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Here’s to you – Republi-cons, Drumpfians, Deplorables – dupes – willing collaborators to Putin’s Russia.
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See also:
(https://www.facebook.com/snarkydemocrat/posts/1697848386937767)
(https://www.facebook.com/cara.elizabeth.ramsey/posts/652960465051216/)
(https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-steyer-trump-impeachment-hitler/)
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The Democratic Coalition
13 May 2018
Racial tension was the go-to wedge for Russia-backed trolls trying to influence American voters on Facebook before and after the 2016 election.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to protect our democracy if our commander-in-chief won’t do it: (http://bit.ly/2sPsGmL)
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MAY 12, 2018
More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
Chas Danner, staff editor at Intelligencer
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
Previous examinations of a smaller selection of the ads established that the IRA worked to influence voters using already contentious American issues like race, immigration, gun rights, sexual orientation, and political party tribalism, but this new analysis makes it clear that racial tension was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge.
This ad ran in mid-October 2016 and received more than 6,000 impressions and 700 clicks. It targeted adults who showed interest in topics like the Civil Rights Movement or anti-discrimination. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Fifty-five percent of the ads targeted race, which was also a primary angle for many of the 24 percent of ads that focused on crime or policing. The IRA’s use of divisive racial ads ramped up as Election Day approached in 2016, as well as after Trump was elected. In fact, the vast majority of ads from September 2016 to May 2017 focused on race in one way or another. And while it should be noted that many IRA ads did very poorly with Facebook users, the race-related content performed better on average.
The IRA also seems to have used references to pop culture, including memes related to Pokémon or SpongeBob Squarepants, early on as a way to build rapport and credibility with audiences ahead of the racially divisive content.
The ads, which were purchased in rubles using 470 fake accounts and pages, rarely made direct references to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other politicians who ran in the 2016 cycle. (Very few ads targeted swing states, either.) Instead the IRA mostly mimicked the style and tactics of identity groups on opposing sides of the American electorate and tried to reinforce or expand already existing divisions.
This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks. Photo: Screencap/Handout
A Washington Post feature in November showed a range of the IRA’s Facebook ads, including who the ads targeted and how well they performed at engaging those audiences. One IRA ad in that sample, from the fake group “Black Matters,” targeted adults in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Atlanta who had expressed interest in topics like Malcolm X or HuffPost’s Black Voices vertical. Like many other IRA ads, it sought to exploit the deaths of black Americans who had been killed by police officers.
This IRA ad from the fake Black Matters page earned more than 3,201 impressions and 273 clicks, targeting Facebook users who had expressed an interest in African-American history and other related topics. It was created on November 3, 2016. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Another ad from the same “Black Matters” page asked for “Kings and Queens” who have been silenced to share their stories and contribute to the page. “We want America is know what bothers you as a member of the Black community,” the ad claimed.
Posing on the other side, another ad — targeting users who liked the fake “Being Patriotic” page — ran in mid-October in 2016 and showed an image of police officer’s funeral and decried “another gruesome attack on police by a [Black Lives Matter] movement activist.”
This Facebook ad, created on October 14, 2016, received more than 3,000 impressions and 760 clicks, targeting people that already liked the fake Being Patriotic page. Photo: Screencap/Handout
As one academic commented to USA Today in response to their findings, Russian intelligence agencies have been attempting to leverage U.S. racial discord since the 1950s. Those efforts have now obviously gotten a lot easier in the age of social media and ad micro-targeting.
The 3,500 ads released by the House Intelligence Committee are also only a fraction of the IRA’s overall Facebook activity, as it shared around 80,000 posts on Facebook using its accounts and pages, as well.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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A Facebook ‘Memories’ from two years ago.
Crooked Drumpf and Republi-con Party dirty tricks remain their modus operandi for Election Day 2020.
Drumpfians and Deplorables knowingly go along for the ride.
Others who vote Republi-con and for Drumpf may be less sinister, but the consequences of their vote are equally destructive to America.
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Sharon Nichols
(13 May 2018)
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Here’s to you – Republi-cons, Drumpfians, Deplorables – dupes – willing collaborators to Putin’s Russia.
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See also:
(https://www.facebook.com/snarkydemocrat/posts/1697848386937767)
(https://www.facebook.com/cara.elizabeth.ramsey/posts/652960465051216/)
(https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-steyer-trump-impeachment-hitler/)
(https://wapo.st/2wIEwBd?tid=ss_fb-amp)
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(https://www.facebook.com/TheDemocraticCoalition/posts/824308364439207)
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Democratic Coalition Against Truhmp
(13 May 2018)
Racial tension was the go-to wedge for Russia-backed trolls trying to influence American voters on Facebook before and after the 2016 election.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to protect our democracy if our commander-in-chief won’t do it: http://bit.ly/2sPsGmL
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(https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/more-than-half-of-russian-facebook-ads-focused-on-race.html)
MAY 12, 2018
More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
By Chas Danner
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
Previous examinations of a smaller selection of the ads established that the IRA worked to influence voters using already contentious American issues like race, immigration, gun rights, sexual orientation, and political party tribalism, but this new analysis makes it clear that racial tension was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge.
