Even French fascists are trying to pick up the slack for Lord Dampnut.
And cops in Pittsburgh are concerned (again) about violence if Mueller gets fired.
And the WH can’t even maintain policy message consistency especially with the UN ambassador.
Trump tries to make California into Bosnia-Herzegovina.
It showcases the evolution of the media's initial excitement and optimism as it grew into an establishment phase — Facebook as the overwhelming context for our experiences online. And finally, it captures the current skepticism and backlash, as the social network's myriad problems, left to fester, have left a sour taste in the public's mouth.
Looked at one way, the charts are proof of the platform's growing pains — the end of a long tech-press honeymoon. Taken another way, they're a sign of an even rockier road for Facebook
In a post accompanying the list of 994 IRA accounts, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said the company “did not detect any effective use of these accounts to engage in vote manipulation.” It’s not entirely clear what Huffman meant by this statement. While there is no evidence to suggest Reddit was used in any efforts to directly manipulate votes (i.e., by changing vote totals), there is evidence that exposure to “fake news” influenced voters’ decisions and contributed to Trump’s win. However, the degree to which Reddit contributed to the spread of “fake news” (misinformation, disinformation, and propaganda) ahead of the 2016 presidential election has not yet been determined.
It’s really hard if you’ve persuaded yourself to ignore the many other factors that contributed to Clinton’s loss and Trump’s win—and all the other factors that contributed to the Justice Department’s handling of this particular case.
For now her rebuke of the White House worked. Kudlow called Haley to apologize and admitted he was mistaken in a statement to the New York Times. “She was certainly not confused,” Kudlow said. “I was wrong to say that — totally wrong.”
He added: “As it turns out, she was basically following what she thought was policy. The policy was changed and she wasn’t told about it, so she was in a box.”
It’s not clear when or why that change occurred. Three senior administration officials told Politico that Trump approved the sanctions last week, and they were mentioned in talking points distributed by the Republican National Committee on Sunday.
“Russia sanctions were a part of the agreed-upon plan going into the strike and going into the weekend,” said one of the officials. “As recently as Saturday, that was reconfirmed as part of the plan.”
The Washington Post reported that later on Sunday Trump conferred with his national security advisers and said he was upset by the planned rollout because he still wasn’t comfortable with executing the sanctions. According to the New York Times, he grew angry and yelled at the TV during Haley’s appearance, as he believed he hadn’t approved any new sanctions.
It’s rare for a Cabinet official to openly contradict the White House, and it’s unclear what effect that might have on Haley’s relationship with Trump. It certainly underscores the idea that nothing White House officials say should be believed until it’s actually happening.
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