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Jun 19, 2023 • 11 tweets • 9 min read • Read on X
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1/10: Black history is not a separate entity.

It is a vital part of the very fabric of American history and it continues to play a role in shaping our country’s future.

This thread will help illustrate that point by diving into an important piece of history – the arrival of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImageImage
2/10: In August 1619, about a year before the Mayflower’s voyage, a ship arrived in Point Comfort, Virginia carrying the first enslaved Africans to English North America.

They were captured from Angola, in present-day West Africa. #1619Project #Juneteenth2023 ImageImage
3/10: The “20 and odd” Africans, as historical documents refer to them, arrived on the “White Lion,” a ship that had captured them from a Portuguese slaver.

They were sold in exchange for food and some were transported to Jamestown, the first permanent English colony.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
4/10: This marks the beginning of over two centuries of chattel slavery in North America, an institution that had profound impact on the social, political, and economic structure of the colonies and, later, the United States. #HistoryMatters #Juneteenth2023 Image
5/10: It’s important to remember, these enslaved Africans were more than labor.

They were people with diverse cultures, languages, and skills. They made significant contributions, often forced and unrecognized, to the early colonies. #BlackContributions #Juneteenth2023 Image
6/10: In contrast, the Pilgrims, a group of English settlers, arrived in 1620 on the Mayflower, establishing the Plymouth Colony in present-day Massachusetts.

Their story is often highlighted in our history books, while the 1619 narrative is less widely known.#Juneteenth2023 Image
7/10: As we commemorate American history, let’s strive to ensure all narratives are equally represented. This includes the painful parts of our history.

It is by understanding the full scope of our past, we can create a more equitable future. #InclusiveHistory #Juneteenth2023 Image
8/10: Let’s educate ourselves & future generations about the foundational role African-Americans played in shaping the United States.

Their stories, struggles & triumphs are integral to the American narrative, and deserve more than a single month’s focus. #EverydayBlackHistory… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImage
9/10: Black history is American history.

Understanding this is crucial for acknowledging the contributions of Black Americans and addressing the systemic issues that stem from this dark period in our history.

Our collective progress depends on it. #Juneteenth2023 Image
10/10: Together, let’s continue to unravel the complete history of America – in all its complexity and diversity.

It’s through comprehensive understanding that we can truly appreciate the depths of our past and work towards a future built on truth and equity. #EndThread… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… ImageImageImageImage
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Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend’

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• Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Donald Trump’s “closest friend.”

• Epstein claimed to have intimate knowledge of Trump’s sexual proclivities, including his habit of cuckolding his best friends.

• Epstein also claimed that Trump first slept with his now-wife, Melania, on Epstein’s plane, known as the “Lolita Express.”

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•Epstein claimed he supported Trump’s stance on transgender policies.

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•Epstein suggested that, despite having friends, Trump was ultimately a friendless man lacking in kindness.

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Rupert Murdoch: The Love of Money Over Everything Else

🧵1/5: For a man whose empire spans continents, Rupert Murdoch’s real legacy may be less the reach of his influence than the harm it has inflicted.

In the relentless pursuit of wealth, he left a trail of misinformation and division that has reshaped democracies and endangered lives. This is the story of one man’s obsession with “the green”—and the cost the world has paid for it.

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2/5: Rupert Murdoch, now 93, has left a global legacy of damage driven by his obsession with hoarding money—something that cannot be eaten, worn, used as shelter, or taken as medicine.

For Murdoch, our modern Scrooge, this wealth obsession justified promoting the Iraq War, which many argued lacked legitimate legal grounds, and spreading misinformation about a deadly virus and its vaccine—all while securing his own place at the front of the vaccination line.

As he admitted under questioning from Smartmatic attorneys, he cares only about “the green.”

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3/5: Self-interest, often the root of moral failure, defines the man. Murdoch’s willingness to fuel wars based on questionable premises and to mislead the public on health matters during a global pandemic marks him among the era’s most morally troubling figures. He has, in a sense, been complicit in the deaths of thousands of Americans who took at face value the disinformation his network intentionally and knowingly broadcasted.

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The Lies That Killed: How Fox News and Right-Wing Leaders Betrayed America During the Pandemic

🧵1/7: They trusted their television screens more than they trusted their doctors. In the end, it was the disembodied voices of broadcasters—not medical experts—that influenced the choices of life or death for many.

In the spring of 2020, when the world fell into an eerie hush and nations shuttered their doors against an invisible enemy, another contagion, far more insidious, crept into American homes. It wasn’t airborne in the traditional sense.

Instead, it traveled through the cables of television sets, radiated from radio waves, and surged through digital platforms. Its source was not a virus but an industry fueled by profit, politics, and the manipulation of public fear. At its helm was Fox News.

The COVID-19 pandemic, with all its terrifying uncertainty, became the perfect stage for the grand illusion orchestrated by a network that had, for decades, skillfully blurred the lines between entertainment and journalism.

Through their screens, millions of conservative Americans—many elderly and isolated—watched as the global pandemic became a sideshow to a far more captivating drama: the fight to maintain their way of life, their personal freedoms, and, most importantly, their trust in a network that had, for years, become synonymous with their identity.