This ad ran in mid-October 2016 and received more than 6,000 impressions and 700 clicks. It targeted adults who showed interest in topics like the Civil Rights Movement or anti-discrimination. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Fifty-five percent of the ads targeted race, which was also a primary angle for many of the 24 percent of ads that focused on crime or policing. The IRA’s use of divisive racial ads ramped up as Election Day approached in 2016, as well as after Trump was elected. In fact, the vast majority of ads from September 2016 to May 2017 focused on race in one way or another. And while it should be noted that many IRA ads did very poorly with Facebook users, the race-related content performed better on average.
The IRA also seems to have used references to pop culture, including memes related to Pokémon or SpongeBob Squarepants, early on as a way to build rapport and credibility with audiences ahead of the racially divisive content.
The ads, which were purchased in rubles using 470 fake accounts and pages, rarely made direct references to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other politicians who ran in the 2016 cycle. (Very few ads targeted swing states, either.) Instead the IRA mostly mimicked the style and tactics of identity groups on opposing sides of the American electorate and tried to reinforce or expand already existing divisions.
This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks. Photo: Screencap/Handout
A Washington Post feature in November showed a range of the IRA’s Facebook ads, including who the ads targeted and how well they performed at engaging those audiences. One IRA ad in that sample, from the fake group “Black Matters,” targeted adults in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Atlanta who had expressed interest in topics like Malcolm X or HuffPost’s Black Voices vertical. Like many other IRA ads, it sought to exploit the deaths of black Americans who had been killed by police officers.
This IRA ad from the fake Black Matters page earned more than 3,201 impressions and 273 clicks, targeting Facebook users who had expressed an interest in African-American history and other related topics. It was created on November 3, 2016. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Another ad from the same “Black Matters” page asked for “Kings and Queens” who have been silenced to share their stories and contribute to the page. “We want America is know what bothers you as a member of the Black community,” the ad claimed.
Posing on the other side, another ad — targeting users who liked the fake “Being Patriotic” page — ran in mid-October in 2016 and showed an image of police officer’s funeral and decried “another gruesome attack on police by a [Black Lives Matter] movement activist.”
This Facebook ad, created on October 14, 2016, received more than 3,000 impressions and 760 clicks, targeting people that already liked the fake Being Patriotic page. Photo: Screencap/Handout
As one academic commented to USA Today in response to their findings, Russian intelligence agencies have been attempting to leverage U.S. racial discord since the 1950s. Those efforts have now obviously gotten a lot easier in the age of social media and ad micro-targeting.
The 3,500 ads released by the House Intelligence Committee are also only a fraction of the IRA’s overall Facebook activity, as it shared around 80,000 posts on Facebook using its accounts and pages, as well.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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Barr’s Scheme to Exonerate Trump Crony Michael Flynn Just Hit a Brick Wall
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‘Obamagate’ Is Trump’s Name for the Crimes He’s Trying to Commit Himself
By JONATHAN CHAIT
WH pool: “The president said he has been speaking on the phone to VP Mike Pence as they have kept distance from one another. He said he misses him.”
—@GeoffRBennett
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Why Trump Might Be Right About Negative Interest Rates
By ERIC LEVITZ
The Federal Reserve opposes the radical stimulus policy. But it might be necessary to promote recovery.
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Dr. Peter Hotez on herd-immunity risks, children and COVID-19, and the White House’s wishful thinking.
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In Preview of November, Trump Jumps the Gun on California Election Results
By ED KILGORE
It’s a bad omen for November if Trump and the GOP claim victory based on early returns at a time when voting by mail is certain to delay the count.
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Steve King Says He’ll Soon Get Committee Assignments Back
By ED KILGORE
With his primary opponents focusing on his loss of clout rather than his bigotry, the prospect of restored committee assignments could be huge.
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Trump Campaign Crooks: Where Are They Now?
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Checking in with Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, and Roger Stone on the day of Paul Manafort’s release to home confinement.
5/13/2020
A key dynamic to watch over the next few months
The 2016 presidential election was determined by voters who disliked both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Trump carried this portion of the electorate by a 17-point margin and, with their support, won the presidency. Not surprisingly, much attention has been paid this cycle to these “double haters” (i.e. those who hold an unfavorable view of both Joe Biden and Trump). Less spoken about are those who hold an unfavorable view of neither Biden nor Trump, the “non-haters”. The double haters and the non-haters currently are a similar proportion of the electorate, but they differ wildly on who they support.
Our latest CNN/SSRS poll finds that the double haters go for Biden over Trump by about a 50-point margin. Our March poll had Biden ahead by around 60 points with this group. Given the small sample size, these results are well within the margin of error of each other. These polls are consistent with others showing Biden doing well with this group.
