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Democracy. Elections. Voting. Tech. Ex-Twitter director for civic integrity. Research, analysis, commentary. Likes: civil society, facts.
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Published: October 30, 2024 21:06
āWhen you have the ability to help, how can you just sit there and watch?ā
- Kate Starbird
@katestarbird.bsky.social
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Published: October 30, 2024 20:23
āWe have seen over and over and over what happens when billionaires decide to exert their will on the prestige publications they decided to buy on a lark, and we have seen what happens when they lose interest in their side projects.
It is never good forā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 19:39
āTrump and his people really donāt think they have to win. They think they can stop certification of states they lose long enough to let Mike Johnson shut the door on democracy.ā
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Published: October 30, 2024 16:18
āMeta spokesperson declined to discuss the Progress 2028 ads. But six of them remained active on Facebook as of Tue night, suggesting the company has seen no reason to take them down ā even though the groupās name is fictitious, and its true backers andā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:28
fucking fascist
honestly, some days i find him more odious than trump
this is one of those occasions; listen for yourself
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:22
This is an example of what I have called āmanufactured chaosā in a recent commentary for @oset.bsky.social
Itās essentially coordinated efforts to throw sand in the gears of election administration and overwhelm it, based on false claims. More is coming,ā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:21
These right-wing activists are throwing sand in the gears of democracy. Itās a tactic that I have called āmanufactured chaos.ā
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:18
Trump is like a child who is proactively having a tantrum if he doesnāt get what he wants, but sadly, the impact of his deeply damaged personal psychology is deadly serious.
This is what it looks like when a fascist who supports political violence isā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:15
āThese ads make it seem as if there's only one way for election officials to show that they're on the ball, & that is to delay or refuse to certify an electionā¦simply put, that is not their roleā¦this is political propaganda dressed up in a fancy legalā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:08
āWith new widespread attention to how elections are run, USA Today Network reporters spent time with election workers from Pennsylvania, Nevada, North Carolina, Arizona, Wisconsin, Michigan and Georgia.
This is what they told usā¦ā
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:06
More than ever, remember this: if you have questions or concerns about voting in your area, go to the local officials that run elections to get authoritative information.
In an environment awash with rumors and outright lies, local elections officialsā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 15:04
āWith less than a week left of voting, the election cycle has entered a fraught stage in which rumors, misleading claims and conspiracy theories are surging. And election administrators, intelligence officials and researchers donāt expect that to end whenā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 14:58
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Published: October 30, 2024 13:29
Heartbreaking.
Infuriating.
The Republican party and the theocrats who support it believe that womenās bodies & lives are literally disposable.
Itās barbaric and monstrous that women who need medical care are ignored and dying because Republicans areā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 13:22
Heartbreaking.
Infuriating.
The Republican party and the theocrats who support it believe that womenās bodies and lives are literally disposable.
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Published: October 30, 2024 04:30
The only people who care whether President Biden called Trump supporters āgarbageā are snowflakes who hold garbage views that demean and denigrate their fellow American citizens.
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Published: October 30, 2024 02:08
āā¦time and time again the media shows that it is unfit to cover the world we live in. It pulls punches. It equivocates. It sanewashes authoritarian madness. All of that burns trust.
As does a billionaire owner stepping in to block an already writtenā¦
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Published: October 30, 2024 02:05
āThese facts are important not only for their grim historical irony but b/c vulnerable people are being hurt. They are real people, not the ghoulish caricatures portrayed by Trump.ā
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Published: October 30, 2024 01:51
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Because Big Tech has proven to be utterly servile and cowardly in the face of the coordinated right-wing backlash against facts and reason (aka ācontent moderationā).
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Published: October 30, 2024 01:30
For the best clips from Donald Trumpās Nazi rally at MSG, I highly recommend these 12 or so glorious minutes from Jimmy Kimmelās monologue. Just fantastic. šš
youtu.be/BEL2wvba4_k
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Published: October 29, 2024 23:14
After reading the thoroughly creepy NYT article, I learned that rednecks who drive huge trucks and pronatalist billionaires who want to seed their sperm everywhere are just two versions of the same small-dick insecurity.
