Asha Rangappa
Fmr FBI Special Agent, Counterintelligence Division. Tiger(ish) mom. @CNN analyst. Editor @just_security. Karaoke, golf, and Shakespeare aficionado. Views mine.
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Barrett was trustee at private school with anti-gay policies
Trinity Schools effectively bars admission to children of gay parents and makes it clear that openly LGBTQ teachers are not welcome in the classroom.
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One of the first cases ACB will hear as SCOTUS is one deciding whether Catholic foster care agencies can discriminate against LGBT foster parents. I wonder how she’ll rule on that👇🏽
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Thread by @AshaRangappa_: (LONG) THREAD. Fellow academics: Please take the time to read this incredible (and brave!) @chronicle piece by @LDBurnett about her experience with @campusreform. I'll break down how CR's ...…
Sharp Partisan Divisions in Views of National Institutions
Republicans and Democrats offer starkly different assessments of the impact of several of the nation’s leading institutions – including the news media, colleges and universities and churches and religious organizations.
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4. The longer term goal is to change the course of national conversation to support plutocratic economic policies, a goal for which (in their view) higher ed stands in the way. They are increasingly successful, as this Pew Research Study shows
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Opinion| Right-Wing Trolls Attacked Me. My Administration Buckled.
On the cravenness and cowardice of the corporate university.
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(LONG) THREAD. Fellow academics: Please take the time to read this incredible (and brave!) @chronicle piece by @LDBurnett about her experience with @campusreform. I'll break down how CR's tactics work as an example of domestic information warfare
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Opinion: The alarming question behind Barr's 'unmasking' probe
Barr's unmasking investigation answers the question of whether Obama administration officials made legitimate and justified unmasking requests. They did, writes Asha Rangappa. But it raises a new one: What, exactly, was Gen. Michael Flynn up to in...
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My latest for @cnn on the real question raised by Barr's failed "unmasking" probe: What, exactly, was Flynn up to that raised alarm bells for so many people?
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How Sen. Ron Johnson’s Investigation Became an Enabler of Russian Disinformation: Part I
"There are three channels of Russian disinformation that have apparently affected Sen. Johnson’s Ukraine-related investigations."
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Just re-upping this roadmap of the ways that Fruity G and others have engaged in disinformation laundering through Congress (and now, it seems, the press) to help Trump and smear Biden...may be of help in sorting through news today
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TaxProf Blog: Tax Court Denies Deduction for TV News Anchor's Clothing Expenses
The Tax Court yesterday denied business expense deductions claimed by a TV news anchor for her wardrobe and other personal expenses and sustained accuracy-related penalties. Hamper v. Commissioner, T.C. Summ. Op. 2011-17 (Feb. 25, 2011) (citations...
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Among the many issues with Trump's tax returns: He deducted $70K for the costs of his hairstyling and $95K for Ivanka's hair and makeup. Except that the U.S. tax court ruled in 2011 that such expenses -- even for "celebrities" -- are not business expenses
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Prepare for the Worst and Fight for the Best: A Citizen’s Guide to 2020 Electoral Interference
"Keeping in mind that one of the most effective ways to neutralize covert activity is to expose it, we hope that assessing Russia’s potential next moves will empower the electorate, lawmakers, and the media to prepare for a range of possible...
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My latest with @davidashimer on Putin's risk-benefit analysis as we approach (and on) Election Day. We wrote this to make people aware of the possibilities and offer ways that citizens, lawmakers, and the media can prepare NOW. Please read and share
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This is Scenario #3 which @davidashimer and I outlined in our piece. Great step for FBI to be proactive of warning both of delay in certifying results and in the potential for misinformation. As we note, ALL secretaries of state should be doing the same
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5. I and @davidashimer wrote about various possibilities in this piece. An important way to empower ourselves, in addition to VOTING, is for commentators and media to manage expectations.
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Someone Forged a Nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Twice.
The police in Oslo said they were in contact with the F.B.I. about the forgeries, which suggests that they originated in the United States.