The non-haters are, on the other hand, going for Trump by a wide margin. They favor Trump over Biden in the horse race by about 45 points in CNN’s May poll. Back in March, Trump was up by around 40 points – again, a result that’s within the margin of error of the May result. In other words, Trump’s pulling about as big of a margin out of the non-haters as Biden’s pulling out the double haters in our data.
Here are the two groups of voters who may determine 2020
—CNN
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Senate Republicans Want to Protect Corporations in Any New Stimulus Deal
By ED KILGORE
While calling for a pause in stimulus legislation, Republicans do hear cries for help from corporate leaders, which may make them cut a deal.
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Americans May Have Liked Their Health Insurance, But They Couldn’t Keep It
By SARAH JONES
According to a new report, about 27 million people may lose their employer-provided health insurance.
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These Are the States Opening Back Up for Business
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Americans in many of states can now get a haircut, go to the gym, or sit down at a restaurant, though restrictions are still in place.
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‘Obamagate’ Is Trump’s Name for the Crimes He’s Trying to Commit Himself
By JONATHAN CHAIT
Obama was very hesitant to weaponize law enforcement and intelligence. Trump, uh, isn’t.
5/13/2020
The slow decline in NYC deaths continues
.@NYGovCuomo says there were 166 deaths from #coronavirus in last 24 hours. Down slightly from day before.
Antibody tests in NYC show:
-19.9% of population had exposure
Among frontline workers stats are lower:
-14.2% Transit
-12.2% Healthcare
-10.5% NYPD
-17.5% FDNY/EMT
—@ZackFinkNews
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Covid-19 Targets the Elderly. Why Don’t Our Prevention Efforts?
By DAVID WALLACE-WELLS
The evidence that the novel coronavirus targets the elderly are overwhelming. But our public-health measures treat everyone equally.
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A crippling economic toll
Fed Chair Jerome Powell just said: Almost 40% of households earning less than $40,000 a year as of February lost their jobs in March. Just let that number sit with you for a moment.
—@PoppyHarlowCNN
5/13/2020
Paul Manafort gets a big break
President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of concerns over the novel coronavirus, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Manafort was released from FCI Loretto in central Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning, the two sources said.
When reached by ABC News a lawyer for Manafort declined to comment on the matter. The Bureau of Prisons also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns
—ABC News
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Why Trump’s Obamagate Ploy Is Doomed to Fail
By ED KILGORE
Trump’s base is already energized. So why is he focused on outlandish Obama conspiracy theories that probably mystify swing voters?
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There’s Deflation, But You’re Probably Not Enjoying Lower Prices
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Michael Flynn May Not Be Out of Legal Jeopardy Just Yet
By MATT STIEB
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By MATT STIEB
L.A. County extended its shutdown, Twitter allowed employees to work from home permanently, and Cal State will remain off-campus until 2021.
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By ED KILGORE
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By SARAH JONES
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Nationwide, the picture is still grim but getting appreciably better
US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking. Much better than past Tuesdays.
Newly reported deaths
Today: 1,510
Yesterday: 837
One week ago (5/5): 2,527
Newly reported cases
T: 20K
Y: 18K
5/5: 22K
Newly reported tests
T: 307K
Y: 388K
5/5: 259K
Positive test rate
T: 7%
Y: 5%
5/5: 9%
—@NateSilver538
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Republicans Follow Trump in Believing the Worst of the Coronavirus Is Over
By ED KILGORE
Partisan polarization on COVID-19 has spiked again as Republicans believe Trump’s claim that the worst is over.
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Pence looking like a picture of prudence compared to his boss
“The vice president has made the choice to keep his distance for a few days,” Kayleigh McEnany says.
—@kaitlancollins
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Scenes From a Bizarre Senate Hearing on Coronavirus
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Come for Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony, stay for Tim Kaine’s train-robber look, Lamar Alexander’s dog, and a peek at Bernie Sanders’s home office.
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Heads We Win, Tails You Lose: For Trump, All Democratic Wins Are ‘Rigged’
By ED KILGORE
In a bad omen for November, Trump is making contradictory claims of fraud in a special congressional election in California that his party may win.
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Crooked Drumpf is correct.
– He loves ‘the poorly educated’.
– His Drumpfian and Deplorable minions are truly Suckers and Losers.
What’s amazing is that about 85% of Black Republi-con men are truly hardcore Drumpfian and Deplorable, Suckers and Losers. They have no grasp of the Racism around themselves.
‘Fear precedes anger. I see real opportunities for us.’ Sen. John Cornyn, R (T-party Reform Campaign Rally speech, 6 Aug 09)
‘Freedom is boring. Tyranny is interesting. China is free. News reporters are evil.’ Dennis Prager, R (his radio show, Dec 09)
‘It’s all about polarisation, intentionally trying to divide the electorate so you can mobilise your base. That’s your strategy.’ Gordon Robertson, R (his CBN ‘700 Club’, 31 Jul 10)
No problem when Cornavirus thins their herd.
