Our democracy's enemies, foreign and domestic, want us to concede in advance that our voting systems are faulty or fraudulent, that sinister conspiracies have distorted the political will of the people, that our public discourse has been perverted by the news media and social networks riddled with prejudice, lies and ill will.
Former Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats warns about the threats to democracy from misinformation and conspiracy theories regarding the electoral process.
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