New DNA study debunks Aryan invasion theory
The study claims Harappans and Vedic people are same
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4. Recently, DNA studies have debunked the AIT myth -- though the debate rages on (in India at least) and there are other studies claiming that it is substantiated
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Manafort’s Reward: Sen. Ron Johnson and the Ukraine Conspiracy Investigation
How Senator Johnson’s efforts have worked in tandem with Paul Manafort’s efforts — as the former Trump campaign chair has likely remained silent in exchange for a pardon.
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My latest with @rgoodlaw on how @SenRonJohnson's "investigation" is, like the original Trump-Zelensky call, part of the WH efforts to lay the groundwork to discredit the prosecution against Manafort, and get him the pardon he was promised
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Yes, Kamala Harris is eligible to be vice president | Opinion
Harris easily fits within the Constitution's category of "natural-born citizens."
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Oh look! @Newsweek has decided to publish “both sides”! 👏🏽 Looking forward to future debates: Did Ted Cruz’s dad really kill JFK? Does the Loch Ness monster exist? Are Republicans actually lizard people disguised as humans? 🕵🏾♂️
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People Drawn to Conspiracy Theories Share a Cluster of Psychological Features
Baseless theories threaten our safety and democracy. It turns out that specific emotions make people prone to such thinking
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THREAD. Given that the GOP is apparently adopting Q'ers as part of their platform, it's worth reading about the psychology of conspiracy theorists. Three characteristics they share: high anxiety, loss of control, and an inability to think analytically
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Three Dozen Questions for Congress (and News Media) to Ask Attorney General Barr
Just Security readers: send in your questions to add to the list.
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Bill Barr testifies before Congress tomorrow. There is so much to cover it's hard to keep track. Fortunately, @jgeltzer, @rgoodlaw and I have been keeping a running list of questions about all of his questionable actions, right here
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Thread by @AshaRangappa_: THREAD. Watching the interview with @MaryLTrump on @maddow and caught a small note which has enormous significance: She mentions how, when s…
Thread by @AshaRangappa_: THREAD. Watching the interview with @MaryLTrump on @maddow and caught a small note which has enormous significance:s how, when she provided the NYT with legal documents, she discovered things about the Trump estate which...
Trump's pardon power is a double-edged sword
Attempting to place himself above the law using a pardon power could land Donald Trump right under Robert Mueller's thumb, Asha Rangappa says.
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I explained the psychology behind Trump’s pardons two years ago. He hasn’t made an exception to the rule yet
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Mary Trump’s Book Accuses the President of Embracing ‘Cheating as a Way of Life’
The president’s niece, Mary L. Trump, is the first to break ranks with the family and release a tell-all memoir.
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When Fred, Trump’s older brother, had a heart attack, his family sent him alone to the hospital, where he died.
Donald went to see a movie.
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The Ancient Greeks' Guide to Rejecting Propaganda and Disinformation
Is there a cure for disinformation, propaganda, and other offenses against the truth? Twitter’s answer has been to add fact-checks to misleading statements, a move that
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"In short, the goal of propaganda isn’t persuasion, but rather compliance.... It simply demands that we believe, rejecting all other claims to the truth." Since we have a new "hoax," it's a good time to re-up my and @jenmercieca's piece
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AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year...
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This piece is good for putting together a timeline with the various excuses being given by the admin. It shows:
1. Trump first briefed in March OF LAST YEAR
2. At *that time* was not deemed "actionable"
3. But issue was "sole purpose" of meeting
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Missouri woman who shouted ‘KKK belief’ at BLM protest apologizes: ‘I don’t represent hate’
A Missouri woman is apologizing for the “ugly” things she said in a now-viral video recorded at a local Black Lives Matter protest.
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Wow. KKKaren — the woman who was screaming that she was going teach her children to hate black people — now claims she was really chanting Black Lives Matter and that someone handed her a Confederate flag and she took it bc she didn’t know what it was 🤦🏽♀️
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