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See also:
(https://www.facebook.com/snarkydemocrat/posts/1697848386937767)
(https://www.facebook.com/cara.elizabeth.ramsey/posts/652960465051216/)
(https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tom-steyer-trump-impeachment-hitler/)
(https://wapo.st/2wIEwBd?tid=ss_fb-amp)
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May 13, 2018 ·
Racial tension was the go-to wedge for Russia-backed trolls trying to influence American voters on Facebook before and after the 2016 election.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to protect our democracy if our commander-in-chief won’t do it: http://bit.ly/2sPsGmL
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NYMAG.COM
More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
Race was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge when it tried to divide Americans before and after the 2016 election.
MAY 12, 2018
By Chas Danner
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
Previous examinations of a smaller selection of the ads established that the IRA worked to influence voters using already contentious American issues like race, immigration, gun rights, sexual orientation, and political party tribalism, but this new analysis makes it clear that racial tension was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge.
This ad ran in mid-October 2016 and received more than 6,000 impressions and 700 clicks. It targeted adults who showed interest in topics like the Civil Rights Movement or anti-discrimination. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Fifty-five percent of the ads targeted race, which was also a primary angle for many of the 24 percent of ads that focused on crime or policing. The IRA’s use of divisive racial ads ramped up as Election Day approached in 2016, as well as after Trump was elected. In fact, the vast majority of ads from September 2016 to May 2017 focused on race in one way or another. And while it should be noted that many IRA ads did very poorly with Facebook users, the race-related content performed better on average.
The IRA also seems to have used references to pop culture, including memes related to Pokémon or SpongeBob Squarepants, early on as a way to build rapport and credibility with audiences ahead of the racially divisive content.
The ads, which were purchased in rubles using 470 fake accounts and pages, rarely made direct references to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other politicians who ran in the 2016 cycle. (Very few ads targeted swing states, either.) Instead the IRA mostly mimicked the style and tactics of identity groups on opposing sides of the American electorate and tried to reinforce or expand already existing divisions.
This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks. Photo: Screencap/Handout
A Washington Post feature in November showed a range of the IRA’s Facebook ads, including who the ads targeted and how well they performed at engaging those audiences. One IRA ad in that sample, from the fake group “Black Matters,” targeted adults in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Atlanta who had expressed interest in topics like Malcolm X or HuffPost’s Black Voices vertical. Like many other IRA ads, it sought to exploit the deaths of black Americans who had been killed by police officers.
This IRA ad from the fake Black Matters page earned more than 3,201 impressions and 273 clicks, targeting Facebook users who had expressed an interest in African-American history and other related topics. It was created on November 3, 2016. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Another ad from the same “Black Matters” page asked for “Kings and Queens” who have been silenced to share their stories and contribute to the page. “We want America is know what bothers you as a member of the Black community,” the ad claimed.
Posing on the other side, another ad — targeting users who liked the fake “Being Patriotic” page — ran in mid-October in 2016 and showed an image of police officer’s funeral and decried “another gruesome attack on police by a [Black Lives Matter] movement activist.”
This Facebook ad, created on October 14, 2016, received more than 3,000 impressions and 760 clicks, targeting people that already liked the fake Being Patriotic page. Photo: Screencap/Handout
As one academic commented to USA Today in response to their findings, Russian intelligence agencies have been attempting to leverage U.S. racial discord since the 1950s. Those efforts have now obviously gotten a lot easier in the age of social media and ad micro-targeting.
The 3,500 ads released by the House Intelligence Committee are also only a fraction of the IRA’s overall Facebook activity, as it shared around 80,000 posts on Facebook using its accounts and pages, as well.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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Also take note. Suckerburg now objects to a legitimate web-site URL that I used in this post. You can find it in that Comment section. I had to modify it as (BLACKMATTERSUS (dot) COM).
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Crooked Drumpf is correct.
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What’s amazing is that about 85% of Black Republi-con men are truly hardcore Drumpfian and Deplorable, Suckers and Losers. They have no grasp of the Racism around themselves.
‘Fear precedes anger. I see real opportunities for us.’ Sen. John Cornyn, R (T-party Reform Campaign Rally speech, 6 Aug 09)
‘Freedom is boring. Tyranny is interesting. China is free. News reporters are evil.’ Dennis Prager, R (his radio show, Dec 09)
‘It’s all about polarisation, intentionally trying to divide the electorate so you can mobilise your base. That’s your strategy.’ Gordon Robertson, R (his CBN ‘700 Club’, 31 Jul 10)
No problem when Cornavirus thins their herd.
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This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks.
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Drumpfians and Deplorables knowingly go along for the ride.
Others who vote Republi-con and for Drumpf may be less sinister, but the consequences of their vote are equally destructive to America.
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More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
By Chas Danner
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
Previous examinations of a smaller selection of the ads established that the IRA worked to influence voters using already contentious American issues like race, immigration, gun rights, sexual orientation, and political party tribalism, but this new analysis makes it clear that racial tension was the Russian operation’s go-to
wedge.
