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On the one hand, sure, this is pretty great, and it's good that the Biden administration is doing it (or going to be doing it, whatever). And I'm certainly not going to say that they shouldn't be doing this.
On the other hand... well, I have criticisms. Two things.
First, this should have been a drum that the Biden administration was pounding on, very loudly and incessantly, from day fucking one. Because Russia demonstrably has been influencing American elections at the very least since 2015. (It's a giant part of why we ended up with SCROTUS IMPOTUS Trump I, after all.) As such, this here feels sorely like a case of far too little, far too late, and I'm not sure how effective, if at all, this effort will be, with just two months to go.
Second, this is kind of like the Biden administration coming out and accusing the sky of a sustained effort of being blue. Everyone knows that Russia is trying to influence the election. The only ones who pretend that they don't are the ones directly benefiting from it, i.e. basically all Trumpanzee voters, Trumpublican politicians, and Trump-mushroom-sucking RWNJ "news" "media" windbags. Expect to hear lots more "RuSsIa rUsSiA RuSSia" bawwing from the usual suspects, of course.
Also, I appreciate the appropriate use of the word "disinformation" in the above linked article.
On the other hand... well, I have criticisms. Two things.
First, this should have been a drum that the Biden administration was pounding on, very loudly and incessantly, from day fucking one. Because Russia demonstrably has been influencing American elections at the very least since 2015. (It's a giant part of why we ended up with SCROTUS IMPOTUS Trump I, after all.) As such, this here feels sorely like a case of far too little, far too late, and I'm not sure how effective, if at all, this effort will be, with just two months to go.
Second, this is kind of like the Biden administration coming out and accusing the sky of a sustained effort of being blue. Everyone knows that Russia is trying to influence the election. The only ones who pretend that they don't are the ones directly benefiting from it, i.e. basically all Trumpanzee voters, Trumpublican politicians, and Trump-mushroom-sucking RWNJ "news" "media" windbags. Expect to hear lots more "RuSsIa rUsSiA RuSSia" bawwing from the usual suspects, of course.
Also, I appreciate the appropriate use of the word "disinformation" in the above linked article.
