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21 Oct, 7 tweets, 3 min read
1. Steve Bannon, currently out on bail, did an interview on Australian TV where he delivers a completely unhinged version of the Hunter Biden conspiracy.

It's been viewed 3.3 million times on YouTube, which is promoting it heavily through its algorithm

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2. In the interview, Bannon claims the alleged emails prove Joe Biden is in business with the Chinese Communist Party, says Biden couldn't qualify for a security clearance, and calls for executives at Twitter, Facebook, and Google to be arrested

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3. YouTube's algorithm is aggressively pushing Bannon's video. It's being recommended on 159 different YouTube channels. The Bannon video is the most recommended video about Biden on YouTube by a very wide margin.

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4. At the same time, the top of the YouTube homepage is a large advertisement from the Trump campaign featuring a video with some of the same false claims made by Bannon.

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5. YouTube's policy bans ads that "demonstrably false claims that could significantly undermine participation or trust in an electoral or democratic process."

But YouTube says neither the ad nor the Sky News video violate it's policies.

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6. A big myth is that Big Tech "censored" the Hunter Biden email story. It was also the biggest story on Facebook and Twitter last week!

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23 Oct
1. A few thoughts about Tony Bobulinski, Trump's guest at the debate tonight.

According to Trump, Bobulinski has dirt on Biden that's disqualifying.

What's really going on?

Follow along if interested.
2. In a statement released to the NY Post, Bobulinski describes himself as "the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings which was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family"

This actually isn't true.
3. In texts and emails released to the WSJ, Bobulinski acknowledges he was planning to do business with Hunter Biden but the entire deal fell through in the Summer of 2017.

Bobulinski never did any business with Hunter Biden.
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21 Oct
On side benefit to researching how the right manipulates Facebook is that you get served some amazing advertising
Oh, Mike Huckabee is involved with this!
Sandy D is a happy customer
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20 Oct
People in Wisconsin had their homes seized and bulldozed to make way for what Trump touted as the "Eight Wonder Of The World" -- a giant Foxconn factory w/thousands of jobs.

Years later it's three empty buildings and an orb. Dozens of jobs. A ghost town

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Foxconn got billions in tax credits which would be cash payments because all taxes were eliminated. Foxconn attempted to hire a bunch of fake workers to meet their 520 worker threshold to qualify for tax credits. The state just rejected that gambit.

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Last month, "Foxconn received a permit to change its intended use from manufacturing to storage."

Foxconn recently acknowledged it "has so far invested 2.8 percent of the $10 billion it promised."

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19 Oct
1. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) attacked Kamala Harris with a racist trope and then refused to apologize.

Who is backing his campaign?

A bunch of corporations that claim to be committed to fighting racism.

Let's look at the receipts

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2. @Google says it is committed to "racial equality" and fighting "systemic racism"

The company donated 15K to Perdue's campaign this cycle and 25K to Perdue's leadership PAC, One Georgia

It did not respond to a request for comment.

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3. "We stand as one w/our employees, business partners and communities in rejecting racism and discrimination," @CocaCola's CEO said

The company donated 15K to Perdue's campaign and 30K to his leadership PAC

It did not respond to a request for comment

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17 Oct
1. Georgia Senator David Perdue levied a racist attack against Kamala Harris, intentionally mispronouncing and mocking her name.

This thread will have a list of recent corporate donors to Perdue's campaign.

Follow along if interested.

2. On September 30, 2020, @Facebook donated $2500 to Perdue's campaign. The company has donated a total of $7500 to Perdue this cycle.
3. On August 25, 2020, @Deloitte donated $2500 to Perdue's campaign. The company has donated a total of $10000 to Perdue this cycle.
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15 Oct
1. Yesterday, I detailed some of the many problems with the NY Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop. It's completely implausible tale.

But it is also just smoke and mirrors to obscure a larger truth about what's going on.

Let's get back to basics.
2. Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, gave a right-wing tabloid a cache of emails allegedly stolen from Joe Biden's son.

Full stop.

Forget about the wacky story of how Giuliani obtained the emails

This is Trump leveraging stolen materials for his benefit

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3. Guiliani is the one engineered this implausible story about the computer repair shop.

We know he was looking for dirt on Hunter.

And we know he regularly interacted with a Ukrainian lawmaker sanctioned by the U.S. for being an active Russian agent
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