This ad ran in mid-October 2016 and received more than 6,000 impressions and 700 clicks. It targeted adults who showed interest in topics like the Civil Rights Movement or anti-discrimination. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Fifty-five percent of the ads targeted race, which was also a primary angle for many of the 24 percent of ads that focused on crime or policing. The IRA’s use of divisive racial ads ramped up as Election Day approached in 2016, as well as after Trump was elected. In fact, the vast majority of ads from September 2016 to May 2017 focused on race in one way or another. And while it should be noted that many IRA ads did very poorly with Facebook users, the race-related content performed better on average.
The IRA also seems to have used references to pop culture, including memes related to Pokémon or SpongeBob Squarepants, early on as a way to build rapport and credibility with audiences ahead of the racially divisive content.
The ads, which were purchased in rubles using 470 fake accounts and pages, rarely made direct references to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other politicians who ran in the 2016 cycle. (Very few ads targeted swing states, either.) Instead the IRA mostly mimicked the style and tactics of identity groups on opposing sides of the American electorate and tried to reinforce or expand already existing divisions.
This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks. Photo: Screencap/Handout
A Washington Post feature in November showed a range of the IRA’s Facebook ads, including who the ads targeted and how well they performed at engaging those audiences. One IRA ad in that sample, from the fake group “Black Matters,” targeted adults in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Atlanta who had expressed
interest in topics like Malcolm X or HuffPost’s Black Voices vertical. Like many other IRA ads, it sought to exploit the deaths of black Americans who had been killed by police officers.
This IRA ad from the fake Black Matters page earned more than 3,201 impressions and 273 clicks, targeting Facebook users who had expressed an interest in African-American history and other related topics. It was created on November 3, 2016. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Another ad from the same “Black Matters” page asked for “Kings and Queens” who have been silenced to share their stories and contribute to the page. “We want America is know what bothers you as a member of the Black community,” the ad claimed.
Posing on the other side, another ad — targeting users who liked the fake “Being Patriotic” page — ran in mid-October in 2016 and showed an image of police officer’s funeral and decried “another gruesome attack on police by a [Black Lives Matter] movement activist.”
This Facebook ad, created on October 14, 2016, received more than 3,000 impressions and 760 clicks, targeting people that already liked the fake Being Patriotic page. Photo: Screencap/Handout
As one academic commented to USA Today in response to their findings, Russian intelligence agencies have been attempting to leverage U.S. racial discord since the 1950s. Those efforts have now obviously gotten a lot easier in the age of social media and ad micro-targeting.
The 3,500 ads released by the House Intelligence Committee are also only a fraction of the IRA’s overall Facebook activity, as it shared around 80,000 posts on Facebook using its accounts and pages, as well.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is
estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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Also take note. Suckerburg now objects to a legitimate web-site URL that I used in this post. You can find it in that Comment section. I had to modify it as (BLACKMATTERSUS (dot) COM).
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Crooked Drumpf is correct.
– He loves ‘the poorly educated’.
– His Drumpfian and Deplorable minions are truly Suckers and Losers.
What’s amazing is that about 85% of Black Republi-con men are truly hardcore Drumpfian and Deplorable, Suckers and Losers. They have no grasp of the Racism around themselves.
‘Fear precedes anger. I see real opportunities for us.’ Sen. John Cornyn, R (T-party Reform Campaign Rally speech, 6 Aug 09)
‘Freedom is boring. Tyranny is interesting. China is free. News reporters are evil.’ Dennis Prager, R (his radio show, Dec 09)
‘It’s all about polarisation, intentionally trying to divide the electorate so you can mobilise your base. That’s your strategy.’ Gordon Robertson, R (his CBN ‘700 Club’, 31 Jul 10)
No problem when Cornavirus thins their herd.
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This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
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In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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– He loves ‘the poorly educated’.
– His Drumpfian and Deplorable minions are truly Suckers and Losers.
What’s amazing is that about 85% of Black Republi-con men are truly hardcore Drumpfian and Deplorable, Suckers and Losers. They have no grasp of the Racism around themselves.
‘Fear precedes anger. I see real opportunities for us.’ Sen. John Cornyn, R (T-party Reform Campaign Rally speech, 6 Aug 09)
‘Freedom is boring. Tyranny is interesting. China is free. News reporters are evil.’ Dennis Prager, R (his radio show, Dec 09)
‘It’s all about polarisation, intentionally trying to divide the electorate so you can mobilise your base. That’s your strategy.’ Gordon Robertson, R (his CBN ‘700 Club’, 31 Jul 10)
No problem when Cornavirus thins their herd.
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Racial tension was the go-to wedge for Russia-backed trolls trying to influence American voters on Facebook before and after the 2016 election.
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More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
Race was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge when it tried to divide Americans before and after the 2016 election.
MAY 12, 2018
By Chas Danner
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
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In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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Crooked Drumpf and Republi-con Party dirty tricks remain their modus operandi for Election Day 2020.
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Racial tension was the go-to wedge for Russia-backed trolls trying to influence American voters on Facebook before and after the 2016 election.
