https://znetwork.org/author/stevenrosenfeld/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Fri, 10 May 2024 00:18:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/stevenrosenfeld/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-loyalists-preview-strategies-to-upend-2024-election/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-loyalists-preview-strategies-to-upend-2024-election/#respond Fri, 10 May 2024 15:40:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1266134 Not just challenging voters’ credentials in battleground states. But attacking every step in running elections. As the 2020 presidential election entered its final stretch, Christina Bobb was not just covering it as a TV newswoman for the pro-Donald Trump One America News Network (OANN). The tall, dark-haired, clear-speaking ex-marine and lawyer was working to overturn [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/trump-loyalists-preview-strategies-to-upend-2024-election/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/election-defenders-top-2024-worry-online-rumors-deceptions-lies-swaying-masses/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/election-defenders-top-2024-worry-online-rumors-deceptions-lies-swaying-masses/#respond Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:52:45 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1259264 A decade ago, when Kate Starbird dove into studying how rumors spread online and how people use social media to make sense of what is happening during crises, the future co-founder of the University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public had no idea that she would become a target of the darker dynamics and [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/election-defenders-top-2024-worry-online-rumors-deceptions-lies-swaying-masses/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/winning-georgia-senate-seat-sen-raphael-warnock-overcomes-gop-push/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/winning-georgia-senate-seat-sen-raphael-warnock-overcomes-gop-push/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:58:43 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1234091 In a stunning finale to 2022’s federal elections, Georgians reelected Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff that concluded Tuesday night, where the incumbent Democrat and Atlanta pastor defeated Herschel Walker, a football star who was handpicked by Donald Trump but was rejected by the Peach State’s diverse urban and suburban voters. With 99 percent of [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/winning-georgia-senate-seat-sen-raphael-warnock-overcomes-gop-push/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/election-deniers-and-defenders-poised-for-next-phase-in-voting-wars/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/election-deniers-and-defenders-poised-for-next-phase-in-voting-wars/#respond Fri, 14 Oct 2022 15:52:29 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1222830 There is little doubt that pro-Trump Republicans are going to challenge voters and contest results that they do not like in 2022’s general election. And should they lose those challenges and contests, they are not likely to accept the results. The warning signs are everywhere. There are recruitment drives to challenge voters and voter registrations. 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