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.@EricTrump just started following Gab's twitter account.

Gab is a fringe social media site that caters to white supremacists

The white supremacist who murdered 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue used Gab
@EricTrump I reported Tuesday that @Amazon was hosting a fundraising site for Gab. In response, Amazon took down the site, saying Gab violates its TOS.

You can read more about it in my newsletter, Popular Information. Sign up at popular.info

Also important: The Republican candidate for North Carolina's 9th District (Special Election September 10) is an investor in Gab.

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Judd Legum
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1. Political ads on Facebook are still an absolute mess and the new policies announced yesterday will do little to solve the problem.

What really grinds my gears is that Facebook, a $500B company, expects other people to solve its problems

popular.info/p/move-slow-an…
2. Here's how a Facebook spokesperson put it: "We know we can’t do this alone, and by housing these ads for up to seven years, people, regulators, third parties and watchdog groups can hold these groups more accountable"

Excuse me?

popular.info/p/move-slow-an…
3. Facebook is making a lot of money. The top presidential candidates have spend $25 million on Facebook ads already this year.

But it expects "watchdog groups" to root out bad actors? Shifting this responsibility to others is a way to increase profits

popular.info/p/move-slow-an…
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Judd Legum
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1. The right-wing has hijacked the 1st Amendment

It is NOT about the ability of white supremacists to spread hate on private social networks like Twitter

It is about the gov't using its power to restrict speech

And that's what's happening

popular.info/p/speak-freely
2. An incoming Harvard freshman had his visa revoked at the airport because an CBP official searched his phone & didn't like what his FRIENDS posted

Its a consequence of Trump's policy of "extreme vetting," including scrutiny of social media accounts

popular.info/p/speak-freely
3. It's not an isolated incident. Abdikadir Mohamed was detained for 19 MONTHS after a CBP officer found a publicly available press release in his email

While detained he contracted a serious illness

He was finally granted asylum and released last month popular.info/p/speak-freely
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Judd Legum
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"Evangelical leader and prominent Donald Trump backer Jerry Falwell Jr personally approved real estate transactions by his nonprofit Christian university that helped his personal fitness trainer obtain valuable university property"

reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Crosswhite, a 23-year-old pool personal trainer and recent graduate now "owns a sprawling 18-acre racquet sports and fitness facility on former Liberty property."

Crosswhite was able to borrow $2 million against the property last year.
NOTE: This is not the pool boy. That's another young man, Giancarlo Granda, who Falwell helped start a multi-million dollar business.

Crosswhite could get him into more trouble because he potentially misused university assets.
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In the immediate aftermath of the white nationalist terror attack in Christchurch, NZ, a variety of #FalseFlag conspiracy theories regarding the shootings began circulating on social media.

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The shutdown of Gab is NOT about a shooter’s posts on social media. They shut down Gab to prevent millions of Americans from joining a social media site that allows free speech. When Gab hit the msm today, MILLIONS of people heard about them for the first time. @getongab #Gab
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Social media postings of alleged #Pittsburgh shooter show adherence to antisemitic conspiracy theory that Jews are trying to destroy the white race through immigration - aka "white genocide."
This is also what white supremacists meant in Charlottesville when they chanted “Jews will not replace us!”
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