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Madam45for2923
Madam45for2923's Journal
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October 14, 2017
When I was young I dropped the ball & it hurt LGBTQ in CO w/some stupid Amendment
I was just out from military service, nicely married to my fellow military hubby honey.
Minding my FUCKING BUSINESS w/o a care.
I did not believe this amendment would pass b/c in my young mind it was so rude.
How could fellow human beings try to hurt others just because.
But it did & they did.
THIS WAS MY WAKE-UP CALL.
I joined whatever I needed to fight the fight and take this bullshit amendment all the way to the supreme court.
Which we did and it got to be overturned a couple years later.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME I KNEW I ALLOWED HUMAN BEINGS SOULS TO BE HURT UNDER MY WATCH.
I thought about how they must've felt. To know that others surrounding them did not wish them well.
Wanting them to be stamped & stomped on.
This must've hurt their humanity.
Which hurt mine.
October 14, 2017
Donald so stressed lately he stopped making supermodel pouty face!
He used to do this all the time:
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Now he does this showing his lower teeth:
It is as if he does not have the emotional and physical strength to do the pout he thought was so cute on him.
People really give themselves in the littlest and biggest things, LOL!
October 14, 2017
Harvard study: Breitbart dominated 2016 immigration coverage
Research from Harvard University shows that the media was tilted towards Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Robert Faris and Farai Chideya join Ari Melber to discuss. Duration: 7:27
THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER 8/25/17
Video also here: http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/harvard-study-breitbart-dominated-2016-immigration-coverage-1032779843998
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Harvard study: Breitbart dominated 2016 immigration coverage & tilted towards Donald Trump
Harvard study: Breitbart dominated 2016 immigration coverage
Research from Harvard University shows that the media was tilted towards Donald Trump in the 2016 election. Robert Faris and Farai Chideya join Ari Melber to discuss. Duration: 7:27
THE BEAT WITH ARI MELBER 8/25/17
Video also here: http://www.msnbc.com/the-beat-with-ari-melber/watch/harvard-study-breitbart-dominated-2016-immigration-coverage-1032779843998
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October 14, 2017
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-info-war-tactics-in-us-election-continue-903442499654
Listen to Mr. Mattes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1112&v=P2ujhoTqRtQ
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2017/03/23/russia-duped-bernie-fans-via-facebook-san-diego-dems-told/
Russia Continues Info-War Tactics In US Rachel Maddow MSNBC
Very informative:
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/russian-info-war-tactics-in-us-election-continue-903442499654
Listen to Mr. Mattes here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1112&v=P2ujhoTqRtQ
https://timesofsandiego.com/politics/2017/03/23/russia-duped-bernie-fans-via-facebook-san-diego-dems-told/
October 14, 2017
http://ihavenotv.com/the-persuasion-machine-secrets-of-silicon-valley (USA)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b091zhtk/secrets-of-silicon-valley-series-1-2-the-persuasion-machine (UK)
In an online BBC video, Theresa Hong, the Donald Trump campaign’s Digital Content Director, has made a number of startling confessions that she seems to think were bragging points. She’s revealed that Cambridge Analytica, the company suspected of having used voter data stolen by the Russian government to plot its online marketing strategy on Trump’s behalf, ran its operations out of the same offices where the Trump campaign itself was plotting its paid Facebook ad strategy. But the truly shocking revelation is who else she admits was in the building, which Trump’s people called “Project Alamo.”
The BBC interviewer asks Hong, “What were Facebook and Google and YouTube people actually doing here? Why were they here?” She responds by saying “They were helping us, you know. They were basically our hands-on partners as far as being able to utilize the platform as effectively as possible.” Shen then bragged “When you’re pumping in millions and millions of dollars to these social platforms, you’re going to get white glove treatment. So they would send people, you know, representatives to the Project Alamo to ensure that all our needs were being met.” Watch the shocking BBC video below
http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/facebook-employees-trump-office/4784/
Propaganda War: FB, Twitter, Russia, the GOP & Trump. Watch & Read the Thread.
