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1. There are 351 days until the presidential election and Facebook's policy to allow politicians to lie in ads is already a disaster

popular.info/p/open-season
2. The Trump campaign is regularly running ads on Facebook that feature claims that have been debunked by Facebook's third-party fact-checkers.

Like this ad which claims the Mueller Report was a "total exoneration" for Trump

popular.info/p/open-season
3. Facebook says that it will fact check political ads by non-candidates. But it's approving ads w/blatant lies. Facebook approved an ad by a PAC that made it seem like Obama was encouraging blacks not to vote for Democrats.

popular.info/p/open-season
4. Facebook doesn't use humans to vet any of these ads. It relies on algorithms that are unable to identify misinformation. It's plan is to rely on others to catch the lies and then (possibly) take action after the fact. But by then it's much too late. popular.info/p/open-season
5. Facebook is a $500 billion company that accepts money to spread misinformation. There is too much at stake to turn the other way.

That's why I'm spending time doing what Facebook won't do.

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1. One of the discouraging thing about American politics is so much of it is a meta discussion on what other people might support

Buttigieg's new ad on his free college plan for families making 100K or less by claims it will "gather a majority"

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2. Meanwhile, Buttigieg says plans by his opponents to provide free college for everyone will "turn off half the country."

It's a missed opportunity because we could have a real policy debate:

Should a program for free college be targeted or universal?

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In my newsletter today, I do something that's increasingly rare: I dive into the actual policy debate.

This isn't a debate that started in 2019 and there are a lot of interesting arguments to consider.

Check it out and let me know what you think:

popular.info/p/the-democrat…
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1. Bloomberg News is putting its talented reporters on the sidelines of the 2020 election because its billionaire owner does not want them to produce negative stories about him

It's a dramatic example of a systemic issue — so much of America's media is controlled by billionaires
2. Major news outlets owned by billionaires:

Washington Post (Bezos)

LA Times (Patrick Soon-Shiong)

TIME (Marc Benioff)

Wall Street Journal (Murdoch)

The Atlantic (Powell Jobs)
3. Some of these billionaires seems like they are doing a good job!

But at a time when America has extreme disparities of wealth are billionaires going to run publications that hold the powerful accountable no matter what?

I have my doubts.
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1. CNN and Daily Beast reported that, according to a Giuliani associate, Devin Nunes went to Europe last year to meet w/a former Ukranian prosecutor to get dirt on Biden

Nunes said he will sue both outlets for defamation.

Then Nunes went on Fox News...

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2. Nunes was asked point blank on Fox News if he met the former Ukranian prosecutor in Vienna.

HE REFUSED TO ANSWER.

This is going to be some lawsuit.

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3. I'm beginning to think Nunes isn't the best judge of what makes a meritorious lawsuit.

He's also suing a fictional cow for $250 million

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