British journalist Carol Cadwalladr has been sounding the alarm on Facebook and Cambridge Analytica for more than a year, and her investigative work helped reveal a massive data breach exploited by the Trump campaign.
FUN FACT: Steve Bannon, Trump's Campaign CEO and WH Chief Strategist, was VP of Cambridge Analytica, which is under an active search warrant at this very moment. - Tea Pain
The World Is A Safer Place Without
- Russia election: Putin sweeps to victory with commanding mandate
- Austin police warn of 'serial bomber' after fourth explosion shows 'higher level of sophistication'
- Blame game escalates in pedestrian bridge collapse that killed six
- Mississippi boy, 9, shoots sister, 13, over video game controller, police say
- UK authorities seek warrant to search Cambridge Analytica offices
Mueller rents giant warehouse to store evidence against Trump. “It’s like a city all its own,” one warehouse worker said. “There are people working in the Michael Flynn section who’ve never met the people working in the Paul Manafort section.” - Andy Borowitz
A whistleblower has revealed to the Observer how Cambridge Analytica – a company owned by the hedge fund billionaire Robert Mercer, and headed at the time by Trump’s key adviser Steve Bannon – used personal information taken without authorisation in early 2014 to build a system that could profile individual US voters, in order to target them with personalised political advertisements.
Republican Shenanigans
- Trump Won't Fire Mueller Claims White House Lawyer, After President Slams Russia Probe
- Trump hiring former federal prosecutor who's argued FBI framed president
- Trump supporters wildly cheer death penalty with standing ovation
- FAA records reveal Trump plans to flee to Mar-a-Lago when thousands of student rally against guns in DC
- Kushner company reaped high returns with misleading paperwork
- Top Jared Kushner Deputy Will Also Serve As WH Deputy Chief Of Staff
- Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner's helicopter suffers engine failure
- Trump White House associate was convicted of child porn charges
- Oops: Jim Carrey’s portrait of Sarah Sanders goes viral after Fox News freaks out about it
- In Trump promoted segment, Hannity says not jailing Hillary 'is biggest abuse of power in history of this country'
- Supreme Court denies GOP's request to block new Pennsylvania congressional map
- Congress races to finish $1.2 trillion funding bill
- White House staffer was a 'password idiot'
Please. If this was a real witch hunt, Donald Jr. would be posing in a selfie with a witch head and broken broom. - Erik Bransteen
A study published in the journal Neuropsychologia has shown that religious fundamentalism is, in part, the result of a functional impairment in a brain region known as the prefrontal cortex. The findings suggest that damage to particular areas of the prefrontal cortex indirectly promotes religious fundamentalism by diminishing cognitive flexibility and openness—a psychology term that describes a personality trait which involves dimensions like curiosity, creativity, and open-mindedness.
If Trump ever had to take a lie detector test, he’d probably just draw the crazy lines himself. - Seth Myers
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“Hillary Clinton deliberately plotted to put me in the White House, and the American people should be very angry about that,” Trump said. - Andy Borowitz
Rock The Voter News
- Obama to launch Asia-Pacific tour Monday that concludes on March 25 in Japan
- Former US Ambassador returns to NZ to play golf with Obama
- Billy Goat Tavern reveals secret Obama burger, and new party room
- Hillary Clinton explains comments about women voters
- Pro-Bernie Sanders group cancels Hillary Clinton protest
According to Politico, the publishers of former FBI Director James Comey’s upcoming memoir are taking extreme precautions to prevent the manuscript from leaking. Yeah, it would be a shame if something got out at the wrong time and ruined everything for him.- Seth Myers
My My My, This Explains Why Kentucky Keeps Reelecting Mitch McConnell. They're All Drunk!
Kentucky’s rate of binge-drinking has been one of the highest in the nation, according to a new study.
The state ranked third, at 652, in the total number of alcoholic drinks consumed annually during heavy drinking episodes by people who reported being binge drinkers, according to the study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump warned that the people who wrote the Constitution could be fired “very soon.” - Andy Borowitz
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I'm a Crisis Actor but what i really want to do is Crisis Direct. - John Fugelsang
Business/Tech News
- Dow drops 335 points, Nasdaq slides 1.8% as Facebook drags tech shares lower
- Republican senator joins call for Facebook CEO to testify about data use
- Tempe police investigating self-driving Uber car involved in deadly crash overnight
- Claire's Becomes Latest Retailer to Go Bankrupt
Elon Musk has announced that his company SpaceX will be ready to fly an unmanned rocket to Mars and back by 2019. And shortly thereafter, they’ll be able to send people there to colonize the planet. You know, just in case you-know-who is re-elected to the you-know-what.- James Corden
Kroger Alters Gun Policy
Kroger announced it will no longer sell print magazines featuring assault rifles.
The supermarket retailer said it is now starting to implement the new policy in stores across the country, USA Today reported.
Trump is suing Carly Simon for writing a song about him. - irishygirl tweet
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