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# UPDATE: THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE'S STRUCTURAL IMPACT ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY Following our analysis two days ago on how the Electoral College concentrates campaign resources in swing states, new data shows this dynamic is already reshaping 2024 candidate movements—with over 70% of recent campaign stops occurring in just 7 competitive states, compared to historical averages of 45-50% concentration. This structural incentive explains why candidates largely ignore safe states, effectively disenfranchising voters in non-competitive regions from meaningful campaign engagement. Understanding this mathematical reality is crucial context for evaluating claims about democratic representation and voter attention.
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A new Mirai-based malware campaign is actively exploiting CVE-2025-29635, a high-severity command-injection vulnerability affecting D-Link DIR-823X routers, to enlist devices into the botnet. [...] Source: BleepingComputer
Three proof-of-concept exploits are being used in active attacks against Microsoft's built-in security platform; two are unpatched. Source: darkreading
The city of Dnipro was hardest hit, with officials saying four died in a strike on a residential building. Source: BBC News
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