Susan Schmidt

Nov 3, 2023 | racket.news | Susan Schmidt

In the week before Christmas in 2018, scare headlines about Russian bots were everywhere:Stories like Russia used social media for widespread meddling in U.S. politics, Russia “meddled in all big social media” around US election, and Russian 2016 Influence Operation Targeted African-Americans on Social Media represented the peak of “Russiagate” mania.

May 16, 2023 | racket.news | Susan Schmidt

Special Counsel John Durham’s “Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns” trickled out yesterday afternoon, hitting journalist inboxes just after 3:00 p.m. A quick read revealed the following key takeaways:There was no valid predicate for the investigation, and the FBI knew it.

May 15, 2023 | popularresistance.org | Susan Schmidt |Andrew Lowenthal |Tom Wyatt |Techno Fog

Americans are used to thinking of a binary state of either war or peace. That is the way our organizations, doctrine, and approaches are geared.