Their stupid enough to believe that if they continue to wear these things, less people will show up to cast their vote in person, which will in their minds will cause a mail in vote effort..take note of the mentions of upticks in the last few days..they are going for round 2.
Leaked Facebook memo describes company's underwhelming response to global political manipulation
The memo was written by a former Facebook data scientist, who describes what she believes to be an inadequate response system to fake accounts and activities that impact the global political landscape.
A former Facebook data scientist released a 6,600-word memo on her final day at the company detailing what she considers the tech giant's lackluster response to fake accounts and activities that impact elections around the globe. The employee, Sophie Zhang, was fired this month from Facebook for what she says was ongoing friction between her and management about the platform's approach to combating extensive, global manipulation, according to a recent Buzzfeed News report. Zhang argues that the primary focus of the company is to combat "large scale problems," which generally means ordinary spam, as opposed to "coordinated inauthentic behavior" (CIB), which refers to behavior that attempts to influence political outcomes. Her memo describes an internal culture of opting to deal promptly with political manipulation occurring on the platform only when the public and the press indicate interest in the issue. "It's an open secret within the civic integrity space that Facebook's short-term decisions are largely motivated by PR and the potential for negative attention," Zhang wrote.
Specifically, Zhang detailed incidents of political manipulation pertaining to elections and political groups in Honduras, Azerbaijan, Brazil, India, and Ukraine, in addition to hundreds of thousands of accounts spreading coronavirus misinformation in Spain this spring. Zhang wrote that as an enormously powerful industry leader, Facebook "projects an image of strength and competence … but the reality is that many of our actions are slapdash and haphazard accidents." Often, Zhang wrote, deciding whether or not to pursue misinformation campaigns at all is left to mid-tier employees without any oversight "whatsoever." "With all due respect, what she's described is fake likes — which we routinely remove using automated detection," Facebook's Vice President of Integrity Guy Rosen tweeted in response to Zhang's memo. "Like any team in the industry or government, we prioritize stopping the most urgent and harmful threats globally. Fake likes is not one of them." In order to ensure her ability to circulate the memo internally, Zhang reportedly turned down a $64,000 severance package from the company.
https://justthenews.com/nation/technology/leaked-facebook-memo-describes-companys-underwhelming-response-global-political
“I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-ignore-political-manipulation-whistleblower-memo
Jill Biden says voting will make 'this pandemic go away' in official party tweet—will Twitter label it misinformation?
Not only is this a spurious and obviously false claim, but Twitter censors have allowed the missive from the Democrats to stand thus far unchallenged.
Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, has claimed that voting will make "this pandemic go away." Not only is this a spurious and obviously false claim, but Twitter censors have allowed the missive from the Democrats to stand thus far unchallenged. At the same time, Twitter flags funny memes tweeted by Trump as problematic. Misinformation like this is exactly why Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and his platform have created so many policies to combat factual errors, especially when they come from an "expert" source such as the potentially ascendant first lady. Yet, here it is.
The quote from Dr. Biden reads "If you want change in your life, if you want this pandemic to go away so that you can go back to school and back to work, and have good health, you have to vote. It's crucial." This obviously misleading quote equates submitting a ballot to choose a presidential candidate to ending the pandemic, changing your life, opening schools and workplaces, and creating good health. It simply doesn't make any sense. In fact, it reads almost like a hostage note, where one could assume from Dr. Biden's message that a vote for her husband will lead us back to the good old days when there was no pandemic scourge sweeping the earth. Anyone with eyes and even the most simplistic concept of logic can see that there is no presidential candidate that would be able to stop a global plague, not even if a doctor tells us it is so.
https://thepostmillennial.com/jill-biden-claims-that-voting-for-biden-will-make-the-pandemic-go-away
Pelosi Holds House Democrats Hostage As Party Revolts Over Stimulus Impasse
After rejecting a $1.5 trillion bipartisan stimulus compromise supported by 50 House lawmakers, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) vowed to hold the chamber hostage - announcing that the House will remain in session until the parties reach an agreement on the next round of coronavirus relief. During a conference call with the House Democratic Caucus, Pelosi said she wouldn't accept a "skinny" deal - and would instead extend the chamber's calendar until a deal she approves of is struck, according to The Hill. "We have to stay here until we have a bill," she told lawmakers. The surprise development reflects both the severity of the public health and economic crises caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the growing pressure Pelosi is facing from the moderate wing of her party, which is clamoring for leadership to vote on another aid package before Congress leaves town again for the elections. The practical effects of the announcement, however, will likely be slight. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) acknowledged that most lawmakers will likely return to their districts when the scheduled session ends on Oct. 2, leaving party leaders seeking to hash out an agreement with the White House. If such a deal emerges, then members would be called back to Washington. In that sense, the dynamics would look very similar to those surrounding the long August recess, when the Capitol was all but empty. -The Hill. In other words, House Democrats are going to tell Pelosi to pound sand until an agreement is reached. Pelosi's intransigence has ruffled feathers within her own party, as Politico reports that her hardline approach to negotiations - demanding $2.2 trillion at latest count, has frustrated rank-and-file Democrats. Pelosi’s stance is increasingly putting her at odds with moderate members in her caucus, some of whom are growing more vocal in their anger by the day and with less than two months before the election. A call between the centrist New Democrat Coalition and leadership grew heated Tuesday as Pelosi and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) defended their posture, even as several lawmakers pleaded for them to change tacks in the coming weeks. Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-N.Y.) pressed Pelosi on why members wouldn’t stay in town waiting for a deal, to which the speaker told her to “take a poll of your colleagues," according to Democrats on the call. "I'm always here," Pelosi added. And the exchanges only grew stormier after Pelosi dropped off and Hoyer took over. -Politico
"My conviction is to actually do my goddamn job and come up with a solution for the American people," said Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), who added "We have to bring something to the floor." Hoyer, meanwhile, has privately urged Pelosi to reconsider her strategy - though he said "I don't want to undermine Nancy in any way" several times on the House Democratic Caucus conference call. Other Democrats voiced their displeasure as well. "Every member of the leadership team, Democrats and Republicans, have messed up. Everyone is accountable," said Rep. Max Rose (D-NY). "Get something done. Get something done!"
Freshman swing district Democrat Rep. Kendra Horn (D-OK) said "What truly ‘falls short’ is doing nothing. It is flatly unacceptable that congressional leadership is not at the table when businesses are closing, Americans are out of work, and families need help. The political games have to stop." (via Breitbart)
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/pelosi-holds-house-democrats-hostage-party-revolts-over-stimulus-impasse