System is as secure as its ever before. The Registration System as secure as its ever before. Four years ago the obama administration, a little later than this, said there is a big problem and were going to declare the election structure a structure of National Significance and were going 0 it play a different role than we ever played before. No anticipation this was going to happen. Not much discussion. Election officials all over the country immediately said, oh, no youre not. Youre not going to just decide in october of Election Year that youre going to take over the election system and declare it a national a system of National Significance, a system of critical significance to the future of the nation. Of course it is. But it didnt become that in october of 2016. But the message was clear that we needed to build those stronger ties with local and state election authorities. We needed to do everything we could as we saw the efforts by some foreign actors and some people in their ba
A new spike in cases. This is Art International bring you your global news update straight from the russian capital this friday thanks for joining us. There Russian Foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has said moscow has nothing to hide in the in the moment case this follows a conclusion by germany that the russian opposition figurehead was poisoned with a chemical nerve agent. We have already commented on this and said we have nothing to hide as soon as alex in a valley fell ill the plane was grounded and necessary measures roomy julie taken this soon as he was transported to germany those who were demanding information from russia went silent and did not demand anything from berlin this is all following the same old scenario we hear public accusations against russia and the official requests to berlin from a Prosecutors Office have so far gone unanswered we were promised today that we would soon receive response as soon as we get the facts we will react accordingly this is all reminiscent
By your very own nina who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow. The coolest title ever, since last october. Before that she was a scholar on russia and ukraine. How to lose the information or , russia and the future of congress conflict is an amazing title for it is essential reading for everyone on this call, zoom in all of your friends. We remember russian Successful Campaign in 2016 showed distrust and confusion in front of the president ial election. In order to win the information war, as needed say, we need to understand what disinformation is. I have heard her on this topic before. And it what it is not. This information is used to false or misleading information with malign intent. That is different from misinformation which can also be harmful but lacks malign and intent. It is brought goals and propaganda which involves the promotion of a nations worldview. What need arise, unlike soviet propaganda, sought to promote specific communist centric worl
The vote is the most powerful, nonviolent change agent you have a democratic society. Is must use it, because it not guaranteed. You can lose it. In less than 90 days, americans across the country will participate in election unlike any other in our history. As they scramble to administer it, decisions related to the number and location had impacts on peoples rights to vote. Long lines and crowded voting locations and predominate black andbrown Neighborhoods Police violence that underscored we have a president who has repeatedly tried to manipulate a new cycle, going so far as to falsely suggest you can move the election date and more insidiously making basis claims about the security of vote by mail. Inservice tois his own political ends, dangerous foreign influence campaign, and puts americans who there was acise Risk Assessment of vote by mail. While a concluded, that risk associated with mailin voting, justice with every other method with voting, those risk and be mitigated. Not aw
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