CNBC reported on Sunday, December 18th, that, Donald Trump’s top aides on Sunday said the president-elect isn’t ready to accept the finding by intelligence officials that Moscow hacked Democratic emails in a […]
Grieving and the Margin of Victory
Michael Flynn Deletes Fake-News Tweet About Hillary Clinton from Twitter Account
SFgate reported Wednesday, December the 14th, that, Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, whom Donald Trump has selected to serve as national security adviser, has deleted a tweet that linked to a fake news […]
How a Putin Fan Overseas Pushed Pro-Trump Propaganda to Americans
The New York Times published an article today that described how foreigners who support Putin used the internet to circulate fake news to help Trump get elected. Mr. Dowson made it his […]
When the First Democracy Fell
The Athenian democracy fell after the Peloponnesian War with Sparta (404 BCE – 403 BCE). For a number of reasons, the story has a particular value now. See if you can find […]
Nate Silver Thinks Comey Made the Difference
In a series of tweets December 11th, Nate Silver made the case that the Comey letter was decisive. Comey had a large, measurable impact on the race. Harder to say with Russia/Wikileaks […]
Fox News Confirms Russia Interfered in U.S. Election
On Thursday December 15 Fox news reported the following: CATHERINE HERRIDGE: Fox News has independently confirmed that Russian-backed cyber militias were targeting US systems and influential US persons in the summer of […]
Trolling for Trump: How Russia is trying to Destroy our Democracy
The investigative team Andrew Weisburd, Clint Watts, and JM Berger, published a comprehensive study of how the Russians are using social media and cyberwarfare to undermined democracies around the world. It is […]
Trump Advisor Discusses Sanctions with Russian Officials over the Summer
Michael Isikoff, the Chief Investigative Correspondent for Yahoo News, reported on September 23rd that a “western intelligence source” said that Carter Page, one of Trump’s national security advisors, met over the summer with […]
Trump has been lying about the Russian hack
Greg Sargent of The Washington Post reported today that Donald Trump has been lying about the Russian effort to influence the U.S. election. Trump tweeted Thursday: If Russia, or some other entity, was […]
The 2016 Election Investigation 