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MAY 12, 2018
More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
By Chas Danner
This ad received more than 500,000 impressions and 40,000 clicks after it was created on October 14, 2016. It targeted Facebook users who were interested in topics like the Confederate Flag or Southern Pride. Photo: Screencap/Handout
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
Previous examinations of a smaller selection of the ads established that the IRA worked to influence voters using already contentious American issues like race, immigration, gun rights, sexual orientation, and political party tribalism, but this new analysis makes it clear that racial tension was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge.
This ad ran in mid-October 2016 and received more than 6,000 impressions and 700 clicks. It targeted adults who showed interest in topics like the Civil Rights Movement or anti-discrimination. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Fifty-five percent of the ads targeted race, which was also a primary angle for many of the 24 percent of ads that focused on crime or policing. The IRA’s use of divisive racial ads ramped up as Election Day approached in 2016, as well as after Trump was elected. In fact, the vast majority of ads from September 2016 to May 2017 focused on race in one way or another. And while it should be noted that many IRA ads did very poorly with Facebook users, the race-related content performed better on average.
The IRA also seems to have used references to pop culture, including memes related to Pokémon or SpongeBob Squarepants, early on as a way to build rapport and credibility with audiences ahead of the racially divisive content.
The ads, which were purchased in rubles using 470 fake accounts and pages, rarely made direct references to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, or any of the other politicians who ran in the 2016 cycle. (Very few ads targeted swing states, either.) Instead the IRA mostly mimicked the style and tactics of identity groups on opposing sides of the American electorate and tried to reinforce or expand already existing divisions.
This Facebook ad, created after the election, on November 15, 2016, targeted users with interest in topics like the civil rights movement and Martin Luther King, Jr. It was posted by the fake Woke Blacks page and only earned 566 impressions and 115 clicks. Photo: Screencap/Handout
A Washington Post feature in November showed a range of the IRA’s Facebook ads, including who the ads targeted and how well they performed at engaging those audiences. One IRA ad in that sample, from the fake group “Black Matters,” targeted adults in places like Ferguson, Missouri, and Atlanta who had expressed interest in topics like Malcolm X or HuffPost’s Black Voices vertical. Like many other IRA ads, it sought to exploit the deaths of black Americans who had been killed by police officers.
This IRA ad from the fake Black Matters page earned more than 3,201 impressions and 273 clicks, targeting Facebook users who had expressed an interest in African-American history and other related topics. It was created on November 3, 2016. Photo: Screencap/Handout
Another ad from the same “Black Matters” page asked for “Kings and Queens” who have been silenced to share their stories and contribute to the page. “We want America is know what bothers you as a member of the Black community,” the ad claimed.
Posing on the other side, another ad — targeting users who liked the fake “Being Patriotic” page — ran in mid-October in 2016 and showed an image of police officer’s funeral and decried “another gruesome attack on police by a [Black Lives Matter] movement activist.”
This Facebook ad, created on October 14, 2016, received more than 3,000 impressions and 760 clicks, targeting people that already liked the fake Being Patriotic page. Photo: Screencap/Handout
As one academic commented to USA Today in response to their findings, Russian intelligence agencies have been attempting to leverage U.S. racial discord since the 1950s. Those efforts have now obviously gotten a lot easier in the age of social media and ad micro-targeting.
The 3,500 ads released by the House Intelligence Committee are also only a fraction of the IRA’s overall Facebook activity, as it shared around 80,000 posts on Facebook using its accounts and pages, as well.
In February, Special Counsel Robert Mueller indicted 13 Russians on charges of attempting to meddle in the 2016 election, including several people associated with the Internet Research Agency. The indictment alleged that the Russians’ efforts were often intended to help Trump defeat Clinton. All told, the IRA’s operation is estimated to have targeted as many as 126 million U.S. Facebook users between 2015 and 2017.
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FBI Serves Search Warrant to GOP Senator Richard Burr: Report
By MATT STIEB
The FBI reportedly seized Burr’s phone following allegations he engaged in insider trading using coronavirus intel he gleaned from Senate briefings.
Barr’s Scheme to Exonerate Trump Crony Michael Flynn Just Hit a Brick Wall
By JONATHAN CHAIT
Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan has stood up to an extraordinary Justice Department plot to let confessed liar Michael Flynn go free.
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The Coming Disruption to College
By JAMES D. WALSH
Trump’s Odds of Winning Reelection Are Higher Than You Think
By ERIC LEVITZ
Barr’s Scheme to Exonerate Trump Crony Michael Flynn Just Hit a Brick Wall
By JONATHAN CHAIT
Why Your Coronavirus Stimulus Check Isn’t Here Yet
By ERIC LEVITZ AND ADAM K. RAYMOND
‘Obamagate’ Is Trump’s Name for the Crimes He’s Trying to Commit Himself
By JONATHAN CHAIT
WH pool: “The president said he has been speaking on the phone to VP Mike Pence as they have kept distance from one another. He said he misses him.”
