Ninga
Ninga's JournalRight wing led lawsuits dismantling disinformation research organizations
Read it and weep. Gym Jordan is working not for the people of his district, but to cut the legs out from research groups that shine the light on internet lies. Specifically political lies. It looks like he and the GOP have been successful.
It is a long article. But we cannot fight what we don’t know. I will be writing a letter to-the editor.
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The ranks of misinformation researchers swelled following the 2016 elections, amid revelations that Russia had stoked divisions online to help elect Trump. Researchers rooted out attempts by Russia, China and Iran to influence elections on social media. In 2020, they studied how Trump used his social media following to develop one of the world’s most powerful political megaphones — and often used it to spread falsehoods about voting or the pandemic.
Four years later, the field is depleted. The Stanford Internet Observatory, one of the most prominent academic institutions studying misinformation, collapsed last month. Some researchers, burned out by online attacks and legal scrutiny, are fleeing the subject. And companies, philanthropies and other grant-giving institutions are withdrawing funding, spooked by the political controversy now surrounding the field.
https://wapo.st/46AOFxv
This smacks of Bush v Gore. "End the campaign to count votes, for the good of the country"
The Bush years were deadly and disastrous for our country. Not good.
EarlG's OP is very important. It is gobsmacking. Discuss.
I know others have posted about EarlG’s OP. This is my effort to keep it kicked. I encourage folks to read the entire OP.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219193849
A sample of EarlG’s reasoning and associated links. You will find D Rep Jim Himes mentioned. Red faced Himes was on TV last week saying Biden needs to step down.
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July 12, 2024: Democratic Party strangling itself': Rage at donors 'bribing politicians' to oust Biden
"....Never-Trumpers were rattled Thursday amid a report that a group of Democratic donors pledged millions to lawmakers who've defected or criticized President Joe Biden. A group of 30 donors in New York — including crypto billionaire Mike Novogratz, Hollywood filmmaker Andrew Jarecki, and donor and operative Gideon Stein — have pledged $2 million to a House Democrat Super PAC to support Democrats who criticized Biden, Jake Sherman reported for Punchbowl News...."
July 13, 2024: Wanna-be oligarchs. Silicon Valley and Crypto bros are major players in this election.
Under the average voter radar is extreme influence peddling, lobbying of of the Silicon Valley and Crypto bros, one of which is Rep. Jim Himes, who told Biden to step down.
Citizens need to keep an eye on this!
They are part of the big money donors trying to turn Dems away from Biden in order to get Crypto deregulated. If they succeed, the consequences are completely unpredictable. They stand to take over banking, and replace the dollar as an international currency. Could also usher in collapse of currencies, and a wave of untraceable financial crime.
July 18, 2024: Some threads: Polling and the Crypto boys
The polling that is freaking out Nancy and Adam, is being conducted by BlueLabs Analytics https://bluelabs.com
- BlueLabs received funding from Sequoia Capital, a Silicon Valley venture tech firm that funds crypto start-ups. https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?vendor=BlueLabs+Analytics
(Rep. Jim) Himes was the first to start the un-nominate Biden ball rolling. He is a former Goldman Sachs banker, and advocate for the US central bank to adopt digital currency.
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July 19, 2024: Fmr Rep Sean Patrick Maloney former chr of DCCC is now a big cryto bro & may be behind today's anti-Biden text messages
Sean Patrick Maloney, an adviser to Coinbase, is nominated as the U.S. representative to the OECD, which is building regulatory frameworks for crypto.
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On the same day that Biden publicly announced Maloney’s nomination last May, cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase announced their appointment of Maloney to their five-person “Global Advisory Council.” Less than a month later, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Coinbase with operating as an unregistered securities exchange
In other words, it's not Biden's age that these big donors have a problem with, it's his policies (increase taxes on the rich, regulate cryptocurrencies). They want him out, and replaced with someone more friendly to their interests.
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This is the best and perhaps only OP that makes sense at this moment. Please share
far and wide. Inform your network of this very real timeline with attribution.
Thank you for your consideration. 
And thank you EarlG
Click this link to read:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219193849
Dialing for Biden
Yesterday I called each office and actually talked with a polite staff member who listened while I made a very short comment of support for Pres Biden.
I am worried that because both offices answered the phone meant that they were not being overwhelmed with calls.
Regardless of Minority Leader Jefferies recent statement….
Let’s.
Overwhelm.
“Please stop asking, inferring, and leaking that Pres Biden needs to step down. Removing Pres Biden will nullify my primary vote. I support him 100%”
I was very polite and thanked them for taking my call.
Hakeem Jeffries
Minority Leader of House
(202) 225-5936
Chuck Schumer
Majority Leader of Senate
(202) 224-6542
This infighting will not end well. I suspect the
party leaders (yes, you Pelosi, you Schumer, you Jefferies, you, you,you) will successfully oust Biden. The scribbling is on the wall and cannot be scrubbed off…)
Instead of hitting the campaign trail and working tails off to get Senate and Congressional candidates elected, instead of flooding the talking heads with how well Biden is doing on the trail, how foreign leaders support Biden, Biden’s record, etc. etc etc. it simply does not matter. They (and big money) have scared themselves into not believing history about damaging an incumbent President. They do not want to do the hard work it will take them get Senate candidates elected. I’m beyond sick.
Leadership must approve of Schiff carrying
“We cant win with Biden” message. Why are they silent? What tone deaf insulated people.
The grassroots and party faithful need to see our Leaders snatch the narrative away from MAGA,
by gathering on the steps of the Capital and wholeheartedly giving support to Joseph R Biden. This would cause the media to have severe whiplash and pivot the narrative away from the MAGA shit show. They need to do this tomorrow, the day hole-in-ear gets nominated.
Our leaders need to step up. Our leaders need to stem the uncertainty they have planted and in my view, if continuing down the he needs to decide to step down mode, stands a good chance of contributing to voter suppression.(it may already have).
Where are our Leaders? They need to read the room and see the support for Biden.
Business as usual - trumplethinskin golfs day
after ear grazing and Biden’s campaign ads get pulled and MSNBC pulls Morning Joe.
Lost in all the regurgitation of the shooting is trumplethindkin’s grandstanding and bluster while he absolutely glosses over the death and injuries of his supporters.
Democrats! Get back to business!
"Nothing to see here.." is what I told a MAGA neighbor on the sidewalk this morning. She
came at me all breathless about hate and violence. That’s when I told her “really nothing to see here…Sandy Hook didn’t move the R’s….dont expect this to move them….if they did it would only prove they think children are expendable - “
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