Nonilex, to Law
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Start of testimony day3 (I’m not counting jury selection or off days) 🧵

Publisher to Resume Testimony

, the longtime publisher of The , is expected to return to the stand & describe the deal w/ at the heart of the case, in which is charged w/ 34 .

Nonilex,
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#Steinglass drills into a critical element of the prosecution's case: that these payments to #KarenMcDougal were made to #influence the #election.

#Pecker confidently identifies exhibits that corroborate his story about McDougal.

Pecker admits straightforwardly that he didn't "want this story to embarrass Mr. Trump or embarrass or hurt the campaign."

The testimony neatly establishes that #Trump knowingly violated #CampaignFinance laws.

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference

Nonilex, (edited ) to random
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Alright, who’s ready to see #Trump get his just deserts? He fucked up the whole damn world & that’s not an overstatement.

PS #BabySquirrel & I had a lovely weekend. It’s as boy! (He’s developed discernible - stuff)
He is doing quite well! Name: “Ramone” because he’s a sweet little punk rocker.

Nonilex,
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#Colangelo describes “#CatchAndKill scheme, in which #NationalEnquirer bought stories that were problems for #Trump & buried them.
NOT NORMAL #journalism

Colangelo describes some NE headlines that helped Trump's 2016 #campaign, embarrassing campaign opponents incl’g #TedCruz & #MarcoRubio.
Prosecutors are limited to the HEADLINES per #Sandoval. They go to Trump’s #intent: to #influence the election by promoting negative stories about others & suppressing those about himself.

#law #TrumpTrial

Nonilex, to Russia
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Nonilex,
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In recent days, agencies have warned that has found better ways to hide its , & Treasury issued last week against 2 Russian companies that it said supported the Kremlin’s campaign.

The stepped-up ops, run by aides to & Russian intelligence, come at a critical moment in the debate in the over support for .…

Nonilex, to Law
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Day 4 🧵 starts here.

Yesterday came to an abrupt end when the dishwasher leaked all over the floor. It’s fixed now, but what a mess.

Linus, Ramone & I are all doing well.

Yesterday’s 🧵 start:
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/112332007257451711

Nonilex,
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#Pecker suggested that #MichaelCohen buy #StormyDaniels's story, leading to the #HushMoney deal, repayments & records at issue.

The prosecution’s discussion of the deal w/ #KarenMcDougal —brokered in summer 2016— demonstrated that the payment was part of a #conspiracy to #influence that year’s #election.

Pecker said that McDougal’s payment was disguised as a contract for services, to avoid violating #CampaignFinance #laws.

#criminal #law #Trump #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference #CatchAndKill

edwardchampion, to creative

I have been banned and censored by TikTok, libeled by influencers in the publishing world with lies, dishonored and smeared when I won an award for my creative work, and have had armies of assholes delete all references to me and my work on Wikipedia. A major corporate media company even stole the name and the logo of a creative project I have put years of my life into.

And yet I keep returning like a stubborn phoenix.

Will there ever come a time in which I get a modicum of respect? Probably not. But at least I tell the truth and I live and create entirely on my own terms. And that's worth more than all the fame and influence in the world.

I'm sure there are many people, far smarter and more talented than I am, who are in the same boat. Try to throw the troublemakers and the misfits a bone now and then. I always do.

#censored #banned #resilience #creative #influence

Nonilex, to Law
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9 #witnesses in the #criminal cases against #Trump have received significant financial benefits, including large raises from his campaign, severance packages, new jobs, & a grant of shares & cash from Trump’s media co.

If any benefits were intended to #influence #testimony, that could be a #crime.

by Robert Faturechi, Justin Elliott & Alex Mierjeski

#WitnessTampering #MobTactics #law #FeloniousTrump #TrumpIsAFelon #NationalSecurity #BidenHarris2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-criminal-cases-witnesses-financial-benefits

Nonilex, to coronavirus
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Tax records reveal the lucrative world of misinformation []

4 major nonprofits that rose to prominence during the pandemic by capitalizing on the spread of collectively gained >$118M between 2020 & 2022, enabling the orgs to deepen their in statehouses, courtrooms & communities across the country, a Washington Post analysis of tax records shows.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/21/covid-misinformation-earnings/

kravietz, to random Polish
@kravietz@agora.echelon.pl avatar

Taka obserwacja kulturowo-socjologiczna: na Fediverse od dawna jest trochę Rosjan “z Rosji” (w sensie, że nie emigrantów), głównie uciekinierów z mainstreamowych rosyjskich sieci społecznościowych typu VK po wprowadzeniu cenzury kilka lat temu. Poza grupą autentycznie szurniętych nacjonalistów (którzy też byli wtedy w Rosji ścigani, stąd ucieczka z VK) z większością z nich do wojny i przez pierwszy rok można było normalnie dyskutować. Mam tu na myśli dyskusję na poziomie jaki mogą prowadzić ludzie mający czasem odmienne poglądy ale potrafiący wysłuchać argumentów drugiej strony i z nimi polemizować lub je przyjąć. Ale w ciągu ostatniego roku dokonała się ciekawa zmiana kulturowa. Jeżeli mogę dokonać kilku uogólnień na podstawie niedawnej (i chyba ostatniej) dyskusji z nimi:

