Comment The Grift Continues (Score 1) 83
We no longer have a working government. Any attempts to complain will label you an enemy of the state.
$80 million: Global Engagement Center (GEC)
$400 million: Countering PRC Malign Influence Fund (The Title LOL)
$300: National Endowment for Democracy (NED) (The one-party system)
Legal Framework: Smith-Mundt Act: The Smith-Mundt Act (modernized in 2013) legally permits the U.S. government to produce propaganda and information materials for foreign audiences and, crucially, allows these materials to be accessible within the U.S. (previously banned)
> If an attacker has enough control of your machine...
Not a plot-twist. Microsoft is the attacker or aiding and abetting someone that is. You are evaluating the world as if rules of conduct still exist anywhere among the ruling class.
How come everyone's going so slow if it's called rush hour?