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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted philip lewis

      Armed men are showing up at elected officials houses and Republican election officers in Georgia are begging for GOP leadership to stop all this ""before someone gets killed"—to no avail. The clownishness of the attempt does not make it funny or harmless.https://twitter.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/1335766211687313409 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

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      philip lewisVerified account @Phil_Lewis_
      “Dozens of armed individuals” showed up to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s home last night, shouting “Stop The Steal!” pic.twitter.com/rZhPK5hbsv
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      I've seen three versions of dismissing the alarm. "This is always the way it is" (not sure how this is comforting but it's not even all true); "It's not technically a coup" (true, but we're not contesting a grade here) and "he will lose." (The path we're on is the same...).

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Don Moynihan

      This is exactly right. (I did not try to get into that in the piece because it was already long.) Yes, minority rule is not at all unprecedented in this country, but no we have not fully grappled with it—and that makes the need for alarm, now, more urgent.https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1335956395682902016 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Don MoynihanVerified account @donmoyn
      As @zeynep points out, places develop their own language of authoritarianism based on their experience. The US largely has not, partly b/c it it has maintained peaceful transitions of power, but also b/ec it has not fully faced Jim Crow era forms of democratic repression. pic.twitter.com/4WxqC68fEJ
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Greg Sargent

      More here. What's going on isn't just some legal, if distasteful, wrangling. It's a blatant—and yes, incompetent and buffoonish—attempt to steal an election, and that effort is being supported and allowed by a party that is entrenching minority rule.https://twitter.com/ThePlumLineGS/status/1335973811255209987 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Greg SargentVerified account @ThePlumLineGS
      Let's not sugarcoat this: @SenatorLoeffler supports Trump's effort to steal the election outright. At the debate, she kept saying Trump has the "right" to exercise "legal recourse." But he's trying to subvert the results via *extralegal* means. New piece: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/12/07/kelly-loeffler-disqualified-herself-sunday-nights-debate/ …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Steve undercover brother Rogers

      All of that can be true, but not change the substance of the threat we're facing, especially with all the structural, minority-rule entrenchment.https://twitter.com/umanoid/status/1336026581278593025 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Steve undercover brother Rogers @umanoid
      Replying to @JeffSharlet @zeynep
      The coup Attempt isn’t just a coup attempt though. It’s a Coup attempt wrapped up in a grift. Trumps scared of leaving and has nothing to lose. Trump needs/wants cash. He’s using the “Coup” to bilk his rubes. He’s using the Coup to setup the next grift. 2024 election.
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      Look, this is *today* and the Republican leadership is not standing up to defend an R governor while GOP election officials are begging for this to stop before "someone gets killed" & armed protesters are showing up at elected officials houses. This isn't just some norm-bending.pic.twitter.com/jbCkrEyAMe

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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jake Tapper

      ...https://twitter.com/jaketapper/status/1336086758606430208 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Jake TapperVerified account @jaketapper
      House conservatives urge Trump not to concede and press for floor fight over election loss - CNNPolitics https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/07/politics/house-republicans-trump-biden/index.html …
      5 replies 20 retweets 119 likes
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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Gardner

      ...https://twitter.com/AmyEGardner/status/1336110539852943360 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Amy GardnerVerified account @AmyEGardner
      NEW: In two phone calls over the past week, Trump asks Pennsylvania House speaker for help overturning election results, personally intervening in a third state. w/ @jdawsey1 and @rachaelmbade https://wapo.st/2JHV7fO 
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2020

      I've just published a strong counterargument to my essay about the seriousness of Trump's attempts. Go read @Pinboard's worthy rebuttal titled "This was the Most Ordinary of Elections." (Counters will be a regular feature of @insight, my own newsletter!) https://zeynep.substack.com/p/is-this-a-coup-introducing-the-counter …pic.twitter.com/PssI3SLH7n

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    10. Inquisitive Ursa‏ @InquisitiveUrsa 8 Dec 2020
      Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @insight

      It is a strong counterargument but the conclusion is also deeply unpleasant.

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2020
      Replying to @InquisitiveUrsa @Pinboard @insight

      Yeah, neither of us are people from the most optimistic worlds, though I lean optimist by nature, just not analytically.

      10:30 AM - 8 Dec 2020
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        1. Inquisitive Ursa‏ @InquisitiveUrsa 8 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep @Pinboard @insight

          That makes sense. And to put the final nail in the coffins given our current nominating systems, the Republicans in your scenario will become less democratic and the Democrats in his scenario will be unable to moderate to appeal to potential crossover voters.

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