—@GeoffRBennett
5/13/2020 THE FEDERAL RESERVE
Why Trump Might Be Right About Negative Interest Rates
By ERIC LEVITZ
The Federal Reserve opposes the radical stimulus policy. But it might be necessary to promote recovery.
5/13/2020 JUST ASKING QUESTIONS
Expert Explainer: What the Trump Administration Doesn’t Get About Vaccines
By JAMES D. WALSH
Dr. Peter Hotez on herd-immunity risks, children and COVID-19, and the White House’s wishful thinking.
5/13/2020 VISION 2020
In Preview of November, Trump Jumps the Gun on California Election Results
By ED KILGORE
It’s a bad omen for November if Trump and the GOP claim victory based on early returns at a time when voting by mail is certain to delay the count.
5/13/2020 2020 ELECTIONS
Steve King Says He’ll Soon Get Committee Assignments Back
By ED KILGORE
With his primary opponents focusing on his loss of clout rather than his bigotry, the prospect of restored committee assignments could be huge.
5/13/2020 POLITICS
Trump Campaign Crooks: Where Are They Now?
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Checking in with Michael Cohen, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, and Roger Stone on the day of Paul Manafort’s release to home confinement.
5/13/2020
A key dynamic to watch over the next few months
The 2016 presidential election was determined by voters who disliked both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Trump carried this portion of the electorate by a 17-point margin and, with their support, won the presidency. Not surprisingly, much attention has been paid this cycle to these “double haters” (i.e. those who hold an unfavorable view of both Joe Biden and Trump). Less spoken about are those who hold an unfavorable view of neither Biden nor Trump, the “non-haters”. The double haters and the non-haters currently are a similar proportion of the electorate, but they differ wildly on who they support.
Our latest CNN/SSRS poll finds that the double haters go for Biden over Trump by about a 50-point margin. Our March poll had Biden ahead by around 60 points with this group. Given the small sample size, these results are well within the margin of error of each other. These polls are consistent with others showing Biden doing well with this group.
The non-haters are, on the other hand, going for Trump by a wide margin. They favor Trump over Biden in the horse race by about 45 points in CNN’s May poll. Back in March, Trump was up by around 40 points – again, a result that’s within the margin of error of the May result. In other words, Trump’s pulling about as big of a margin out of the non-haters as Biden’s pulling out the double haters in our data.
Here are the two groups of voters who may determine 2020
—CNN
5/13/2020 CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS
Senate Republicans Want to Protect Corporations in Any New Stimulus Deal
By ED KILGORE
While calling for a pause in stimulus legislation, Republicans do hear cries for help from corporate leaders, which may make them cut a deal.
5/13/2020 CORONAVIRUS
Americans May Have Liked Their Health Insurance, But They Couldn’t Keep It
By SARAH JONES
According to a new report, about 27 million people may lose their employer-provided health insurance.
5/13/2020 CORONAVIRUS
These Are the States Opening Back Up for Business
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Americans in many of states can now get a haircut, go to the gym, or sit down at a restaurant, though restrictions are still in place.
5/13/2020 THE NATIONAL INTEREST
‘Obamagate’ Is Trump’s Name for the Crimes He’s Trying to Commit Himself
By JONATHAN CHAIT
Obama was very hesitant to weaponize law enforcement and intelligence. Trump, uh, isn’t.
5/13/2020
The slow decline in NYC deaths continues
.@NYGovCuomo says there were 166 deaths from #coronavirus in last 24 hours. Down slightly from day before.
Antibody tests in NYC show:
-19.9% of population had exposure
Among frontline workers stats are lower:
-14.2% Transit
-12.2% Healthcare
-10.5% NYPD
-17.5% FDNY/EMT
—@ZackFinkNews
5/13/2020 CORONAVIRUS
Covid-19 Targets the Elderly. Why Don’t Our Prevention Efforts?
By DAVID WALLACE-WELLS
The evidence that the novel coronavirus targets the elderly are overwhelming. But our public-health measures treat everyone equally.
5/13/2020
A crippling economic toll
Fed Chair Jerome Powell just said: Almost 40% of households earning less than $40,000 a year as of February lost their jobs in March. Just let that number sit with you for a moment.
—@PoppyHarlowCNN
5/13/2020
Paul Manafort gets a big break
President Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort has been released from prison to serve the remainder of his sentence in home confinement because of concerns over the novel coronavirus, two sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Manafort was released from FCI Loretto in central Pennsylvania early Wednesday morning, the two sources said.
When reached by ABC News a lawyer for Manafort declined to comment on the matter. The Bureau of Prisons also did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort released to home confinement amid coronavirus concerns
—ABC News
5/13/2020 VISION 2020
Why Trump’s Obamagate Ploy Is Doomed to Fail
By ED KILGORE
Trump’s base is already energized. So why is he focused on outlandish Obama conspiracy theories that probably mystify swing voters?
5/13/2020 THE TOP LINE
There’s Deflation, But You’re Probably Not Enjoying Lower Prices
By JOSH BARRO
The government’s preferred measure of prices is way down. That’s not the story for most consumers during lockdown though.
