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“It’s just 12 Russians.”

Except it is SO F*CKING VALIDATING to see the words “CONSPIRACY...AGAINST THE US” on an INDICTMENT against Russians for HACKING into US electoral infrastructure.

#AuditTheVote
#WeToldYouSo
#YouMockedUs
#LiberalConspiracyTheorists
justice.gov/file/1080281/d…
One week - ONE F*CKING WEEK - after the 2016 election, @AndreaChalupa and I launched the #AuditTheVote movement.

@ReignOfApril helped us make it go viral on Twitter.

YOU all made it go viral OFF Twitter.

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twitter.com/i/moments/7993…
The purpose of the #AuditTheVote movement was three-fold. We wanted:

1. A full audit of election results in key states;
2. To create a grassroots movement to provide cover for people in power to TAKE ACTION; and
3. To keep public and political focus on RUSSIAN interference.

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YOUR actions made the #AuditTheVote movement was successful.

1. Disturbing irregularities within state electoral mechanisms in began to be explored.
2. The DOJ had to SHUT DOWN its switchboard because of overwhelming call volume.
3. Obama ordered the IC to investigate.

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For the record:

@sarahkendzior is a member of my most inner circle.

For #AuditTheVote, Sarah had to maintain clear boundaries between her journalism and the activism in which @AndreaChalupa were involved, which is why I didn't mention her initially.

I also want to be clear:

The #AuditTheVote movement was ALWAYS a NON-partisan movement.

We wanted to SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. Period.

You can see from our launch thread that we appealed to BOTH Democratic and Republican leaders:
twitter.com/i/moments/7993…
Everything necessary to provide a foundation to call for an investigation into both Russia's and Trump's actions was IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN even BEFORE 11/9/2016.

What was lacking was COURAGE and POLITICAL WILL.

#AuditTheVote forced government officials to exert POLITICAL WILL.
A special shout out to @MJB_SF who joined the #AuditTheVote movement early on and created a Moment to help push it forward:

⚡️ “What Is #AuditTheVote?” by @MJB_SF

twitter.com/i/moments/8000…
More affirmation of the non-partisan nature of #AuditTheVote, @MJB_SF was formerly a Republican and threw herself wholeheartedly into the movement:

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More from @leahmcelrath

Oct 9, 2018
There is still disinfo and agit prop going on (which @attackerman and @kpoulsen do a good job putting in context here) but some good news:

“Researchers: No Evidence That Russia Is Messing With Campaign 2018—Yet”

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thedailybeast.com/researchers-no…
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A couple of factors to keep in mind:

Trump has the U.S. bully pulpit now and is doing a better job sowing domestic and international division than Putin could have ever hoped for.

There are more mechanisms in place that would result in retaliation for direct interference.
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No matter what the results are on November 6th, I would anticipate there will be a POST-election psy ops effort to try to cast doubt on the outcome and integrity of the electoral process.
Again: I would anticipate that no matter the results. It’s low-hanging fruit for Putin.
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Oct 8, 2018
Trump campaign aide Rick Gates sought proposals for social media manipulation (including creation of fake online personas) and opposition intelligence gathering from Psy Group, an Israeli intel firm

(Trump referred to as “the Lion” in proposals 🙄)

🚨
nytimes.com/2018/10/08/us/…
(Those of you who’ve followed me a long time know I have speculated in the past about Israeli versus/in addition to Russian involvement in the social media psy-ops during the 2016 election. Remember all those hashtag “MAGA” troll/bot accounts that had hashtag “StandWithIsrael”?)
Helluva kicker on this story:
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Oct 7, 2018
@RadioFreeTom Similar to Trump admin stripping immigrant children from parents: the message is “we can and will target anyone.”

@JKhashoggi didn’t identify as a “dissident,” was supportive of the monarchy, and only sought reform.

MBS apparently believes Trump and Bibi will turn a blind eye.
@RadioFreeTom @JKhashoggi (And MBS is likely correct he will do this with impunity. The context, of course, is the recent imprisonment of numerous female human rights advocates and charging them with serious crimes, seeking the death penalty for at least one - all without meaningful U.S. response.)
@RadioFreeTom @JKhashoggi It’s a horrific but efficient tactic in terms of political economy:

Target one low/non-threat critic to silence all criticism.
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Oct 6, 2018
.@JKhashoggi was an journalist with the @washingtonpost.

He entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, went missing, and is now reported to have been killed inside the consulate.
Thread with more information and context on the reported but UNCONFIRMED assassination of @washingtonpost journalist @JKhashoggi

If news re @JKhashoggi proves true, his assassination is an dramatic expansion of Saudi Arabia’s already Draconian war on dissent.

If MBS gets away w doing this w impunity (meaning Trump/Bibi turn a blind eye), some others in the region will follow suit.
middleeasteye.net/news/turkish-p…
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Oct 5, 2018
I hope @SenatorCollins is proud of doing her part to promote rape culture.

Just read these (TW for sexual violence survivors):
And more, @SenatorCollins.

You actively promoted rape culture today.

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