  • W złym tonie jest podawanie… źródeł informacji. W dobrym tonie jest pisanie “swoimi słowami”. To znaczy, jeżeli ktoś napisze “ja wiem, że rakiety S-300 nie mogą trafiać w cele naziemne” to ma to z ich punktu widzenia większą wartość poznawczą niż ”nawet ze źródeł rosyjskich wynika, że mogą - tutaj jest link do TopWar.ru” (popularny portal wojskowy w Rosji). Nie mam pojęcia z czego to wynika, podejrzewam jakiś podprogowy komunikat o tym, że wszystkie linki mogą prowadzić do exploitów i wirusów.
  • Całkowite pogrążenie w oficjalnej rosyjskiej narracji - oni nie wiedzą, że Charków był regularnie ostrzeliwany od lutego 2022 i autentycznie myślą, że rosyjskie ostrzały Charkowa zaczęły się dopiero w odwecie za ukraińskie ostrzały Biełgorodu czyli około grudnia 2023.
  • Całkowita brak zdolności do konfrontacji z informacją nie pasującą do tej oficjalnej narracji. W naszej kulturze, jeżeli ktoś poda informację sprzeczną z naszą wiedzą to zaczyna się kopanie w źródłach - albo ja mam błędne źródło, albo on/ona i na podstawie uznawanych przez obie strony można to ustalić. Rosyjskie “pokolenie wojenne” po prostu kończy dyskusję, nie było tematu.
  • Ciekawe zjawisko “podwójnej moralności” - wobec “swoich” przyznajemy nieco więcej (np. ludobójcze cele Kremla w zakresie “złamania Ukrainy”) niż wobec “obcych” (negowanie tych wypowiedzi i upieranie się, że to tylko “”emocje”). Ale to akurat Rosjanie mieli zawsze, to nie jest nowe zjawisko.
  • Odrzucanie dowolnych relacji świadków czy wręcz materiałów wideo z miejsc wydarzeń na tej podstawie, że “nie było cię tam na miejscu, nie wiesz jak było”. W konsekwencji tuzin bezpośrednich relacji wideo z danego miejsca jest odrzucany jako “niewiarygodny” ale obwieszczenia oficjalnych przedstawicieli władzy jest traktowane przynajmniej jako wyraz oficjalnej wersji.
  • Bezkrytyczne podejście do częstych w rosyjskiej oficjalnej narracji zmian stanowiska o 180°. Fakt, że dzisiaj władza mówi coś całkowicie odwrotnego niż wczoraj nie wywołuje absolutnie żadnych refleksji na temat tego, że władza może w danym przypadku kłamać oraz, że jutro powie coś inne niż dzisiaj. Jest prawda życia, i jest “prawda etapu”.

W większości są to zjawiska dość oczywiste dla każdego kto ma kontakt z Rosjanami “z Rosji”, nowością dla mnie była obsesyjna fiksacja na “swoimi słowami” oraz odrzucanie źródeł. Nie wiem w jaką stronę to idzie ale wygląda na to, że oni sami siebie zagnali w jakąś sekciarską informacyjną czarną dziurę. Długofalowe konsekwencje, przede wszystkim dla rosyjskiego społeczeństwa, będą dramatyczne.

doboprobodyne, (edited )
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@kravietz

May I add some hashtags in order to solicit views of psychologists and others who deal with human (or animal) cognitive modelling of reality? I would be fascinated to read about the degree to which we're all vulnerable to bias, the highest-yield methods of protecting oneself from bias (especially in social media), and of helping reflect back to others their own views in a way that lets them critique them. I think the last point is especially hard, especially if the other person has no desire for critical thinking (and as humans, we are terrible at critical thinking!).

If there are any textbooks on the subject, ideally written by scientists &/or aimed at scientists, I'd be keen as mustard to know about them!

If anyone has opinions on the work of Han, Lee, Wang, & Baldwin (librai fact checking automation - https://github.com/Libr-AI/OpenFactVerification ) I'd be all ears too.

Please feel free to boost this if you think answers might interest you.

Nonilex, to climate
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Despite months of discouraging news about extreme weather conditions, the former Vice-President still believes that there is a solution to the clearly in sight. “We have a switch we can flip,” he tells David Remnick. The problem, as sees it, is that a powerful legacy network of & spheres of are stubbornly standing in the way.

https://www.wnyc.org/widgets/ondemand_player/thenewyorker/?share=1#file=/audio/json/1370582/

godsouza, to random
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"It is time for people with a moral conscience to wield every ounce of and they have towards and to force this nation to be true to what it said on paper.""

https://www.commondreams.org/news/william-barber-moral-declaration

"Bishop William Barber, decrying recent decisions by Supreme Court justices and the complicity of political leaders who have "watched our being slowly chipped away.""

Nonilex, to chinese
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Covert #Chinese accounts are masquerading online as #American supporters of #Trump, promoting #ConspiracyTheories, stoking domestic #divisions & attacking President #Biden ahead of the election in Nov.

