If you dont know who we are we are located in harrisburg pennsylvania a few blocks down from the state Capital Building we are not open at the moment but we are still shipping across the country so please in this weird strange time we are living in. Thank you for your support and for tonight if you have a question for jared at any point we try to get to as many questions as possible later in the program. Introducing her author and speaker it is the author of the man they want me to be his political writing has appeared in publications including the New York Times and the new public and salon. As the associate professor of creative writing and of course his new book is titled american rule. Just one blurb on the website the right think of american has a companion to peoples history of the United States with the Public Education system and that would be required in high school curriculum. If you have not yet purchased american rule i would encourage you to do so and with the future of th
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
[inaudible conversations] thank you very much for being here and i particularly want to thank chairman barrasso because he allowed us to have the subcommittee hearing and for me to chai chair if this is a discn thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International P
Thats important to all of us that are here and so many of our colleagues. Information is power today, and we see it all over the globe when its used improperly it is used as a weapon. Democracy requires wellinformed electorate to function properly but to undermine the principle through socalled Disinformation Campaigns designed to mislead voters and in doing so delegitimize the democratic elections. Actors like russia systematically exploit the media and to distort the truth to an unsuspecting populace with regards to the coronavirus and this information is being spread is a high degree and anonymous and again if left unchecked it could be devastatingly effective. I established this organization it could help lead to the global disinformation effort and work with International Partners. The Bipartisan Legislation within the state department is now the law and to get it up and going we will hear more about that today but we are pleased that we are making progress. They lead, synchronize
Stories that matter on the edges there are. Affecting the Campaign Finance the. First 3 that spring as a story all right and thats why. Our. Triggering. Hello im richard gives birth in europe the listening post among the stories were covering this week its an Election Year in america and the battle for the democratic nomination has Bernie Sanders and the Corporate News media at odds with freedom of speech has returned to angola and the satirists have the knives out for the political establishment a tit for tat diplomatic spat between beijing and washington has american and chinese news outlets caught in the middle plus a strange idea the wildfires the climate crisis. To some industry and speaking strewth to power were in the early days of u. S. Election season and the battle for the right to take on donald trump has the makings of a 2 horse race on the Progressive Side of the Democratic Party vermont senator Bernie Sanders currently polling at around 30 percent to his right former new