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Published: October 29, 2024 18:13
Bezos says journalists must āface reality.ā
And then promptly kowtows to the party leader of election denialist lunatic cranks who live in a fantasy world ā and who are trying to drag the whole country to their fact-free world as well.
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Published: October 29, 2024 18:10
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Published: October 29, 2024 18:09
This.
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Published: October 29, 2024 18:04
After reading this thoroughly creepy article, I learned that rednecks who drive huge trucks and pronatalist billionaires who want to seed their sperm everywhere are just two versions of the same small-dick insecurity.
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Published: October 29, 2024 18:00
After reading this thoroughly creepy article, I learned that rednecks who drive huge trucks and pronatalist billionaires who want to seed their sperm everywhere are just two versions of the same small-dick insecurity.
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Published: October 29, 2024 16:23
This article from The Verge is excellent, with some very smart commentary about solving collective action problems, and how Trump thoroughly, utterly fails at that kind of thinking.
Itās also fun to read, with a cheeky style that is a nice relief from ourā¦
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Published: October 29, 2024 02:13
Iām an atheist, but apparently there is a God?
And it appears that she/he/they/them have a fantastic sense of humor. š¤
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Published: October 29, 2024 01:55
āYou can see my wealth & business interests as a bulwark against intimidation, or you can see them as a web of conflicting interests. Only my own principles can tip the balanceā¦ā
Mkay,
1) definitely a web of conflicting interests, no question; and
2)ā¦
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Published: October 29, 2024 01:14
āMuskās takeover of X has weaponized disinformation from Russia, from China, Iran, North Korea and other countries that have the US as an adversaryā¦
His loyalty is not necessarily to the US, where most of his companies are based. Heās operating on aā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7llxw4i272f
Published: October 28, 2024 17:06
The United States has a decentralized system of elections. States and localities have their own laws, rules, and election administration processes.
In the days and weeks ahead, if you have questions about elections, contact your local elections office.
ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7ljyrvpog2z
Published: October 28, 2024 16:30
āSo please, please do not hand our fates over to the likes of Trump, who knows nothing about us, who has shown a deep contempt for us. Because a vote for him is a vote against us, against our health, against our worth.ā
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Published: October 28, 2024 16:10
This is your friendly reminder that Election Day (Tuesday, November 5) is your last day to vote.
If itās available in your area, Vote Early!
And if you have a by-mail ballot and you havenāt returned it yet, I would not give it to USPS at this late date;ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7lhm2htbu2c
Published: October 28, 2024 15:47
āIt is important to realize atrocities do not require majority support. A committed minority with a passive or intimidated majority can accomplish considerable harm.ā
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Published: October 28, 2024 06:43
Blockbuster thread.
Well done.
Jesus, itās painful to be reminded how awful he was. I meanā¦is.ššš
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Published: October 28, 2024 06:38
Sweet Jesus, it was bad.
His demented callousness is stunning.
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Published: October 28, 2024 05:09
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Published: October 28, 2024 04:32
āA comic kicked off the rally by dismissing Puerto Rico as a āfloating island of garbage,ā then mocked Hispanics as failing to use birth control, Jews as cheap and Palestinians as rock-throwers, and called out a Black man in the audience with a referenceā¦
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Published: October 28, 2024 04:28
well done, sir
well done
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Published: October 28, 2024 01:21
the āfamily valuesā party
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Published: October 27, 2024 21:48
This is your friendly reminder that Election Day (Tue, Nov 5) is your last day to vote. š³ļøšŗšø
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Published: October 27, 2024 19:06
Seriously, this is a *fantastic read.*
On a day when it seems like everyone is feeling sad about shitty billionaires, nervous about the election, & perhaps downright doom-ish, this fierce & funny column is exactly what I needed to keep the faith and toā¦
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Published: October 27, 2024 16:31
the best!
