Judd Legum

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Over the next six weeks, we are going to learn a lot more about how corporations are spending money in politics post-January 6 For updates and more accountability journalism, sign up for my newsletter https://t.co/8dQt44Q6q8 — PolitiTweet.org

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@NRSC @Walmart @generalelectric @pfizer @sanofi @Oracle @Cigna @TMobile @GM @Ford @AltriaNews Many corporations have decided that giving money to the @NRSC is consistent with respect for democracy. And better than donating to the 147 Republicans who voted to overturn the election. This video makes it very clear that none of that is true. https://t.co/nZlDLLo5W2 — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump is attacking democracy, inciting people to believe he'll soon be "reinstated" as prez Corporate PAC $ to the @NRSC this year @Walmart (30K) @generalelectric (30K) @Pfizer (15K) @Sanofi (3K) @Oracle (3.7K) @Cigna (15K) @Tmobile (15K) @GM (15K) @Ford (15K) @AltriaNews (15K) — PolitiTweet.org

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I guess the theory is the Italians were manipulating the voting machines from space? Did they also manipulate the polls of New Mexico for the last several months of the campaign? They all showed Biden up between 12 and 15 points? — PolitiTweet.org

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BIDEN WON NEW MEXICO BY 100,000 VOTES — PolitiTweet.org

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"In 5 emails sent during the last week of December and early January, Meadows asked Rosen, then the acting attorney general, to examine debunked claims of election fraud in New Mexico and an array of baseless conspiracies that held that Mr. Trump had been the actual victor" — PolitiTweet.org

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"In Donald J. Trump’s final weeks in office, Mark Meadows, his chief of staff, repeatedly pushed the Justice Department to investigate unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election" https://t.co/uDzTYD0Gd4 — PolitiTweet.org

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@3r1nG Oh, OK. I'm sorry that I missed that. — PolitiTweet.org

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@3r1nG I wrote about this network here: https://t.co/Rdhzbt4V4B — PolitiTweet.org

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@verifiedstory When Trump set up his own website, which didn't have algorithmic amplification, no one visited — PolitiTweet.org

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6. Now Facebook says Trump is suspended for two years but will only be unsuspended if "experts" tell Facebook is safe. So if Facebook lets Trump back on the platform in 2023, don't blame Facebook! Blame these unnamed experts. — PolitiTweet.org

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5. I'm also impressed by how hard Facebook is trying to avoid taking responsibility for its decisions regarding Trump one way or another. It tried to punt the decision to the Oversight Board but the Oversight Board wasn't having it and bounced it back to Facebook — PolitiTweet.org

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4. According to the WSJ, Facebook won't change its algorithm because of internal concerns of how changes would impact conservative figures and publications. As long as that remains the priority, Trump's presence on the platform is of little consequence. — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Personally, I don't think Trump should be banned from Facebook right now. Nor do I think it does any good to ban him. Facebook's algorithm gives massive distribution to hatred and lies. The company knows exactly how to make changes to fix this but has refused to do so. — PolitiTweet.org

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2. Trump is not Facebook's problem. He's a symptom of Facebook's problems. He's been off the site for months but Trump's signature type of content -- bigoted, divisive, and false -- continues to proliferate The issue is not Trump. It's the algorithm. — PolitiTweet.org

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1. I have some thoughts on this decision. Fundamentally, I think the whole back and forth between Facebook and the Oversight Board on this is a DISTRACTION from the core issues. Follow along if interested. — PolitiTweet.org

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UPDATE: @JPMorgan "will not give to Republican members of Congress who voted to overturn President Joe Biden's election victory" at least through the 2022 election cycle https://t.co/axmiYODO1c — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a completely incoherent policy by @Citi The company says it will only donate to candidates with “a demonstrated commitment to... protecting democratic institutions” But Citi explicitly says it is open to donating to the 147 members who voted to overturn the election 🤔 — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll For me it’s the bigotry and the relentless focus on white grievance — PolitiTweet.org

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@GPIngersoll I’m familiar with Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire, and the entire operation’s relentless, mean-spirited attacks on trans people that are rewarded by the Facebook algorithm. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianstelter: >> @JuddLegum, creator of the Popular Information newsletter, is my guest on this week's Reliable pod. We talked about th… — PolitiTweet.org

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Talked with @brianstelter today about newsletters and accountability journalism https://t.co/BvFMFN8CRe — PolitiTweet.org

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7. I'll continue to report on how social media algorithms distort reality. But don't rely on a social media algorithm to get this news! Sign up for my newsletter. https://t.co/TfpCItdVSo — PolitiTweet.org

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6. What kind of Daily Wire content performs well? On 6/1, the second biggest post on all of Facebook was a Daily Wire post that purposely misgenders trans athletes. https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e https://t.co/znbwAlPpwx — PolitiTweet.org

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5. Trump has been off Facebook for months, but other sources with similar content have filled the void. In April, the top publisher by a country mile was far-right The Daily Wire. It had more than 4x the distribution of the New York Times. https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e https://t.co/fNuGEU21Sl — PolitiTweet.org

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4. It underscores that the fundamental problems with Facebook and Twitter are baked into their algorithms and cannot be solved by banning Trump or any individual account. https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e — PolitiTweet.org

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3. Trump's popularity was artificially boosted by Facebook & Twitter's algorithms, which reward hatred, misinformation, and other divisive content Outside of this artificial reality created by social networks, Trump's diatribes have little organic appeal https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e — PolitiTweet.org

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2. A tweet and Facebook post from Trump was typically shared and amplified by hundreds of thousands -- even millions of people. So Trump figured he could post his rants on his blog and his adoring fans would flock to him. That didn't happen. https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e — PolitiTweet.org

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1. People are using the untimely death of Trump's blogs as an opportunity to dunk on Trump. And I get it. But there is also an important lesson about how algorithmic amplification on social media distorts reality. Follow along if interested. https://t.co/zcKoIP8J7e — PolitiTweet.org

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@lizzadwoskin @andymstone It apparently has always been this way. https://t.co/Qp12SZnkBN — PolitiTweet.org