https://twitter.com/AHamiltonSpirit/status/905616710039986176
FB, YouTube, Twitter, Cambridge Analytica, Russia, the GOP & Trump. (w FULL VIDEO)
FULL VIDEO HERE:http://ihavenotv.com/the-persuasion-machine-secrets-of-silicon-valley (USA)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b091zhtk/secrets-of-silicon-valley-series-1-2-the-persuasion-machine (UK)
In an online BBC video, Theresa Hong, the Donald Trump campaign’s Digital Content Director, has made a number of startling confessions that she seems to think were bragging points. She’s revealed that Cambridge Analytica, the company suspected of having used voter data stolen by the Russian government to plot its online marketing strategy on Trump’s behalf, ran its operations out of the same offices where the Trump campaign itself was plotting its paid Facebook ad strategy. But the truly shocking revelation is who else she admits was in the building, which Trump’s people called “Project Alamo.”
The BBC interviewer asks Hong, “What were Facebook and Google and YouTube people actually doing here? Why were they here?” She responds by saying “They were helping us, you know. They were basically our hands-on partners as far as being able to utilize the platform as effectively as possible.” Shen then bragged “When you’re pumping in millions and millions of dollars to these social platforms, you’re going to get white glove treatment. So they would send people, you know, representatives to the Project Alamo to ensure that all our needs were being met.” Watch the shocking BBC video below
http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/facebook-employees-trump-office/4784/
Propaganda War: FB, Twitter, Russia, the GOP & Trump. Watch & Read the Thread.
https://twitter.com/AHamiltonSpirit/status/905616710039986176
Secrets Of Silicon Valley
Series 1: 2. The Persuasion Machine
Jamie Bartlett reveals how Silicon Valley's mission to connect the world is disrupting democracy, helping plunge us into an age of political turbulence. Many of the Tech Gods were dismayed when Donald Trump - who holds a very different worldview - won the American presidency, but did they actually help him to win? With the help of a key insider from the Trump campaign's digital operation, Jamie unravels for the first time the role played by social media and Facebook's vital role in getting Trump into the White House. But how did Facebook become such a powerful player?
Jamie learns how Facebook's vast power to persuade was first built for advertisers, combining data about our internet use and psychological insights into how we think. A leading psychologist then shows Jamie how Facebook's hoard of data about us can be used to predict our personalities and other psychological traits. He interrogates the head of the big data analytics firm that targeted millions of voters on Facebook for Trump - he tells Jamie this revolution is unstoppable. But is this great persuasion machine now out of control? Exploring the emotional mechanisms that supercharge the spread of fake news on social media, Jamie reveals how Silicon Valley's persuasion machine is now being exploited by political forces of all kinds, in ways no one - including the Tech Gods who created it - may be able to stop.
Series 1: 2. The Persuasion Machine
Jamie Bartlett reveals how Silicon Valley's mission to connect the world is disrupting democracy, helping plunge us into an age of political turbulence. Many of the Tech Gods were dismayed when Donald Trump - who holds a very different worldview - won the American presidency, but did they actually help him to win? With the help of a key insider from the Trump campaign's digital operation, Jamie unravels for the first time the role played by social media and Facebook's vital role in getting Trump into the White House. But how did Facebook become such a powerful player?
Jamie learns how Facebook's vast power to persuade was first built for advertisers, combining data about our internet use and psychological insights into how we think. A leading psychologist then shows Jamie how Facebook's hoard of data about us can be used to predict our personalities and other psychological traits. He interrogates the head of the big data analytics firm that targeted millions of voters on Facebook for Trump - he tells Jamie this revolution is unstoppable. But is this great persuasion machine now out of control? Exploring the emotional mechanisms that supercharge the spread of fake news on social media, Jamie reveals how Silicon Valley's persuasion machine is now being exploited by political forces of all kinds, in ways no one - including the Tech Gods who created it - may be able to stop.
October 14, 2017
THE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP PART TWO: KING OF DIAMONDS
THE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP PART THREE: THE BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
Although still in its early days, Donald Trump’s presidency is coming under fire. The Russians are alleged to be in possession of sensitive information about Trump. And that exposes Trump to blackmail. Fake news, tweets Trump: “I have nothing to do with Russia – no deals, no loans, no nothing!” Trump swears he has no ties with the Russians. But is that actually the case?