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Published: October 27, 2024 16:24
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Published: October 27, 2024 16:20
āWhat happened at the Post and the L.A. Times was a stunning betrayal of journalismās moral values, but in a strange way the papers did perform a public service: showing American voters what life under a dictator would feel like.ā
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Published: October 27, 2024 16:19
āIf this looks like the latest saga of open corruption in a nation thatās become a billionaire kleptocracy, it is ā but this moment is also so much more than that. America is witnessing the raw power of dictatorship some nine days before voters even decideā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7iygobzfc2z
Published: October 27, 2024 16:11
Please, please close with a call to women to GOTV.
I want the fat-cat fascists to have it shoved in their faces how stupid it was to take away womenās rights, and to see the power of the people that they have scorned.
Make them rue the day theyā¦
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:53
Refreshing to know that even at WaPo, when the ownership classās underlings trot out a shitty, craven memo about a shitty, craven business decision, the people who actually do the work immediately recognize bullshit.
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:40
Well done, Mr. Beyer.
An illuminating thread with much-needed perspective. š
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:36
Well done, Bernie. See the whole clip, about how billionaires like Trump (and there are many more) wonāt support a living wage.
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:22
Fantastic, fiercely courageous piece, opening with a quotation from historian Timothy Snyder.
Also fitting that the Constitution was signed in Philadelphia. ššš
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:12
Yes, thank you, @davidcorn.bsky.social, for saying it:
Oligarchs doing oligarchy!
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Published: October 27, 2024 15:09
Please, please close with a call to women to GOTV.
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Published: October 27, 2024 04:07
Stick a pin in this for election night. Itās important.š
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Published: October 27, 2024 03:58
āØImportant PSA:āØ
No voter should be turned away from an in-person polling place.
Federal law ensures the right to a *provisional ballot* anytime a voterās credentials cannot be verified at check-in, for whatever reason.
How do they work? Lots of detailsā¦
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Published: October 27, 2024 03:57
āØImportant PSA:āØ
No voter should be turned away from an in-person polling place, for any reason.
Federal law ensures the right to a *provisional ballot* anytime a voterās credentials cannot be verified at check-in, for whatever reason.
How do they work?ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7hpbyj5rl2o
Published: October 27, 2024 03:54
Important PSA: No voter should be turned away from an in-person polling place.
Federal law ensures the right to a *provisional ballot* anytime a voterās credentials cannot be verified at check-in, for whatever reason.
How do they work? Lots of detailsā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7hm2h3btc2c
Published: October 27, 2024 02:56
Seriously, this is a *fantastic read.*
On a day when it seems like everyone is feeling sad about shitty billionaires, nervous about the election, & perhaps downright doom-ish, this fierce & funny column is exactly what I needed to keep the faith and toā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7h6nfu66x2f
Published: October 26, 2024 22:56
Seems like a good day for you friendly reminder that if your vote didnāt matter, they wouldnāt be working so hard to keep you from voting.
Strength in numbers. š
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Published: October 26, 2024 22:53
Seriously, this is a *fantastic read.*
On a day when it seems like everyone is feeling sad about shitty billionaires, nervous about the election, & perhaps downright doom-ish, this fierce & funny column is exactly what I needed to keep the faith and toā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7h5sosd562v
Published: October 26, 2024 22:41
Seriously, this is a *fantastic read.*
On a day when it seems like everyone is feeling sad about shitty billionaires, nervous about the election, & perhaps downright doom-ish, this fierce and funny column is exactly what I needed to keep the faith and toā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7h4z33b622c
Published: October 26, 2024 22:27
this makes me so steaming mad
he knew he was here illegally
he and his investors knowingly broke rules because they didnāt care and thought they were above laws and little people
fucking entitled lying fuck
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Published: October 26, 2024 22:09
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Published: October 26, 2024 10:44
From the article below.
