All of this. And why it's so critical we don't declare the election a "win for democracy." In a democracy, no one in power keeps people from voting, threatens poll workers, spreads lies about elections etc. We desperately need people to now demand we get ourselves the democracy we don't have.
"We had whistles, they had guns." -Becca Good, Renee's wife.
The October "surprise" is a media-manufactured debate over whether voters in Alaska can read. Spoiler: They can.
Among things Meta did in Brazil was have their AI bot within WhatsApp allow users to generate election poster for Flavio but deny requests to do so for Lula. When folks asked for posters for invented candidates, AI tagged them with #22 - Flavio's # - in a country where folks vote by #.
So much to say about Brazil, not least of which is the role that Erika Hilton, a Black trans leader and most voted woman politician in Brazil, played in mobilizing folks for Lula. She was behind the critical, concrete, economic promise of shorter work-week. theprint.in/feature/erik...
The important thing about the growing "Republicans are losing" headlines and polls is that it sets expectations for this to be so, which measurably impacts the regime's ability to sway folks susceptible to their lies about the election.
Old enough to remember when "grab 'em by the pussy" seemed like nail in campaign coffin. I can no longer recall all the horrific breaches since across MAGA-verse. Hopefully, this sinks him but it still helps move window of what's deemed allowable. How is this allowed to air?
Reminder: Meta HQ is in California, where we have state laws and state leaders who could extract consequences now. As in, before they're able to silence critical info - like "hey they just changed your poling place" or "bomb threat is hoax" - voters need.
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