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When you’re definitely not a communist

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Early last week, Donald Trump made a Truth Social post falsely claiming that Democrats were using UOCAVA (overseas voting) to cheat in the 2024. Our team unpacked where those rumors come from — and how they mislead — in a "rapid" research post: uwcip.substack.com/p/examining-...

Examining rumors that Democrats are trying to commit voter fraud via the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)
Examining rumors that Democrats are trying to commit voter fraud via the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA)

This "rapid research" post unpacks the genesis and spread of these rumors.

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The outcome of this election should not be decided by debates. It should be decided by the fact that one of the candidates is a bigoted lunatic.

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CBS’s decision to let JD Vance lie with abandon is a small headache for Tim Walz, but a big, troubling instance of pre-emptive submission to Trump.

How The Media Incentivizes Right-Wing Authoritarianism
How The Media Incentivizes Right-Wing Authoritarianism

Capitulation is complicity.

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Very nice. We're north of you in MDR.

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Great story about a heroine librarian, attacked by book-banning parents she thought were friends. “The crazy thing about this case is they get to wave the freedom of speech flag in the lawsuit, but what started all this is they want to ban books,” said Jones’s lawyer www.nytimes.com/2024/09/03/b...

From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’
From School Librarian to Activist: ‘The Hate Level and the Vitriol Is Unreal’

Amid a surge in book bans nationwide, the librarian Amanda Jones was targeted by vicious threats. So she decided to fight back.

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Zero.

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I hear so many "undecided voter" interviews on the news, and a huge share of them really do say shit like "I dunno.... Trump really turned me off with all that talk of mass deportations, ending elections, and jailing all his political enemies. But I'll have to see how much eggs cost in November...."

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Immigration destroys "the unique character of each state" and "Pennsylvania will not be Pennsylvania any longer." That's not even a dogwhistle.

It takes centuries to build the unique character of each state. But reckless migration policy can change it quickly and permanently. Just like we’ve seen in London, and Paris, and Minneapolis. If Kamala Harris wins this election, she will flood Pennsylvania cities and towns with illegal migrants from all over the world—and Pennsylvania will not be Pennsylvania any longer.

When I am president, all migrant flights to Pennsylvania will STOP the moment I take the oath of office. Those who do not belong, will be sent back home. We will end the invasion of small-town Pennsylvania—and we will END the destruction of America.
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