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Using the F-word: Fascist drift in America | University of Virginia Democracy Initiative
January 12, 2021
Trump supporters’ storming of the Capitol, as Trump refused to concede his loss in the 2020 presidential election, underscored the…
Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Associate | MIT
by Adam Berinsky & David Rand
January 12, 2021
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE, Political Science, to join Adam Berinsky (Political Science) and David Rand (Sloan School of Management, Brain & Cognitive…
How Trump’s Allies Are Still Defending Him: Denial, Deflection, Disinformation | The New York Times
by Jeremy W. Peters
January 8, 2021
This was one mob they found a way to excuse. Even as scores of President Trump’s usually unfailing loyalists condemned…
‘Not all Trump supporters’: Conservative media tries to shift blame, cast doubt on identities of Capitol invaders | The Washington Post
by Jeremy Barr
January 7, 2021
Conservative radio host Mark Levin lambasted the Trump supporters who breached the U.S. Capitol building and shut down the electoral…
In Georgia, Facebook’s changes brought back a partisan News Feed | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Corin Faife
January 7, 2021
As Georgians head to the polls to vote on their two U.S. Senators — and effectively, partisan control of Congress…
Trump assembles a ragtag crew of conspiracy-minded allies in flailing bid to reverse election loss | The Washington Post
by Toluse Olorunnipa, Josh Dawsey, Rosalind S. Helderman, and Emma Brown
December 22, 2020
With his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud rejected by dozens of judges and GOP leaders, President Trump has turned…
Just how broken is our political information ecosystem, anyway? | Nieman Journalism Lab
by Joshua Benton
December 1, 2020
We’re in a period of political transition here in the United States, with the incoming Biden administration subject to the…
‘Don’t fuel the fire’: disinformation experts on how Biden should deal with Trump’s election lies | The Guardian
by Lois Beckett
November 13, 2020
In the days since Joe Biden won the US presidential election, Donald Trump has rejected the results, spread lies about…
Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention | Essay Series
November 12, 2020
Disinformation, Democracy, and Conflict Prevention In this essay series from Items, the SSRC's digital forum, researchers assess the state of disinformation across…