental hero in the West for failing.
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This paper is fun reading
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Replying to @RedSon_0 @ItsLulu_7 and @xr_cambridge
3. Many diseases and ancient pathogens are also predicted to be trapped within the the permafrost. Upon release they have unknown effects. There are already a few examples of small outbreaks in human and animal populations.
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A Whitney is still right about a lot of things. Including this. t.co/38fL7FDqEo
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As bad as the past 18 months have been, they would have been worse without vaccines—perhaps about 2.7 times worse
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One of the most important charts in the world.
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One chart that shows a key to the US economy's huge innovative advantage over other nations. It shows the global flows of inventors into and out of various countries from 2000-2010. What this looks like from 2020-2030 will shape the future world economy. hbs.edu/ris/Publicatio
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Excited to be joining the panel at this event on building a healthy information environment. Will be sharing perspectives from our work at Watershed Analytics & more.
Join us on Thurs afternoon.
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The weaponization of health information and spread of health mis/disinformation is an increasing and growing threat.
Join us for a discussion on the state of mis/disinformation and how the response can shift from reactive to proactive response.
Register: bit.ly/39qBAgR
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Animated map of Russia's invasion progress so far
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Baby Boomers have been running the country for nearly three decades. Some successes, a number of disappointments. It’s time to pass the baton to younger generations — Millennials & Gen Z. Pls join us for conversation tonite on @CNN with @ACCooper about my new book on subject.
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We'll just put some things side by side and let our readers forever associate them
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journalist curmudgeon here, but the fact that the NYT now allows headlines-in-search-of-stories to be published just blows my mind.
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Depressing trend, nicely presented
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One of the most interesting graphics
This is the apartment of Vira Hyrych, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty producer. The Russians killed her last night. Just a few blocks from my home in Kyiv...
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Ukrainian govt doing a masterful job here.
1) They've released names of individuals in Russian brigade that committed atrocities in #Bucha
2) They report the brigade is redeploying toward Kharkiv
First, let's hope US/NATO intel is used to capture these suspected war criminals
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. & meticulously geolocated over 140 videos of Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv over two harrowing weeks in March, capturing evidence of Russia’s incessant targeting of civilian areas. Vital work to explore here
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Yesterday, RIA Novosti published a lengthy piece titled "What Russia should do with Ukraine", which explains in detail what Russia understands by denazification. It's truly horrific: 1/6
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Verified photographs of the brutal mass murder of Ukrainian civilians are a reminder that the Russian army is not just seeking to conquer Ukraine, it is seeking to eliminate Ukrainians.
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It's an "Evil empire" moment. Reagan was right at the time and Biden is right now.
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(Reuters) - Biden said his remark in Warsaw that Putin should be removed from power reflected his own moral outrage, not an administration policy shift.
"I wasn’t then nor am I now articulating a policy change. I was expressing moral outrage that I felt and I make no apologies"
Russia actually *poisoned* the peace negotiators. Is there any line they will not cross?
Pure, pointless evil. Everyone who took Putins side in American politics needs held to account. Everyone
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This is example of how evacuation from Mariupol looks like, from civilian perspective..
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Mariupol now. A former beautiful city of 450,000 people who lived in peace before the arrival of the Russian army. Russians will have to answer for everything
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I love the Russian people. That is why I have to tell you the truth. Please watch and share.
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Commuters and kids going to school in the pre-sunrise dark many mornings for a month or more? No thank you. Car accidents & weather-related delays will almost definitely get worse.
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And this, in one terrific graphic, is why permanent daylight savings time is a TERRIBLE idea
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Unreal. All because of one evil man and his accomplices.
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Harrowing account from a @MSF staffer in Mariupol, where power, heat + internet cut. Says no drinking water or medicine.
"People who were killed and injured and they're just lying on the ground and neighbors just digging the hole in the ground and putting their bodies inside."
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The Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Two neighbouring houses are projecting the blue and yellow onto its facade. The ambassador is reportedly “apoplectic”.
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You cannot limit yourself to normal thinking when considering Putin's next escalation. He is a dictator. A dirty bomb, chemical weapons, flooding Europe with desperate refugees, shooting down civilian aircraft... Three of these he has already done, by the way.
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Griffin is a real pro. In what must be a hostile or at least exasperating work environment for her.
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Jennifer Griffin is doing patient, detailed word correcting Fox infotainment hosts in real time. I hope the audience hears her words. twitter.com/NickFondacaro/…
Wow. Ok, UK govt, your move
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I would like you to meet Polina Kovaleva. Polina is a 26-year-old glamorous Russian girl from London
. She lives in a huge apartment in Kensington and loves to party, her instagram feed looks like a non-stop holiday. That’s not unheard of, but there is one small detail…(THREAD)
. She lives in a huge apartment in Kensington and loves to party, her instagram feed looks like a non-stop holiday. That’s not unheard of, but there is one small detail…(THREAD)Show this thread
Ex deputy chief of Ukrainian police Vyacheslav Abroskin says the Russian troops destroyed Mariupol's maternity hospital #2 "According to eyewitnesses, the maternity hospital no longer exists, there are many injured and killed women," he said.
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Российские оккупанты нанесли удар по роддому №2 в Мариуполе, сообщает бывший заместитель начальника полиции Украины Вячеслав Аброськин.
«По словам очевидцев, роддома больше не существует, много раненых и убитых женщин», — подчеркнул он.
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All for what?
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It’s indisputable that 
is using indiscriminate artillery and rocket fire against civilian targets in cities in . These photos from the center of the country’s second largest city shows clearly what is happening.
is using indiscriminate artillery and rocket fire against civilian targets in cities in . These photos from the center of the country’s second largest city shows clearly what is happening.
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#Ukraine: Russia's Proposed Evacuation Routes—to Russia & Belarus—Unacceptable
: We've done this for centuries. Ukrainians forced to Siberia, slave labor, Gulag. We do not want our ppl to leave their homes so Russians can move in & change the pop. of our country.
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