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Laurie Nov 16, 2024

Kamala Harris lost because of an unprecedented campaign of information warfare coordinated by the wealthiest man in the world. All the intraparty "what went wrong" bickering is just earned media for the ongoing campaign against democracy.

Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters
https://wapo.st/4fMMdHw

Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters

A multi-pronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.

The Washington Post

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Laurie Nov 5, 2024

@davetroy This is ominous. Terrifying, actually.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/after-spacexs-requests-taiwanese-suppliers-move-manufacturing-abroad-sources-say-2024-11-05/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook

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Laurie Feb 17, 2023

@geofford @mhoye
bit.ly/3XA9keJ (Artle)
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phoodle.net/
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engaging-data.com/scrabwordle/
squareword.org/
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wafflegame.net/
metzger.media/games/word-guess/?random=play&letters=6
engaging-data.com/wordguessr-wordle/
octokatherine.github.io/word-master/
wordplay.com/game/6letter

This story is bonkers. And terrifying. If you're not very concerned about the political situation in the U.S., stop what you're doing, read this, and note that the right wing ecosystem is currently coalescing around support for DeSantis as both the heir to Trump and the "return to normalcy." This is what they want.

The Villages Vendetta: How a Grassroots Revolt in the Iconic Retirement Community Ended With a 72-Year-Old Political Prisoner
https://theintercept.com/2023/02/05/ron-desantis-florida-villages-oren-miller/

How a Grassroots Revolt in the Iconic Retirement Community Ended With a 72-Year-Old Political Prisoner

Reformers in The Villages retirement community unleashed the fury of the Florida GOP and its business elite, and left two men facing garbage felony charges.

The Intercept

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Laurie Dec 18, 2022

@nberlat
ICYDK:
https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/
Just ran it, quick and easy.

Debirdify

This is a web app that helps you find out which of the people you follow on Twitter are on Mastodon/in the Fediverse already and follow all of them easily.

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Laurie Dec 3, 2022

@Pwnallthethings
Less funny but more plausible, icydk, @CREW is preparing action under the 14th:

CREW to pursue disqualification
https://www.citizensforethics.org/legal-action/legal-complaints/crew-to-pursue-disqualification-if-trump-runs/

CREW to pursue disqualification if Trump runs - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

If Donald Trump runs for president again, CREW will take action to disqualify him under the 14th Amendment for engaging in the insurrection.

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Laurie Dec 3, 2022

Jamison Foser Dec 3, 2022

Note that there is no nonviolent way to carry out the “termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution” to install Trump as president, therefore Trump is quite explicitly calling for the violent overthrow of the government.

2/What we are seeing here is a form of Kayfabe intended to warp the Overton window, choke out other reasoned discourse, and scramble our sense-making capacity. Don’t let them do it. Give them no quarter. This is a war; expect acts of war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe

Kayfabe - Wikipedia

Laurie Nov 30, 2022

Caroline Orr Bueno Nov 28, 2022

I wrote an article diving into the statistics on far-right extremist violence compared to far-left extremist violence, and to say the least, it’s not a “both sides” problem. An estimated 75% of extremist killings in the US over the past decade are attributed to far-right extremists, compared to 4% attributed to far-left extremists — and that’s on the high end of the estimates for far-left extremist violence.
https://weaponizedspaces.substack.com/p/violent-extremism-in-america-is-a

Violent extremism in America is a far-right phenomenon

The stats are irrefutable. Trying to make it a "both sides" issue just distracts from the real deadly threat — which comes from the far-right.

Weaponized