Fox News’ role in American conservatism is not new. Since its launch in 1996, the network has historically aligned itself with conservative viewpoints and has played a prominent role in shaping the media landscape for conservative audiences.

However, as the pandemic raged across the country, claiming hundreds of thousands of lives, some observers noted a shift in the network’s coverage that raised concerns about public health implications. The need to keep viewers glued to their screens, to sell advertising, and to maintain political influence appeared to outweigh adherence to established public health guidance.

What unfolded over the next two years raised significant concerns about public health communication, as various narratives emerged that seemed to prey on cognitive biases, exploit cultural divisions, and, ultimately, contributed to public health challenges.

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A Network Built on Fear and Distrust

2/7: The seeds of Fox News’ pandemic disinformation campaign were sown long before the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Wuhan. Decades earlier, with the repeal of the Fairness Doctrine in 1987, a floodgate opened for partisan media to shape public opinion with little regard for balance or fact-checking. For Fox News, this was an opportunity to tap into a conservative audience that felt alienated by mainstream media.

The network didn’t simply report the news; it curated a worldview—one in which its viewers, predominantly older, white, and Christian, were under siege by liberal elites, secularism, and an ever-expanding government.

By the time the pandemic arrived, Fox News had already mastered the art of shaping reality for its viewers. It wasn’t just a television network; it was an ideological fortress, and within its walls, truth became malleable. Science, once revered as a beacon of objectivity, was increasingly viewed by some as a tool of control wielded by an oppressive government.

When the virus first appeared on American soil, the network’s hosts—most notably Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, and Tucker Carlson—were quick to downplay its severity. The pandemic, they insisted, was just another liberal hoax designed to undermine President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign.

The early days of Fox’s pandemic coverage reflected a strong skepticism toward public health measures. Mask mandates? A violation of personal liberty. Vaccines? An unproven experiment. The virus? Exaggerated by the left to seize control.

Carlson, in particular, became adept at presenting narratives that may have contributed to fear, painting an ominous picture of a world where government mandates stripped citizens of their freedoms, all while corporate elites and tech moguls grew richer.

What was more concerning was how these narratives played directly into the psychological vulnerabilities of Fox’s viewers. Elderly, economically anxious, and deeply religious, this demographic was already predisposed to distrust institutions.

Fox News didn’t just exploit this distrust; it appeared to weaponize it. In homes across America, the television screen became a portal to an alternate reality—one where the pandemic wasn’t a global catastrophe but a political game, and where the real enemy wasn’t a virus but the doctors, scientists, and politicians trying to save lives.

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3/7: “You can’t trust them, but you can trust us.” It was a message Fox had perfected over the years, repeated so often that it became a mantra for its viewers. This psychological conditioning relied heavily on cognitive biases like confirmation bias and the illusory truth effect, where repeated exposure to the same false information eventually made it feel true, regardless of the evidence.

Fox News knew its audience well—older Americans, many living in rural or suburban areas, already skeptical of mainstream media and deeply invested in a particular version of American identity. For these viewers, the pandemic wasn’t just a health crisis; it was an existential threat to their way of life. Fox’s hosts capitalized on this fear, offering their audience a sense of familiarity through narratives that downplayed the severity of the situation.

Night after night, viewers were told that masks didn’t work, that vaccines were dangerous, and that the government was overreaching.

As the death toll climbed, so too did the network’s ratings. Hannity’s dismissal of the pandemic as “hysteria,” Ingraham’s promotion of unproven treatments like hydroxychloroquine, and Carlson’s skepticism toward vaccines became nightly staples, reinforcing the narrative that the pandemic wasn’t to be taken seriously.

The consequences were concerning.

Research has indicated a correlation between higher viewership of Fox News and lower vaccination rates, as well as higher COVID-19 mortality rates in certain regions, suggesting that media consumption may have influenced public health behaviors.

Counties with higher rates of Fox News viewership reported lower vaccination rates and increased COVID-19 death tolls. A study published in the American Journal of Political Science found that exposure to Fox News was associated with a significant drop in adherence to public health guidelines.

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The Intellectualist Forecasts Kamala Harris to Win the 2024 Presidential Election

🧵1: The Intellectualist, after reviewing data from trusted sources like Marist, YouGov, Monmouth, and Emerson, believes Kamala Harris is positioned to become the next President of the United States.

This forecast comes from a model that carefully weighs what voters care about most: candidate approval ratings, top issues (especially the economy), demographic support, expected turnout, and the overall national mood.

To check the model’s reliability, The Intellectualist backtested it on past elections (2018, 2020, and 2022) and found that its predictions closely matched actual results. This strong alignment gives additional confidence in Harris’s projected edge.

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The Intellectualist Model: Voter Sentiment Analysis

2. The Intellectualist's voter sentiment approach to election forecasting is designed to capture a well-rounded view of how voters feel about each candidate and the issues that matter most to them.

Rather than focusing on polling numbers alone, this model creates a Composite Score that combines five key factors: candidate approval ratings, issue importance, demographic alignment, expected voter turnout, and overall national sentiment.

