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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 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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    2. 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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    3. 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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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Jake Tapper

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

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      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 …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 7 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Amy Gardner

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

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      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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    6. 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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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 8 Dec 2020

      Another counterargument to mine from @dandrezner who highlights "the near-total absence of violence or mobilization toward violence" (well, kinda true enough... yet) and says Republicans are not lockstep (I think the elected ones are pretty lockstep!)https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/12/07/its-not-coup-its-not-even-bad-coup/ …

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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Brad Heath

      So, yeah, nothing to see here.https://twitter.com/bradheath/status/1336763665580765187 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Brad HeathVerified account @bradheath
      Seventeen states filed a brief in the Supreme Court just now in support of Texas' request that the justices throw out the results of the presidential election in four other states that didn't support President Trump. pic.twitter.com/1sldfhrkbl
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    9. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 9 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted The New York Times

      Just normal times.https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1336777705463959554 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      The New York TimesVerified account @nytimes
      Refusing to back President Trump’s false claims of election fraud would “get my house bombed,” the Republican majority leader of the Pennsylvania Senate said. https://nyti.ms/3gxFdAA 
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    10. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 10 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted John Kruzel

      Yes, very normal. Back to bipartisan civility.https://twitter.com/johnkruzel/status/1337135543373733889 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      John KruzelVerified account @johnkruzel
      ⚖️JUST IN: New amicus brief from 106 Republican House members in support of Texas' bid to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win in the Supreme Court. Here they are👇 pic.twitter.com/QLN4jDfoto
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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Dec 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Philip Rucker

      Can we have accurate headlines? It may be “almost certain” to fail but it’s an attempt to steal the election—one that is not being condemned by Republican leadership, and supported by many, and that should be the top story everywhere instead of this normalizing tone.https://twitter.com/PhilipRucker/status/1338116738064527360 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Philip RuckerVerified account @PhilipRucker
      Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Overturn in Congress, Testing Pence, via @npfandos & @nytmike https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/politics/trump-allies-election-overturn-congress-pence.html?smid=tw-share …
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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 13 Dec 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Newt Gingrich

          Normalizing of the idea that making it easier to vote is "partisan" just happens now. Even if it benefited one party more, the right to vote cannot be considered a partisan threat. But it's not even true, as the last election showed.https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1338189444311101441 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Newt GingrichVerified account @newtgingrich
          Why is Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger working so hard to add drop boxes and take other steps to make it harder for Republicans to win. Is he really that intimidated by Stacey Abrams?
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        1. U.S.O.U.S.‏ @hyperauxetic 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Do WaPo/NYT not see what we see (self-delusion? DC bubble-world) or do they know and choose to misrepresent?

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        1. Steven J. Frisch‏ @stevenjfrisch 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Somewhere (well) north of 50,000,000 American voters believe that Biden did not rightfully win the presidenecy. We're starting to see violence in the wake of a progressively terminal attempt at a coup by judicial fiat. And most Congressional Republicans seem fine with this.

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        1. bjornapooryoung‏ @Bjornapoor 13 Dec 2020
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          Phil is in way over his head

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        1. OutsideContextProblem‏ @YouDownWithOCP 13 Dec 2020
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          Saudi Arabian Activist Eyes Long-Shot Symbolic Attempt to Mar New York's World Trader Center, Testing US Intelligence

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        1. Jorge Battleborn  🏴‍☠️ 🇺🇸 🇲🇽‏ @Batt1eborn 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          I haven't seen so many power-hungry people since the early 80s, but most of them were elsewhere. Now they are here and we need to root them out before they do lasting, or worse, irreparable damage to the Republic.

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        2. Jeff Edwards‏ @jeffywords 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          "If even one Republican senator backed the effort, it could ensure that the partisan cloud hanging over the election would darken Mr. Biden’s presidency for years to come." "Could ensure" is a fantastically dumb phrase, and why would the actions of an R Senator "darken" Biden?

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        3. John Gordon MD‏ @jgordonshare 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @jeffywords @zeynep

          The stupidity of that sentence leapt out at me. Either lazy writing or poor editing - likely both. Overall a weak article.

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        1. Russ Haskell‏ @RussHaskjr 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Not ideal but at least it's on page 1. Also counterproductive is the grifting rational from so many Trump critics. Yes, that's always going on because it's the way he rolls. But yelling about grift obscures the reality that he's deadly serious about a coup.

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        1. Andrew R.‏ @hburgersar 13 Dec 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Headlines split from journalism a long time ago.

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