Iām grateful for principled journalists who are not gutless like Bezos. š„
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Published: October 26, 2024 10:40
Given Trumpās & Muskās scorched-earth strategy of lies, once ballot counting begins, provisional ballots are likely to be the next candidate for āeverything looks suspicious when you donāt know how anything works.ā
Here are the facts.
My Explainer forā¦
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Published: October 26, 2024 10:16
Oligarch Elon Muskās BS megaphone is telling users: Donāt trust the people that are running elections. Trust me; trust X; trust Trump.
Itās insidious b/c heās putting election officials at risk.
My commentary in this impt @kevincollier.bsky.social/NBCā¦
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Published: October 26, 2024 09:30
From the article below.
Glad to many principled journalists who are not gutless like Bezos. š„
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Published: October 26, 2024 08:45
I posted this story a few days ago, & if you havenāt read it yet, you must. Itās a banger.š„
Remarkable investigative reporting by Catherine Belton showing how the GRU is paying an American in Moscow to use AI to produce a firehose of BS thatās swallowedā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7eqwbdyeh2w
Published: October 25, 2024 23:45
If you feel worried, read this Time article. It helps.
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Published: October 25, 2024 23:44
Because of āconservativeā [how I hate that fucking word] principles of āstatesā rights,ā āfederalism,ā and ālocal control,ā right?
Not to mention the Elections Clause and the 10th Amendment. Got it. āļø
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Published: October 25, 2024 23:43
Because of āconservativeā [how I hate that fucking word] principles of āstatesā rights,ā āfederalism,ā and ālocal control,ā right?
Not to mention the Elections Clause and the 10th Amendment. Got it. āļø
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Published: October 25, 2024 23:39
āThe Republican National Committee manufactured this dispute as a test case to end the widespread practice of accepting ballots that come in after Election Day, but are postmarked by Election Day. (Republicans believe that these ballots areā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 23:37
āOne of the central media stories in the U.S. right now is the people who run big media companies making accommodations for a second Trump presidency and thinking about how to avoid antagonizing himā¦ā
- Ben Smith
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Published: October 25, 2024 23:35
āThis is a moment for the institution to be making clear its commitment to democratic values, the rule of law and international alliances, and the threat that Donald Trump poses to them ā the precise points The Post made in endorsing Trumpās opponents inā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 21:06
ok, if you donāt like sanctimony, you can have āfuck offā instead
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:48
Election officials say ballot drop boxes are a secure and accessible way for voters in many states to return their mail ballots, but theyāve also been the subject of numerous conspiracies and attacks from former President Donald Trump and otherā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:47
Claims about votes being "switched" or "flipped" have been around since at least 2004 and have been leveled by both Democrats and Republicans.
There is no evidence of machines being hacked or programmed to alter ballots.ā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:44
As Musk has continued to promote false and misleading election information on X, election officials have increasingly confronted him on his own platform. But their reach typically pales in comparison to Musk's 200 million followers.
"It's just not a fairā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:40
āHouse Republicans on the committee with broad jurisdiction over national elections have hired at least two former Donald Trump campaign officials involved in the 2020 fake electors schemeā¦āā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:38
āSeveral organizations across the country have made it their mission to help safeguard election workers, voters and the electoral process. One is the Committee for Safe and Secure Elections (CSSE).āā¦
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:37
When aggressive poll watchers cross the line to voter intimidationā¦
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/be-aggressive-republican-poll-watchers-battleground-states-worry-us-election-2024-10-24/
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:34
Key facts about U.S. poll workersā¦
And whatās the difference between āpoll workers,ā āelection officials,ā and āpoll watchers?ā
Read on:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/10/24/key-facts-about-us-poll-workers/
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Published: October 25, 2024 19:31
āTurning what are supposed to be routine scenes of counting ballots into tense standoffs that require police intervention is exactly the sort of thing that election officials across the country are hoping to avoid when Americans go to the polls...āā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7ecmpbbib2o
Published: October 25, 2024 19:30
Is Americaās election administration system resilient enough to resist Donald Trumpās attempt to break democracy?
