Steve Bannon was Trump's connection to Cambridge Analytica, the group that largely ran digital operations. Nader met with Israeli social media guy Joel Zamel in August 2016. Zamel and Cambridge signed a contract in late 2016.
The August 2016 meeting is key. Zamel says he wants to influence social media to support Trump. Nader says Saudi and the UAE want to help. If Bannon knew of this meeting, a million new possibilities explode.
It appears the Bannon representative is trying to pass the blame here and instead blames Kushner. "Kushner had a long-term association with Nader" said the Bannon source. It was previously unknown that Kushner had a close relationship with Nader. washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-hou…
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Hostile takeover + selective leaking + emotionally charged rhetoric with little substance. It’s the same, boring playbook. #twitterfiles
Musk and the people with whom he’s surrounded himself are copy-pasting the faux rage machine (see: WikiLeaks, the laptop, masks, etc etc etc etc)
This isn’t an adult discussion about the limitations of online speech. It’s just clickbait for the dying platform.
Make conservatives think it’s an existential crisis to the world, make liberals rage quote tweet = Engagement. It’s such an easy formula for bad actors. It’s tired.
I know people are tired of "collusion" talk, but it doesn't mean that this isn't a huge five-alarm fire still.
Trump received millions (I've heard 8 figures) from Saudi to host the LIV Golf nonsense and now a big real estate deal. He's running for President tomorrow.
All the while, Trump had top secret code word documents in his office at his house.
Operative questions I've yet to see asked of either the Trump or Saudi sides: When and where did the LIV Golf negotiations take place?
Democrats lead in 214 House races. They have to take the lead and win 4 of these for the majority.
CA13, AZ6 look plausible. Maybe CA41? Maybe OR5?
CA22 isn't out of the question either. I think the Democrats best chance is to sweep CA13, CA41, and CA22 and pick up maybe the AZ6 seat or a Boebert recount?
The House is going to be at MOST a 7-seat lead for the GOP. If *everything* goes right for the Democrats, they could hold the House with 219 seats.
Imagine a 218-217 House... It's going to be a long 2 years.