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Cyber Security • Democracy • Europe • Social Media
Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance
Riley Stuart and Anna-Maria Tesfaye
The New York Times (Gift)
The Kremlin has begun a campaign to sway the parliamentary election in Moldova in what could become a new model of election interference online.
Published On: 08/22/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • White Supremacy
Steve Bannon just laid out the MAGA media playbook to subvert the midterms
John Knefel, Research Sophie Lawton
Media Matters
The right-wing media plan for undermining the 2026 elections includes pushing for ICE to stalk polling sites and sending a band of election deniers on tour
Published On: 08/21/2025
Democracy • Resistance
On Not Surrendering in Advance Or At Any Point Thereafter
Rebecca Solnit
Meditations in an Emergency
There's a reason why sports teams don't chant "I believe that we will lose" before a game, a reason so obvious that I'm pretty sure it needs no explanation in that context.
Published On: 08/20/2025
Democracy • Disinformation • Journalism • Resistance
The Right Built a Media Empire. Rob Stein Warned Us.
Will Robinson
Will Robinson's Newsletter
A for-profit disinformation ecosystem — from Fox News to Breitbart to localized digital outlets — now aggregates 40–50 million loyal consumers, shaping narratives and fueling authoritarian populism.
Published On: 08/18/2025
Democracy
The Strongman’s Test Run, and Why the Next Deployment Will Be Bigger, Longer & Deadlier
Thom Hartmann
The Hartmann Report
Deploying troops without police training, defying the courts, and threatening the media, Trump is importing dictator tactics in plain sight and daring Americans to stop him...
Published On: 08/13/2025
Democracy • Resistance
Establishment Democrats Are Going to Torpedo the 2026 Midterms
Aaron Regunberg
The New Republic
Having failed to learn the key lesson from last year’s defeat, party leaders are promoting moderate candidates to run against populist progressives in next year’s elections.
Published On: 08/13/2025
Democracy • Legal
Texas GOP flexes power to shut down Democrats’ last tool of resistance
Eleanor Klibanoff
The Texas Tribune
“To one degree or another, to be successful as a Republican, you have to emulate Trump’s speech, his attitude and take directions from the White House.”
Published On: 08/12/2025
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