Anne Applebaum

Yeah, the way the federal government works is it often, you know, some outsourcing is done to private companies, but outsourcing is also done to NGOs because the Lutherans Faith-based organizations are sometimes better at running these kinds of services.

Yeah, the way the federal government works is it often, you know, some outsourcing is done to private companies, but outsourcing is also done to NGOs because the Lutherans Faith-based organizations are sometimes better at running these kinds of services.

Yeah, the way the federal government works is it often, you know, some outsourcing is done to private companies, but outsourcing is also done to NGOs because the Lutherans Faith-based organizations are sometimes better at running these kinds of services.

Yep. So but but Musk found this and he decided it was a scandal. Mike Flynn was tweeting about it anyway. And then suddenly there's discussion of the Lutherans being evil on Twitter. And then all the like blue blue tick supporters chiming in and talking about, oh, we found a scam to do with the Lutherans. You know, who are these Lutherans? You know, what are Lutherans?

Yep. So but but Musk found this and he decided it was a scandal. Mike Flynn was tweeting about it anyway. And then suddenly there's discussion of the Lutherans being evil on Twitter. And then all the like blue blue tick supporters chiming in and talking about, oh, we found a scam to do with the Lutherans. You know, who are these Lutherans? You know, what are Lutherans?

Yep. So but but Musk found this and he decided it was a scandal. Mike Flynn was tweeting about it anyway. And then suddenly there's discussion of the Lutherans being evil on Twitter. And then all the like blue blue tick supporters chiming in and talking about, oh, we found a scam to do with the Lutherans. You know, who are these Lutherans? You know, what are Lutherans?

You know, so what Musk also now has and this is a again, this is a power that I don't I can't think of anymore. I can't think of any exact parallel of being able to weaponize data and bits of information that he finds and turn them into Twitter talking points.

You know, so what Musk also now has and this is a again, this is a power that I don't I can't think of anymore. I can't think of any exact parallel of being able to weaponize data and bits of information that he finds and turn them into Twitter talking points.

You know, so what Musk also now has and this is a again, this is a power that I don't I can't think of anymore. I can't think of any exact parallel of being able to weaponize data and bits of information that he finds and turn them into Twitter talking points.

What he's just done to USAID, which is one of the most important sources of American soft power, it feeds millions of poor people in Africa, it provides vaccines for children all over the world. And, you know, he's now described it as evil.

What he's just done to USAID, which is one of the most important sources of American soft power, it feeds millions of poor people in Africa, it provides vaccines for children all over the world. And, you know, he's now described it as evil.

What he's just done to USAID, which is one of the most important sources of American soft power, it feeds millions of poor people in Africa, it provides vaccines for children all over the world. And, you know, he's now described it as evil.

He will probably be selectively finding things that it does that it can be made to sound outrageous or strange, you know, and the fact that he has that power on top of the fact that he's, he's now has access to this huge trove of data gives us an extra twist.

He will probably be selectively finding things that it does that it can be made to sound outrageous or strange, you know, and the fact that he has that power on top of the fact that he's, he's now has access to this huge trove of data gives us an extra twist.

He will probably be selectively finding things that it does that it can be made to sound outrageous or strange, you know, and the fact that he has that power on top of the fact that he's, he's now has access to this huge trove of data gives us an extra twist.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

My book, Autocracy Inc., is about the ways in which the autocratic world is seeking to have economic and cultural and propaganda influence all over the world, and they're competing directly with us. us, the US, plus our allies, or maybe our former allies, as it might turn out. But one of the ways in which we compete is that we have, you know, ways of reaching people that they don't.

My book, Autocracy Inc., is about the ways in which the autocratic world is seeking to have economic and cultural and propaganda influence all over the world, and they're competing directly with us. us, the US, plus our allies, or maybe our former allies, as it might turn out. But one of the ways in which we compete is that we have, you know, ways of reaching people that they don't.