5/12/2020 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Michael Flynn May Not Be Out of Legal Jeopardy Just Yet
By MATT STIEB
The judge presiding over Flynn’s case delayed the dismissal of charges and opened an opportunity for outside commenters to accuse the DOJ of cronyism.
5/12/2020 CORONAVIRUS
California Settles In for the Coronavirus Long Haul
By MATT STIEB
L.A. County extended its shutdown, Twitter allowed employees to work from home permanently, and Cal State will remain off-campus until 2021.
5/12/2020 CORONAVIRUS STIMULUS
House Democrats Open Bidding on the Next Stimulus Round With $3 Trillion Bill
By ED KILGORE
Pelosi’s proposal includes a new round of checks for individuals, and a big new fund for state and local governments.
5/12/2020 CIVIL RIGHTS
The Woman at the Center of a Major Trans Rights Case Has Died
By SARAH JONES
Aimee Stephens, whose life was at the center of a case currently being heard by the Supreme Court, died at home on Tuesday.
5/12/2020
Nationwide, the picture is still grim but getting appreciably better
US daily numbers via @COVID19Tracking. Much better than past Tuesdays.
Newly reported deaths
Today: 1,510
Yesterday: 837
One week ago (5/5): 2,527
Newly reported cases
T: 20K
Y: 18K
5/5: 22K
Newly reported tests
T: 307K
Y: 388K
5/5: 259K
Positive test rate
T: 7%
Y: 5%
5/5: 9%
—@NateSilver538
5/12/2020 VISION 2020
Republicans Follow Trump in Believing the Worst of the Coronavirus Is Over
By ED KILGORE
Partisan polarization on COVID-19 has spiked again as Republicans believe Trump’s claim that the worst is over.
5/12/2020
Pence looking like a picture of prudence compared to his boss
“The vice president has made the choice to keep his distance for a few days,” Kayleigh McEnany says.
—@kaitlancollins
5/12/2020 CORONAVIRUS
Scenes From a Bizarre Senate Hearing on Coronavirus
By ADAM K. RAYMOND
Come for Dr. Anthony Fauci’s testimony, stay for Tim Kaine’s train-robber look, Lamar Alexander’s dog, and a peek at Bernie Sanders’s home office.
5/12/2020 2020 ELECTIONS
Heads We Win, Tails You Lose: For Trump, All Democratic Wins Are ‘Rigged’
By ED KILGORE
In a bad omen for November, Trump is making contradictory claims of fraud in a special congressional election in California that his party may win.
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More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on Race
Chas Danner, associate editor at Intelligencer
More than half of the Facebook ads created by the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency to influence Americans during and after the last presidential election made references to race, according to a new analysis by USA Today. The news organization reviewed every one of the 3,517 IRA ads released to the public earlier this week by the House Intelligence Committee (IRA), and its reporters discovered that nearly 2,000 of the ads referred to race — accounting for some 25 million impressions from targeted Facebook users.
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Crooked Drumpf skimmed from the ‘9 / 11’ relief fund.
‘Pure Evil’: Report On Trump Administration Draining Fund For FDNY’s 9/11 Responders Draws Outrage
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Sep 11, 2020, 08:53am EDT
Updated Sep 12, 2020, 12:00pm EDT
TOPLINE A New York Daily News scoop published Thursday revealed that the Trump administration has siphoned around $4 million from the New York City Fire Department’s fund for its September 11 first responders, drawing outrage on the 19th anniversary of the attacks, but the U.S. Treasury says the money was diverted because of “delinquent debt” owed by New York City to the federal government.
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Firefighters work beneath the destroyed mullions, [+]
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The funds are part of the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program, which was established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010, a bill passed by Congress that provides healthcare to first responders who have suffered a range of illnesses from exposure to dust and smoke at Ground Zero.
“TRUMP DOESN’T ONLY HATE VETERANS, HE HATES FIRST RESPONDER HEROES,” tweeted actress Debra Messing in reaction to the Daily News report.
Fred Guttenberg, father of Parkland school shooting victim Jamie Guttenberg, said he was “F—KING P—-ED” about the report, because his brother died of cancer from 9/11.
“From the administration whose identity is built on claims of honoring first responders,” Julie Cohen, director of the RBG documentary, wrote on Twitter.
“This doesn’t surprise me at all,” Army veteran and advocate Paul Rieckoff wrote on Twitter. “Trump did NOTHING to push for the extension of #Zadroga last year.”
“We are also working with Congressman King and others to examine any potential authorities to provide relief in this case to support our nation’s 9/11 heroes,” the Treasury spokesperson. told Forbes, but could not provide any examples of how they would do it, and did not have a timeline.
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“Here we have sick World Trade Center-exposed firefighters and EMS workers, at a time when the city is having difficult financial circumstances due to COVID-19, and we’re not getting the money we need to be able to treat these heroes,” FDNY Chief Medical Officer David Prezant told the Daily News.
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“Pure evil,” tweeted Dr. Dena Grayson, a medical expert who specializes in ebola and other viruses.
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