Category: Awareness

Stuff that gives cause for reflection

It started with a tweet and a Google Doc full of typos. Now it’s a national organization called Indivisible with…

It started with a tweet and a Google Doc full of typos. Now it’s a national organization called Indivisible with over 4,500 local affiliates committed to overturning Republican control of Congress. If the strategy sounds familiar, that’s because the group, led by former Democrat congressional staffers, is taking the playbook from the Tea Party’s success in retaking Congress from the Democrats after Obama’s election.

https://news.fastcompany.com/how-a-google-doc-grew-into-an-anti-trump-political-movement-4029490

// A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential…

// A Republican legislative aide in Maryland who was behind a fake news site that accused Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton of election-rigging was fired Wednesday … Harris told the Times that he created fake news to earn money. After investing $5 for the domain name, he earned about $22,000 in online advertising revenue. In an interview with the Times, Harris expressed guilt for spreading lies but also a sense of pride in doing it so well. //

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/aide-to-md-lawmaker-fabricated-article-on-hillary-clinton-rigging-the-election/2017/01/18/5219bd0c-ddd7-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html