‼️Study of 38 million English-language articles about the #CoronavirusPandemic finds that mentions of Trump made up nearly 38% of the overall “misinformation conversation,” making the Trump the largest driver of the “infodemic —LIES about the #pandemic.🤬 nytimes.com/2020/09/30/us/…
Lead @Cornell researcher Sarah Evanega says that Trump "was the single largest driver of misinformation around #Covid. That’s concerning in that there are real-world dire health implications.”
The study identified 11 topics of misinformation. By far the most prevalent one was “miracle cures,” including Trump’s hawking of #hydroxychloroquine and disinfectants as potential #COVID19 treatments, accounting for more misinformation than the other 10 topics *combined*.🤬
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean at @JohnsHopkinsSPH says that, in the absence of treatments or vaccines, honest and consistent messaging is essential: “This is what we need to save lives. If it’s not done well, you get far more infections and deaths.”💥
🚨BREAKING: nearly 2 years after the January 6 #Insurrection, the @FBI increased its reward by 5-fold to $500,000 for info leading to the arrest of the #terrorist who left 2 pipe bombs near the @DNC & @GOP HQs the day before the assault.
The January 6th pipe bomb #terrorist wore a face mask, glasses, gloves and a grey-hooded sweatshirt and **#Nike Air Max Speed Turf shoes** (photo below).
Someone knows this #terrorist—PLEASE SHARE lFAR AND WIDE.
‼️Images and video of the #terrorist, the suspect’s backpack & shoes, the pipe bombs, and a map of the route the terrorist walked are here👉🏼fbi.gov/wanted/seeking…
Many innocent people could have been killed or harmed.
Oleg Eremenko is a former officer in the GRU (🇷🇺military intelligence) who served inside #Russia: “I served, and that’s it,” he said. “I’m now in #Germany in, let’s say, a civilian status,” promoting Russian culture and memorialising WW2 dead.
Cool story, bro.🙄
Max Schlund—Rostislav Teslyuk in #Russia—is a former officer in the Russian Air Force. He traveled w/Elena Kolbasnikova to Donbas to give aid. In a video, they thanked the People's Front—headed by Putin—for help organizing the trip.
🚨BREAKING: George Santos admits to using cash from his firm—#Devolder Organization—to fund his campaign with an allegedly ILLEGAL $700,000 corporate contribution.
It’s legal to use personal cash, but corporate cash is ILLEGAL.🧵
⚠️Santos admits he took money from his #Devolder to bankroll his campaign & the $700,000 in loans “was the money I paid myself through the Devolder Organization”👉🏼ILLEGAL
His financial disclosure shows a $750,000 salary from Devolder + dividends between $1-5 million.🧐
‼️Previous financial disclosures show Santos & his #Devolder firm didn’t have very much money—so what are the origins of his $700,000?
‼️Right-wing judicial activist Leonard Leo (then-EVP of the Federalist Society) helped facilitate the sale of Kellyanne Conway’s polling company in 2017 **while she was advising Trump** on Leo’s handpicked list of SCOTUS candidates.
The sale came at a critical moment for Kellyanne▶️her ownership had come under Congressional scrutiny for potential “conflicts of interest,” likely creating pressure to unload it even though its value was unclear and she was its biggest asset but committed to her WH job.🙄
Leo—via one of his dark money groups—helped finance the transaction between Kellyanne and Creative Response Concepts Inc (CRC) *worth between $1 million and $5 million*.
At the time, CRC was also bringing in millions of dollars from dark money groups to promote Leo’s picks.🤬
🔥DECIMATED: One of #Russia’s most formidable combat units—the 200th Separate Motor Rifle Brigade that protects Russia’s Arctic nuclear submarine arsenal—sent its best fighters & weapons to #Ukraine this year and was DESTROYED.
🚨Jesse Benton—former campaign manager for #MoscowMitch and Ron & @RandPaul—found GUILTY on 6 counts of illegally funneling #Russian money to Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Benton was previously convicted of 4 felonies, but Trump pardoned him.🤬
‼️Jesse Benton—former campaign manager for #MoscowMitch and Ron & @RandPaul—not only ILLEGALLY funneled #Russian cash to Trump’s campaign, he also was #busted ON VIDEO scheming to funnel $2 million of ILLEGAL money from #China into Trump’s SuperPAC.🙄
Benton was previously CONVICTED of #conspiracy and other federal FELONIES for his scheme to bribe then-Iowa state Sen. Kent Sorenson in exchange for endorsing Ron Paul for president in 2012.