Each factor is weighted based on its significance in the current election cycle. For example, economic issues might hold more weight during times of financial strain, while approval ratings might play a larger role when evaluating incumbents.

This Composite Score offers a single, comprehensive measure of how well a candidate aligns with the priorities and concerns of the electorate. A score over 50 signals that the candidate is resonating positively with voters, suggesting an advantage in the race. For 2024, Kamala Harris’s higher Composite Score over Trump’s reflects stronger alignment with these critical voter priorities, especially on issues like the economy and overall favorability.

To ensure accuracy, this model has been rigorously backtested against previous elections (2018, 2020, and 2022) and refined based on those results. Further, it uses Monte Carlo simulations, eigenvalue analysis, and chi-square tests to validate the model’s reliability, accounting for variations in polling and turnout patterns.

The approach offers a snapshot of current voter sentiment but remains adaptable, ready to capture the influence of shifting public priorities on election outcomes.

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Explanation: 2024 Forecast, Composite Score, and the Intellectualist Approach

3. For 2024, the Intellectualist Model forecasts a close race with a slight advantage for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump:

Popular Vote: Harris ~52%, Trump ~47%

Electoral College: Harris 289 EV, Trump 249 EV

Why the Composite Score?

The Intellectualist Model uses a composite scoring approach to interpret voter sentiment, combining five critical factors: approval ratings, issue importance, demographics, turnout, and national sentiment. Each factor’s weight is dynamically adjusted based on the election cycle. A Composite Score over 50 generally signals an advantage for the leading candidate, meaning Harris’s score of 56.75 suggests a moderate edge over Trump’s 51.15.

How the Composite Score Works

For 2024, the formula places extra emphasis on economic issues and candidate approval:

Composite Score=(0.3×Approval)+(0.4×Issue Importance)+(0.15×Demographics)+(0.1×Turnout)+(0.05×National Sentiment)\text{Composite Score} = (0.3 \times \text{Approval}) + (0.4 \times \text{Issue Importance}) + (0.15 \times \text{Demographics}) + (0.1 \times \text{Turnout}) + (0.05 \times \text{National Sentiment})Composite Score=(0.3×Approval)+(0.4×Issue Importance)+(0.15×Demographics)+(0.1×Turnout)+(0.05×National Sentiment)

Using sample data for 2024:

Harris’s Score:

Approval Rating: 55% (0.3 × 55 = 16.5)

Issue Importance (Economy): 60% (0.4 × 60 = 24)

Demographic Influence: 50% (0.15 × 50 = 7.5)

Turnout: 65% (0.1 × 65 = 6.5)

National Sentiment: 45% (0.05 × 45 = 2.25)

Total Harris Composite Score = 56.75

Trump’s Score:

Approval Rating: 48% (0.3 × 48 = 14.4)

Issue Importance (Economy): 55% (0.4 × 55 = 22)

Demographic Influence: 45% (0.15 × 45 = 6.75)

Turnout: 60% (0.1 × 60 = 6)

National Sentiment: 40% (0.05 × 40 = 2)

Total Trump Composite Score = 51.15

Why Each Metric Matters

Approval Ratings: Reflects candidate favorability; Harris’s 55% approval leads Trump’s 48%.

Issue Importance: Economic issues dominate this cycle, with voters slightly favoring Democratic economic policy.

Demographic Influence: Harris’s strong support among younger and urban voters adds to her advantage.

Turnout: Higher expected turnout among Harris’s base groups gives her an edge in mobilization.

National Sentiment: The “right track” vs. “wrong track” metric slightly favors Harris.

This scoring approach has shown reliable accuracy across elections, as seen in its backtesting, which produced low Mean Absolute Error (MAE) values in past cycles (2018, 2020, 2022). 📊
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🧵1/12: In the Bible, it is mentioned that in the desert, Jesus faced a temptation from Satan for dominion over the world—a bargain He famously refused. But in 2016, as Trump began his presidential run, evangelical leaders chose a different path.
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2/12: Jerry Falwell Jr., a man driven by a love of the worldly—particularly luxury—revealed his hypocrisy when he endorsed Trump. Falwell, who used Christianity as a cudgel against marginalized groups, found his own secrets exposed.
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3/12: The increased scrutiny from his alliance with Trump exposed Falwell’s hidden life: he and his wife secretly maintained a relationship with a male lover. This was the man who preached Christian values while indulging in excesses he publicly condemned.
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🧵1/12: Imagine a man whose admiration for his daughter crosses a line so blurred, it shocks even his closest allies. That man is Donald Trump, who once mused about dating Ivanka, offering a window into a mind steeped in disturbing desires.
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2/12: “If Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her,” Trump said in 2006. But this wasn’t just an offhand remark—it was a revelation of a man who views even his daughter through a lens of sexual objectification.
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3/12: The disturbing reality is that Trump’s inappropriate comments extend far beyond Ivanka. Over 26 women have accused him of sexual misconduct, with stories ranging from groping to outright assault, painting a damning portrait of predatory behavior.
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