The GOP Is Conducting Cyber Warfare Against Political Opponents

Automated Twitter storms attacking Democrats. Tens of thousands of faked emails calling for deregulation. Made-up endorsements from pop-up news sites. As speculation builds over the extent of Russian meddling in 2018’s elections, the deceptive and influential tactics revealed in last week’s indictment by Special Counsel Robert Mueller—and newer ones—are already in use by U.S. politicos with pro-corporate, pro-GOP agendas.The examples run the gamut from the seemingly trite