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mzmolly
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November 24, 2020
Anti-Masker dies of COVID - age 50
On October 24th a victim of Trump and Fox News, posted this on Facebook:
On October 30th he posted:
"I have covid, so I'll be off Facebook. Prayers would be greatly appreciated."
On November 3rd he shared:
"Back in the emergency room pneumonia in both lungs."
On November 17th, he died.
In the interest of protecting privacy I will not share his name. He was a colleague of a friend. Very sad, in spite of him being misled and disregarding common sense.
November 21, 2020
Rufus & Chaka Khan - Tell Me Something Good
November 4, 2020
We're still on track to make this map a reality.
Political Polls FINAL Electoral Map
https://twitter.com/PpollingNumbers/status/1323609222970515457We're still on track to make this map a reality.
November 4, 2020
A much needed chuckle from Bill Burton, about the results thus far
https://twitter.com/billburton/status/1323830515250556929
November 4, 2020
FL, GA, NC, IA etc. are not factored into the must win column.
Hang tight!
CBS Battleground Tracker - Biden 279 EV
https://www.cbsnews.com/2020-us-election-battleground-tracker/FL, GA, NC, IA etc. are not factored into the must win column.
Hang tight!
October 31, 2020
538 version of what the map would look like if polls are exactly as wrong as in 2016 - Nate Silver
https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1322602104226283520
October 31, 2020
This is @joebiden 's hometown. This is more than where he's from. This is who he's for. - Bruce
https://twitter.com/springsteen/status/1322582291453861890
October 25, 2020
More at: WAPO
Joe Biden, Hunter Biden and the politics of unconditional love - The Washington Post
...The finish-line strategy of the Trump campaign has landed, convolutedly, on the narrative that Hunter Biden is an inconvenient son. ...
Joe Bidens response to all of this has been to love his son.
Freely, unconditionally. Im proud of him. Im proud of my son, Biden retorted in the first debate, after the president brought up Hunters drug use which both Bidens have admitted and spoken about. No one said anything he did was wrong in Ukraine, he said in the second.
In the miasma of one New York Post article about Hunter, alleged text messages presented as part of the incendiary package instead came across as the tender missives of a worried dad. Good morning my beautiful son, Joe allegedly wrote Hunter while the latter was checked into a rehab facility. I miss you and love you. According to the alleged texts whose provenance and authenticity have not been verified by the Bidens or by other news organizations Hunter worried he would be a drag on his fathers campaign. Only focus is recovery, Biden reassured him.
Joe Bidens response to all of this has been to love his son.
Freely, unconditionally. Im proud of him. Im proud of my son, Biden retorted in the first debate, after the president brought up Hunters drug use which both Bidens have admitted and spoken about. No one said anything he did was wrong in Ukraine, he said in the second.
In the miasma of one New York Post article about Hunter, alleged text messages presented as part of the incendiary package instead came across as the tender missives of a worried dad. Good morning my beautiful son, Joe allegedly wrote Hunter while the latter was checked into a rehab facility. I miss you and love you. According to the alleged texts whose provenance and authenticity have not been verified by the Bidens or by other news organizations Hunter worried he would be a drag on his fathers campaign. Only focus is recovery, Biden reassured him.
More at: WAPO
October 24, 2020
Without mentioning specifics, it would appear this has happened. Ugh.
Russia Could Unleash Fake Videos During Election, Schiff Says
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/04/us/politics/russia-election-hacking.htmlWASHINGTON The Russian government is likely to try to influence the 2020 presidential election, not through the release of stolen emails and other documents but through faked videos, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday.
The United States has become adept at quickly identifying the perpetrators of so-called hacking and dumping operations that result in the release of potentially damaging material, increasing the risk for Moscow that Washington will respond, said Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who leads the committee.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, emails and documents were stolen by Russian hackers from the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and then released publicly, influencing the presidential race.
The Russians may feel if they are too overt about it, the risk of blowback is simply too great, Mr. Schiff said at the Council on Foreign Relations. But there are other ways to have potentially even bigger impact than hacking and dumping.
Mr. Schiff said he was particularly worried about the effect of falsified videos, known as deep fakes. Such videos could be easily introduced into social media, where they will spread rapidly.
The United States has become adept at quickly identifying the perpetrators of so-called hacking and dumping operations that result in the release of potentially damaging material, increasing the risk for Moscow that Washington will respond, said Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who leads the committee.
During the 2016 presidential campaign, emails and documents were stolen by Russian hackers from the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign and then released publicly, influencing the presidential race.
The Russians may feel if they are too overt about it, the risk of blowback is simply too great, Mr. Schiff said at the Council on Foreign Relations. But there are other ways to have potentially even bigger impact than hacking and dumping.
Mr. Schiff said he was particularly worried about the effect of falsified videos, known as deep fakes. Such videos could be easily introduced into social media, where they will spread rapidly.
Without mentioning specifics, it would appear this has happened. Ugh.
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