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Via #SethAbramson
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We are still underestimating the historical gravity--the dark awesomeness--of the last answer #HopeHicks gave under direct examination.
She revealed, in essence, that #Trump admitted to her that he would have lost in 2016 had he not committed 34 felonies.
Sit a moment with that."
A court drawing of the judge, a blond woman, an #TFG w/ notes saying, "I'm automatically attracted...
“Europe is mortal. It can die,” French President Emmanuel Macron warned in a Paris speech, urging the European Union to become more self-sufficient in a rapidly changing world. “The era when the EU bought its energy and fertilizer from Russia, outsourced its production to China and depended on the US for its security — that era is over,” he said. Macron struck a much more urgent and alarmist tone than a more optimistic 2017 speech he gave about similar issues facing the continent. The BBC has more about his warnings and how they connect to upcoming elections.
#Macron #France #Europe #EU #Russia #Elections
Europe risks dying and faces big decisions - Macron
The French president delivers a stark warning for Europe to act fast to survive in a changing world.By Hugh Schofield (BBC News)
We must protect our free and fair #elections.
This is why we have conducted a stress test to ensure the readiness of Very Large Online Platforms to counter potential manipulation and interference using the tools provided by the Digital Services Act.
It addressed multiple scenarios, including:
⚠ Information manipulation via deep fakes, other AI uses
⚠ Attempts of suppression of voices
⚠ Intentional spread of false information
⚠ Online incitement to violence
More: https://europa.eu/!DCgXGb
#DSA
Commission stress tests platforms’ election readiness under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has conducted a simulation exercise with designated platforms, Digital Services Coordinators, and civil society organisations to test their readiness against election manipulation and interference in relation to the European ele…Shaping Europe’s digital future
#frieden #abrüstung #gewaltfreiheit #gewalt #freiheit #politik #europawahlen #europa #wahlen #friedenspolitik #kriegsrethorik #krieg #rhetorik #propaganda #manipulation #kriegstreiberei #peace #disarmament #freedom from #violence #politics #european #elections #europe #warrhetoric #war #rhetoric #war-mongering
"Was nützt es, eine Partei zu wählen, die Agrarförderung oder Umweltpolitik anbietet, wenn dieselbe Partei uns in den Abgrund des Dritten Weltkriegs reißt?"
Europawahlen 2024 – Ich stimme für den Frieden und gegen den Krieg
Was ist der wesentliche Bestandteil des Krieges? Zahlreiche Menschen denken dabei an Waffen, Munition oder Geld…aber in Wirklichkeit ist nichts davon vonEurope for Peace (Pressenza)
#Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*
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...arguing for quite some time, that the 24/7 #Cyberwarfare (by not only #Russia) became an ongoing #HybridWar when #Russia began the #EnergyWars--even if it had not invaded #Ukraine in 2014 and in 2022. The #EnergyWars have resulted in a global #TradeWar, where many, if not all, nations participate.
*My CURRENT, developing stance is the following:*
For one thing,...
#Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*
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...REVISIONIST SCHOOL concurs for massive cases, #JeffMcMahan (2009):
"...if foreign election meddling significantly undermines the political rights of enough citizens, 👉the violated state might be justified in resorting to violence in order to redress the harm its people have suffered👈, and reestablish the integrity of their political institutions.
Other revisionists concur."
I have been...
#Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*
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...ideals of democracy.👈"
*#ElectionMeddling does constitute an #ActOfWar:*
TRADITIONAL SCHOOL, #MichaelWalzer (1977), casus belli: "...every violation of the territorial integrity or political #sovereignty of an independent state” constitutes an act of aggression. For #Walzer, states have fundamental sovereignty rights, owing to which 👉any harm done to the state’s #sovereignty justifies the use of force.👈"
The...
#Elections #Elections2024
*#ElectionInterference*
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#Russia, #China, probably #SaudiaArabia, and now #India and #Pakistan?
via #PhilosophyNow
"*Is Election Meddling an Act of War?*"
"The fundamental purpose of election meddling is to substitute, to the greatest extent possible, the leadership preference of a foreign power for that of a sovereign people. 👉Hardly anything could be more dangerous to the practice and...
https://philosophynow.org/issues/144/Is_Election_Meddling_an_Act_of_War
Is Election Meddling an Act of War? | Issue 144 | Philosophy Now
Elad Uzan argues that although it may well be, this doesn’t necessarily justify a warlike response.Philosophy Now
