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Judd Legum
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1. Facebook is giving MASSIVE distribution to a Facebook page peddling dangerous misinformation about diabetes

Over the 30 days, this page has a larger reach than USA Today

And the LA Times

And BuzzFeed News

And Vox

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
2. The page, Rowdy Republicans, is not about diabetes. Instead, it traffics in right-wing memes and then pairs them with a scam that tells diabetes suffers that they will die a painful death unless they buy a $55 paperback book.

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
3. Facebook has known about this page & the scam since November 2018 and DONE NOTHING

One of the most prominent diabetes experts in the country told me the page is pushing "nonsense" and "dangerous misinformation" that is putting people's lives at risk

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
4. Facebook says it's combating misinformation by partnering with third party fact checkers.

One of Facebook's fact checkers, THE DAILY CALLER, reviewed a post by the Rowdy Republican page in January THAT INCLUDED THE DIABETES SCAM and deemed it "TRUE"

popular.info/p/facebook-giv…
5. Facebook, a $500 billion company, will not hold itself accountable for what appears on its platform.

But Popular Information will.

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Lewandowski just told the Judiciary Committee that he had taken dictation for Trump "many times."

But Lewandowski told Mueller that the only time he ever took dictation from Trump was on June 19, 2017. (Vol 2. Pg 91)

So he either just lied to Congress or lied to Mueller.
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OH SNAP. Hakeem Jeffries just confronted Lewandowski on this contradiction.

"Did you lie to Mueller or are you lying now."

Lewandowski basically accused MUELLER of misrepresenting what he said.
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Judd Legum
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1. Here's the NYT this morning puzzling over Trump's deference to Saudi Arabia and his willingness to let its rulers dictate US foreign policy

Not mentioned, even in passing: Trump's extensive financial relationship with the Saudis

FOLLOW. THE. MONEY.

popular.info/p/the-saudi-mo…
2. The NYT doesn't mention how the Saudi government is propping up Trump's struggling hotels in New York and Chicago

Or how the Saudis are spending vast sums at his hotel in DC

popular.info/p/the-saudi-mo…
3. The NYT doesn't mention how the Saudi government bought an entire floor of one of Trump's condo buildings in NYC

popular.info/p/the-saudi-mo…
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Judd Legum
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1. It's important to understand EXACTLY what's happening to Deborah Ramirez and her allegations against Kavanaugh.

Republicans continue to smear her.

The media continues to diminish her.

She deserves better.

America deserves better.

popular.info/p/supreme-cour…
2. Here are the facts.

Ramirez says that Kavanaugh thrust his penis in her face when she was a freshman in college.

She told SEVEN people about this before Kavanaugh was a federal judge.

It wasn't a Democratic plot to derail Kavanaugh's nomination

popular.info/p/supreme-cour…
3. And yet the NYT buried the extensive corroboration of Ramirez's story in paragraph 9 of an "opinion" piece and then promoted it with a tweet that said: "Having a penis thrust in your face at a drunken dorm party may seem like harmless fun."

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