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Any network that airs this live is knowingly participating in a disinformation campaign
Some conflicting info, but @JenniferJJacobs of Bloomberg says the networks will air this live

This show just how deeply the mainstream media misunderstands Trump and his tactics

@JenniferJJacobs This is what happened when Obama gave a primetime address on immigration in 2014
The media largely treats Trump like every other president. This is a perfect test of how far they are willing to go because it's known that Trump is actively spreading misinformation about his border wall

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Judd Legum
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While 800,000 federal workers aren't getting paid, Mnuchin is jetting off to Davos
He's still got it.
UPDATE: They canceled the trip to Davos cnn.com/2019/01/17/pol…
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Judd Legum
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1. It's likely that the current shutdown is illegal.

There is a fundamental misunderstanding of the law in these situations.

Most of the reporting gets it wrong.

Let's review.

popular.info/p/is-the-shutd…
2. The standard line is that the Antideficiency Act (ADA) allows the government to force essential employees to work without pay.

THIS IS NOT TRUE.

In general the ADA prohibits the government from spending money not appropriated by Congress.

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3. The ADA also prohibits the government, in most cases, from accepting volunteer services from government workers.

The exception to this rule is "emergencies involving the safety of human life or the protection of property."

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Judd Legum
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"I never said there was no collusion between the campaign, or between people in the campaign [and Russia]. I have no idea" - Giuliani, 1/16/19

"There was no Russian collusion. We're now a year and a half, two years into this, no Russian collusion, case over" - Giuliani, 5/2/18
"There was no collusion with the Russians. I repeat there was no collusion with the Russians." - Giuliani, 5/16/18
HANNITY: Collusion is not a crime, Mr. Mayor.

GIULIANI: No. If you collude for criminal purposes then it's conspiracy. No such thing happened. No such thing happened, Sean. It didn't happened.

5/16/18
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Its time to talk really sad truths about where we headed because I dont want to interrupt other conversations about semi-related topics.

The sad truth is that Crunchyroll might run #Toonami and that makes me so fucking sick.

Whats worse is that this hurts the medium so much.
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I ran into a rabid Brexiter on my evening walk today. Talked about how happy he was now that UK was leaving the EU. I tried to keep my cool and think I managed to get in a few hard facts, like it’s not the EU forcing a hard border in Ireland #Disinformation #Brexit
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I told him that there had been a massive anti EU disinformation campaign in the UK since the early 1990ies. The lies were so many the EU found it necessary to launch a separate page to debunk it. It has arond 600 entries, I sad.
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Pentagon spokesperson on Syria strikes: “The Russian disinformation campaign has already begun. There has been a 2,000% increase in Russian trolls in the last 24 hours."

...a few comments on this.

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Let me start by saying: Yes, the #disinfo campaign surrounding Syria is very real and very much underway. But it's troubling that a Pentagon spokesperson can't clearly articulate what that means, what it looks like, and what it entails.

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For one thing, the disinformation campaign surrounding Syria didn't just begin. It's been going on for a long time, and it has never ceased.

Here are a few examples — from October 2016.

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I've talked before about Russian #disinformation, and how the goal is to exploit existing divisive issues to weaken the enemy. 1 #InformationWarfare #WednesdayWisdom #CambridgeAnalytica #Russie #Putin #deza
Bernie v. Hillary, Benghazi & the "email scandal" were perfect targets. There was already tension & division on those topics, so they were easy to exploit. 2
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