darn that hyperarousal - 2016 can still repeat, despite Trump blowing it in 70-days of deadly delay

Last updated on April 9, 2020

2020 will again be about margins in marginal areas.

Here is Trump's approval rating in each of the 50 states converted into Electoral College format, via @Civiqs. https://t.co/I9N8fmN4KT pic.twitter.com/VvtJjC8NzT— Matt Rogers (@Politidope) April 7, 2020

One would be optimistic but we know how that optimism failed in 2016.

In case anyone was wondering, here is the 2016 Electoral College results. Make of it what you will. pic.twitter.com/EK5zsUj7EE

Ã¢Â€Â” Mark spots the X (@markspotsthex) April 7, 2020

How similar are these.

Remember how the COVID crisis is being manipulated.

It turns out, #Trump is the #DeathPanel the #Republicans were so worried about in the #HealthInsurance debate a few years back. He's weaponized #COVID19 by giving supplies to #swingstates he needs in the #2020Election & shorting Dem states. It's gerrymandering X ethnic cleansing

— Nicholas Merrill (@nickcalyx) April 5, 2020

No, they're not. They plan to dole out the stockpile to “friendly governors” & #swingstates to curry favor. This shouldn't be political, but #Trump & his people have made it so:
Ã¢Â€ÂœThey are confused as to what their number one priority is,Ã¢Â€Â Honore said. https://t.co/eIhMccqU3I

— Jonathan Sapp (@jwsapp) April 4, 2020

“Governors average 27 percentage points higher in approval for COVID-19 response than President Trump”

In NV:
Sisolak: 73 percent approval
Trump: 42 percent approvalhttps://t.co/JEBeCn9Kbv pic.twitter.com/ckQBYc3njG

— Jon Ralston (@RalstonReports) April 7, 2020

When asked why @POTUS gave Florida 100% of ventilators requested while other states are in need, Trump says Florida & Michigan “have been taken care of” and they are “very important to me.” Both are 2020 #SwingStates

— Yellowwood (@ywwd) March 29, 2020

Removing the government's safeguards is actually much more corrosive than using public office for private gain. It corrodes our democracy in ways that will last beyond the @realDonaldTrump presidency.

— Lawrence H. Summers (@LHSummers) April 7, 2020

It’s never as simple as “fact is to fiction as Truth is to Falsehood” because history is not exactly like non-fiction. Novelty can be falsified, but is not identical to the falsifiable.

the spread of false information is essentially not due to bots that are programmed to disseminate inaccurate stories. Instead, false news speeds faster around Twitter due to people retweeting inaccurate news items.

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On airing the Trump briefings, see MIT 2018 study.

People share statements MORE when theyÃ¢Â€Â™re (1) false & (2) disgusting.

If you hate-watch Trump you experience hyperarousal & exposure to lies.

You then pass on that hyperarousal & spread the lies. https://t.co/9mfP6pGwXe

Ã¢Â€Â” Virginia Heffernan (@page88) April 6, 2020

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Dawkins coined “memes” to describe a unit of culture analogous to genes. But microbes & vitality may be closer to the mark.

During a pandemic ffs we have to be meticulous abt not spreading disinfo—a pathogen that spikes cortisol, suppresses reason & disinhibits behavior.

Emphasizing again the radical MIT conclusion: Our brains *prefer*—short term—lies over truth, fiction over fact. Fiction is built with protagonists, antagonists, plot, heightened language. That's why Netflix is intensely calming these days. Facts are thorny. Fiction is organized.

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It’s never as simple as “fact is to fiction as Truth is to Falsehood” because history is not exactly like non-fiction.

#Czech Embassy in #Russia was hit with smoke bombs to protest Prague's removal of statue honoring Soviet General #Konev. Group claiming credit issued message saying in part “Our tanks will be in Prague!”

Soviet tanks in Prague (eg., 1968) is big reason why statue is now gone. pic.twitter.com/l0lSS0FHzf

— Steven Pifer (@steven_pifer) April 6, 2020

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darn that hyperarousal – 2016 can still repeat, despite Trump blowing it in 70-days of deadly delay