@randahl this is what I thought DOGE was really all about. Under the cover story of efficiency, a smash and grab of critical personally identifiable information.

@randahl @Lazarou Ugh, this is going to be a mess.

@randahl And they're trying to establish a narrative where Trump is supported by a majority (the "silent majority" he talked about recently), e.g. by suing polls that show the opposite and outlets that report on them, so that when their election interference isn't enough they can claim election fraud because the real result doesn't match the narrative, for another Jan 6.

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There’s some nuance that would be good to understand. For one thing, there’s a subset of voter data that’s public. Absolutely anyone can request this data and it will be provided to them. I think this public data is limited to name, address, and party affiliation. This is how political campaigns target voters with informational mailings. What I believe is not public is race, among other things. Of the states that have complied with the government’s demand for voter “databases,” it’s not clear to me whether all data was provided or just the public subset. I think Governor Walz of Minnesota is on record as saying the administration is welcome to the same publicly available voter data that anyone can request.

@randahl A part from ICE with the tech bro on their side they can do a Cambridge Amalytica sort campaign specifically targeting voters.
That's how Brexit happened if I'm correct. More than a billion personalised communications on FB, X... in a matter of a few weeks, to persuade citizens that by voting Brexit they were defending their interests.
Messages which sold opposites.