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Its all going down today......
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Stallion
(6,476 posts)Mueller will crack him like an egg for breakfast
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Bannon's stake in the company was estimated at 1 to 5 million dollars, but he divested his holdings in April 2017 as required by his role as White House Chief Strategist.
backtoblue
(11,346 posts)Now on to Bannon, Mercer, and Trump.....
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)PaulX2
(2,032 posts)Win.
ooky
(8,930 posts)and take their damn money.
erronis
(15,371 posts)calimary
(81,523 posts)Thats the only way friends like these might even BEGIN to get the message. Hit em where it hurts the most: in and around their wallets.
Botany
(70,594 posts)Lock 'em up.
Trump, Trump Jr., Bannon, Mercer, Bolton*, Erik Prince, Russia, the RNC, and Facebook
were all working w/Cambridge Analytica to rig our elections.
* https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210411986#post1
louis c
(8,652 posts)getagrip_already
(14,864 posts)not a doj action.
The complaint has no force of law. It is just a pr statement and an attempt to prod official action.
But, it's better than nuttin.
poboy2
(2,078 posts)A new report claims foreign workers from Cambridge Analytica came to America ahead of the 2014 elections.
BY
BRIAN BENNETT
MARCH 26, 2018 7:28 AM PDT
Already embroiled in scandal, data research firm Cambridge Analytica could be in even more hot water. Reportedly the company sent foreign workers the US ahead of elections in 2014. If true the actions constitute violation of US campaign laws.
The firm recently came under fire for scraping the personal data of millions of Facebook users. That info was allegedly nabbed for the purpose of influencing voter behavior during the 2016 presidential election.
The resulting fallout has prompted a backlash against Facebook. Numerous corporations have pulled away from the social media giant. Most notably, Tesla and Space X head Elon Musk has deleted both company's Facebook presence.
Some rank and file individuals have also grown cool to Facebook's platform. The sentiment translated into a trending Twitter hashtag #DeleteFacebook.
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https://www.cnet.com/news/cambridge-analytica-may-have-illegally-sent-foreign-workers-to-america/
SunSeeker
(51,740 posts)erronis
(15,371 posts)I'm thinking that this unraveling of the fabric of plutocracy will take a lot of expertise!
Crowd-source the data and information - let all of us work on connecting the dots. Mechanical-Turk style.
(I do know that much of the information is available on public sites. Perhaps some way to volunteer on particular projects.
You know, if you really dislike Murdoch (just as an example) offer to dig into his/friends/family's holdings and add them to a web of influence/peddling/self-serving.
It wouldn't surprise me to start to find some more well-known politicians, T.V. personalities, bankers, etc. show up in these webs.
)
getagrip_already
(14,864 posts)but the last person he added was a cyber crime specialist, so that may have been aimed at this anyway.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Zuckerburg, Bannon and Mercer too!
Cha
(297,774 posts)He sure caused them a LOT of problems.
Tatiana
(14,167 posts)The European nations combined don't seem to have that many.
What are they DOING?