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IDK it seems revealing that there are a lot of things Facebook expressly says it won't allow -- claims that produce "voter suppression" or which constitue "bullying" -- but that fact-checking claims in politician's ads is somehow a bridge too far?
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Also it seems effed up for Zuck to cloak these convoluted standards in the guise of free speech and the 1st Amendment when, at least to my layperson's understanding, false statements of fact aren't protected speech in the US.
It's also not without irony that Zuckerberg is gaslighting people about Facebook's origin story in a speech where he explains why Facebook won't enforce any standards on the truthfulness of claims made by political actors.
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Again, not a ton of recent polls. But it does seem like Warren's numbers are flat after several months of continuous improvement.

53eig.ht/2Wnom9Q
A couple of interrelated observations:

1) Warren's still in a pretty good position
2) At some point, she'll need to expand her coalition further and she may have picked off most of the low-hanging fruit.
3) "Momentum" is a bit overrated
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A lot of the analysis that asks "how is Biden still winning?" seems to miss a major element in his support: A lot of D voters are moderate, or "somewhat liberal" rather than "very liberal", and prefer Biden's somewhat liberal, Obama-ish policy positions to Warren/Bernie/etc.
I'm a broken record on this, but the contrast between the media perception of Biden's doing vs. the polls is fairly profound and should probably beget more self-reflection. He's basically in the same position in the RCP average today (27%) as when he launched his campaign (29%).
Biden's still an underdog relative to the field IMO. Certainly not the most robust frontrunner. Warren campaign going well. Others have a shot. But his position has been steady enough for long enough that some of the savvy early DC takes on his viability already qualify as wrong.
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Of course not many On Here talking about this poll since it doesn't match The Narrative. This poll is perhaps a mild outlier in Biden's direction, but in the averages, there's been no sign of a Biden decline in recent polls, and only scant evidence for a Buttigieg surge.
Speaking of which, here's a chat we did about the supposed Buttigieg surge. I do think he has a decent path to the nomination! But the notion that something major has suddenly *changed* in the past week is just a completely bullshit DC/NYC insider story. 53eig.ht/2PiYF8Z
Never mind PREDICTION, i.e. what will happen in the future. It will never cease to amaze you how often the media narrative about polling fails to match what's happening RIGHT NOW in front of your eyes, if you just look at a polling average for yourself.
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I should take this one if that's okay.

The @factchecknet and/or @Poynter do not run fact-checking for Facebook in any capacity. Facebook runs its 3rd Party Fact-Checking program with the program partners one to one.
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