In the second part of our programme about Donald Trump’s controversial friends, we will set our sights on the Russian Jewish billionaire Lev Leviev, who is controversial because he is suspected of trading in blood diamonds. He is one of the world’s biggest diamond traders and owns prestigious stores in New York and Moscow, but he is also the owner of Siebel, the Netherlands’ biggest jewellery chain. Leviev has ties with Russian president Putin, US president Trump and his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. Trump, however, claims he hardly knows this “King of Diamonds” . Zembla investigates Lev Leviev’s business empire.
https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/de-omstreden-vrienden-van-donald-trump-de-russen
https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/the-dubious-friends-of-donald-trump-part-two-king-of-diamonds
Will Donald Trump go down due to his dubious ties to the former Soviet Union? The president seems to be getting in deeper and deeper. Special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is investigating if Trump colluded with Russia in order to win the elections, is also digging into Trump's past as a business man. In that past, one of Donald Trump's business partners plays a crucial role, Felix Sater. A convicted felon who has ties with the Russian mafia. Last May, Zembla disclosed how an American real estate company, run by Sater, used Dutch mailbox companies within a network, which has been suspected of laundering money. Allegedly $1.5 million dollars had been diverted. Donald Trump developed hotels and apartment complexes with this suspicious company.
In the last few months ZEMBLA received indications of a greater fraud. A billion dollar fraud. And here Sater, Trump's questionable business partner, shows up, as well. The money trail leads to Kazakhstan, to real estate projects in New York and again to the Netherlands. ZEMBLA investigates: How compromising is this case for the current president of America?
https://zembla.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/the-controversial-friends-of-donald-trump-part-iii-the-billion-dollar-fraud
The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump parts 1,2 & 3: The Russians, King of Diamonds, Billion$ Fraud
THE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP PART ONE: THE RUSSIANSTHE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP PART TWO: KING OF DIAMONDS
THE DUBIOUS FRIENDS OF DONALD TRUMP PART THREE: THE BILLION DOLLAR FRAUD
Although still in its early days, Donald Trump’s presidency is coming under fire. The Russians are alleged to be in possession of sensitive information about Trump. And that exposes Trump to blackmail. Fake news, tweets Trump: “I have nothing to do with Russia – no deals, no loans, no nothing!” Trump swears he has no ties with the Russians. But is that actually the case?
In the second part of our programme about Donald Trump’s controversial friends, we will set our sights on the Russian Jewish billionaire Lev Leviev, who is controversial because he is suspected of trading in blood diamonds. He is one of the world’s biggest diamond traders and owns prestigious stores in New York and Moscow, but he is also the owner of Siebel, the Netherlands’ biggest jewellery chain. Leviev has ties with Russian president Putin, US president Trump and his son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner. Trump, however, claims he hardly knows this “King of Diamonds” . Zembla investigates Lev Leviev’s business empire.
https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/de-omstreden-vrienden-van-donald-trump-de-russen
https://zembla.vara.nl/dossier/uitzending/the-dubious-friends-of-donald-trump-part-two-king-of-diamonds
Will Donald Trump go down due to his dubious ties to the former Soviet Union? The president seems to be getting in deeper and deeper. Special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is investigating if Trump colluded with Russia in order to win the elections, is also digging into Trump's past as a business man. In that past, one of Donald Trump's business partners plays a crucial role, Felix Sater. A convicted felon who has ties with the Russian mafia. Last May, Zembla disclosed how an American real estate company, run by Sater, used Dutch mailbox companies within a network, which has been suspected of laundering money. Allegedly $1.5 million dollars had been diverted. Donald Trump developed hotels and apartment complexes with this suspicious company.
In the last few months ZEMBLA received indications of a greater fraud. A billion dollar fraud. And here Sater, Trump's questionable business partner, shows up, as well. The money trail leads to Kazakhstan, to real estate projects in New York and again to the Netherlands. ZEMBLA investigates: How compromising is this case for the current president of America?
https://zembla.bnnvara.nl/nieuws/the-controversial-friends-of-donald-trump-part-iii-the-billion-dollar-fraud
October 14, 2017
TIMELINE HERE: http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
The Comprehensive Timeline Of Donald Trump's History With Russia The Last Word MSNBC
The Comprehensive Timeline Of Donald Trump's History With Russia | The Last Word | MSNBCTIMELINE HERE: http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
October 14, 2017
Q: Have the Facebook Russian ADS targeted to the left been released yet? WTF is taking so long???
