Trump Tweets and Retweets Suspect Accounts

Unfettered by Twitter’s rules, Trump’s tweets and retweets of suspect accounts have allowed him to amplify his personal and political attacks for years.

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A Review of Popular Bot Checkers

Which bot checkers are better? Are they worth using at all? We reviewed several bot checkers commonly used by Twitter users–by testing them.

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Debunking the Artem Klyushin Mystique

Artem Klyushin has claimed to be giving Russian directives to Trump by tweet. So, we took a closer look at Klyushin’s claims.

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Twitter’s Negligence in Removing IRA-Linked Accounts

After Twitter released thousands of IRA-linked accounts, we found a botnet nested within the data dump. A botnet with at least 1,000 still-active accounts.

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Trump’s Twitter Bots

It’s well documented that Trump’s Twitter account is rife with fake followers.Those fake followers swell Trump’s account and inflate his interactions.

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Twitter Bot Tutorial

A step-by-step walk-through of how to spot a bot–tools to analyze a twitter account.

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Trump’s Civil War Tweet Amplified by a Bot Army

On September 29, 2019, Trump tweeted about Civil War. We took a look at how the bots in Trump’s account added significantly to the problem.

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Did Russia Gain Access to All of Florida’s Voter Registrations?

What reason could Russia have to hack a county that was going to vote for its favored candidate in the first place?

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Twitter’s Algorithms Help Push Bots into Real Accounts

Twitter’s algorithms help to push bots into real accounts by way of Twitter’s own “Who to Follow” lists. These lists recognize and suggest connected bots.

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The Steele Dossier

An oft-overlooked portion of the Steele Dossier is that Putin engaged Trump as a babysitter to his oligarchs.

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Elsa Darner Twitter Troll-bots

The Elsa Darner Twitter troll-bots were posted and mass reported in June 2018. Not only were they not suspended, there are more of them now.

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LHS Associates: One-Stop Shopping for Bulk Dog Tags and Wait for It … Election Systems

Seven-hundred and fifty towns, cities, counties, and unions throughout New England and New York share one election vendor. LHS Associates, LLC.

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Michigan, ES&S, and the Voting Machines that Couldn’t Count

Why are states buying and using machines that don’t pass testing?

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Devin Nunes, his Website, and a Trojan Horse — Part II

The story of how Devin Nunes and other GOP candidates may have been compromised. Part II.

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Devin Nunes, his Website, and a Trojan Horse

The story of how Devin Nunes and other GOP candidates may have been compromised. Part I.

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Spear Phishing — From Candidate to Kompromat

Whether you are running for public office or are an ordinary citizen, just one click on the wrong link in the wrong email could change your life.

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Wisconsin Recount Summary — How to Know You’re Being Screwed

Really? A Recount without verifying Milwaukee, Waukesha, Brown, or Racine counties? Those counties accounted for 870,000 votes in an election won by just 23,000!

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Pennsylvania. How The Hell Did Trump Win

Trump won Pennsylvania even though it isn’t a state with a history of Democrats voting for Republicans. Looking at the numbers, his victory seems to defy logic.

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From Russia with Love, Part II: Another 20 Million Russian Twitter Bots Exposed

Twitter ignored 20 million Russian bots. Will they ignore 40 million?

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From Russia with Love: 20 Million Russian Twitter Bots Exposed

In a six-month project, we found millions of Russian bots on Twitter—and this is just the start.

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