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Anti-Talarico deepfake fools #AI chatbots like Gemini into repeating its (fake) claims
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I received the poll testing the ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a "liar." Comes from the polling firm Dynata. Before showing the ad, the poll asks whether it's true Acton was sexually abused and lived in a tent as a child. Then the ad plays twice.
What a time we live in: "Today the MAGA faithful get a transgressive thrill from hearing a man put into office by Christian conservatives deliver homoerotic stylings on male beauty."
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Last chance to sign up for today's online training! A crash course in last-minute #GOTV. 3pm ET. Details and RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/crash-cours…
Anne Applebaum: The president’s actions over the past 72 hours look like an effort to force Kyiv to surrender. And save Russia - and Putin.
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A great conversation with Pete Altman of The Campaign Strategist! We talked about grassroots politics, political comms in the current (weird) environment, big-picture developments in campaign tech, paid media, and of course, The Future... Enjoy!
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One reason Lula is losing in Brazil? His party's "decades-long move...to abandon exhaustive local organizing and professionalize around winning elections and governing rather than tending to its base". Sound familiar?
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Because nothing says "we're winning" quite like having the enemy force you to pull your planes back out of fear they'll be destroyed on the ground. In England.
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Damning: The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
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Guess what! #AI almost hallucinated us into a war with China this year. Pro tip: Don't do that.
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Literally fake news: Twitter videos claiming to be from news outlets, showing celebrities supposedly "blaming" Democrats for their relatives' gender transitions. All fake, of course. No evidence they were seen by much beyond bots.
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I worry less about robots taking over than I do about some idiot letting #AI hallucinate us into a war.
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Iran and China launched AI-driven fake social media accounts in bulk. Sounds scary, but how many people actually noticed them? Twitter's already filled with bots. Half my new Bluesky "friends" are bots. Let's keep some perspective here.
nytimes.com/2026/09/18/techn…
NSPM-7 Directed Trump’s DOJ to Target Left-Leaning Ideology. It’s Going After Randos Online.
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Democrats must be thinking long-term even if they're in a long-shot/doomed campaign. Leave something for the next candidate or organizer, whether it's volunteers, data, technology or a crack in the Fox News bubble.
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In which Vance implies that James Talarico is a pervert. Remember when Vance was supposed to be the thoughtful one in the Republican tent?
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Wide but not deep: Lots of workers are using #AI for a few tasks, but few jobs are going full AI. I suspect a similar pattern is playing out in political campaigns and orgs this year
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In which we learn that Kash Patel REALLY hates online criticism
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"I’d certainly love for a few influential people in the Democratic political space whatever to embark on whatever exploration process could lead them to enter the current decade. Looking up the numbers for YouTube, Hulu and Roku would be a good start."
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