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Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

12/10/24: Romania Elections Cancelled Over Misinformation, Gambling Next Opioid Crisis, Shooter Manifesto Reveals US Healthcare Rage

Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar

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Philosophy, Government, Politics, Society & Culture, News

4.68.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Krystal and Saagar discuss Romania election cancelled over misinformation, why online gambling is the next opioid crisis, and what the shooters manifesto reveals about US healthcare rage.

 

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0:00.0

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0:01.6

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0:33.4

So a crazy situation has been unfolding in the NATO country of Romania.

0:38.3

Let's go ahead and put this up on the screen.

0:40.3

Obviously hugely relevant for us because of their NATO status, but also because of the role

0:45.4

of misinformation, which was used as justification by Romania's top court to annul the first

0:53.4

round of the presidential vote. So let me just read

0:56.7

you a little bit of this. So I make sure I have the specifics right here. It says a top Romanian

1:00.5

court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election days after

1:05.1

allegations emerged that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign. What does that sound familiar to?

1:09.8

To promote the far right outsider who won the first round,

1:13.4

the Constitutional Court's unprecedented decision, which is final,

1:16.7

came after the president declassified intelligence on Wednesday

1:19.9

that alleged Russia had organized thousands of social media accounts

1:24.3

to promote Colin Georgescu across platforms such as TikTok and Telegram.

1:29.3

The court, without naming Georgescu, said that one of the 13 candidates in the November 24th,

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