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1. This Trump campaign Facebook ad, which says there is ten minutes left to enter a contest to have dinner with Trump, has been running for DAYS

Facebook told me it doesn't violate their policy against false and misleading ads

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2. The Facebook spokesperson didn't really try to explain why this clearly false ad didn't violate the rules

The main point was that two Democratic candidates, Gillibrand and Castro, were also running ads with fake deadlines

That doesn't make it better

popular.info/p/lying-is-pro…
3. The actual problem is that Facebook is putting profits ahead of enforcing its rules.

The Trump campaign isn't alone but they take advantage of Facebook's permissiveness more than anyone else

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4. I've documented hundreds Trump ads that violate Facebook's rules. The company usually turns a blind eye.

I will keep scrutinizing Facebook because it's a critical part of the 2020 campaign

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1. One thing that people have almost completely forgotten about is that Trump won in 2016 as a POPULIST

A major part of Trump's core message was criticizing Hillary for her connections to Wall Street and wealthy donors

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2. When Trump entered the race in 2015, he bragged that he would be insusceptible to outside influence because he would self-fund his entire campaign

He would govern for the benefit of the PEOPLE not wealthy donors

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3. Surprise! None of this was really true. Trump accepted donations from the jump.

But flash forward to today and Trump is accepting truckloads of cash from wealthy donors

And he's basically giving them whatever they want in return

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Judd Legum
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1. @Deloitte has signed over $100 million in contracts with ICE since Trump took office

What is the company doing for ICE? It won't say.

But I've obtained internal emails and other info that reveals @Deloitte's role in Trump's brutal policies

popular.info/p/inside-deloi…
@Deloitte 2. A LinkedIn profile by Jim Brown, a "Special Master" @Deloitte says that, at the company, he works on "immigration enforcement," "project management within ICE Enforcement & Removal Operations," and "detention bed space utilization and optimization."

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@Deloitte 3. An internal email, sent to staffers concerned about the ICE work, appears to misrepresent the nature of @Deloitte's work with ICE.

It says its work with ICE involves administering "immigration benefits" and other innocuous-sounding activities.

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Judd Legum
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1. This will be a thread of all the Republican elected officials embracing Trump's racist attacks

(Please reply with other examples.)
2. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) is embracing Trump's racism

3. Congressman Ralph Abraham (R-LA) is embracing Trump's racism

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