āā¦the arc of the evidence, based on interviews w/ state, local, & fed election officials, intelligence analysts, & expert observers, bendsā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7eb7pibxc2c
Published: October 25, 2024 19:04
When the business owners of major newspapers like The LA Times and The Washington Post prevent their editorial boards from issuing endorsements, thatās your reminder that Trump is a mob boss, holding the greedy, servile billionaire class hostage. And theyā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7eaufvfjv26
Published: October 25, 2024 18:58
When the business owners of major newspapers like The LA Times and The Washington Post prevent their editorial boards from issuing endorsements, thatās your reminder that Trump is a mob boss, holding the greedy, servile billionaire class hostage. And theyā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7ddemc3j42t
Published: October 25, 2024 10:10
āKnowledge of Muskās Kremlin contacts appears to be a closely held secret in govt. Several White House officials said they werenāt aware of them. The topic is highly sensitive, given Muskās increasing involvement in the Trump campaign and the U.S.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7clk7rjye2d
Published: October 25, 2024 03:04
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https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7bhxrsorr2c
Published: October 24, 2024 16:27
With two weeks until Election Day 2024, the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) observes sustained influence efforts by Russia, Iran, and China aimed at undermining U.S. democratic processes.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7bhvfv5tt26
Published: October 24, 2024 16:26
Battleground states flooded with voting lawsuits weeks out from Election Day:
Republicans have led the charge on pre-election litigation, targeting rules around mail voting, ballot drop boxes and voter roll purges, despite a lack of evidence of fraud.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7bhshht2b2c
Published: October 24, 2024 16:24
This is an especially good and thorough article that captures the magnitude of the problem of conspiracy theories about elections, and how debilitating it is for election officials to have to constantly chase down the lies.
Highly recommended.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7bhij7nny2d
Published: October 24, 2024 16:19
Fanned by Trump and Musk, election disinformation is warping votersā faith in the integrity of the democratic process, polls show, and setting the stage once again for potential public unrest if the Republican nominee fails to win the presidency. ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7bhgcznpk2h
Published: October 24, 2024 16:17
āTruth is boring, facts are boring, and outrage is really interesting,ā says Utahās Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson (R), who oversees elections in her state. āItās like playing whack-a-mole with truth. But what we try to do is just get as much information outā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7aovnzv4x2w
Published: October 24, 2024 08:59
Woohoo!
BIG WELCOME
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https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7acsaqwho2f
Published: October 24, 2024 05:22
I have no expertise in polls.
Just go vote.
Encourage your friends and family.
Knock on doors.
Offer to provide transportation.
Go fucking vote.
As we say in elections:
HIGH TURNOUT, WIDE MARGINS. š³ļøšŗšø
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7ab7cih2326
Published: October 24, 2024 04:54
Iāve been seeing these clips all night, and boy howdy, with these two additions, it was waaaaayyyyy more fucked up than I already thought.
Sweet Jesus, this party has some psychosexual stuff going on.
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https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7aakd3ayh2o
Published: October 24, 2024 04:42
Thanks to @mmasnick.bsky.social for including my recent MSNBC op-ed about Musk in his musings about intellectual curiosity (and elections).
Also, what @hankgreen.bsky.social saw on his Montana ballot, about the order in which choices appear, is calledā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l7a3kdjwl72v
Published: October 24, 2024 03:12
Just fucking do it.
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Published: October 24, 2024 03:09
Now that voting is underway, remember:
1) Election officials are professionals who work methodically. They deserve our thanks.
2) EOs are fallible, and mistakes do happen in elections. Rarely do they change outcomes.
3) Donāt listen to bad-faith actors.ā¦
https://bsky.app/profile/eddie1perez.bsky.social/post/3l77zpipyzi2w
Published: October 24, 2024 02:39
I must confess, until I saw this, I had never even heard the name āMick Foley.ā
Now that Iāve seen the video, I will simply say this: this former professional wrestler is a powerful, plain language communicator, and I hope millions of people will see thisā¦
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