UPDATE: Following my report in popular.info yesterday, @Amazon has stopped hosting a fundraising page for Gab, a fringe social media site that caters of white supremacists buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanma…
@amazon This is the power of independent, accountability journalism.
It's why Popular Information has no advertisers and no wealthy donors.
Amazon is an $875 billion company, but reporting can still make a difference
ALSO: As I reported today in popular.info the Republican candidate for North Carolina's 9th district (Special Election September 10) is an INVESTOR in Gab
BTW: I learned of @Amazon hosting Gab through a tip by one of my readers. Then confirmed it after I put out an open call for people familiar with how AWS worked. This is people-powered journalism.
3. America PAC also used Musk's extreme wealth to manipulate people, giving them the impression that they could "win" $1 million by signing a petition when it was not a lottery and the people who received the money were predetermined
1. Trump is not a policy wonk and is not eager to talk about what specific policies he would pursue if he returns to the White House.
But in the closing hours of the campaign things are coming into focus.
Follow this thread for details
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2. One point of contention is Project 2025, the 922-page blueprint written by members of the first Trump administration under the auspices of Heritage.
3. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts, told the Financial Times that he is "personally close" with Trump and talks to him "often." Roberts says that "based on conversations with President Trump and his associates… some large percentage of these recommendations will be in the mix for implementation."
He chose, despite his conflicts, to intervene in the paper's editorial decisions & spike an endorsement of Harris
Bezos claims people who care about journalism have no choice but to accept his decisions — and trust his benevolent leadership
2. The only alternative giving him a pass, according to Bezos, is to rely on "off-the-cuff podcasts, inaccurate social media posts and other unverified news sources."
But it is possible to do meaningful journalism without being under the thumb of a conflicted billionaire
Independent outlets like @ProPublica, @404mediaco, @MarshallProj, the @TexasTribune, @MotherJones, the @TheProspect, @BulwarkOnline and, yes, Popular Information do it every day
1. @ElonMusk is spending 9-figures to elect Trump, appears alongside Trump at rallies, and his Super PAC is coordinating w/the Trump campaign
Musk just produced the most misogynistic ad in the history of politics
Coverage of the ad has ranged from muted to non-existent
2. "America really can't afford a 'C-Word' in the White House right now," America PAC posted, adding a laughing emoji. "Kamala Harris is a ‘C word,’" the narrator of the ad says. "You heard that right. A big ole ‘C word.’"
3. The "joke" of the ad is that Harris is a "communist." Of course, Harris is not a communist. And the ad makes no effort to show she is a communist. The line is only included as a pretext to repeatedly use a crass, misogynistic slur against Harris.
1. Three GOP state senators in North Carolina have demanded an investigation of state Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs
They claim that Riggs has "blatantly violated" the Code of Judicial Conduct
Riggs' transgression? She mentioned reproductive rights in a campaign ad.
2. In a TV ad, Riggs says that "women should be in charge of our own reproductive health care"
She notes that the GOP nominee for Governor, Mark Robinson, supported a total abortion ban and her opponent "could decide if [Robinson's] ban becomes law"
3. In a letter to colleagues announcing their request for an investigation, the Republican Senators claim that the North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct "prohibits any judicial candidate, regardless of the office they seek, from taking a position on any issue that may appear before the court."
This is false.
The North Carolina Code of Judicial Conduct states that judges "should abstain from public comment about the merits of a pending proceeding in any state or federal court dealing with a case or controversy arising in North Carolina." Riggs’ ad does not comment on any pending court proceeding.