Were those the ADS Facebook deleted?
October 14, 2017
Roger Stone founds a lobbying practice with Paul Manafort, who is a childhood friend. Trump becomes one of Stone’s first clients. In the 1980s, Trump hires Manafort as his lawyer on gambling and real-estate issues. By 1988, Stone is one of Trump’s closest advisers. http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
1979
Roy Cohn Introduces Trump to Nixon ‘Dirty Trickster’ Roger Stone
1980
Stone and Manafort Go Into Business
Roger Stone founds a lobbying practice with Paul Manafort; Trump becomes one of Stone’s first clients. In the 1980s, Trump hires Manafort as his lawyer on gambling and real estate issues. By 1988, Stone is one of Trump’s closest advisers.
1984
Alleged Russian Mobster Buys Condos in Trump Tower
David Bogatin, a 38-year-old former Soviet Army pilot and Russian émigré who arrived in America seven years earlier with just $3 in his pocket, pays $6 million for five condominium units in a luxurious new Manhattan high-rise, Trump Tower. At the time, Russian mobsters were beginning to invest in high-end US real estate as a way to launder money from their criminal enterprises.
2000
Trump and Stone Explore Presidential Run
Roger Stone serves as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential exploratory advisory committee.
2002
Felix Sater Enters the Picture
Russian-born Felix Sater and his company Bayrock Group — a Trump Tower tenant — begin working with Trump on a series of real estate development deals, one of which becomes Trump SoHo.
MORE HERE:
A Timeline: Russia and President Trump
http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
The Comprehensive Timeline Of Donald Trump's History With Russia | The Last Word | MSNBC
Rachel is making a mistake IMO: Manafort, Trump, Stone go way back to 1980.
Manafort, Trump, Stone go way back to 1980 & Sater to 2002
Roger Stone founds a lobbying practice with Paul Manafort, who is a childhood friend. Trump becomes one of Stone’s first clients. In the 1980s, Trump hires Manafort as his lawyer on gambling and real-estate issues. By 1988, Stone is one of Trump’s closest advisers. http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
1979
Roy Cohn Introduces Trump to Nixon ‘Dirty Trickster’ Roger Stone
1980
Stone and Manafort Go Into Business
Roger Stone founds a lobbying practice with Paul Manafort; Trump becomes one of Stone’s first clients. In the 1980s, Trump hires Manafort as his lawyer on gambling and real estate issues. By 1988, Stone is one of Trump’s closest advisers.
1984
Alleged Russian Mobster Buys Condos in Trump Tower
David Bogatin, a 38-year-old former Soviet Army pilot and Russian émigré who arrived in America seven years earlier with just $3 in his pocket, pays $6 million for five condominium units in a luxurious new Manhattan high-rise, Trump Tower. At the time, Russian mobsters were beginning to invest in high-end US real estate as a way to launder money from their criminal enterprises.
2000
Trump and Stone Explore Presidential Run
Roger Stone serves as chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential exploratory advisory committee.
2002
Felix Sater Enters the Picture
Russian-born Felix Sater and his company Bayrock Group — a Trump Tower tenant — begin working with Trump on a series of real estate development deals, one of which becomes Trump SoHo.
MORE HERE:
A Timeline: Russia and President Trump
http://billmoyers.com/story/trump-russia-timeline/
FYI:
In 2006, the year he reportedly began working for Deripaska, Manafort bought a condo in Trump Tower for $3,675,000 through an LLC called John Hannah. John is Manafort’s middle name, and Hannah is the middle name of that of his then-business partner, Rick Davis.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-aide-manafort-bought-new-york-homes-cash-n739796
In 2006, the year he reportedly began working for Deripaska, Manafort bought a condo in Trump Tower for $3,675,000 through an LLC called John Hannah. John is Manafort’s middle name, and Hannah is the middle name of that of his then-business partner, Rick Davis.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-aide-manafort-bought-new-york-homes-cash-n739796
The Comprehensive Timeline Of Donald Trump's History With Russia | The Last Word | MSNBC
October 14, 2017
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