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Daniel Kimmage

@dkimmage.bsky.social
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Fascinated by technology (use and misuse), influence, AI, social media, propaganda, geopolitical competition. Former State Department. Pianist, climber, language buff.

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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Great work by Catherine Belton on the Kremlin's shadow war in Europe -- trying to use sabotage, disinformation, and cyber to strike the decisive blow the Russian military can't deliver on the battlefield. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
washingtonpost.com
With hybrid attacks and nuclear bluster, Putin aims to end Europe’s support for Ukraine
European leaders say Moscow's escalated “hybrid war” against Europe includes online disinformation, cyberattacks and threats to use nuclear weapons.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
And also about the need for accountability for the purges that have made us so much more vulnerable. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
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We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I wrote recently with a colleague about the AI angle of the emerging threat. www.newamerica.org/insights/its...
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It’s Worse Than You Think: How AI Is Undermining Democracy and National Security
AI is eroding critical institutions—journalism, education, courts, and political processes—while strengthening authoritarian repression.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
A full-spectrum U.S. government response to the threat requires the National Security Council, diplomats, military, and intelligence community to work creatively together, but many key capabilities have been gutted over the last year and a half (as the authors point out).
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Solid insights from @noupside.bsky.social and @joshagoldstein.bsky.social into the tech-fueled, full-spectrum influence campaigns U.S. adversaries are unleashing online, on the airwaves, and in real life. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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The Triumph of Tech-Fueled Propaganda
America isn’t ready for the next wave of foreign influence operations.
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Rick Stengel @rickstengel.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Global Engagement Center was started by a bi-partisan act of Congress to investigate and fight foreign disinformation and propaganda. It engaged with foreign mis-and-disinformation, not domestic voices. Its destruction is damaging to American interests, as this powerful piece shows.
thehill.com
We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And for those who can't get enough, a related piece I published with a colleague on the real threats to democracy and national security AI poses today (as opposed to the hypothetical ones it might pose tomorrow). www.newamerica.org/insights/its...
newamerica.org
It’s Worse Than You Think: How AI Is Undermining Democracy and National Security
AI is eroding critical institutions—journalism, education, courts, and political processes—while strengthening authoritarian repression.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also sharing my inaugural post on the big picture of manipulation, deception, and geopolitical competition in the age of artificial intelligence. badinfluences.substack.com/p/bad-influe...
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Bad Influences
Manipulation, Deception, and Geopolitical Competition in the Age of AI
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest on the strange prospect of cyborg politics now that agentic swarms are increasingly out and about. badinfluences.substack.com/p/cyborg-pol...
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Cyborg Politics
Unpredictable Encounters between Capable Machines and Fallible Humans
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please repost if you agree!! @noupside.bsky.social @katestarbird.bsky.social @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu l.eu @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @normeisen.bsky.social @avindman.bsky.social @markzaidesq.bsky.social
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need to assess (and fix) the damage done at the State Department, DHS, FBI, and ODNI. Attn: @meeks.house.gov @raskin.house.gov @houseforeign.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @markwarner.bsky.social
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A groundless conspiracy theory inspired the purge, which did real damage to our national security and wrecked the careers of dozens of people who had served with honor and integrity. anneapplebaum.substack.com/p/the-myth-o...
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The Myth of the “Censorship Industrial Complex”
And the damage it has done
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Congress should investigate the purge that shut down my former office at the State Department, which fought information manipulation by Russia, China, and terrorist organizations. thehill.com/opinion/nati...
thehill.com
We need accountability for federal employee purges made on false pretenses
I was grilling chicken on a sweltering summer night in the Washington, D.C. suburbs, when I peeked at my phone and saw that a senior official in the administration had just accused me of lying to C…
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hats off to @noupside.bsky.social and @dwj.eurosky.social for this detailed dissection of the "censorship industrial complex" hoax. doi.org/10.1111/puar...
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<em>Public Administration Review</em> | ASPA Journal | Wiley Online Library
This paper examines how a propaganda frame alleging the existence of a “Censorship Industrial Complex” was institutionalized and then helped justify the dismantling of US election information resilie...
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Agentic propaganda swarms spotted in the wild. (Check out research by @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social, who saw this coming before anyone else.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/18/t...
nytimes.com
Iran and China Create First-of-Their-Kind Autonomous A.I. Influence Campaigns
The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.
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Brian Reed @brihreed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Recently, our team at "Question Everything" came across a strange local news outlet in Florida. It was called the South Florida Standard.
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Daniel Kimmage @dkimmage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Brave new world alert... futurism.com/artificial-i...
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How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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