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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein
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To portray its critics as Soros-backed, Facebook hired a PR firm called Definers Public Affairs.

That firm is headed by Joe Pounder, who also runs America Rising — a right-wing oppo group Trump's Acting AG Matt Whitaker hired for "research" in 2015-16: tyt.com/stories/4vZLCH…
Definers and America Rising even list identical business addresses
Here's the bombshell NYT report about Facebook hiring a PR firm, Definers Public Affairs, to portray its critics as Soros-backed:
nytimes.com/2018/11/14/tec…
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The firm also supplied the tear gas used on demonstrators in Ferguson & Standing Rock
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Trump’s new DOJ chief is still working for *14* different companies, per Iowa state records I reviewed.

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This may violate DOJ ethics rules:
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America Rising LLC | PAC | America Rising Squared | Definers Public Affairs. desmogblog.com/america-rising…
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On Wednesday, The New York Times published a blockbuster report on the failures of Facebook’s management team during the past three years. It's.... not flattering, to say the least. Here are six follow-up questions that merit more investigation. 1/ wired.trib.al/MUKoQct
1) During the past year, most of the anger at Facebook has been directed at Mark Zuckerberg. The question now is whether Sheryl Sandberg, the executive charged with solving Facebook’s hardest problems, has caused a few too many of her own. 2/ wired.trib.al/MUKoQct
2) One of the juiciest sentences in @nytimes’ piece involves a research group called Definers Public Affairs, which Facebook hired to look into the funding of the company’s opposition. What other tech company was paying Definers to smear Apple? 3/ wired.trib.al/MUKoQct
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‼️@Facebook hired Definers Public Affairs tied to American Rising an Alt Right group and Matt Whitaker to shift blame to Soros and others- AND @Redrum_of_Crows tied them to the Russian IP matrix‼️ cc @maddow @kenklippenstein
🔥Why the hell do all these websites that are linked to #TrumpPropaganda link to the #TrumpRussiaMatrix⁉️🎩 tip @Redrum_of_Crows threadreaderapp.com/thread/1062895…
💥What are IP addresses and what does it mean if they are EXACTLY the same or consecutive⁉️pc.net/helpcenter/ans…
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#SHOCKER: Facebook used disinformation, aggressive lobbying, and a PR firm to shield itself from being exposed for their role in #TrumpRussia🇷🇺. The rest of this story seems to throw Sheryl Sandberg under the bus to save her brother, Mark Zuckerberg.🙄

nytimes.com/2018/11/14/tec…
In case you didn’t think they could sink any lower, #Facebook hired @GOP PR to blame Soros for any criticism, while simultaneously smearing other critics for being anti-Semitic.🙄
And if Mark Zuckerberg was SO clueless and “didn’t know anything” about Facebook being used as a propaganda tool, then WHY IS HE THE CEO AND CHAIRMAN of this massive, international company⁉️🤨
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