The accts signal a potential tactical shift in how #China aims to #influence American #politics, w/more of a willingness to target specific candidates & parties, including Biden.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/01/business/media/china-online-disinformation-us-election.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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In an echo of #Russia’s #influence campaign, #China appears to be trying to harness #partisan #divisions to undermine the #Biden admin’s policies, despite recent efforts by the 2 countries to lower the temperature in their relations.

Some of the #Chinese accounts impersonate fervent #Trump fans, including one [still allowed] on #X that purported to be “a father, husband & son” who was “#MAGA all the way!!”

#cybersecurity #moderation #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #law #VoteBlue #BidenHarris

Nonilex, to internet
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#ElonMusk Ramps Up Anti-Biden Posts

The #billionaire has increasingly been using his #SocialMedia platform to criticize #POTUS #Biden.

“He is just a tragic front for a far left political machine,” #Musk wrote. It was the 29th time this year that he had posted about the president….

#power #influence #TaxCutsForTheWealthy #CorporateTaxCuts #gaslighting #propaganda #BigLie #democracy #VoteBlue #BidenHarris2024
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/24/technology/elon-musk-x-biden.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Nonilex,
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In contrast, #Musk had posted >20X this yr about #Trump. In those posts, #ElonMusk defended Trump, arguing that he is a #victim of #media & prosecutorial #bias in the #criminal cases that Trump faces.

Musk’s posts…signal…a willingness to tip the #political scales as the owner of an influential #SocialMedia #platform, something that no other leader of a social media firm has done. And Musk exerts outsize #influence over the political discourse on X, where he regularly posts to his 184M followers

persagen, to news
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Pg-RSS external news feeds: Saturday 2024-05-04
News/analytics re: abuses of wealth, power, influence

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💻️ 2-col: https://persagen.com/rss/pg-extnews.xml
🌐 Click title to go to external news source

Updated throughout the day
Victoria, Persagen.com 🙏

#persagen #news #CurrentEvents #politics #wealth #power #influence #ideology #populism #CultureWars #discrimination #HumanRights #LGBTQ+ #justice #climate #environment #capitalism #inequality #SocialJustice

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Nonilex, to legal
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The Utter Ridiculousness of ‘

Is there any better way to celebrate the glory of the Resurrection than by helping a suspect—indicted on scores of charges—pay off his fees?

Not according to Donald , who took his broke ass to Truth Social on Tues morning to announce that supporters can purchase copies of the Christian holy book.


https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-utter-ridiculousness-of-trump-bibles

Nonilex, to Law
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🧵 Thurs, May 2

charges are falsifying business records to hide payments in lead up to 2016 election to electorate

just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.

's lawyer, , to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.

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linforme, to business French
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❌ Le trouble business de Sonia Tlev, créatrice du Top Body Challenge

👉 Sur les réseaux sociaux, l’influenceuse distille, depuis Dubaï, ses conseils sportifs et diététiques à plus de trois millions d’abonnés. Un business lucratif… qui intrigue le fisc et laisse un goût amer à d’anciennes collaboratrices.

https://www.linforme.com/medias-culture/article/le-trouble-business-de-sonia-tlev-creatrice-du-top-body-challenge_1332.html

#rediff #business #influence

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Pg-RSS external news feeds: Friday 2024-02-23
News/analytics re: abuses of wealth, power, influence

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Updated throughout the day
Victoria, Persagen.com 🙏

#persagen #news #CurrentEvents #politics #wealth #power #influence #ideology #populism #CultureWars #discrimination #HumanRights #LGBTQ+ #justice #climate #environment #capitalism #inequality #SocialJustice

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Nonilex, to DaftPunk
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Tues 14 May, 2024 🧵

has his posse again. Today it’s more elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the speaker, , as well as ’s governor, , a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives & of Florida, & , who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.

Nonilex,
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#Hoffinger, the prosecutor, asks #MichaelCohen why he paid the money to #StormyDaniels. Cohen says he did so to #influence the #election, & that he did so at #Trump’s direction. This is a summary of the key themes & may signal that direct examination is coming to an end soon.

Trump’s lawyers are on edge thru this part of Cohen’s testimony. #Blanche & #Bove pass notes.

Trump, however, appears to be dozing peacefully. #NodFarter

#criminal #law #TrumpTrial #ElectionInterference

chris, to internet
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"Follower counts matter less than view and like counts”.
Discuss!
(Not only the statement itself, but why the head of Threads would say this, at this moment in particular).

Lots to unpack here.
#SocialMedia #openSocialWeb #Mastodon #Fediverse #Threads #Influence
https://www.threads.net/@mosseri/post/C5RDdX1OI3-

Nonilex, to random
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#McConnell will step down as the #Senate #Republican leader in Nov after a record run in the job

#MitchMcConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his #power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the #RepublicanParty for ~2 decades, will step down from that position in Nov.

McConnell, who turned 82 last week, was set to announce his decision Wed in the well of the Senate….

#GOP #Republicans #Congress #power
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/28/mcconnell-senate-step-down-november/72774714007/

Nonilex,
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Senator Richard articulated ’s true legacy quite well…

Senator Richard articulated ’s true legacy quite well…

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