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April 26, 2016

There are Bros4Hillary?

Some of the efforts stemmed from some individuals in a Facebook group called Bros4Hillary. In the group, one person made a public post that included a screenshot of the above photo with a comment that there was a “mole” in the group. The group then went private, in part because the members’ posts weren’t condoned, as the group’s political director says in a statement below.





http://heavy.com/news/2016/04/bernie-sanders-facebook-groups-removed-banned-deleted-why-hillary-clinton-attack-censorship-which/


So Change the record has started silencing the Bernie supporters on Facebook?



http://brosforhillary.org/
https://twitter.com/brosforhillary
April 25, 2016

Bernie wins the states with the most mixed races (as in people with 2 or more races).

Sadly there is not as much of a mixed population as there should be in the US, but when filling out some tables noticed that the top 9 states were almost all Bernie Sanders states, (17%-3% are all mostly for Bernie).


Here I added the image so people would stop and read, and not just post for the twentieth time something about state demographics and not a person who is a mixed race person.

http://kff.org/other/state-indicator/distribution-by-raceethnicity/

April 25, 2016

Time to "correct" the "Correct the Record". (fun with propaganda posters)

I love the ones I have seen so far, figured I would make a tread for us to just post our versions to compare and share. The other thread was getting a bit unwieldy and was more to do with spreading the word on and talking about the Superpac paid trolls of Correct the Record.

Here are mine. Due to the nature of the story I am sure there will be quite a few 1984 themes, I saw one already.

1st one speaks for itself, putting out a poster on love when you have the most militaristic candidate in our party running who has done constant smears and dirty tricks.


This one is playing on how she plays on her record the first
time in the house.


This one is pointing out how much these just look like ads.


And the whole paid for thing.


These last two are just Big Brother sylte ones in response to the Correct the Record's Orwellian ways.




A refresher course on the Superpac
April 23, 2016

Why is it ok to be sexist to all of the Bernie Supporters?

It seems like a massive double standard that we can be called "Bernie Bros" with impunity because we are voting one way regardless of you sex,age,race,orientation. If we called the Hillary camp Hillbroettes (according to urban this is the female version) the HRC camp would be up in arms. They freaked about coronation, an a sexual word. I am getting tired of these Bernie Bro posts, why, because as a decent person I abhor sexism, but the people here seem to lack the morals to know what is ok to do with certain words. If you accuse someone that cares about sexism over and over it is offensive, if you accuse someone about sexism because they are a guy? That is sexism, that is the very f@cking definition. From this point on I am just going to post the same line,"You are a sexist, your posts are insulting. NT". since it is not worth our time to deal with them, and since no one feels that is it disruptive, or offensive to go on about Bernie Bros post after post, completely off topic of the original post. I tired talking, I tried responding with equal ire, I tried ignoring, and I tried reporting...but since no one seems to see why it is offensive that is my only option. The posters don't deserve more than a simple repeated mantra of what they are doing. Sexism is a horrible thing, but to use it as a tool for your own political means is disgusting and disservice to all of the women that actually deal with it every day. Responding to them in an equally sexist way must be what they are hoping for, and it is just sick and so pathetic to watch. it seems our party has become nothing more than cons and smear artists that have little concern for the people, but only self interest .

April 23, 2016

Following images are are part of paid troll campaign by Hillary super pac.

Last post was locked, not sure why, so now I am making it just information.
Here are two articles on the Super Pac and its plans...

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/hillary-clintons-super-pac-taking-a-page-from-vlad.html
http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-super-pac-busted/

Here is the website...

http://correctrecord.org/barrier-breakers-2016-a-project-of-correct-the-record/

Here are the memes directly from the website of the paid trolls they are passing out and using.




April 22, 2016

Should the “Correct the Record" paid trolls for Hillary get their own group?

This is going to get way worse here though, they have officially released the Kracken.

Oh should add article title...

Hillary Clinton's Super PAC, Taking a Page from Vladimir Putin, Spends $1 Million on Online Trolls


“Correct the Record” is a pro-Clinton super PAC founded and run by a man named David Brock—a former conservative hit man whose greatest hits include the vicious defaming of sexual assault victim Anita Hill when she threatened to subvert the Supreme Court appointment of conservative justice Clarence Thomas. Just for fun, here’s Brock on himself from a 2001 “confession” designed to promote his tell-all, come-to-Jesus book:

Describing an article he wrote for The American Spectator, a conservative magazine, in 1992, which became the basis for his book on Ms. Hill, he said he did everything he could to ‘’ruin Hill’s credibility,’’ using ‘’virtually every derogatory and often contradictory allegation I had collected on Hill into the vituperative mix.’‘

‘’I demonized Democratic senators, their staffs, and Hill’s feminist supporters without ever interviewing any of them,’’ he continued.


Using a tactic called “astro-turfing,” Clinton surrogates like Brock have attempted to advance the concept of the “Bernie Bro,” and to promote the idea that Sanders supporters are little more than a sexist cult. The moderator of the thriving Bernie Sanders for President Reddit page, preparing for an onslaught, recently outlined one common form these attacks take:

1. Create fake accounts

2. Establish that they are Bernie supporters by making them tweet about Bernie

3. Harass journalists and influencers in their @ mentions

4. Have other elites/influencers quote tweet these fake accounts and say they are hurting Bernie’s brand

5. Pitch a story to The Atlantic about the phenomenon of “Bernie Bros”

6.Establish a narrative that Bernie’s supporters are all racist, sexist young males who harass people online.

7. Make it more difficult for Sanders to expand his coalition by tainting the view of said coalition for women, people of color, and anyone who just doesn’t like online harassment/bullying.



Yesterday, Correct the Record announced they’d be taking it a step further. A new initiative called “Barrier Breakers 2016” will use $1 million (for now) to “help Clinton supporters push back on online harassment and thank superdelegates.”

This is a comical definition that does its best to hide the true purpose: Paying online trolls to support Hillary and antagonize Bernie and his supporters in an attempt to level the playing field. More language from the statement:

In response to these attacks on supporters and superdelegates, Correct The Record is launching the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force. While Hillary Clinton fights to break down barriers and bring America together, the Barrier Breakers 2016 digital task force will serve as a resource for supporters looking for positive content and push-back to share with their online progressive communities, as well as thanking prominent supporters and committed superdelegates on social media.


Waaaaaaaaaay too much to post from this article.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/04/hillary-clintons-super-pac-taking-a-page-from-vlad.html


Claim what you will about the right wing supposedly doing it, because it is finally out that Hillary's crew is actually doing it.

April 22, 2016

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April 22, 2016

I may get my response hidden but this poster has gone too far I think by using "rape" in their sig.



Am I wrong for being offended by this tasteless person? Use sexism all you want to smear people but don't F@CKING use rape!
April 20, 2016

How much has he given to their campaigns?

That was an actual post on responding to why the Super Delegates are not supporting the votes of the people!

This is actual "quid pro quo", the current legal definition of bribery...
Quid pro quo ("something for something" or "this for that" in Latin) means an exchange of goods or services, where one transfer is contingent upon the other.

Is our party this corrupt that we openly cite rules for how our party works that are breaking the laws?

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