Gulp. #Election2020 We’re doing this later. A Biden victory?? Or...?!? We’re doing a breakdown of what the night holds. Plus thoughts & analysis from the brilliant @baddiel & @sarahkendzior & @binajv. And the view from inside the amazing @ProjectLincoln war room with @reedgalen
If you're not been following @ProjectLincoln, they're the Republican anti-Trumpers who've been running a massive war room out of Utah campaigning for Biden. This is their latest...
And @sarahkendzior has warned us from the beginning about the dangers of an authoritarian takeover. She's literally been shouting it from the rooftops...
And here's @binajv, a brilliantly original thinker, former White House strategist & current editorial page editor at @BostonGlobe, who believes in the long-term view. (I texted her earlier to find out how she's feeling. 'Cautiously optimistic,' she said..) ted.com/talks/bina_ven…
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If you follow British political Twitter, you probably know all about the ongoing scandal of the PPE contracts. If you’re not on Twitter, you probably have no idea. A relief to see it get some mainstream coverage today... dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8…
This isn’t just about money (our money). It’s about lives. The govt’s incompetence & corruption is going to kill more healthcare workers. That’s just a fact. As we head into 2nd wave, @meenalsworld & @ThePalpitations still trying to get answers from 1st
NEW: 'Unprecedented' legal case sees cross-party MPs & peers take legal action against a sitting govt for failing to safeguard national security. Believed to be first time ever. Former National Security Advisor backing it. This is a big deal. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
Here's @lukeharding1968's write-up in @guardian. Lord Ricketts, former chair of Joint Intelligence Committee & National Security Advisor has submitted witness statement in support. It's genuinely cross-party effort. Because: national security NOT politics theguardian.com/politics/2020/…
LIVE now: We’re releasing shocking new research from @Avaaz on spread of Hunter/Biden misinfo in swing states on Facebook. Plus an amazing power panel on voter suppression with @ruha9@safiyanoble & @digitalsista
Incredible stats about how Facebook’s algorithm is amplifying Hunter/Biden story to more than 50 million people. ‘We were really shaken by these results,’ says @fadiquran from Avaaz. ‘We surveyed voters in Pennsylvania & found 86% of them had seen this misinfo & 35% believed it’
Powerful words from @ruha9 on voter suppression. ‘Black people are the prime targets of voter suppression.. Facebook is not simply ignoring this. It’s profiting from it. This is racial capitalism’
Hoping Brexiteers who failed to back calls for an inquiry into Russian interference see this. Next time, it might be other side that benefits. Foreign interference not about politics it’s national security. And zero done has been done to protect us
cc @TomTugendhat@IoWBobSeely
I am a huge fan of @FT's journalism. I subscribe to the @FT & support its journalism. And I think it really needs to examine its coverage of Cambridge Analytica & its own involvement with the firm, @khalafroula.
Last week, a journalist who had not covered the story previously wrote a blogpost below. It failed to note even basic background context of @iconews's inquiry & set off cascade of other stories that claimed @observeruk's investigation had been 'debunked' ft.com/content/aa235c…
A follow-up piece was littered with inaccuracies. The allegations are falsely represented. Even the account of how the inquiry began is factually incorrect.
In fairness: this is a difficult, complex story that has unfolded over years.
Everything about this story is hard to follow. But here's what you need to understand: AIQ is company at the heart of Brexit. Found by Cummings. Used by 4 different campaigns. Who by law not allowed to co-ordinate. (Though we know at least 2 of them did - Vote Leave & BeLeave)
Last week, @ICOnews told DCMS committee 'AIQ has consistently denied have a closer relationship beyond that between a software developer & their client'. And that all work was 'conducted with SCL & not CA'.
These docs - which @ICOnews has - flatly contradict this