Campaign disinformation is ubiquitous and hard to fight. But it mostly feeds the fever swamps and seldom changes election results.
Cambridge Analytica
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Was Cambridge Analytica the Source of the Data Manafort Shared With the Russians?
The data firm pitched their services just as Manafort became campaign manager.
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The Oldest American Trick in the Book
The pump is being primed to use racism to steamroll democracy.
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Those Who Do Not Learn from History…
Now that ‘80s nostalgia is in vogue again by virtue of the box-office success of Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, it’s as good a time as any to note that this July marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Madonna’s debut album. If Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, then one can envision a […]
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Race Realism and the Election of Donald Trump
Steve Bannon used Cambridge Analytica to test messages designed to promote thinly veiled racism.
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Russiagate Has Reached Steve Bannon’s Doorstep
As we learn more about Cambridge Analytica, questions mount about Bannon’s role in a possible conspiracy.
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Why Was Cambridge Analytica So Interested in Tapping into Our Fears?
There are two fundamental human drivers: hope and fear.
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No, Obama Didn’t Employ the Same Strategies as Cambridge Analytica
He used Facebook as a community organizing tool, which is pretty much the opposite of stealing data for use in psychological warfare.
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Why Robert Mueller Should Be Interested in When Trump Decided to Run for President
A confluence of events in both the U.S. and Russia point to the possibility that the decision was made in late 2013 or early 2014.
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Politics Is Downstream From Culture
How Cambridge Analytica was weaponized in the conservative culture war.
