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Friend,

In a dirty trick on the American people, Trump used the election night
“red mirage” in 2020 to fuel his claims of voter fraud and try to overturn
the election. This year, he’s almost certainly going to try it again.

It couldn’t be more predictable. Only this time, Trump is likely to
declare victory even sooner -- instead of waiting until 3am in the
morning. This year, we should expect him to do it as early as he deems
possible -- likely in time for the 11pm news on the East Coast -- and long
before all the votes are counted.

Election disinformation and lies don’t work as well when the public is
informed about what to expect in advance, but this year, the major
networks are barely talking about the red mirage.

[ [link removed] ]If you already know what I’m talking about, don’t wait another minute
to take action. Sign and send a message to the CEOs of all the major
networks demanding they explain the red mirage now, not after it’s too
late.

What is the red mirage? When you click through to send your letter, you
can also watch my video explaining it -- and Trump’s plan to exploit it --
in detail. If you share our action with friends, family, or like minded
co-workers, they may find the video especially useful because it includes
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Here’s the deal: Republicans appear to take an early lead in almost every
presidential election, because red, Republican-voting districts are
smaller and their votes are counted up more quickly than huge big city
Democrat-voting districts. That creates the red mirage. As more votes get
counted throughout the night and over the next several days, that lead
gets smaller and smaller, this is called the “blue shift.”

That’s right, it’s completely predictable, a fact of science, and it
occurs nearly every time.

Likewise, Democrats tend to use vote by mail more than Republicans, and
many states don’t even start counting mail-in ballots until Election Day.
And still other states allow for ballots mailed and postmarked before the
election deadline but that arrive after polls have closed -- sometimes as
many as 5 days later -- to still be counted. Put both of these facts
together and the red mirage can make the Republican lead appear quite
significant on election night.

The media prepared the country for the red mirage in 2020, and yet Trump
still used it as the foundation of the Big Lie. Trump pretended the blue
shift was surprising and suspicious -- but there was nothing miraculous or
secret about it. It just took until the Saturday after the election before
the election was called for Biden because election officials worked hard
to count every single vote.

This time, the media is asleep at the wheel by not setting expectations of
what the public should anticipate and how long it may take for an official
result. And the Trump universe of campaigns, PACs, media, and sycophants
are more prepared to take advantage of it than ever. Together it’s a
recipe for disaster that puts our entire country at risk.

America needs to be prepared for results to take days, possibly even weeks
if court battles hold up some certifications. And they need to understand
the red mirage, so election night lies are less likely to take hold.

[ [link removed] ]We can predict Trump’s false claims as easily as we can predict there
will be a “red mirage” on election night and a “blue shift” in the days
that come. Send a direct message to the CEOs of NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, &
MSNBC to tell them to do their job and inform the American public of
what’s likely to happen now.

Thank you for taking action to expose proactively Trump’s dishonesty and
lies on election night.

Robert Reich
Former Secretary of Labor
Co-Founder, Inequality Media Civic Action

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