Category Archives: campaigns
“U.S. Warns Russia, China and Iran Are Trying to Interfere in the Election. Democrats Say It’s Far Worse.”
NYT:
American intelligence officials issued a public warning on Friday that China was “expanding its influence efforts” in the United States ahead of the presidential election, along with Russia and Iran, but Democrats briefed on the matter said the threat… Continue reading
“Facebook begins labeling, but not fact-checking, posts from Trump and Biden”
CNN:
After President Donald Trump posted an unfounded claim to Facebook (FB) on Tuesday that mail-in voting could lead to a “corrupt election,” the social network slapped a label on it. But the label did not attempt… Continue reading
“A Company Backs a Cause. It Funds a Politician Who Doesn’t. What Gives?”
NYT Dealbook:
Walmart calls its employees “heroes” for putting their health at risk to work during the pandemic. AT&T champions L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Microsoft is undertaking one of the country’s most ambitious corporate efforts to eliminate its carbon emissions… Continue reading
President Trump, in Fox News Interview, Suggests without Evidence that Mail-In Balloting with “Rig” the Election, Refuses to Say He Would Accept the Results of the 2020 Election
Transcript of interview with Chris Wallace:
WALLACE: Two–TRUMP: That’s going to happen here–WALLACE: Two final questions—TRUMP: If he wins–WALLACE: In general, not talking about November, are you a good loser?TRUMP: I’m not a good loser. I don’t like to lose.… Continue reading
“Graham releases declassified docs on early months of Russia probe”
Politico:
A Senate committee released declassified documents Friday suggesting that senior FBI officials were initially skeptical of the emerging narrative early in Donald Trump’s presidency that his campaign was in contact with Russian intelligence officers.The Senate Judiciary Committee, chaired… Continue reading
Hackers Take Over Biden Twitter Account Among Many Others in Bitcoin Scam; Next Time Things Could Be More Dangerous
NYT:
It was about 4 in the afternoon on Wednesday on the East Coast when chaos struck online. Dozens of the biggest names in America — including Joseph R. Biden Jr., Barack Obama, Kanye West, Bill Gates and Elon… Continue reading
“Kansas Congressman Steve Watkins charged with three felonies in illegal voting case”
KC Star:
Kansas Rep. Steve Watkins was charged Tuesday with three felonies and a misdemeanor related to an investigation into whether he illegally voted in a 2019 municipal election.Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay, a Republican, announced the charges about… Continue reading
“Newsroom or PAC? Liberal group muddies online information wars”
Politico:
The articles and Facebook ad dollars look like the efforts of a run-of-the-mill political group. But they are actually from a news outlet: CourierNewsroom.com, also known as Courier, which was created and funded by the Democratic-aligned digital organization… Continue reading
“The QAnon Candidates Are Here. Trump Has Paved Their Way. The conspiracy theorists accuse Democrats and even fellow Republicans of being beholden to a cabal of bureaucrats, pedophiles and Satanists. President Trump has cheered them on.”
NYT:
A Republican Senate candidate recently declared herself “one of the thousands of digital soldiers” in service of QAnon, a convoluted pro-Trump conspiracy theory about a “deep state” of child-molesting Satanist traitors plotting against the president. A congressional candidate… Continue reading
Fort Bend District Attorney, in Response to Texas State Bar President, Says that Wearing “Black Lives Matter” Shirt to Poling Place Does Not Violate Texas Electioneering Ban
July 9 Zoom Event: “Pandemic Propaganda: A New Electoral Crisis”
Details:
TopicPandemic Propaganda: A New Electoral CrisisDescriptionHow will the misinformation pandemic inflamed by the coronavirus crisis reshape the political landscape? And how might domestic and foreign actors weaponize rumors, conspiracy theories, and disinformation about Covid-19 against American voters in the… Continue reading
“New GOP-aligned group in Kansas has Kris Kobach as apparent target”
CNN:
An anonymous group with ties to Republicans has just emerged with the apparent aim of targeting Senate candidate Kris Kobach of Kansas, according to sources familiar with the effort.Kobach is an anti-immigration firebrand and voter-fraud crusader whose primary… Continue reading
Greg Sargent: “Why Facebook probably won’t police Trump’s lies about voting”
Important piece:
Under pressure to combat the disinformation that politicians — most notably the president of the United States — are spreading on its platforms, Facebook recently announced a new effort to combat lies geared in particular toward misleading… Continue reading