The Trump administration is targeting government officials who had been flagging foreign interference in U.S. elections, despite ongoing concerns that adversaries are stoking political and social divisions by spreading propaganda and disinformation online, current and former government officials said.
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The cuts have focused on people who were not only combating false content online but also working on broader safeguards to protect elections from cyberattacks or other attempts to disrupt voting systems. In last year’s election, the teams tracked and publicized numerous influence operations from Russia, China and Iran to blunt their impact on unsuspecting voters.
Experts are alarmed that the cuts could leave the United States defenseless against covert foreign influence operations and embolden foreign adversaries seeking to disrupt democratic governments.
Its gonna be real hard rebuilding after we Mussolini the Orange Man. NGL.
A lot of the damage this time around is generational. One or two sane administrations after this (which itself seems unlikely) can’t fix the breaking of long-standing institutions and the massive loss of institutional knowledge.
Thats what is hitting me the most. You can’t just put this shit back where it was.
I mean, you must admit that they weren’t doing a very good job.
Obviously these folks wouldn’t say shit but I’d be deeply concerned if other 5eyes weren’t cutting out US agencies.
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Of course he does, can’t get caught if there is nobody doing the catching.
At this point I’m expecting Trump to just go full mask off and set up a bank account to directly receive payments from Putin and whoever else feels like bribing him. Maybe launch it with a giant “foreign influence welcome!” sign.
We are losing the tools to even see if this ever happens. Dismantling the safeguards is always the first step to open corruption.
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Username is peak unintentional irony
And conservatives and tankies will still deny he’s a Russian asset.
He’s immune from prosecution anyway and can pardon anyone he pleases, so they’d just be wasting their time.
This seems bad but obviously they weren’t very good at their jobs
I feel like every country should have the same rights in USA. If the zionist regime can have endless special privileges, why not other regimes?
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