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“More than a dozen states have activated National Guard troops to help secure their capitol buildings following an FBI warning of armed protests, with right-wing extremists emboldened by the deadly siege at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6.” https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN29M046 https://twitter.com/cboomervazquez/status/1350641525328404483
November 2020: “one of the two reasons concessions matter: the importance of handing off a functioning executive branch to the new commander-in-chief and the necessary prevention of any political violence.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/ncna1247183 #peacefultransitionofpower
“Donald Trump's 'big lie' about imagined voter fraud birthed conspiracy theories, violent extremists” https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cjonline.com/amp/4171119001
Background: April 2020—“Disinformation is Democracy‘s problem: Democracies Can’t Blame Putin for Their Disinformation Problem * The focus on foreign subversion ignores the damage being done at home” https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/21/democracies-disinformation-russia-china-homegrown/
“RAND is studying “Truth Decay”—the diminishing role of facts and analysis in American public life...concerned about the threat Truth Decay poses to evidence-based policymaking.” https://www.rand.org/research/projects/truth-decay.html
November 2020—“How Misinformation Hurts Democracy” https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/rothschild-project-ratio/
“On Oct. 6, DHS issued its first-ever “Homeland Threat Assessment” that said far-right extremists pose the largest threat to the U.S. homeland, other than adversarial nation-states.” https://www.google.com/amp/s/time.com/5927813/fbi-dhs-ignored-far-right-dangers-ahead-of-trump-riot/%3famp=true
Background—September 30, 2020: “As Trump Equivocates on White Supremacy, the FBI Warns of Right-Wing Terror” https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thenation.com/article/politics/white-supremacist-boogaloo/tnamp/
“Partisanship becomes equated with patriotism, and destroying the other side becomes the ultimate goal. This is how democracies fall apart. How can we heal our country’s toxic polarization?” Link to strategies: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5477711002
