God, what a self-own this is. I spend so much time writing ab state capacity we've gutted due to conspiracy theories (CISA, GEC, FITF, etc) but "immigrants might commit benefit fraud so we're going to stop digital ID research" is next level given rise of agentic AI. [www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...](
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The rollback of policies that were intended to help counter fraud comes even as the Trump administration says that fighting fraud is a top priority.
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Trump guts Biden-era digital identity policies, citing false claims about immigrants
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I am currently only seeing this on a couple of Nicaraguan and Venezuelan social media channels. This is surprising bc it’s incendiary. It reminds me of Floyd protests when dubious outlets began passing off old arrest footage as current to generate rage. Where is NYC media on it? Bystander video? RE:
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“There’s millions and millions of just really cool things that we’re going to be able to do including blackballing the scientists.” We all knew who this mf was before he got appointed. Some of us have dealt w/his BS for over a decade. This is on Senate Republicans. Particularly Bill Cassidy. RE:
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Derek Beres (@derekberes.bsky.social)
Here’s RFK Jr in June 2023 saying he’s going to blackball any scientist who is on ACIP and block them from ever sitting on a committee again, a...
Cassidy and Tillis are responsible for what happens next. RE:
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Mallory Harris, PhD (@malar0ne.bsky.social)
After voting to recommend RFK Jr for confirmation, Sen. Tom Tillis clarified that he will be very sad if it turns out that RFK Jr is, in fact, anti...
Sitting for 4 hrs on Huberman pod maybe not the best idea for Bhattacharya. There's some pretty weird alternate reality in the transcript. Also,watching him try to split the baby on whether vaccines cause autism to keep his boss happy is something to see. Read here: [app.podscribe.com/episode/1345...](
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It’s created demands that no government can fulfill, but they are acting as if they can anyway. We are gutting real capacity, and punishing real people, to meet the obligations of a fantasy that liars sold to rubes. [www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...](
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Elon Musk’s Soap Operas for Conspiracy Buffs
Online fantasies are now an excuse to take apart the government.
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Brendan Nyhan (@brendannyhan.bsky.social)
The Fox News Cinematic Universe has created demands that no government can actually fulfill. See also Bongino and Patel being unable to reveal the ...
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Elon Musk’s Soap Operas for Conspiracy Buffs
Online fantasies are now an excuse to take apart the government.
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Authoritarian propaganda 101: create or exaggerate chaos, insert yourself as the necessary solution, demand loyalty and praise. It rewrites history in real time, creating confusion about what did or didn’t happen. This is compounded today by the disastrously bad information environment. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifv4mbtzbf4mfrvbqbai63n5doyqvsi57mzbxwvfsqnfyqu5wy7uu https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreibfrv2xdswwwcpge3nzl4bv5d65ipjk2fxli7hm2h5y5h2se7umcm
Stand by for a “CDC Files” led by this crank. In 2015 Kennedy, Trump, Andy Wakefield, and assorted nutjobs like Rob Schneider & the Scientologists were screaming about a “CDC Whistleblower” who had “covered up” a link bt 💉& autism. They’re going to rehash all of that again now — and find “proof”. RE:
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD (@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social)
“An antivaccine activist recently hired by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has started hunting for proof that federal officials hid evid...
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YouTube apparently quietly changed moderation policies back in December to be more in line with what it thinks the Trump Administration is looking for and the examples are baffling. I don’t understand what “newsworthy” means. Has famous people in it? This is basic crank content. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreifxjqhtf4tvazepcrdw6qopfhrfqunoegqd5ywimwogwcuajbvndi
The Decency Arbitrage gambit, Terry Moran edition. Decency arbitrage is the exploitation of others’ commitment to the expectations of civility as a tactical advantage by those who discard them. They know their opponents’ commitment to norms will prevent them from responding in kind. https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreigq4br7qxlmvmxktzq2oixc2xwrj6wiuf4iyu3vbjyoedahwyqc3u https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiak2xxlzecrkgg7clgmkaoslaurqdt6fzow3m2slnwj6euqyi7kf4 https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreif2pbk3xsuc3jupylxuxzi4hmqcrua5zf75cjqm2tn2szcdgug5km https://morel.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:5bnbgj7gwebt6hhub4pa5c7n&cid=bafkreiapc3hh333bfcmei2dn4kiia6v6rhr2xvvw6oy25ubeauwec4pr7e